The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-25
STORY OF THE GAME.
How the wearers or the Biue Crushed the
Harvard Defence.

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NEW HAVEN, Nov. 4-Yale was conf
dent from the very beginning. A f~avorite
In the betting at S to 4, the Blue had an
army Of hackers who tried all the morning
Il place their money at these odds, but
when lit came to actual betting Harvard
did not care to risk a great deal. From
the moment that the Yale mascot, a berib-
boned bulldog, was dragged onto the field
at twenty minutes Of ? o'clock the wesrers
Of the blue tried to bring matters to an issue
as quickly as possible.
The Yale cheering brigade was the first
to make itself heard. The Yale band blared
forth in harmony before Harvard's tooters
got busy. Then Yale won the toss Just
as In the Princeton game, and as o az
Harvard finished leisurely preparations
Yale showed that she was first in actual
playing skill.
The Yale eleven came pouring through
q gate in the low fence around the gridiron
a few minutes before . o'clock. A royal
welcoms awaited The Blue kickers, who
ran through the signals and then went to
the side lines to receive final instructions.
But where was Harvard? The crowd
waited for several minutes before there
was a sign of the Crimson team. Then .
bunch OF burly young men enveloped in
long red bathrobes that made them look
like a band Of Comsnche Indians pushed
through the surging crowd at The north
east corner Of the field and trotted onto
the sod. Capt. Foster led the way, and
no sooner were Harvard's heroes in plain
view than the widest sort OF a demonstra-
ton went up from the west stand. where
thousands Of Crimson adherents were
massed in solid array.
Thousands Of crimson flags swept aloft
In dazzling fashion. while from thousands
Of throats rang the stirring anthem Fair
Harvard Then the long reverberating
cheer led by numerous bareheaded young
men who seemed ready to throw their arms
away In wild delirium added to the general
din. for Yale meanwhile was whooping il up
with songs and skyrocket cheers that kept
up the spirits Of Capt. Morse's men to the
top notch.
BATTLE BEorNs WITH H~ARvARD's KICK.
Having won the toss the Yale captain Sc
lected the north goal because OF a fairly
strong breeze that came from that direc-
ton. The ball was consequently handed
over to Harvard, and when Burr kicked
the oval high and far into Yale's territory
the battle was On. Tad Jones did not
move out Of his tracks TO make the catch
and back he came behind excellent inter-
ference TO Yale's 80 yard line, where Capt.
Foster threw him with a vicious tackle.
Veeder dropped back then as il to punt,
but il was only a bluff. and Knox. who was
driven straight into the middle OF Har-
wards right wing. gained only a yard.
Again Veeder fell back for a punt. and this
time he was in earnest.
Right through Yale's defence dashed big
Kersherg, Harvard's right guard, and ar
veeder kicked the ball the Cambridge man
partially blocked it. Quick as a fash Mac
Donald made a dive for the oval and grabbed
IL as it was rolling out Of bounds on Yale's
IS ward line. 1t was Hary ards ball,
obtained in such a that for the mo-
ment Yale was dismayed beyond measure,
while the Cambridge army, leaping up in
the ecstasy of the moment, cried out in
frenzy for a touchdown. A neat forward
pass BY Capt. Foster was deity caught by
Starr. who o cred twenty yards before
the muscular Forbes hurled him head
long upon his face,
This occurred on Yaie's as yard line.
and .Harva ard a simply crazy with
Joy. without permitting the Yale men TO
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were driven into the two tackles until the
eley ems wore on the II yard line: Just
then Yale's bulldog got from bis keeper
and dashed out among the Blue and Grim
son legs as If to take a bite OF somebody
The bulky Mr.. Edwards, howe ler, who was
keenly on the alert for all sorts ofjncidents'
during the afternoon, applied the rules To
the bulldog and promptly dragged him on
to the side hres by the-serufi Of his neck.
cRIMsoS's DROP KICK LOCKE
This little mixup caused a roar Of laugh
TER that swept round the arena, only to be
quickly hushed as New hall, Harvard's
little quarterback, prepared to try a drop
kick for goalfrorl the 30 yard tine. Newhaif
received the ball with perfect accuracy, but
he apparsntly-took too much time In getting
III away for no sooner had the pigskin
strucklth ground and was just beginning
t. soar when -Bjyiow,- Yaleis alert tackle,
threw out his cieet and the ball bounded
back over Nex nam ahead. -..s .
7 The kick had been blocked, and as the ball