The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-26
YALE DEFEATED
HARVARD 6TO0.
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Before Crowd Of $4,000 at
New Haven
CRIMSON OUTGENERALLED
Yale Won Game Full Of Spectacular
Performances and Thrilling Plays
Brown Defeated Dart
mouth,
CRIMSON OUTGENERALLED

New Haven, Conn, Nov 20. Yale
won, and BY beating Harvard earned
one u the greatest victories collegiate
football has ever recorded. One touch
down and goal kick, a brilliant exam
pie 81 the possibilities Of the new game,
made less than two minutes before the
close Of the, first half, were the only
scores made The game was played on
Yale field. Score Yale ., Harvard O.
The Crimson eleven, one Of the most
perfectly assembled football machines
coaching and hardy gfidiron skill has
ever mustered, lest because keen witted
generalship triumphed IN the play which
melted The only score of remarkable
battle
Standing thirty-fse yards from the
Crimson goal, Needer received the ball
from Tad Jones and hurled IL forward.
AIcott, Yale right end, caught il three
yards from the touchdown boundary.
Roome, substituted few minutes be-
fore for the elusive Knox, battered his
way through at the right flank Of the
Harvard line for a touchdown.
Veedcr kicked goal and 10000 per.
sons, the biggest crowd that was ever
jammed into Yale field applauded the
thrilling feat.
The loyal Yale men called il the most
wonderful display Of skill modern foot
bah has even known but they We're
preiudiced Harvard accepted II as luck.
slightly assisted by individual thought
fulness, and hopefully awaited les time.
But the layinan saw no more,
1t Was Strategy.
Neither wonderful football nor rough
lilek was behind the play Yale had
been repnlsed hi line attacks and at
tenpts to advance BY the methods which
former teams nave used successfully II
vas tho third down and plain booting
Of the ball OF strategy was necessary
ID give tie Blue a chance TO retain the
bali,
With the backs lined up for a kick,
the ball went TO Needer, and his ac-
curate aim sent the leather sailing
toward the goal line. Harvard men were
there, but Alcott and group Of Yale
players had been spread over the section,
eagerly awaiting the throw Neering to
the right OF the south goal, the ball
went into Alcott's arms Before he
could recover his feet from the leap,
Alcott was buried beneath quarter ton
Of crimson Jerseys. Then Roome TOOK
Il over.
-Four more plays ended the half and
the teams went off the field with neither
stamped as a sure winner The rival
bands blurted their brassy leads to songs
Of hope and defiance The stands creak-
Ell under the strain of moving thousands
and the teams hurried off to take their
mid-game rest and pointed coaching in
structions.
Harvard's Strong Rush Line.
Harvard led IN rushing and oId-style
football up to the break in the battle.
But in the second half Yale showed a
better organized system Of attack and
defense Its linemen, prodded and goad-
ed to desperation by tie coaches, came
out more rcsolntely and with greater
liability % use IL power. The backs, spur
lTed by the words of the nerveraeked
Rockwell. head coach and upholder Of
Yale's neverdying spirit, whirled into
activity and tooks parts in a remodelled
machine. one which was fitted for q light
to the last ditch.
Grim and determined, Harvard took
/ It's stand. hut Vale rushed and routed
crushed and killed every Harvard hope
When the whistle blew Yale was thir-
teen yards away from the crimson goal
while Harvards line CAPPED with openings
Everywhere for blue runners.
Harvard lett the field with Yale di-
lviding It's cheers between the victorious
: players.
Through the tumultuous army Of Yale