Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-30

6 to 0. The crimson went down to de
feat in a desperate battle, which il
football strategy and spectacular plays
has had few equals since the two uni
versities have met.
To Yale passed the almost undis
puted title of the college championship
of the country, clouded only by the
drawn no score contest with Princeton
a week ago. A victory for the crimson
would have meant first honors beyond
question, for she had beaten the Carl
isle Indians, who last week won from
Minnesota, and who also had defeated
the University of Pennsylvania, the
conquerors of the University of Michi
gan.
For this reason, if for no other, the
game on Yale field was of unprece,
dented Importance and to Yale once
more has come a victory which will
live forever in her athletic history
It was a victory won through football
knowledge, superior play, almost un.
erring accuracy in developing the pos.
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magnificent work of her players. The
score of a single touchdown and goal
repeats that of last year on Soldiers
field, and it adds to Yale's string of
victories, only twice broken since
1897.
Harvard proved a worthy foeman.
Her men repeatedly shone conspicu-
ously and there were flashes of bril-
liancy as time and again her backs
broke through the line and her stall
wart guard, SUR, sent the ball twist
ing through the air on long punts.
Harvard was trIue slow in execu-
ting her plays, which, as last year,
seemed to hinge on her great strength
on defense.
Yale's success lay in playing Of
fensively at the opening, driving her
plays hard and taking advantage of
every opening when her opponents
had the ball. Interference, forward
passes and on side kicks were well
developed. Not once did Yale man
have to run down the field without aid.
AS the game was nearing the close
Yale played faster and rolled the GRIM
son line into a heap time and again.
1t was only Harvard's stubborn con-
test of every inch that kept the score
at the single figures.
The touchdown followed a sensation
al play. Yale had the ball on Har-
wards 25 yard line. Jones called for
a kicking formation. Veeder dropped
back to the "a yard line with his
hands outspread. A perfect pass from
Hookenburger sent the ball into his
hands, and Veeder like a flash started
at right angles and hurled the ball
over the heads of the Harvard men for
a 80 yard pass, to where several Yale
men, as though drawn by a magnet,
had jumped into one little knot. UP
from their midst leaped Forbes, who
caught the ball and in an instant
placed it down on the four yard line.
Up rose the Yale hosts with cries for
a touchdown, while the crimson side
was hushed. Roome, who had replaced
Knox, was sent to smash the crimson
line. His first try gave two yards, and
next time he was shot over, with the
whole team dragging and pushing him.
That four yards showed what Yale
could do when she was hungry for the
score which was so close at hand. The
kicking of a goal was an easy thing
for Veeder.
The gridiron was framed with a
mass of humanity, in which three sides
cheering and singing, while good, fell
far short of that of previous years,
eXplainable only by the fact that the
spectators did not have much time to
pay attention to the cheer leaders. Not
a seat was vacant, and at the gate the
sale of tickets brought phenomenal
prices, one pair changing hands at
$50. The game opened under gray
skies, but was concluded in radiant
and under canopy of blue.
The Harvard stands at the opening
2heered Yale and Captain Morse, and
he opposite side returned this compli-
nent. At the close of the game the
ubilant Yale host stood bareheaded
or Is minutes in front of the Harvard
stand cheering and singing to the
the latter responding. Yale
has always cheered Harvard, but new
er before has she turned it into an
ovation.
At Chicago.
Chicago.-Walter Eckersall quarter
Jack and captain of the University OF
Chicago football eleven, closed his col
egiate football career Saturday by
making five field goals for his team
against the University of Nebraska in
he final game of the season.