Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25

= NEW HAVEN. Conn. November "a
Yale's bright blue banners wave trium-
phantly over the city tonight, the signal
of another magnificent victory of her team
over her worthy rival Harvard, the final
score being to o. The Crimson went down
TO defeat in a desperate battle which In
foot ball strategy and spectacular plays has
had few equals since the two universities
have met. Yale won her annual foot ball
game with Harvard this afternoon in one
of the greatest contests ever seen here. The
victory carries with 1t a good title to the
college championship of the country. From
every point of view it was a magnificent
game. Yale outplayed at every point her
Crimson rivals except possibly in the punt
ing line.
Yale was more versatile in her running
of plays, she drove them home with greater
speed and flerceness when they were sent
against the line, while her men demon
strated the beauties of the double and triple
passes the forward pass and the end run
through a broken field. She took the Of
fensive and made Harvard fight even 10 a
defeat on her own territory most or the
time within striking distance of the goal
Time and again it looked as II Yale did
not care to bother about tries for field goals,
although in the first half Needer made one
poor attempt and failed. In the second
half the game resolved itself into punting
contest until the last five minutes. when
Yale, getting the ball on Crimson ground.
simply ripped up her opponents in grand
style.
Scenes at the Game.
The game was attended by all the inter-
esting incidents which have become part
of ii The gridlron was framed with a
mass of humanity In which three sides
were blue and the other crimson. The
cheering and singing, while good. fell far
short of that In previous years. explain
able by the fact that the game was played
so fast that spectators did not have time
to pay much attention to the cheer leaders.
Not seat was vacant and at the gate
few stray tickets brought phenomenal
prices, one pair changing hands at 800
The game opened under gray skies and
was ended in radiant sunshine and under
canopy of blue. The Harvard stands at the
opening cheered Yale and Capt. Morse, and
the opposite side returned In full measure
this compliment. At the close of the game
the remarkable scene was witnessed of the
tubilant Yale host standing bareheaded for
fifteen minutes in front of the Harvard
stand alternately cheering and singing to
the crimson, and the latter, in turn, re-
spending In a like manner. Yale has al
ways cheered Harvard. but never before
has she turned 1t into an ovation, an Incl
dent which will temper the harsh feeling
which seemed to have been aroused by re-
ports OF acrimony In the selection of the
game officials.
Undisputed College Champion.
Yale won the almost undisputed title of
the college championship of the country,
clouded only by the drawn, no-score con-
test at Princeton a week ago. A victory
for the Crimson would have meant first
honors beyond question. for she had beaten
the Carlisle Indians. who last week won
from Minnesota and who also defeated the
University Of Pennsylvania, the conquerors
of the University OF Michigan. For this
reason. il for no other, the game of Yale
Field was of unprecedented Importance, and
victory
which will live forever in her athletic his
tory. 1t was a victory won through greater
foot ball knowledge, superior team play.
almost uneFring accuracy in developing the
possibilities OF the new rules. and the
magnificent work of individual 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 foeman worthy of
Yale. Her men repeatedly shone con-
spicuously and the flashes of brilliancy in
individual plays as time and again her
backs broke through the lire of Blue or her
stalwart guard Burr sent the ball twisting
through the air for long gains. seemed to
be entitled to a reward. Harvard was a
trife slow in executing her plays which.
as last year, seemed TO hinge on her great
strength on defense, while Yale was quick
on everything. Her men were active and
nerce. ,Yale's success lay in playing Of
fensvely at every opportunity, driving her
plays hard and taking advantage of every
opening when her opponents had the ball
Interference for the runner the forward
and behind the line passes the onside
kicks were well developed art. Not once
did a Yale man have to run down the field
without assistance. AS the game was near
ing its close Yale played faster and rolled
the Crimson line into heap time and
again. IL only Harvard's stubborn
contest OF every inch of her own ground
that kept the score at the single figure.
A Sensational Play.
The touchdown was brought about by a
sensational play. Yale had the ball on
-SHarvard's twentyfve-yard-line. Jones
called his signals for a kicking forma-
ton. Veeder dropped to the thirty-four-
yard-line with his hands outspread. A per-
feet pass from Hockenberger sent the ball
into his hands. and Veeder like a fash
started at right angles and hurled the ball
over the heads of Harvard men for a thir-
ty-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 IL down on the four
yard-Iine. Up rose the Yale hosts with
cries for a touchdown. while the Crimson
side hushed. Roome. who had re-
placed Knox, was sent to smash the Grim
son line. His first try gave Two yards, and
the 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.
Anxious Moments for Yale.
There were several anxious moments for
the Yale men. for while Harvard never
had possession of the ball inside of the
twenty-ive-yard-line. twice Yale was lined
up with the ball in the shadow of her
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