The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

wards zo-yard line after the most spec
/ tacGlar run of the game. a 40-yard dash
through the entire Harvard team.
With goal IN sight, Yale began pound
| ing the Harvard tackles for steady gains,
and had reached the S-yard line when a
double pass was attempted Jones re-
| ceived the pass and, with no one near
/ him. and he on Harvards 2-yaTd line, he
muffed the oval Macdonald fell on Il,
/ and Burr quickly booted 1t out of the
! danger zone.
! Following an exchange OF kicks, r.
Jones and Veeder executed a successful
double pass for 40 yards, that gave
faic the ball on Harvard's 22-yard line.
1 Here the Crimson hraced, and. after be-
ing forced back, Veeder attempted TO
| drop a kick from the 35-yard line The
attempt went yards wide, and Har-
ward kicked out from the 20-yard line,
Erwin running It back to the Harvard 40
yard line before being down
ROOme Makes Touchdown.
Veeder and Morse then worked an on
side kick good for % yards On
the next play the Blue was penalized 10
yards, and it was Yale's ball on Har-
wards 25-yard line
Yale tried straight football. bur could
not gain, and Veeder dropped back for
an apparent try at a field goal Instead
he made a beautiful forward pass to
Forbes. which gained II yards. A straight
buck was stopped by the Harvard line
men without the gain Of an inch, but
on the next attempt, Roome. aided and
dragged along by beautiful interference.
went through Pierce for a touchdown.
and a moment later veeder kicked an
easy goal
Score: Yale, 6; Harvard. 0.
Burr kicked behind Yale's goal line
and the ball was brought out and pUnted.
An exchange Of kicks followed. and the
half ended with the ball In Yale's pos
session, on her own 45-yard line.
Yale kicked of to Harvard in the sec
oEd half. and a punting duel followed. in
which Burr more than held his own
against Needer. The ball was finally
forced into Harvard's territory, and the
Crimson was put on the defensive. Be
ing unable TO gain Burr was frequently
called on to kick, and his punting enabled
Harvard to keep the ball in Yales ter
ritOry much Of the first part of the half
Getting the ball OF her own 35-yard-line
Harvard attempted a double pass and lost
the ball Yale started rushing tactics
but the Crimson line stiffened and Har-
ward got the bail, only TO lose 1t again on
a forward pass.
Yale started in 10 rip up the Crimson
line. and succeeded in keeping the bail in
Crimson territory. but heavy penalizing
for holding and off-side play kept them
back. At this stage both resortcd to
punting. Burr proved handy al this, and
Harvard invaded the Blue territory in a
businesslike manner
Getting the ball on her own lS-yard
line. Yale failed 20 gain in TWO attempts.
and on the third was penalized Is yards,
the bali being taken 20 YaIes 3-yard line
Veeder punted from behind the Yale goal
posts. Burr returned the punt. and an
other kicking duel resulted. which ended
with the ball in Yale's possession on her
own 1S-yard line Here the Blue was
again penalized IS yards, and the ball
was again taken TO Yale's 3-yard line.
Veeder booted the oval out OF danger
from position behind the goal
Dimes went IN at quarter in place Of
Jones. and casting aside all attempts at
the new-style game. Yale waded into the
Harvard line and began to rip it up for
steady gains.
Re-enforced by several fresh men, who
were rung in at this stage, the Blue
started a parade down the field. and it
looked like a certain touchdown for Yale
when the whistle ended the game. with
the ball in Yale's possession on Har-
Yards lo-yard line