Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
YALE DOES
NOT TRY 10
SCORE OFTEN
SATISFIED WITH DEFEATING
HARVARD TEAM
MANY SUBSTITUTES USED ON
ELI ELEVEN
Game Is Not Spectacular, as the New
Haven Bunch Performs ListessIy,
to Awaken When Crimson
Threatens
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 2S.-Yale
superbly maintained her football suprem-
acy by defeating Harvard her Oldest
rival, in the stadium today by a score Of
II to 0. Without resorting. except on oc-
casions, to the so-called new plays, Yale
scored touchdown in each half on al
most continuous plumges through the
line.
Either content with safe lead, or
wearied by her efforts in defeating
Princeton a week ago, Yale today made
no effort apparently. to roll up a high
score, yet when in the very last minute
of the game the Crimson players, by a
fortunate on-side kick, carried the ball
to within striking distance of the Yale
goal the sturdy line of Eli became adj
amant and Harvard was prevented from
scoring. 1t Is years since such magnif-
cent defense has been seen on Soldiers
| field
| Nearly 10000 persons sat in the Indian
summer sunshine and saw the Harvard
eleven struggle in vain against the SUI
perior prowess of the Yale team. On
| occasions a Crimson player would work
his way through the Yale line or circle
the ends for gains of five or six yards,
but soon the Yale line would close the
holes or the hue players would fathom
the Harvard onslaught and the Crimson
would be compelled to kick. 1t was not
a particularly thrilling game, for long
and spectacular runs were missing, and
there were few errors in the back field
to give the opposing side material adj
vantage.
| 1t was not until the first half was
| drawing to close tnat the Yale often
sive machinery began to work smoothly
enough to carry the ball steadily down
the field. From Yale's forty-six-yard
line three rushes, one on-side kick and a
cleverly executed pass placed the ball
on Harvard's Vineyard line. The Grim
son players braced themselves for the
onslaught, but could not Withstand Yaleys
pIunges and three rushes carried the bali
over. Captain Bigelow added another
point by kicking goal, and soon after
the players retired for brief rest.
Yale Scores Again
The second score came about fifteen
minutes after the second half began,
and again Yale started in her own ter
ritory and carried the ball seventy yards
without loss to the Harvard goal line
More scrimmages were required for this
score than the previous one, and for
ward pass made nearly twenty yards of
the distance. From this time Yale played
entirely on the defensive and substitutes
were sent in every few minutes
With about three minutes to play
Harvard got the ball in the center of
the field and then rushing it twenty
yards, carried off brilliant on-side kick
which placed it on Yales six-yard line
Crimson score seemed inevitable. The
first rush went three yards, the second
yard more, the third trifle more
than foot. Then the ball went to Yale
on downs, and there the game ended
Harvard had three other opportunities
to score and Capt. Parker made three
attempts at field goals within compara-
lively easy distances of Yales posts
The first of these efforts failed, result
ing in the ball shooting up into the air
and landing only twenty yards away, not
reaching the goal posts at all, while the
other two kicks were blocked.
1t is safe to say that the vast concourse
of people that packed the stadium from
the ground to the topmost tier expected
more brilliant game on the part of the
Yale team, and a less spectacular exhi-
bition by Harvard Yale. however. was
not pushed sufficiently to uncover tho
numerous intricate plays which won her
the game against Princeton, while, on
the other hand. Harvard showed the
best football of the season.
An analysis of the play shows that
Yale punted thirteen times for a total
of SOP yards. an average of nearly forty
yards on each kick. For Harvard, the
kicking back punted the ball eleven
times for 267 yards, an average OF
twenty-four yards each kick
The lineup:
HARVARD YALE
Starr.......... Left end ,y.............H. Jones