Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-25

teams the Ellis earned total of 20s points.
An odd coincidence was the fact that
Yale earned the same number of points
in the Harvard and Princeton games, de-
feating each Of these teams with touch
downs that netted twelve points.
The Blue eleven underwent the hardest
test possible for team. That Is to
snatch a victory after what looked like
certain defeat at the end of the first half.
Few teams have equaled the grit and
dash with which the Ellis tackled the
Tigers at the beginning of the second
half, with the score 10 to against them.
Yale onslaught that after Yale had made
a touchdown in the first six minutes Of
play the spectators felt defeat was cer-
tainty for Princeton, although the Tigers
still held the lead, with the score 10 to 6.
Yale Always the Better.
And so 1t was in the great game played
In the presence of 10000 people in the
Harvard Stadium last Saturday. Right
at the outset of the contest Harvard had
the luck and energy to get the ball within
striking distance of the Yale goal and
the bulky Parker, the Crimson captain,
elected to try field goal from placement
from the Yale 30-yard line.
1t was a miserable effort, and naturally
failed, but even If Parker had kicked the
goal there would have been no anxiety
among the Yale rooters, for it could be
seen that the New Haven eleven was play
ing better game than they showed In the
first half against Princeton.
Yale beat Harvard simply because the
Ellis were far the superior on all around
ability The Ellis made few errors In
handling the ball; their plan to advance
the leather In every scrimmage was the
best thing that could be tried; they
when Harvard had the ball a few inches
from their goal, and when close to the
Crimson line they did not fail to score
touchdown.
Considering the rather poor record Har-
avrd had made du,ing the season her
showing again Yale was good, to say the
least Harvard was an to l shot before
the contest, but before the battle was over
2 to 1 would have been considered fair
odds against the Crimson.
Johnnies a Surprise.
That Harvard would play her best game
against Yale was expected. Every one
knew the Cambridge Johnnies would
fight desperately to keep the Yale score
as low as possible. In fact, the Harvard
team had to do this to save her reputation
on the gridiron. but few thought fat Par
ker's team would so so far as to give Yale
all she could do 20 score touchdowns and
seriously menace Yale's sacred goal line
in the second period.
1t is a fact that Harvard gained more
ground than Yale during the battle, but
the Els gains were made when they
counted most. In other words the Yale
campaign was conducted more intelu-
gently.
Harvard did to Yale what no other
team except the West Point cadets have
been able to do this season, that Is to
rip up the line of the blue-shirted war
riors for long gains. The Harvard backs.
especially Wendell, tore through Yale's
left wing for from 10 to 20 yards at
clip. 1t was these dashes around the left
end that put the ball a foot from Yale's
goal near the end Of the battle. At this
point the teams were lined UP close to
the side lines and Harvard had the choice
of a dash through the center or an at
tempt to get around the Yale right wing.
Harvard chose the center. Apollonio made
a mighty plunge. the red and blue lines
came together with thud, for a second
the mass of bone and muscle swayed
backward and forward, and then the
Crimson mass sank in heap and Yale's
goal was saved.
The Crimson's Mistakes.
Perhps Harvard made a mistake in try
ing the center, for there is nearly always
short gain made on dash through the
ends and only a foot was needed Things
might have been different, too. II Har-
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