The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-24
HARVARD LANDS
ANNUAL DEFEAT
Yale Goes Easy and Lets Its
OId-Time Rivals Down With
Two TouChdoWnS.
USES STRAIGHT FOOTBALL
SCORE OF IL TO o GIVES NEW
HAVEN THIS YEARS GAME.

perbly maintained her football suprem-
acy by defeating Harvard. her oldest
rival. in the stadium today, by a score
of u to 0. Without resorting. except
on occasions, to the so-callea new plays,
Yale scored a touchdown in each half
on almost continuous plunges through
the line. Either content with a safe
lead or wearied by her efforts in de
teating Princeton week ago. Yale to-
DAY made no effort, apparently, to roll
up a high score, yet when I'm the very
last minute of the game the crimson
players by fortunate on-side kick car
ried the ball to within striking distance
of the Yale goal the sturdy line of Eli
became adamantAand Harvard was pre-
vented from scoring. 1t is years since
such magnificent 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 su-
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
hole or the blue 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 ad-
vantage.
Machinery Works Smooth.
1t was not until the first half was
drawing TO a close that the Yale often
sive machinery began to work smooth
~ enough 10 carry the ball steadily
down the field. From Yale's 46-yard
line three y1ChaG a fcIr nd
cleverly-executed forward pass, placed
the ball on HarvaTd's Vineyard line
The crimson players braced themselves
for the onslaught. but could not with
stand Yale's plunges and three rushes
carried the ball over. Captain Bigelow
added another point by kicking goal
and soon after the players retired for
brief rest.
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 a loss 10 the Harvard
goal line More scrimmages were re-
quired for this score than the previous
one and a forward 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.
alChs
With about three minutes to play
Harvard got the ball in the center of
the field and then, rushing il twenty
yards carried off a brilliant on-side
kick, which placed it on Yales siX-yard
line. A crimson score seemed ineVita-
BILE. The first rush went three yards
the second a yard, the third a trifle
more than a foot. Then the ball went
TO Yale on downs, and there the game
ended.
Harvard had three other opportunities
to score and Captain Parker made three
attempts at field goals within compare
lively easy distance of Yale's 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.
Yale Is Not Pushed.
It is safe to say that the vast con-
course of people that packed the stad-
ium from the ground 10 the tOpmOst
tier. expected a more brilliant game on
the part of the Yale team, and a less
spectacular exhibition by Harvard.
Yale. however. was not pushed suffi-
GENTLY to uncover the numerous intri-
cate plays which won her the game
against Princeton while on the other
hand Harvard showed the best foot
ball of the season. Harvard was as
much different I'm the game today as
compared with that against Dartmouth
and the Indians as was the Yale team
o.. comparison with its work against
princeton. The blue-egged players
seemed to lack the dash which carried
the ball many yards through the
Princeton team week ago. 1t is true
that Coy, especially in the first half
showed some Of the greatest kicking
that has been seen on Soldiers field for
many day. From his sturdy foot the
ball travelled forty. fifty and even sixty
Yards on punts. while his line plunging
was a material factor IN carrying the
bali down the field for the first touch
down.
Broke Up Trick Plays.
But the Harvard team had been APP
parently taught the art of fathOming
the Yale trick plays. and on a major
ity of occasions when those were at
tempted. the Harvard forwards broke
through and nailed either Coy or Tad
Jones for a loss or only slight gain.
The trick plays. however, were not
frequent and il was not until the sec
ond half was we'll along that one was
dispIaved that was up to the stand
point of those week ago. With the
ball in nearly the middle of the field.
Coy dropped back apparently Tor a
kick. Instead of booting the ball. how
ever. he seemed to hesitate and then run
back As the Harvard forwards came
running for him, he sent the ball over
their heads TO Tad Jones' fifteen yards
ahead of him, he sent the ball over
their heads to Tad Jones' fifteen yards
ahead of him. The latter, without the
slightest hesitation, hurled IL twenty
yards further into the arms of horde
Of Yale players. and a touchdown
seemed inevitable. But Newbail
plunged through the Yale men and
nailed the runner with the ball. Short
" after a Yale tumble gave the ball to
Harvard
End Runs Best for Harvard.
The most successful gains by the
Crimson runners was i'm circling the
ends. Several times Wendell, behind a
snlendid interference. made ten and fif-
teen yards. but efforts TO repeat such
plays Immediately proved failures. and