The San Francisco call., 1908-11-22


left tackle. Yale was offside and Har-
ward was given five yards. Corbett
went through z hole in Yale's line, put
ting the ball on the 80 yard mark. Yer
same play got FIVE more, and it was
first down for Harvard on Yale's 20
yard line in front of the goal post.
yale stood firm once and then yielded
ave yards. --ennard took Yerweib's
place.
REPLACES VERWEIB
On the S6 yard line Kennard re-
placed Nerweib and he Immediately
dropped back and made field goal.
Score; Harvard, /; Yale, 0.
Corbett made seven yards in two
Kennard punted to Corey at Yale's
45 yard line, but the BAH pounded out
OF his hands and into Coy's.
Coy punUed from his own IS yard
line 10 Harvard's 20 yard line. Haines
look Burch's place. Yale stanos
chcered burch. kennard punted to mid
HELD and Corey gained IiVe yards on
the run back. Coy punted TO Harvard s
- yard line field goal was missed.
Sprague took CorDetts place at left
naf back for Harvard. Harvard got
myre by crashing through Biodle.
quarter back.
sprague kicked to his own as yard
Maloney replaced Biddle at Yale's
center.
Yale Immediately rushed for five
yards An on side kick was missed by
several players, but in the mix up Yale
got the ball on Harvaru's l. yard line
Soth teams piled up four yards nearer
the crimson goal Yale,s forward pass
failed and il was HarYard's s ball on her
own goal lire. There was an argu-
ment at this point. Sprauge kicked
out OF danger 10 Coy at Harvard's "a
yard line.
GAME NEARLY OVER
About five minutes more to. play
Leslie took Sprague's place in Har-
wards back field, Yale rushed nine
yards and then five more. Gov being
used against the center. An on side
KICK was blocked and Yale got the
pail on her own 80 yard line. Coy
! Kicked to Harvard's 40 yard line. Les
4 lie made two yards Three more were
n1aae by the same player. Harvard
/ lost 10 yards for holding A fake kick
and double pass failed as the Yale line
broke through. Harvard kicked to mid
/ field and recovered the ball, but there
was lntsrference and Harvard lost the
! ball with Is yard penalty.
II was Yales bail on Harvard's Is
yard line On the next play the Har-
/ ward line got through and nailed Phil
pm Tor z loss; Coy made five yards.
on her own 20 yard line. Harvard was
/ given five yards as Yale was of side
on the next play The crimson gained
/ hve yards on rush. Harvard got five
plays.
From then on to the end the play
vas tast, but the Harvard men proved
/ themselves invincible.
Harvard rushed during the entire
game 65 times, netting 241 yards. an
average distance of 2-3 yards to a
rush Yale rushed ~ times for a dis
tance Of 95 yards. or nearly a yard
less per rush on the average
Harvard received the ball four times
q
the crimson for down once, simply
( because a kick was resorted to wher
two rushes had failed to give the
needed 10 yards. This made the ex-
changes of the ball frequent and LEM
spice 10 the playing. The rushing hac
its compensations. for 1t worked M
the audience to a high pitch of ex-
pectancy every few minutes.
In kicking. Coy lifted the ball min.
times for total of 319 yards, an aver
age Of IS y yards Harvard called 'upoI
her fuilbacks to kick. and the tota
OF their efforts was 325 yards for 1,
times. an average of SO 2-S yards. From
the start OF the game to the end ther,
was overeagerness among the PLAYER
many penalties. Harvard losing IL,
yards on u penalties and yale q
yards on six penalties.
Neither team tried many Of the re
sourceful plays which the revised rule
have brought out
SHOWED GOOD JUDGMENT
The victory of Harvard was undoubt
edly due TO the quick Judgment OF tn
Harvard coaches in sending in Kennar,
10 try for goal. though Verweibe
whom he succeeded, had been playinl
hnely. The change in the lineup wa
instantly made, and when it came tn
lineup was on Yale's u yard line. i
another second Kennard at fullback re
TO It, the goal was made amid will
scenes on the Harvard side of th
field. Few thought that this would b
the only score made.
Banked along the gridiron was TIL
largest crowd ever seen here TIL
cheering and the singing came only Il
the momentary spells when the gam
Breath C Cheer leaders found d9GnsT ittTe re- re-
| sponse to the call for a song excep
when the tension was relaxed. In thf
respect the game stands out uniou
. among the many which have bee
Before the game began. when tn
tens Of thousands were pouring int
! the stands and the bands were plav
ing. the songs were inspiring in thei
volume and melody. The lineup
Yale. Position Harvard
Hobbs. ..-..---..-. Left tackle. ...-.... .McKa
! andrus ........ Left guard Dunlap. Wit
ington. We:
Riddle. Cooney- 80 Center -.-.---.-..-. Nours
, CoebeIs. Right guard . Hos
Birds. Right Tackle. .........F .Fis
, Burch. Paines.-.... Right end. $500. .CroE-le
Corey. Johnson. ouarter back ...-.. -cHtls
e Phiibn. Left halfback. .corbe
] Sprsg que. Iesli
( Wheaton. Daily Right halfback Whit
, Coy. ...-..-.-- Fuliback. Verweibs
kennard Smit
SUMMARY
score-Hsrvard !. Tale @. Umpire-Edward
Princeton Referee--Laugford Trinity Eea
: Ilnesnsn-Tia iackett West Point Field judge
: Hall. Dartmouth. Goal from deld-Kennars
Time az Lalves-25 minutes