Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-08
HARVARD SHOWS
FORM REVERSAL
PLAYS STRONG GAME AND
BEATS INDIANS
ATTACK AND DEFENSE SHOW BIG
IMPROVEMENT
over-Eagerness of Crimson Players to
Score When Near Carlisle Goal Is
Responsible for Small Score
of II to
rBy Associated Press.l

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 7.-Har-
ward proved to be Irresistible against
the Carlisle Indians today, both in at
tack and defense, and won, to the sur
prise of nearly 10000 spectators, by a
score of II to 0.
The result would have been several
points larger for the Crimson had it
not been for the overeagerness of the
Harvard players when within reaching
distance of the Indians goal line. Sew
eral times Harvard was on Carlisle s
five-yard line, and three times was
sent back for offside play and holding,
while in the fourth instance her play
ers became exhausted from rushing and
the Indians got the ball on downs. Two
minutes later Harvard was within
twelve yards of the Indian goal, but
again lost on downs.
It was directly after this that the
strength of the Crimson defense was
tested to the very limit, and proved
unbreakable for the Indians, who held
for downs on the Crimson five-yard
line. Then came the attack which
covered virtually the entire length of
the field and resulted in the third Grim
son score. These plays were all in the
second half. In the first half Harvard
scored twice, the first march to the
Indian goal line starting from the
Crimson's thirty-flve yard line, and the
second from the middle or the field.
Twice during the game the Indians
looked dangerous. The first time a
twenty-yard penalty stopped their
progress under the Harvard goal
posts, and the second time the adaman-
tine defense by the Crimson stopped
farther progress. Batenti's only at
tempt at field goal was smothered al
most before the ball left the ground.
One Harvard man, Kennard. was or
dered from the field for rough play.
The beauty of the modernized foot
ball was shown ably by Harvard. Three
forward passes by the Crimson resulted
in long gains, and two onside kicks
were carried off successfully. 1t was
the Crimson's smashing onslaught into
the Indian line, however, that gained
so many yards for Harvard and proved
10 be the feature of the game.
The longest run of the game --os that
by Cutting, around CaTlisle's left end,
which netted forty-seven yards. White
made run through the center of TWEEN
ty-eight yards. and Corbett twenty
four yards In his run for a touchdown
in the first half
After the loss of Kennard, Harvard
was woefully weak in the kicking de-
partment and Carlisle's chance at the
| Crimson goal was due partly to Nc
Kay's inability to boot the ball out
of danger.
The first score came after fifteen
minutes play. The ball had been going
back and forth across the field and
penalties on both sides had been fire.
quent At last Harvard got the ball
on the Crimson thirty-five-yard line.
Four rushes into the line brought it
to center, and nonside kick took
it to the Indians twenty-four-yard
line, from which point Corbett carried
| 1t over.
Then came the first chance of the
Indians to score. Getting the jump on
the Harvard players and, aided by a
well executed forward pass Carlisle
pushed the ball to within striking dis
tance of the Crimson goal, but a TWEEN
| ty-yard penalty pushed the ball back
and soon afterward Harvard got the
ball on downs.
Then followed Harvard's second
score, in which a forward pass and
the onside kick were contributing
factors. Five minutes before the close
of the game, after the Indians ex =
hausted themselves, there came the
great Crimson rally which covered the
length of the field and resulted in the
third and final score.
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