The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-21
HARVARD SCORED
kennard Kicked Field Goal in
First Half.
Crimson Has Best Team Since
1891, Her Last Victory.
WEATHER is IDEAL.
Crowd Of $4,000 Expected to
See the Game.
Carlisle Minnesota, Chicago.
Wisconsin in West.

nounced that Captain Burr of Har-
ward had finally decided not to start
in the game and that Dunlap would
take his place at left guard. 1t was
also stated that Verwieb would go
| into the Crimson's lineup at full back
instead of Kennard.
Harvard won the toss and took the
south goal.
Yale kicked off at 2:O5.
Hobbs sent the ball to Harvard's
yard line. Corbett ran it back 10
yards A fake kick and then a punt
gave Yale the ball at midfieId. Coy
and Philbin made four rushes, car
ried the ball to Harvard's 20 yard
line, holding lost 90 yards for Yale.
Coy gained yards by a run around.
Wheaton tried drop kick. but it was
blocked but Yale recovered the ball
the ball back to Yale's As yard line
Harvard got the ball on downs. Two
yards We're gained against Yale's left
tackle then Harvard gained yards, but
was penalized is yards, it being her
ball on the 25 yard line. Harvard kick
ed to Yale at midfield. Philbin gained
yards outside of tackle. Yale gained
more through Harvard's center. On
a shift play Coy went through for 5
yards but Harvard was penalized 5
yards for offside play and it was first
down on Harvard's 43 yard line. The
Yale backs crashed through for two
was offside again and lost five yards.
Philbin was pushed through for yards,
but Harvard held on the next play. The
ball was then on Harvard's 3s yard
line.
Eight yards were gained on two more
crashing plays against the Harvard
guards.
Three yards more for Yale on next
attack. Yale's rushing game appeared
to be working nicely.
Harvard fell firm on her Is yard
fine and got the ball on downs. Yer
weibe got 5 yards on an end run
around left. Harvard's next tackle
play netted four yards and a wing
shift with straight drive through
Biddle placed the ball in midfeId. Yer
weibe made 8 yards
Harvard lost Is yards by penalty.
A fake play gave Harvard 10 yards
and the ball was Harvards at midfield.
An onside kick landed in Coy's arms
on YaIe's 35-yard line. He lodged
thrown Yale lost three yards on an
open play and Coy dropped back to
the 30-yard line and punted to
Browne on Harvard's 30-yard line
Verweibe made Is yards clear run
around Burch's end. Logan got
through and nailed the Harvard rum
ner on next play. Verweibe on
tackle play made 1 5 yards and then he
made yards more on the other side
of the line. Harvard massed against
Yale's center and took the ball
through IOr YarQS. NerW1eDe went
through for 10 more.
Five yards more were gained against
left tackle. Yale stood firm against the
next attack. forward pass failed,
Coy getting the ball, Yale taking the
ball on her own 50 yard line Coy
punted to Harvard's 40 yard line. A
line play and a run around Yale's right
end placed the ball at midf1eld. White
made five yards through Biddle who
seemed unable to resist the attacks.
New Haven, Conn, Nov. 21.-Ameri-
can university football history shows
that seven years ago team wearing
crimson colors battled with and de-
feated Yale. Three years before that
another Harvard team had won a bat
tie, and meantime there had been no
score game. Harvard, in an even quar-
ter of century has had but three
victories over Yale, not including a |
game forfeited to her just 20 years ago. |
Since 1894 Harvard has not scored a |
point against her rival except in the |
years of victory: Harvard is here to- |
day battling with all the power within |
her men to add one more shining bar |
upon her athletic shields. Out on Yale |
field, more than $4,000 people will be |
massed to witness the great struggle. |
which is expected to rank with the best |
ever played in this country.
The weather today was ideal for the |
game. Frost lay like snow on the straw !
that has protected the gridiron within |
the quadrangle of banked seats on Yale |
field today, but the morning sun caused |
this to quickly disappear and the mois- |
ture did not penetrate beneath.
The Yale team, which stayed at the |
college infirmary last night to be out |
of the excitement which prevailed ev-
erywhere, went out to the country club |
during the forenoon, returning at noon |
for luncheon at the New Haven house. |
The Harvard squad came down from |
Pennington shortly after IL o'clock and |
also went to the same place for |
luncheon. Afterwards the players went |
to gymnasiums to prepare for the game |
Thirty-six special trains came in
during the forenoon
Some ticket selling is said to have
been in evidence during the morning,
but many deputies and city con-
stables scurried here and there run
ming down reports that SPECTATORS
were busy. Arriving college men went
to the ticket departm to see of any
tickets had been returned, but this
year very few tickets came back
When the college year opened Yale
had on paper the best football ma
terial in years. In the line and be-
hind that bulwark, the men were
giants for strength. These men, sea-
soned by training and drilled in the
fundamentals of football, which have |
been such a factor in years past in |
Yale's winning games, went sent upon |
the field today. The back field is the |
same as selected for last years game /
against Harvard until an injury to |
Wheaton compelled a change
Harvard points to her team as one I
of the best developed in years. with |
men possessed of full knowledge of |