New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22
HARVARD WINS BIG
BATTLE ON GRIDIR0N
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cororoodase -bir4v--three thousand persons and,
of course thrty-thTee thousand persons were
there and some more. judging by the way the
sisles were filled and the side lines populated
II was gay and happy crowd irnbued with
the spirit OF football and quite capaoe OF en-
towing the feast provided
The Harvard undergraduates came down from
Cambridge some two thousand strong and
pitched their camp in the west stand Ihey
were well supplied with crimson flags and full
repetoire OF songs and cheers with which 10
encourage their team and incidentally entertain
the crowd. Helped and encouraged by some
twelve or fifteen thousand sympathizers, they
made their presence felt from the time the Har-
ward team ran on the field until 1t ran off again.
victor in hard fought and notable struggle
The Yale hosts encamped in the east
stand where ? few crimson flags were fairly
lost in a field Of blue It would be hardly fair
70 say that the undergraduates massed in
one section made more noise than their rivals
across the field, but they answered cheer for
cheer and song for song. while the band did its
best 10 make itself heard. even when Harvard
was enjoying the feast Of triumph. Altogether
It was brilliant setting for a brilliant game,
YALE BEGINS WITH A RUSH
Yale began the game with rush, and 1t
looked for time if the much Wanted Har-
ward defence could not cope with the heavy
tandem plays lodged against it, and that Yale
would win. as ii had against Princeton, by
oid-fashioned, line-bucking football. Instead Of
waiting as was the case in the Princeton game,
Corey launched the attack at Mckay, who had
been picked out as the weak point in the Har-
ward line, and with Coy leading the charge as
Brides made the opening. started what appeared
TO be an irresistible rush for the Harvard goal
line. For thirty-five yards it went, and then
ell the good work nullifed by holding IN
the line. and Yale was penalized fifteen yards
and Harvard was saved. An onside kick failed,
and Harvard men breathed easier as Cutler,
finding the Yale defence strong, punted to the
centre of the field
Encouraged by success. Corey started another
attack against the Harvard line and slowly but
surely Yale forced Harvard back using split
plays or revolving tandens. with Coy and Phil
bin carrying the ball. The Harvard team fought
back every inch Of the way, and finally made
stand on the 15-yard line and took the ball on
downs, Yale throwing away chance for try
at goal from the field.
Then, quicker than it takes to tell it, the tide
Of battle turned and Harvard cut loose an at
tack that was quite as powerful and more varied
than Yale had shown Quick dashes around
Captain Burch's end and sharp plunges into the
line, with Yer Weibe White and Corbett carry
ing the ball marked the onslaught Twice Har-
ward carried the ball well into Yale territory once
for forty-ive yards to the Blues 4O-yard line,
when an onside kick failed. and again ffty-dve
yards to Yale's 30-yard line, when a forward
pass went astray. Twice Coy punted the ball
out of danger, and Yale followers breathed
easier. but the Harvard team. no whit discour-
aged came right back and once more forced the
fight and carried the ball to Yale's 15-yard line,
and the critical moment Of the game had come.
KFNNARD TO THE RESCUE
Captain Burr, Of Harvard, who at the last
minute had decided TO sacrifice his ambition to
the good Of the team and stay on the side lines
because Of his injured shoulder, and Houghton,
the head coach. who had taken lot Of green
men and welded them into q strong, well bal
anced team, had foreseen the need for a re-
liable drop kicker, had ordered Kennard TO
warm up, and consequently were ready for the
emergency. The bah, as said before, was on
YaIe-s 15-yard line; it was the third down, with
some four or five yards to go, and the time hao
come for quick action. Captain Burr saw the
chance grasped it and gave the word that sent
Kennard in to relieve Yer Wiebe, who hao
done sc much carry the ball into the very
shadow Of the Yale goal posts. Cutler knew
full sell what Remarks presence on the field
meant. and gave the signal for a drop kick.
The Yale forwards realized it too, and bent
every energy to breaking through TO block the
bail. But the Harvard forwards were quite as
keen 10 prevent it, and Kennard. taking his
time and without the faintest show Of nervous
ness, sent the ball flying over the bar and square
ly between the posts, while the Harvard stand
broke into mass Of crimson and the Harvard
followers broke the hush that had settled over
the field and sent up a frenzied cheer Of JOY.
Yale men were no whit discouraged by the
score and the Yale eleven which had faced odds
before and overcome them. took up the fight
l,r,-T daft
the acknowledgment did not come until the last
play had been made and the game was over.
Harvard gained one hundred and eighty yards
By rushing 10 seventy-fve for Yale in the first
half and made nine first downs in that way to
four for the Blue, and this in itself shows where
the strength OF Harvard lay. Forward passes
and onside kicks were conspicuous by their
absence in the first half also, While Yale punted
only three times TO Haryard's four. All this
changed in the second half. when Yale,
despairing Of beating Harvard By close forna-
tain plays changed the tactics and resorted TO
punting, onside kicks and forward passes TO
overcome the handicap CT points. That he
new plan was not successful was due partly to
the clean handling OF the BAH by Harvard, to
the quickness Of The Crimson. backs in solving
the plays. and 10 a little hard luck.
YALE FORCED FIGHT N SECOND HALF
Harvard was on the defensive most of the
time, and the fight was waged in Harvard's
territory. Coy easily outpunted Kennard and
Cutler, and Yale, gaining on most every ex-
change. kept the Harvard followers on the
anxious seat johnson was sent in for Corey and
the Yale play gained new speed. The time came
when an onside kick melted thirty yards for
Yale and landed the BAH on Harvard's 3O-vard
line but forward mass failed and Lyeppor5