The San Francisco call., 1908-11-08
HaryardDOWnS Indians
by Score Of II to 0
Crimson Proves Irresistible
Against Natives in Both
Attack and Defense

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. Harvard
proved irresistible against the Carlisle
Indians today. both in the attack and
on the defense, and won. to the sur
prise of nearly 10000 spectators. by a
score of Il to 0.
The result would have been several
points larger for the crimson had ii
not been for the oyereagerness 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 players be-
came exhausted from rushing and the
Indians got the ball on downs. Two
minutes later Harvard was within II
yards of the Indian goal line, but again
lost the ball on downs. 1t was directly
after this that the strength of the
Crimson defense was tested to the very
limit and proved unbreakable, for the
Indians were held for downs on the
Crimson five yard line. Then came the
attack, which covered practically the
entire length of the field and which
These plays were all in the second
half.
INDIANS LOOK DANGEROUS
In the first half Harvard scored
twice, the first march to the Indians
goal line starting from the crimson S
35 yard line and the second from the
middle of the field. Twice during the
game the Indians looked dangerous.
The first time 90 yard penalty
stopped their progress under the Har-
ward goal posts, and the second time
the adamantine defense by the Grim
son stopped further progress. Batentis s
only attempt at a field goal was smoth-
cred almost before the ball left the
ground. One Harvard man, Kennard,
was ordered from the field for rough
play.
The beauty of the modernized foot
ball was shown ably by Harvard.
Three forward passes by the crimsons
resulted IN long gains and two onside
kicks were carried off successfully. 1t
was the crimsons' smashing onslaught
into the Indian line, however, that
gained so many yards for Harvard and
proved the feature Of the game. The
longest run of the game was that by
Cutting around Carlisle's left END, which
netted a yards. White made run
through center of 2S yards and Corbett
p yards in his run for a touchdown
in the first half.
HARVARD WEAKENED IN KICKING
After the loss of Kennard Harvard
was woetully 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 IL
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 bal
on the crimson 35 yard line -Four
rushes into the line brought it to the
center of the field and an onside kick
took it to the Indians "a yard line
from which point Corbett carried ii
over Then came the first chance OF
the Indians to score. Getting the lumr
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 20
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 e-l-
hausted themselves, there came the
great crimson rally. which covered the
length of the field and which resulted
in the third and final score
A review of the work of the two
teams shows that Harvard rushed 44S
yards in 80 scrimmages, had 90 first
downs, kicked nine times from downs
for distance of 298 yards and suffered
seven penalties for a loss Of 135 yards
The Indians covered 1O2 yards in 3c
1 fcrimmages, had four first downs
kicked eight times for a distance OF
362 yards and were penalized -four
times for distance of 80 yards.