The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-14

vast audience realized what had hap
pened; then the Crimson stands went
delirious, as well they might, for this
was their first score on the Blue since
the memorable year of 1901. The Yale
stands were not disheartened when the
whistle sounded the close of the half
"Wait till the next half" was the
Eli watchword as the cheering sections,
urged on by frantic undergraduates,
coatless and hatless, flung their battle
songs across the barred field.
just what the Yale coaches said to
their men between the halves will never
be known but the team looked big and
dangerous as it trotted on the field and
the Yale men cheered it to the echo.
Harvard kicked and Ryan sent a thrill
through the Ellis as he ran down the
sidelines to the center line. The same
stubborn Harvard defence was still
there, however, and Yale was forced to
kick. Then the Blue started the kick
ing policy, Coy's toe driving the ball
farther down the field on each ex-
change. Weakened by the loss of Yer
Wiebe Harvard s offence could not gain
consistently and her kickers could not
the Harvard rooters longed for the
mighty Burr, mutely, but with hawk
like eye, following the play from the
sidelines. With his kicking Yale s sole
advantage would have been gone.
Coy could kick but now even he could
not penetrate the stone wall of Har-
ward s line. The giant Dunlap, 225
pounds of bone and sinew, had been
filing Burr s place but the terrific ham
mering told on his weak shoulder. Into
his place went Wilmington, the Puma
hou boy, his 1T pounds looking slight
against the bulk of the heavy line men.
Coy directed his plunges here, but the
change gave no help to the Blue. The
line still held firm as Gibraltar. AS the
moments rolled by Yale grew desperate.
Her attempted field goals were blocked,
fake end runs Melted long losses. A
desperate forward pass went to Har-
ward on her six-inch line While Yale
stands wildly howled, "Block that
kick Sprague, a pale and frail look
ing substitute, standing ten yards be-
hind his goal line, drove the ball to the
ffty-yard mark and Coy was thrown
with hardly gain. Wilmington twisted
his knee but stayed in. Even with this
handicap the Crimson line was break
ing through on every play. The Yale
quarter was so threatened that his
passes were hurried. As last resort
a forward pass was called for. The
whole Harvard line seemed to crash
through at once. Surrounded, johnson
could not run to the side and pass the
ball the necessary five yards from GEN.
ter. Over the center he hurled it to
Blue player on Harvard's seven-yard
mark. For a moment the Blue stands
went wild, then stilled as the referee
brought the ball back. The pass was
80 clearly illegal that Yale did not even
say a word of protest. As one man :
the Yale sections rose and sang with A..
pared heads, "For God, for Country and ,
for Yale. - 1t was a moment not to
be forgotten, that despairing song,
never heard in game except as last
extremity. Yale tried to respond but
he team, CALAMITY fighting, had lost.
Harvard was tearing her way down the
ield when the final whistle blew with
he ball in her possession on her fifty
wo yard mark.
Then the Crimson cohorts in mad,
Iproarious serpentine dance upon the
ield vented the feelings pent up in
tx years of defeat. Tonight in New
Iaven, Cambridge and Boston, on the
hirty-eight special trains that are bear
ng spectators to their homes, and wher-
yer in the wide world there is Har-
ard man the celebration is being car
led on.
Meanwhile the football experts, and
indeed everyone, give credit to Haugh- ]
on, the silent coach, to his assistants, 1
0 Burr, the injured captain whose bod !
" bruise did not prevent his keen
lind from vital work, to the team, the I
econd team and everyone who has aid
d in the new "Harvard system. y I
And those who have the interests Of |
port at heart are rejoicing that the ]
reatest game of the year was played
,ithout penalty for roughness or foul
Law of intentional nature between {
ivals who cheered each other repeated $
: and by players who met as friends {
nd spOrtsmen. though in the fiereest I
rruggle Yale Field has seen in many
day. Yale has acknowledged herself
airly beaten and John Harvard takes (
# his hat to as gallant and plucky l
team as ever battled for the Blue. &