The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-22
GETS HER REVENGE Downs Yale in a Great Battle. SCORE: HARVARD A YALE 0 Field Goal Kicked by Kennard Gave
 Crimson a Victory. rae wheie Struggle Was One Of Strength Against Strength of
 Brains Against Brains.
 Much Enthusiasm Manifested

n U, ter seven long years. had beaten Yale to O.. A goal from the field. Kicked by Vic | tor H. Kenrard of Brookline, Mass, fresh from the side lines and standing on Yale's 28-yard line, with the Crim- son line planted on the 15-yard line, was the winning score just as the nrst half was closing. The game was . battle of football giants, the like Of | which, as memory served, has not been | seen on Yale field. After all, granting | to the Harvard men their full share Of credit for the victory. the Sons of Ell can point as a consolation to their goal line which was not crossed by foe of even such worthy mettie.
 Each teams defense was stronger than its offense and the best laid plans l of each in strategy weil-nigh went to lnaught There was critical point in the game, as in all contests, and It came In the second half, owing to the failure of forward pass. Yale had IUeen rallying with a desperation born of knowledge that time was heeting. and had worked the ball to Harvard's s 22-yard line, when Johnson, the quar- terback, gave the signal for the play which proved So successful against Brown This time the place for its Iexecutioh was the diagonal opposite corner of the neld. The ball went back to Philbin, who passed 1t clearly lover the, onrushing Crimson forwards to. Flames. But the ball was not thrown more than five yards from the centre line, and thinking the play was 1faulty, the ofi1cials. under the rules, lRave the ball to Harvard. A great
 sign of relief went up from the Har- yard. side of the field, and not i've min- utes later the game ended. '%
 A Stubborn Defense.
 l. Sf4NN 1rft AFa% proven by the fact that throughout 1 the second half Harvard did not once nave the ball in Yale's territory. and | yet so stubborn was her own defense that neither Coy, with his terrific plunges, nor the tremendous efforts of the Yale, line to open holes was able | to push the ball nearer than the 15- yard line. So well matched were the teams that neither got nearer than 1ifs l teen yards to its opponents goal. l The plays were, in large measure, rushes; occasionally, there would be an end run. which were not very suc- cessful except when Harvard directed one against Captain Burch's end. This style of play was mostly worked out side of tackle, when the end had been | drawn out. There were no spectacu- lar runs. although Ccy's attempts to turn the Harvard ends were nearly so. | for several times he crossed the field In his endeavor to find an opening. The longest run was by Whsaton.of Yale, at the kick off in the second half, when he returned the ball thirty five yaFds The longest rush was by Verwisbe, the Crimson full back, who started in the game of Harvard .- and this netted l eighteen yards around the end. Harvard rushed during the entire game sixty-ive times. netting 241 yards. an average of three and two- thirds yards to a rush. Yale rushed forty-seven times for a distance of ninety-fire yards. or nearly a yard less per rush on the average. Harvard received the ball four times on downs while Yale failed to hold the Crimson for downs once, simply | because kick was resorted to when two rushes had failed to give the need ed ten yards. From the start of the game.to the end, there was over eager ness among the players to be in the | fght and this brought many penalties. Harvard losing 120 yards on twelve penalties, and Yaie fifty-f five yards on six penalties. Some of the ground gaining was on the running back of kicks Harvard netting thirty-one yards this way, including fifteen on one kick off, and Yale sixty yards, in- cluding thirty-hve after one kick off. Harvard had thlrty-one downs and Yale eight.
 | A Magnificent Contest.
 The game was a magnificent one from the spectators standpoint, not withstan nding those brilliant bursts of speed through broken field. won- derful tackles and a finely developed interference. so often seen on the Tale field. The playing was on men who l were so evenly matched that 1t was hard to pick the shining lights. Coy was always in evidence, and so was White, of Harvard; upon whom most of the rushing developed.
 l The victory of Harvard undoubtedly | was due to the quick judgment of the Harvard coaches in sending in Kennard to try for q goal. though Verwiebe, whom he succeeded, had been playing | finely. The change in the lineup was instantly made. for the plays were being reeled of rapidly. when came the lineup on Ya1e's 12-yard line. In | another second Kennard at full back received the ball and applying his toe to it, the goal was made amid wild scenes on the Harvard side of the field. Few tn ought that this would be the only score made. 1t hardly being ex- pected that both teams could stand to the end without faltering from inc terrific onslaughts against them.
 Banked along the gridiron was the | largest crowd ever seen here The cheering and the singing came only in the moinentary spells when the game halted to let a player recover | his breath. Cheer leaders found little, response to the call for a song except when the tension which came with the rushing of the teams was relaxed Tn this respect the game stands out unique among the many which have been played here.
 Summary-Score Harvard. 4 Yale, 0. Umpire. Edwards, Princeton; Ref cree, Langford, Trinity. Head lines man Hackett. West Point; Field judge, Hall. Dartmouth Goal from field. Ken nard. Time of halves, thirty-five min utes.
 Story of the Game.
 Harvard won the toss up and took south goal. Yale kicked on at 2:05.
 Hobbs sent the bah to Harvard's three i yard line.
 Corbett ran the ball back ten yards.
 fake kick and then a punt gave
 Yale the bah at midneld. Coy gained
 several yards by a run around end.
 Wheaton tried a drop kick, but Yale
 recovered the ball without a loss.
 Two yards were gained against
 Yale's left tackle, then Harvard
 gained i've yards. but was penalized
 fifteen yards. it being her ball on the
 twenty five yard line.
 Harvard kicked to Yale midneld.
 Philbin gained four yards outside of
 tackle. Yale gained three more
 through Harvards center. On a shit