The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-26
Harvard and the Navy Played in
a Drilling Rain.
Fought Every Inch With a Final
Count of 6 to 6.
MIDDIES DID THE BEST
Two Brillian t Forward Passes
Gave Touchdown.
While 60 Yard Run by Nourse
Made Struggle Even.

Annapolis. Oct. 26.-The Navy and
harvard football teams played each
other to a standstiil at the naval
academy Saturday afternoon, the first
score being 6 to 6. From the stand,
point of good football of a variegated
sort the midshipmen outplayed their
opponents. When the first half ended
there had been battle royal resulting
In the blue and gold crossing the GRIM
son line within seven minutes after
play commenced. Harvard had not
scored nor had she been dangerous to
the hitherto uncrossed naval goal lines.
me crimson's score was made about,
the middle of the second half and was
on a fiuke by which the doughty
Nourse. from his place in the center of
the Harvard line, got out and dashed
away with recovered ball on sixty
yard run to score.
There was a drizzling rain, which fell
at intervals during the contest. 1t was
IA O'Clock when Captain Burr kicked
or to LANCE, almost under the Navy
goal posts Navy punted at once and
the midshipmen had the pigskin in
midfield. Almost before the Harvard
men knew what was happening the
midshipmen had worked a forward
pass from Lange to Reiffsnider. Before
the blue and gold end Was downed he
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territory. Immediately the same signal
was given and the same play repeated.
This time Reiffsnider caught the pig
skin just as he was crossing the Haf-
ward goal line He was not touched
until he had trotted squarely behind
the goal posts. Captain Northcroft
kicked a clean goal Only seven min
utes had elapsed since the ball was put
into play. The remainder of the half
was largely punttng duel IN Wnlcn
Dalton, the Navy halfback, who Is con-
sidered the find of the season. held his
own with Burr.
Harvard came back for the second
half logged and determined. and began
to try to bore holes in the Navy line,
and for the first time the crimson backs
were able to make something like con-
sistent gains. Finally Nourse bounded
out from among a pile of players with
the pigskin. No one seemed to know
what had happened except Lange, but
before he could get out of tangle,
Nourse was on his run to the goal sixty
yards away and was never headed.
Burr kicked the goal and tied the
newed determination and three times
forced her way almost within reaching
distance of the Harvard goal, but that
was all. The lineup:
Navy, 6. y Position. Harvard, 6.
Robertson-Cobb, L. E. Brown-Houston
NOrthcroft (capt.) Il. H. a. =. 80 ay
Meyer-Reinick.. L. G. burr lcapto
Slinguff .......... c. ......:..-. Nourse
Wright ........ R. G. -. Hoar-Dunlap
Leighton T. ..........-i Fish
Reiffsnider-Ruhl, r. E. .....:. Crowley
Lange ... Q. B. .......... Cutler
Dalton-Clay. :. L. H. B. -........ White
Jones R. H. B.. Corbett-Leslie
richardson $3.50. F. B., Gray-Kennard
The summary: Touchdowns-Rein-
snider and Nourse. Goals from touch
and Burr Referee
sharp of Yale Umpire-Edwards of
Princeton. Field tudge-Corbin of Yale.
Head 1ineman-Gresham Poe of Prince
ton. Time of halves-25 and 20 min
utes