New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

room only prevented the number from
reaching 100000. a il seems utterly inn
possible TO satisfy the appetite of lovers
Of the sport for football. II is no exag-
geration To say that fully six thousand
or seven thousand persons stood on the
banks of the Charles River although
nothing but a fieeting view Of the bali,
as il sailed through the air from some
powerful punt. could be seen over the
low temporary stand at the usually open
end of the Stadium. Still. part of the
huge crowd could be seen, and that in
itself was worth looking at, and. further,
the cheering and the singing could be
heard and the first news Of score and
how the game resulted could be obtained
The crowd i'm its disintegration was
even more impressive. perhaps. than
when il was banked tier above tier in
the towering stands. The majority of
those present once the game was over.
had a single thought. and that was to
get back 10 Boston for something to eat.
Those who remained i'm their seats or
stood on the parapet to watch the thou
sands surge out were doubly repaid for
coming II was a human stream, run
ming on smoothly for a time. and again
choked up as some Of the 4J0 men who
guard the peace Of Boston tried to
st-aighten out the tangle of automobiles.
carriages. coupes. one-horse shays and
human beings.
play toward the middle OF the first
half aroused no end OF discussion.
Murphy made fair catch on Harvard's
4o-yard lise and Hobbs was called on
for a try for goal from placement The
kick failed by a narrow margin. and f.
X. Hall. Of Dartmouth, one of the Off
, cials, thinking it was a goal. picked the
ball up behind the goal posts. At this
two Harvard men turned away, but
after the referee signaIled no goal Mr..
Hall dropped the ball like hot potato.
and Murphy quickly fell on il for an APP
parent touchdown.
Under the rules. however, the ball.
having touched an official. was dead,
and the play was not allowed. Hobbs
being permitted TO try again for a goal
from placement This time he failed
utterly. the ball running over the ground
and across the line for a touchback
To go back TO the game. it must be re-
corded that both elevens were blessed
with a strong and sturdy defence, against
which neither team could gain any
ground consistently by rushing. Har-
ward showed much stronger attack
than Yale in the mere matter OF gaining
ground. by sending their backs between
end Of tackle on a delayed pass Corbett
was more successful than the other
Crimson backs in gaining on this play,
particularly in the early part OF the
game, before the Yale forwards had
solved the play. The attack on the
whole was not varied enough 10 be ef-
fective as the game progressed, and
neither team used the plays made pos
sible under the new rules. such as for
ward passes and onside kicks with my
degree Of success.
Coy did some good line plunging for
Yale, but the Harvard defence was too
strong 20 insure a march down the field.
and consequently Yale played a kicking
game TO a large extent gaining ground
consistently on almost every exchange Of
punts. This, together with Harvard pen-
alties. which counteracted 10 a large ex-
tent the inability Of Yale TO gain ground
by rushing, made II possible for the Blue
10 wage the fight in HaTVard's territory
most of the time and opened the way 10
no less than seven chances 10 score, three
OF which were accepted.