The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-21


was no parade. From time to time the
rival bands played. the music sounding
faint and far away in the big structure.
Yale on the Field.
At LAT there was a sudden stampede at
the lower end of the stadium. and the
Yale players burst through the crowd ana
galloped out on the field, big Kid COY
being ahead with the ball under his arm,
the others following him In long line.
The Yale section, all of 15 900 strong, came
up with q mighty roar of welcome, and
the Harvard yell masters came UP with 1t,
FIVE of them in crimson sweaters. They
swung their megaphones at their sec
lions and Harvard barked its salute to
the bulldog, lacking on terrific yale,
ale, Yale!'' at the end of the Harvard
cheer To this the Yale men responded
in kind, and then, high above all the
other noises came the voices of the Har-
ward yell masters again: Now. then, fell
lows, ready for our team-everybody upt'
The preliminary punting was soon over
and then the team captains crossed to the
center Of the field where they met the Of
fciaix. Coy offered his hand to Fish and
both smiled. Coy then shook hands with
the officials but Fish doubled his lists
time-honored ceremonies were observed.
After what seemed like a very long wait
the coin went spinning into the air. Big
Bill Edwards picked it up. glanced at Coy
and pointed toward the upper or inciosed
end of the stadium. electing to defend
and take advantage of stiff breeze which
was blowing. AS Coy walked back to his
team grouped on the side lines, the Yale
rooters gave him cheer and Harvard
! not to be outdone in courtesy, gave the
| Harvard YELL and followed 1t with Coy,
Coy, Coyl'
The First Kick Off.
! For a ~sw seconds the teams stood
| about their captains and listened 70 the
last words, then they ran to their POSI-
| tons and the cheering rose once more
I then died away one of the wilmington
boys placed the new ball on the mouna Oh
! earth and patted It into position. inc
| Yale backs dropped we'll back toward the
goal uosts. the whistle thrilled, and just
as p. wilmington, the big center, dropped
back as IL to kick, L. Wilmington, MS
hrotber. stepped In and dropped short
mint over toward the right END or the
lines.
| The first play was a trick ana prousnt
! disaster Big Lnley, Yale's right tackle,
and one of her brightest stars at any sort
of play. caught the ball and just as II
| settled in his hands, two Harvard men mt
| him with a tearing crash and down went
| Idlley. his head between his arms. Inc
Harvard tack1ers leaped to their ieet pu.
Lilley did not more. In vain Coy pae'eu
| the big tackle on the shoulder as ne pent
| over him. Liley did not move. h..ie
gro,,n q, blue players formed about the
| nrostrate man. They worked over him,
| they rubbed the back Of his neck ana they
| drencbed him with cold water. Then one
| man stepped out of the group ana Threw
IN his hands. From the size iine Gains
Young Paul. given his chance In the game
after all, for Lilley, the line smasner. the
thunderbolt taclkler. was out OF IT, fAle
was dumb In the face of this swift disas-
| ter but Coy, slapping the new man On tns
back at once fell into position.
| The OFFICIALS. evidently amazed at the
accident. called Captain Fish over ana felt
| of his harness, shook their heads and de-
| cided to penalize Harvard 10 yards for
| foul tackle
Substitute For LIlley.
The game began again with the suhsti-
tute in Yale's place, and inside OF half
minute the Yale men forgot their grief
over Ldlley's loss, for they had something
else to think about. Twice the blue
backs hurled themselves against the req
line and on the third down, with less than
three yards to CO. Coy decided to play It
safe and kick Dropping back he punted
high into the air and the lean racing quar-
terback, OFIaherty. dropped the ban and
a Yale man dropped on 1t on Harvards
15-yard line.
With a howl which must have been
heard for miles, the Blue rooters came
to their feet. Swiftly the Yale line formed
and charged. Harvard stood up desper-
ately, and the sticks on the side lines
showed that Yale had gained scant
three Yards not enough. Once more the
big Blue fellows behind the line lowered
their heads and charged in and this time
the mighty Coy was stopped IN MS tracks
the big Red line was holding after all
and It was Harvards turn to cheer, but
there was an anxious note in their clamor
for Gov had dropped back to the 20-yard
line and was preparing to try Tor goal
from the field. Only 20 yards from
position straight in front OF the goal posts
| no wonder the Harvard rooters were un-
easy. Low and true the ball sailed back
to Gov. He dropped 1t to the ground
and his right leg swung in a short quarter
circle. The ball shot out toward the posts
but there were no blue flags beyond the
L goal and the Yale men who jumped up
to cheer sat down again suddenly Coy
had missed as easy a chance as he was
ever likely to have and there was relief
and a genuine note Of Thanksgiving In the
Harvard cheer which followed. while tha
ball was being brought out to the 25-
yard line. Fortune favored Harvard.
and as before, 1t was a tumble which
interviewed. Unable to gain through the
Yale line, Minot punted to midfeld, but
on a Yale tumble L. d. Smith, Haryard's
right end, recovered the ball. Minot.
Harvards big fulback, put all his 200
pounds into the plunge and carried tho
ball four yards. Corbett zigzagged
through for three yards more and i'm,
mediately took the ball again, this time
tearing through for II yards
Coy Leads Attack.
After some whipsaw wing back and forth
Coy. in the middle of the field, tried an
on-side kick and big Cooney numbering
through the Harvard line, leaped into the
air with the Harvard men grabbing at
him. and came down on Harvard's 90