Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
THIS WEEK SETTLES
GR|D|RON SUPREMACY
Yale and Harvard Evenly
Matched, But Precedent
Fav0rs Dark Blue.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

II has been evident for some time that
| the most important foot ball game on
| eastern gridirons this year would be the
struggle between Harvard and Yale TO
| be played at Cambridge next week. Be
| cause of the rather inferior quality or
foot ball which Harvard has played prior
| to last year it has not usually happened
| that this game brought together the two
| strongest elevens in the east. AS rule
the honor Of having the strongest team
| in this section has been as frequently
claimed by Princeton or Pennsylvania.
But this year Harvard and Yale have
gradually drawn away from the other In
stitutions and are in class by them
selves.
Not In a good many years have Yale
and Harvard been so evenly matched and
so determined as they are this time. The
two teams have played two opponents In
common, but II is rather difficult to pass
Judgment as result OF them Both
played West Point and Brown. but each
met the common enemy under totally dir
ferent circumstances. Yale met West
Point two weeks before Harvard did. but
the Crimson met Brown two weeks In adj
vance of Yale. In both cases the COM
parative scores favor Yale. Yale beat
the Army eleven 40. but the first half
ended with the score 90. 1t is impossible
to compare the two elevens on this game
because II was early in the second half.
with the score 90 in favor of Harvard
that the West Point captain, Byrne, was
injured this ending the game Similarly.
Yale has the better of the argument over
the Brown game. Harvard beat Brown
with 4 score Of no. but Yale doubled the
Crimson total with 23-O
There is no doubt that as a result OF
these two games Yale is the favorite for
the final battle. The Ellis, at least prior
to yesterdays game, had neither been
scored on nor beaten. Furthermore, Yale
had the advantage of starting the sea-
son with almost a veteran team. Yale
thus was able to select her eleven within
the first few weeks OF the season. and
has had practically the same team work
ing together ever since.
The situation at Harvard has been dit
ferent. The Crimson suffered heavily in
losses by graduation and through other
causes. In fact. Harvard's present back
field Is composed entirely of new men,
with two new men In the line. 1t has
part of the Crimson coaches to convert
this team into well drilled foot ball
machine.
Precedent Favors Yale.
One of the most peculiar things about
the history Of Yale-Harvard foot ball
is that never since the two teams played
their first game in 1879 has Harvard been
able to win two successive games from
Yale Several times Harvard has badly
beaten Yale, but for some reason or other
Yale never permitted her great foe to
turn the trick twice in succession. This
is precedent that Harvard hopes TO
overthrow this fall and that Yale is de-
termined she shall not.
There Is every incentive to Harvard to
play desperate foot ball this year. This
Is due to the fact that OF the twenty
seven games which Yale and Harvard
have played the Crimson has won but
four to nineteen for Yale. There have
been four tie games with 90 scores and
five years the two teams nave not met.
The record follows.
1s7e-Yale. goal; Harvard. touchdowns
is7sYale. 2 safeties; Harvard. 4 safetiss (tie
Iss6-Yale, 1 goal. / touchdown; Harvard. O..
1ssl-Yale. o safeties; Harvard, safeties tile
Iss2-Yale. l goal 8 touchdowns; Harvard. 2
isss-Yale. 4 goals; Harvard. 1 touchdown. l
iss4-Yale. 8 goals: Harvard. Q.
iss8-Ysle. goals; Harvard. touchdown
1ss7-Yale. 3 goals, 1 safety; Harvard, goal.
issS-Ysle. e goal: Harvard. O.
Harvard. goals: Yale. ] goal:
1ssaYas goa. Hs21s1S Harvard
ise4-Ysle IL; Harvard. :.
iss7OYaie. Q; Harvard. o.
is9s-Harvsrd. II: Yale. o.
is0o-Yaie. q. Harvard. O.
lsoI-Harvard. 22: Yale. Q.
Is03-Ysle. 1s: Harvard, o.
IeO4-Ysle. IL: Harvard. o.
is0S-Yaie. s: Harvard. o.
ls07-Yale. II: Harvard. o.
I9Os-Harvard. 4; Yale, o.
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