New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-20
YALE FIGHTS TO A :
TIE WITH HARVARD
Crimson Eleven FumbIeS Away
Its Chance to Win in
Fourth Period.
BLUE TURNS AT THE END
Thousands Look On as Captain
DAILY Misses Goal from
the Field in Last
Minute of PLAY. =.
IRv Telegraph % The Tribune. !


New Haven Nov. 19.-Yale and Har-
ward played each other TO a football tis
at o TO o on Yale Field here to-day.
while $4,000 persons looked on-sorne in
disappointment. some in satisfaction.
some in mild surprise and all IN regret
that the stirring battle Of the gridiron
could not be fought 10 finish.
Harvard fumbled away one glowing
chance 10 score in the last period and
two or three other good chances 20 striks
and press home an appealing advantage
Yale failed by a narrow margin in the
last minute Of play to take advantage Of
her single chance TO score when Captain
Daily missed a goal from the field by a
liant two yards on a we'll executed drop
kick that would have been stamped brill
liant if it had been successful
When the end came. rather suddenly
and Unexpectedly, the shouting hosts
collapsed like a pricked balloon. The
sting OF defeat or the eIatfon of victory
was not present to relieve the tension OF
straining nerves Everybody expected
something TO happen but nothing did.
There was no wild dance on the SCARED
t
cheering ceased Harvard men were
stunned; their high hopes blasted They
had counted on Captain Wilmington and
his men 10 avenge some OF the many de-
feats OF the past They foundSrnuch to
applaud. but victory. the. one thing want
ed. was denied. and defeat could hardly
have been more bitter
With Yale men it was different Many.
/ even in the face Of an outward show oc
| loyalty. lacked the confidence Of the
coaches and the team. and the fact that
! Harvard's powerful eleven did not win
was satisfying for the moment Some IN
their enthusiasm rsshed 70 the field and
| carried Captain Daily OF on their shouI-
ders. as If in victory Tt pointed the
moral Defeat was feared and derear
was spared
Harvard OutpIays Yale
Harvard outplayed Yale. not by enougf,
to score, but by enough to keep the Yale
eleven fighting back IN its own territory
most Of the time AMI 70 keep the Tale
cohorts in the stands in almost constant
anxiety. if not dread Poor gaueraIship,
loose handling Of the ball for fourteen
fumbles and several penalties nuIlihed
the good work Of the Harvard men Ths
speed was there. the power was there.
but the finish was lacking; the final
punch, the telling drive vas missing
Defeat was averted for Yale by the
brilliant work Of Captain DAILY. Howe.
Field and Kistler in the secondary Hrs
Of defence. These men stood IN the
wards in the most sensational way. Tine
after time some Harvard back. mostly
Wendell would slice his way through
scr1e gaping hole in the line on a puz-.
zling. well covered skir-tackIe play. only
TO be stopped when clear road TO the
coveted goal line loon1ed Up. The Yals.
forwards were fooled and drawn away.
| from the man with the ball in trying to
break through an interference that dft
not protect the runner, SO that IL was
well for Yale that her backs were So
sure and deadly IN their tackling. :
/ Harvard's attack vas more powerful.
more varied and better sustained and
Harvard's defence was more compact
It must be said in al fairness, however,.
4 that YaIe's attack was not fully tried:
! out because Of the lack OF opportunities.
| Tom Shevlin's famous tackle shifc
worked in spots but did not prove con-
sistentIy effective against Harvard
strong defence. Further than that &c.
! could not be worked IN all its rar1ifca-
tons for the reason that Yale was forced
to resort 70 a Kicking game 70 hold ths
| Crimson players at bay Yale was forced
| - 1a<a ~ haN
own territory that the forward pass was
not once used and other plays that had.
been counted on as ground gamers could
not be utilized
| Howe's Puntins Nest EHectiss.
| Four or five times Howe was forced to
punt out from behind. or perilously close
TO his own goal line. and he never failed
| 10 get the ball off quickly and cIeaniy-
! once he punted out OF bounds on Yale's
25-yard line. and Harvard's great chancs
was presented only 10 be fumbled away
bv Corbett. but on the whole his work.
was fauItIess II has been said that Yale
Uas shared the sting of defeat by rho
brilliant work Of the backs in the sec
ondarv line Of defence. but this should
he
ing and the dashing work OF the Yale
apds-KiIpatrick and BroOks-who rarely
failed TO cover the ball and 20 stop the
runner in his tracks
Wendell. who was substituted for Fel-
70, in the first half was the most con-
snicuous man on the Harvard team He
n,csed his openings with rare precision
and plunged through with the power OF
a frenzied bull AS matter OF fact. he
was the only back VINO could gain con-
sisteutIv for Harvard Corbett. OF whom
so much was expected. proved a disap-
nointnent L Smith. at right end. was
about the only other Crimson player 10
stand out. He was not far behind Kill
patrfck in speed and sureness of taclSlins-
The other Harvard men did not neces-
sarilv suffer in comparison. but. as n
other games this year. their work as IN
dividuaIs was made secondary TO their
work as team
Crowd impressive IN Size.
When 81. .Otso persons are gathered to-
gether in one place. with sympathiss