Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-20

NEW HAVEN, Nov. ls.-(Specal reiv-
grsm)-The Harvard machine did not
stand up in the great emergency and
the big foot ball game played here this
afternoon by the Yale and crimson elevens
before 5000 persons ended without a score
being made by either team. Harvard had
at least 5000 chances 70 score, but failed TO
put over the punch" once a penalty set
1t back from the shadow of the Yale goal
posts. Again a drop kick from the field
was fizzle and finally just as It seemed
as II Harvard was about to make the fatal
thrust, Corbett fumbled the ball on Yale's
twelve-yard line and Yale promptly re-
covered and kicked out Of danger.
Yale threatened Harvard only once and
that was in the last period, when Captain
DAILY attempted to kick a goal from the
field, standing on the forty-five-yard line.
The ball went wide to the left, however,
and few minutes later the game was over.
Harvard's indiscreuon in the last period
and poor passing and some atroclous Jug
Cling by wiggesworth we're great disap-
polntments. Just when they had expected
to see the team show some reserve power
1t became disorgRniEed.
! The sharp tackles shift attack OF yale
was working all afternoon, but II did not
carry the team very far toward a touch
down. Sometimes Il was good for big gains
and at other times good for nothing. The
play did shake up the Harvard eleven
badly however, and may have been respon-
sible for the visitors rather weak efforts
In the final period,
Tries Forward Pass.
Harvard resorted to the forward pass and
on-side kicks frequently Two passes were
good for substantial gains. The on-kde
Kick was never successful. Yale did not
use the forward pass once.
The bright individual star OF the game
was Wendell, whose great dsshes through
the Yale line almost carried his team TO
victory. Both teams were strong on the
defense being prepared not only for
straight line attack, but also for play that
was more open. The game clearly showed
how difficult It Is to score under the new
rules.
Yale appeared to be satsned with the
result. The undergraduates carried Cap
tain DAILY off the field on their shoulders.
The Harvard boys, on the other hand were
distinctly disappointed. The team was
} found wanting in emergencies.
The Harvard team had gone through the
season with a clean record Of handling the
ball. 1t seemed to be one OF its strong
! cards, but failure by two OF the backs
Wigglesworth and Corbett, to cling to the
pigskin in tight places probably cost 1t the
victory
Yale could not Withstand the batterinE
: Once the Harvard rushes were for thirty
three yards, first down each time, and
in the last period Corbett had carried the
ball to the twelve-yard line when Il went
to Yale by bad judgment. Harvard always
was the aggressor. Yale made few con
sistent gains. The Minnesota shift used
J In several variations, was worked for a
gain on the first formation, but the next
time almost invariably the play would be
stopped by the Harvard backs Howe thu
Yale quarterback, supported the general
, ideas OF the Yale defense by constantly
punting, and he sent the bail high in the
air. giving Fitzpatrick and Brooks, the ends.
time to get down under them ana tackle
the runner.
: Ends DO Great work.
4 II was the wonderful work OF the two
! ends-the fields tackllng-which shone IN
p Yale's game. The entire Yale team was
E quick In action; its formations were thrown
e out and shifted over with great speed, and
when the ball was put In play there was
every evidence that the men had been
e trained In the fundamentals which for
$ years had been Che wonder OF the foot BAH
y world.
d The Yale line which had TO bear the
. brunt OF the boring OF WendaI. who
seemed to open up holes by sheer strength,
was surprisingly compact DAILY was not
u used great deal at plunging, owing, II "a
e understood, to a weak knee. He wss -
= served until the latter part Of the game.
V and his opportunity came just before the
2 end, when he tried a drop kick from the
: thirty-five-yard line. but IL was DETECTED
y by the wind.
3 As to Harvard. the disappointment was
i the running OF the team by Quarterback
Wigglesworth and the fumbling OF the
p backs. Wigglesworth was twice taken out
= and Potter and Gardner were substituted
but the coaches pushed the little quarter
n back into the game and each time errors
y In judgment followed.
The Harvard team, as q whole was the
e, same compact. wen-drilled team OF the
whole season. but II lacked at critical times
a master hand.
|. The puntng was disappointing as a
y whole. although In the first period Il gave
4 promise Of being a feature. Howe did not
u get distance and only FELTON, was able e
N get telling distance
u In the game Harvard punted fifteen
u times for go yards and Howe booted the
a sphere twenty times for SO yards.
g A. seen by Spectators.
= From the spectators point OF view the
u features OF the game were the variety Of
u plays used and the more important fact
D. that the ball could always be seen The
le forward pass. which has been hailed a. es.
4 sential for gaining distance, was used b.
Harvard five times. Three times wers
ID failures ana Of the other two only on,
h made a gain. and that only eight yards
Yale ala not use the play. Days droI