Norwich bulletin., 1910-11-21
VALE PLAYS HARVARD
 TO ScORELESS TIE.
Crimson Team Shows Superior Strength-Lacks Good Generalsnip in Crisis.

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 20.-Bat- ting dauntlessly against a team that had greater power, contesting every inch of ground bitterly against a com b1nation that was the master in every thing but pluck and determination, Yale on Saturday played Harvard to a scoreleSs tie here in as bitter a football struggle as was ever waged in the many matches between the crimson and the blue as have been fought out on the gridiron in the last thirty-five years.
 In other years a result of this sort might have meant jubilation for both, but this time all the joys went into 1ale's cup and Harvard was forced to quaff of the bitter dregs of disappoint- ment. The crimson cohort that had invaded this sonnolent little New England town was cock sure and con- fident before the contest. So certain were the sons of John Harvard of duplicating the great victory of two years ago that they had made all sorts of preparation for celebration the like of which New Haven had never before seen.
 A victory for the men from Cam bridge meant that they would be the undisputed champions of the east, and there was nothing further from their minds than that they would not be. But as Bobby Burns said 8 long time ago, 'The best laid plans of mice and men gang art agley.
 Yale surely played beyond itself, and in the annals of sport at the New Haven college this 1910 team. led by Capt. Fred Daly, must be marked down as one of the best that ever wore the blue. This is not in the sense that it knew the most football or could play it the best, but no team ever showed a f1nsr spirit or came together for the climax in pluckier style than did this eleven that came onto the field Satur day with all odds against it. It had the record behind 1t of two crushing defeats by minor teams and tie with another, yet it arose superbly to its a machine that had crushed down ev- erything through the season long with all the arrogance born of superior strength and strategy.
 Yale played no better a game against Harvard than it did againct Princeton, yet it held to an even break tine com bination that looked vastly the su- perior of the Tiger combination. Many are seeking for the answer to this puzzle. Harvard was assuredly the bet ter team. The crimson team was with in reasonable distance of a score more than once, and the blue never was yet the two teams came off the field with out a tally. It was g, game of oppor- tunities for Harvard. and it failed to take advantage of them. The power
 
 lacking that finishing quality which has flashed out more than once this season when the crimson was within striking distance of the opponents goal. This characteristic was evident in the contest against the army, but it was passed over then as 8 fault that would be remedied as the autumn days progressed. In the Dartmouth and Cornell games it was not seen. possi- ply because the defense of those two teams was not remarkable, but here Saturday it was only too strongly brought out. Opportunity after oppor- unity was thrown away and as the golden moments passed away the crim- son got farther and farther away from a victory.
 Nothing much can be said of the generalship that guided the Harvard brigade. The answer to why Harvard did not win was that it was not handled particularly well. It was a good team and one that should have been victorious, but at the critical mo-