Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-20
FUMBlES PROVE COSTLY
TO CRIMSON PLAYERS
Failure Of Wissiesworth and cerbett
To Cling to the Piaskin probably
Costs Their Team the vietory-eoth
Strong on the Defense-v. NJ. l..
Defeated by Georgetown. "a to 6.
ny Associated Press,


drawn and scoreless battle was fought
out on Yale field today between Har-
ward and Yale. To the adherents OF
the Blue ii was moral victory FOR
their team had proved too strong for
the ail-powerful Crimson team, which
came here confident of victory. When
the game, which must be reckoned as
among the greatest ever fought be-
tween these rival universities, was
over, the great throng of people took
up their homeward journey with min
gled emotions. the Yale men supreme
" happy over what the team had
done, and the Harvard adherents sad
In having victory snatched from their
grasp through lost opportunities.
This is the third time that Yale has
rallied at the eleventh hour to cheat
Harvard of victory.
Harvard's Fumbies.
Both teams were very strong today
on the defense, but Harvard's won
derful mechanism went 10 naught
owing to costly fumbles, both when
it was not a long way to the Yale
battering her way down towards that
coveted place. Poor generalship both
times was the trouble, for Harvard
elected to rush with downs to spare.
instead of trying a field goal which
seemed to promise success. These
fumbles were the critical points in the
game. Failure by two of the backs,
Wigglesworth and Corbett, to cling to
the pigskiu in tight places. probably
cost Harvard the victory.
Yale could not withstand The bat
tering. Once the Harvard rushes were
for thirty-three yards, a first down
each time. and in the last period Cor
bett had carried the ball to the twelve.
yard line, when 1t went to Yale by bad
judgment Harvard was always the
aggressor. Yale made few consistent
gains
Howe. the Yale quarterback, sup
ported the general idea Of the Yale
defense by constantly punting, and he
sent the ball high in the air, giving
Kill atrick and Brooks, the ends. time
10 gel down under them and tackle
the runner.
Yaie's End Work.
II was the wonderful work OF the
two ends and field tackling which
shone in Yale's game. The Yale line.
which had to bear the brunt OF the
boring of Wendell. was surprisingly
compact. DAILY was not used great
deal at plunging. owing. 1t is under
stood, to a weak knee. He was re-
served until the latter part Of the
game snd his opportunity came jest
before the end, when he tried a drop
kick from the thirty-Hve-yard line. but
It was detected By the wind.
As to the Harvard team. the dissp-
pointment was the running Of the
team by Quarterback Wigglesvorih
and the fumbling of the backs. Wig
ellsworth was twice taken out and
Potter and Gardner were substituted,
but the coaches pushed the little quar-
terback into the game and each time
errors in judgment followed
The Harvard team. as a fh01e. was
the same compact, well dsfhed team
of the whole season, but IL lacked at
critical times a master hand
Puntirs Disappointing.
The printing was disappointing as a
whole. although in the FIRST period II
gave promise Of being feature. Howe
did not get bis distance. and only
FELTON, was able to get telling dis.
lance. In The game Harvard prnted
6fteen times for $50 yards. and Howe
booted the sphere twenty times for
$40 yards From the spectators point
OF view. the good features Of the
game we're the variety Of plays used
and he more important fact that the
ball could always be seen. The for
ward pass, which had been hailed as
essential for gaining distance, was
used bv Harvard Eve times.
Thrse tries were failures. and OF
the other two. only one made . gain.
and that for eight yards. Yale did
net use the play. Daly's drop kick
vas matched By one made BY Lewis.
which was q similar failure. The
superiority Of Harvard over Yale was
shown IN rushing. for ten times the
Crimson gof first down. and her work
IN this style. tried ffty-fve times.
brought gains Of 20l yards. while Yale.
getting first down six times. tried
rushing thirty-seven times for III
yards
Yale discarded the onside kick en-
tire.y. WISE Harvard tried a. four
times a. a ground gamer.