The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20
FUMBLES SPOIL
CRIMSON ATTACK
Old EIfS Eleven Comes Back
Again and AdherenfS Claim
Moral Victory
WearerS of the Blue Uphold
Tradition by RaHying at
Crucial Moments


blue ii was moral victory. for their
team. which came back to defeat
Princeton. proved too strong for the
ell powerful crimson, which came h6re
confident of victory.
This is the third time that NSlo ha S
rallied al the eleventh hour TO cheat
Harvard Of a-~victory. the Others in
1897 and 1899 being on Soldiers field
and under conditions somewhat like
those Of this season. In those years
Yale had d disastrous midseason. but
recovered when the time came for the
supreme test
In the game today both teams We're
very strong on the defense. but the
wonderful mechanism which Harvard
Rad shown all through the season went
10 nsught owing 10 the costly fumbles,
both when II was not a long way to
the Yale goal line and when the Grim
son was battering her way down to-
ward the coveted place. Poor general
ship both times was the trouble. for
Harvard elected TO rush with downs
70 spare instead Of trying a field goal
which seemed 70 promise success
These fumbles We're the critical
points In the game. The Harvard team
has gone through the season with a
clean record Of handling the ball 1t
sseemed TO be one her strong cards, but
failure by two Of the backs. Wiggles-
worth and Corbett. TO cling to the pig
skin I'm tight places probably cost her
the victory
Yale could not withstand the batter
ing Once the Harvard rushes were for
SO Yards. a first down each time. and
IN the last period Corbett had carried
the bail to the u ward line when ii
went 10 Yale by bad judgment
Harvard always was the aggressor.
Yale made few consistent gains The
Minnesota shift. used in several varia-
tions. was worked for a gain on the
first formation. but the next time, al
most invariably. the play would be
stopped by the Harvard backs. Howe.
the Yale quarterback. supported the
general idea Of the Yale defense by
constantly punting and he sent the ball
high in the air. giving Fitzpatrick and
Brooks the ends, time 10 get under
IL and tackle the runner. It was the
wonderful work Of the two ends and
Fields tackling which shone in Yale's
game.
The entire Yale team was quick in ac-
tion. its formations were thrown out
and shifted over with great speed, and
when the ball was put in play there
was every evidence that the men had
been trained In the fundamentals which
for years had been the wonder Of the
football world.
The Yale line, which had TO bear the
brunt Of the boring by Wendall, who
seemed to open up holes by sheer
strength. was surprisingly compact
DAILY was not used a great deal at
pluneing, owing, II IS understood. TO a
weak knee. He was reserved until the
latter part OF the games and his oppor-
funitv came Just before the end. when
he tried a drop kick from the 35 yard
line but it was DETECTED by the wind.
As TO Harvard, the disappointment
was the running OF the team by Quar-
Ter Wigglesworth and the fumbling of
the backs. Wigglesworth was taken
out and Potter and Gardner were sub
stiruted. but the coaches pushed the
little quarter back into the game. and
each time errors Of judgment followed
The Harvard team, a whole was the
same compact and well drilled team Of
the whole season. but il lacked at crit
icai times d master hand
The punting was disappointing as a
whole. although IN the FIRST period It
gave promise of being feature. Howe
did not get distance. and FELTON, only
was able TO get telling distance.
IN the game Harvard punted j. times
for $40 yards, and Howe booted the
bah 20 times for SO yards From the
spectators point Of view the features
Of the game were the variety of plays
used and the more interesting fact that
the bah could always be seen.
The forward pass was used by Har-
ward five times.
Three tries Were failures and OF the
other two only one made a gain. and
that only eight yards. Yale did not
use the play. Daly's drop kick was
matched by one made by Lewis. which
was a similar failure.
The superiority OF Harvard over
Yale was shown in the rushing. for
10 times the crimson got first down,
and her work in this style tried So
times, brought gains OF 201 Yards,
while Yale. following first down. six
times. tried 81 times for III Yards.
Yale discarded the onside kick en-
tirely. while Harvard tried It four
times as an effective ground gamer.
The game was short, lasting less
than and hour and three-quarters. The
scene, which has as its setting a patch
Of green turf with banks Of humanity
on all four sides. scintillated with
color IN the sun as ii slowly crept
down the horizon.
The singing was effective and one
of the striking color effects was when
the Harvard cheering section In the
west stand outlined a great "I' in
crimson and white pennants. waving
them 10 a college air.
Yale today used nothing except vari-
stions Of the famous Minnesota shift"
consisted chiefly OF changes of the OBJ
jective point OF attack and new shifts
Of the men carrying the ball.
In actual playing today nearly all the
players went TO wreck. The forward
pass and double shift were not tried
because of Harvard's quickness and
skill IN diagnosing the Yale play.
AS the game went on with its vary
ing changes Yale adopted mainly de-
fensive tactics. The blue never came
nearer Harvards goal line than the 45
yard line except at the close, when
Daily made his try for goal. For a few
moments Yale men believed their team
was outplaying Harvard, but Daly's
try for goal changed possession of the
ball and the game ended, just after
Harvard had kicked out of danger to
near midfeld.
The playing of Howe at quarter
back. where he was charged with punt
ing, carrying the ball and running the
team. was TO Yale men a prominent in
cident He is understood to be slated
for next years captaincy.