Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
HARVARD FAILS TO
SCORE ON YALE
GrueIing Gridiron Struggle Be-
tween Rival Colleges Re-
suits in ScoreIeSs Game.
DARK BLUES GOAL is
THREATENED BUT ONCE
Both Teams Strong on the De-
fensive, But Crimson Lacks
Generalship and Makes
Many FumbIeS.

drawn and scoreleSs battle was fought
out on Yale Field today between Harvard
and Yale. To the adherents of the Blue
1t was "a moral victory, for their team,
which came back to defeat Princeton,
proved too strong for the all-powerful
Crimson team. which c1ne here conf
dent Of victory. When the game. which
must be reckoned as among the greatest
ever fought between these rival universe
ties, was over the great throng of people
quietly stepped down from the tiers and
seats and took up their homeward jour
ney with mingled emotions, the Yale men
supremely happy over what their 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 Har-
ward of victory, the others in 1897 and
1899 being on Soldiers Field and under
conditions somewhat like those of this
season. Those years. as in the present
season, Yale had a disastrous mid-seasOn,
but recovered when the time came for the
supreme test.
Defense Strong.
In the game today both teams were
very strong on the denfense. but the won
derful mechanism which Harvard had
shown all the season went to naught, ow-
ing to costly fumbles, both when 1t was
not long way to the Yale goal line and
when the Crimson was battering her way
down toward that coveted place. Poor
generalship both times was the trouble.
for Harvard elected to rush with downs
to spare instead OF trying q field goal.
which seemed to promise success. These
fumbles were the critical points in the
game. The Harvard team had gone
through the season with clean record
of handling the ball. It seemed to be
one of her strong cards. but failure by
two Of the backs. Wigglesworth and Cor
bett, to cling to the pigskin in tight
places probably cost her the victory.
Yale could not Withstand the battet1ng
Once the Harvard rushes were Tor 3
yards. first down each time, and In the
last period Corbett had carried the bali
to the 12-yard line when II went to Yale
by bad judgment. Harvard was always
gains. The Minnesota shift, used in sew
eral variations. was worked for q gain
ON the first formation, but the next time
almost invariably the play would be
stopped by the Harvard backs.
Howe. the Yale quarterback, supported
the general ideas Of the Yale defense by
constantly punting, and he sent the ball
high in the air. giving Fitzpatrick and
Brooks, the ends. time TO get down under
1t and tackle the runner. 1t was the
Fields tackling which shone in Yale's
game.
Yale Boys Quick.
The entire Yale team was quick in &C
ton, 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 have
been the wonder of the foot ball world.
The Yale line, which had to bear the
brunt of the boring of Wendell, who
seemed to open up holes by sheer
strength, was surprisingly compact. Daily
was not used a great deal at plunging,
owing, 1t is understood, to a weak knee.
He was reserved alntil the latter part or
the game. and his opportunity came just
before the end, when he tried a drop
kick from the 35-yard line, but IL was de-
hected by the wind.
AS to the Harvard team. the disap-
pointment was the running Of the team by
bling of the backs. Wigglesworth was
twice taken out and Potter and Gardner
were substituted. but the coaches pushed
the little quarterback into the game and
each time errors in Judgment followed.
The Harvard team as whole was the
same compact, well drilled team OF the
whole season, but it lacked at critical
times master hand.
The puntlng was disappointing ~
whole, although in the first period it
gave promise of being feature. Howe
did not get distance and only FELTON, YVES
able to get telling distance. In the game
punted fifteen times for 62O yards
and Howe booted the sphere twenty times
for $40 yards.
Many Different Plays.
From the spectators point OF view the
good features of the game were the va
riety of plays used and the more I'M
portant fact that the ball could always
be seen. The forward pass. which has
been hailed as essential for gaining dis
lance, was used by Harvard five times.
Three tries were failures, and OF tho
other two only one made a gain, and that
simply eight yards. Yale did not use tho
play. Days drop kick was matched by
one made by Lewis, which was a similar
failure. The superiority or harvard over
Yale was shown in the rushing, for ten
times the Crimson got first down, and her
work In this style, tried fifty-five times.
brought gains of 20l yards, while Yale,
getting first down SIX times, tried rushing
-hirty-seven times for III yards.
Yale discarded the onside kick entirely.
while Harvard tried it four times as al
effective ground gamer.
The game was the shortest or chani-
oionship foot ball contests. lasting less
han an hour and three-quarters. The
scene, which had as its setting patch OF
green turf with banks or humanity on
he four sides, scintillated with color In
he sun as ii slowly crept down To the
lorizon. The singing was effective, ana
me of the striking color effects was when
he Harvard cheering section in the west
,tand outlined a great III in crimson
md white pennants. waving them 10
college air.
Used Minnesota Shift"
Yale today used nothing new except the
,aria tions of the famous minnesota
.aift." shown I'm the Princeton game
These variations consisted chiefly OF
Ranges of the objective point OF attack
md new shifts of the man carrying the
..n In secret nracfice these were inter.