New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
Figures of HarDard-
Yale Football Struggle

injury 10 his shoulder, and his loss was
keenly felt by the Blues. Sheldon went
i'm at his place and held his own Wlth
Smith. but he did not put the force III
his tackle that marked BOmeisler's play
ing. Dunn. Philbin and the younger
Camp all played and played wei, but
they did not handle themselves as many
Yale backs Of former years would nave
been expected to under similar clrcuIn-
stances The Yale ends, the snort put
powerful McDevitt the rangy Paul the
alert Scully, all played as well as tney
knew how, and had no excuses 10 oner'
They were meeting the stiffest opposition
that they had been up against All season
and unCer the circumstances they acqut-
ted themselves nobly
First Half Evenly Fought.
| But as for the play itself. The first
! half was more or less evenly fought, LOT
although Yale's total of yards gained by
rushing is three times as large as Har-
wards. most Of the Blues advances were
made in foreign territory and counted
for nothing in getting the ball within
striking distance Of the Harvard goal
| Yale made two first downs to Harvard
one. but Philbins long run accounts for
one Of these. What they gained In rush
! ing the New Haven players lost in punt
| ing, for both Camp and Howe who took
turns at booting the ball. were outkicked
/ by FELTON, and Potter who did the punt
| ing for the Cambridge team. Harvard
made sixteen punts to Yale's eighteen in
( the full game, but Harvard averaged Il
great deal more on each punt than the
Ellis and had a decided advantage in that
department.
Howe Wins the Toss.
The Harvard stands roared their APP
probation when the Crimson warriors
trotted on the field at 1:54 o'clock, and
! the Yale crowd had something to cheer
| for when the Blue squad ambled out two
minutes later Little time was lost in
warming up, and while Captains Howe
and Fisher were tossing up the coin and
choosing their goal the teams indulged
! in catching punts. Howe won the toss
and elected TO defend the east goal. Al
| though the wind at the top Of the Sta
dium was blowing directly across the
! field, there was current within the big
arena that swept from east to west, and
Howe wanted TO take every advantage
of this.
! 1t was o'clock when Smith kicked off
/ for Harvard and drove the ball TO CAL
| lauer. on Yale's 2S-yard line Gallauer
juggled momentarily and recovered him
self just before he was crashed to earth
/ by Hitchcock Howe electrified the
stands on the second play Of the game
| by swinging around right end for nine
yards on a fake kick formation, but he
! did not think it worth while 10 use up
his team by rushing the ball in his own
| end Of the field. so he had Camp punt
The Harvard backs misjudged the punt
and Francis recovered the pgskin for
Yale on Harvard's 17-yard line.
Philbin made seven yards in two plays
but Howe was thrown for a five-yard
/ loss when he dropped back for a shot at
the goal. Furthermore, Yale was Off
side. and Harvard took the ball on her
own 25-yard line.
Huntington then opened with series
| of interchanges Of punts, with the ball
being gradually worked down into the
| Yale end Of the field. A penalty of ff-
teen yards inflicted on Yale for inter
! ference IN the 20-yard zone put the ball
on Yale's 40-yard line Wendell tried
out the line and could gain only two
Yards The ball kept seesawing up and
| down the field after that, because neither
| Howe nor Gardner. who started the game
| for the Crimson, felt that he was i'm a
/ position % gain anything by rushing.
| The bali Went back 10 midheld when
| LangforG penalzed the Crimson FIVE
yards for delaying the game.
Harvard Close to Score
Fclton was called upon 10 punt, and ne
sent long spiral drive down the field
| that completely foiled the Yale backs,
for il went far oyer their heads. and then
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