The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-26
HARVARD AND YALE
 UNABLE ID SCORE Both Had Opportunities
 But Failed POOR GENERALSHIP Game More Disappointing to liar yard Than Yale, Although Blue Was the Fayorite-Many
 Fumbles Made

Cambridge, Mass, November 25.-So powerful was the defense and so neg
 lectful were both teams of their op-
 portunities that Harvard and fale
 walked out of the stadium this after noon amid perfect silence, without hav- ing scored a point against each other in their thirty-second annual football contest
 Yale's opportunity to score came In the first three minutes of play, when Harvard tumble gave the ball to the blue team on Harvard's 17 ward line. After rushing the ball 10 yards farther, Captain Howe attempted field goal, but the pass was so poor that Harvard easily recovered the pigskin. only once later, at the beginning of the third period, did Yale get within 30 yards of the Harvard goal, and again Captain Howe failed in his attempt at a field goal.
 Harvards chance came at the close of the first period, when, on Yale's seven yard line, Potter attempted for- ward pass rather than push his team 10 yards to the right and try for field goal. Twice in the latter part of the game Potter tried for field goals only to send the ball wide.
 The game was more disappointing to Harvard than to Yale, although the blue team was a decided favorite at the start.
 Harvard shattered the famous Min nesota shift, which Tom Shevlin brought on from the west, and which proved so effective against Princeton. Having fathomed this strongest card in the Yale list of plays, the Crimson was looked upon as the logical winner at the close of the second period But the third period saw two miserable fumbles in the Crimson backfield, and it was not until the final period that the Harvard offense began to assert itself. Forward passes, double passes, criss-cross runs and plunges into the Yale line by the mighty Wendell, and a cleverly played fake forward pass, kept the ball almost continually in Yale's territory. Twice, also, when the Crimson was apparently marching straight for Yale's goal, holding in the line stopped the progress to the dis coura cement of the Crimson stands.
 Lack of generalship on the part of Potter, Harvard's quarterback, and the aggressiveness of the Yale forwards kept most of the struggle between the 40 yard lines. The Crimson always seemed to have the better of the rush. ing, but lacked power at the proper moment.
 The most brilliant feature of the play was the magnificent defense of both rush lines Each side seemed able to fathom the play before it started and many times runners were thrown for losses. The tackling was of the fiercest while Bomester and smith, ends of the two teams, were down on punts so fast that scarcely any were run back.
 There were only two feature runs. One was a 35 yard dash by Phillips through an enormous hole in the Har- yard line. Harvard's longest run was d IT yard dash by Smith, who caught the only completed, forward pass of the day. Smith also made II yards on a fake forward pass. All the other rushes were for less than 10 yards.
 Felton and Potter slightly outkick ed Camp of Yale, but the Blue had a lit- tie better average than the Crimson in rushing, due to Phillips run.
 A summary of the efforts of the two teams showed that Harvard rushed Al times for a distance of 105 yards and made four first downs, all in the last period Harvard kicked IS times for $40 yards and ran back Yale's kicks for 20 yards. The Crimson was sent back five times for distasce of 45 yards for infringement of the rules.
 Yale rushed IS times for 69 yards
 and scored five first downs. Camp and Howe kicked 22 times for 63S yards, while the back field ran back Har- wards punts for distance of 37 yards. Yale was set back five times in penal ties for a distance of 40 yards
 Each team tried the forward pass five times, but only one effort was eff fective, while one other when the ball fell to ground. Yales most notable ef- fort in this direction was at the be- ginning of the third period when Avery hid himself on the other side of the field and then came rushing out for a long throw from Camp. The Yale end had he caught the throw would have had a clear field to the Crimson goal line, go yards away-but he dropped the ball.
 The game was played in ideal foot ball weather and before the usual fur clad and flag decked crowd.