Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-30
Splendidly Prepared Elevens
Struggle before 41,000 Peo-
pie without Result.
EACH HAS CHANCES TO win
Crimson 0utplayod Blue and Is
More Often Near Victory.
Last Quarter a Whirl-
wind.

ward and Yale football history OF l9lO |
repeated itself in the Harvard Stadium !
Yesterday TWO splcndidly prepared |
clevens. as down at New Haven a |
wear ago, struggled on the girdiron |
ana without result. No touchdowns,
no field goals. no score AZ all, just
desperate. gruellins football battle In
which no victory was returned. The
tide of battle flowed first toward one
end of the field and then to the other
Within the first few minutes of play
Captain Howe OF Yale had chance
to score a field goal. for, Immediately
inter the kick off Francis recovered
n bounding kick on Harvard's l7-Nard
line. Seven yards farther Yale drove
on two fierce rushes: but when Howe
wont hack to try his drop kick,
Ketcham rolled the pan along the
ground to him. and the New Haven
leader was smothered. not even 'rNihS
to get his kick away.
Ten minutes after this liitchcocN
recovered one Of feitons pounu'i@
kicks on Yale's Vineyard line ore
play being ripped apart without
aain. and then Potter. who shot OUT
from the sidelines. making forwarn
mass which carried straight mo the
arms OF the Yale halflack. SpaldinG'
Room was Harvard's disappointment
over this hut even greater was IN"
C,imsons grief moment later when'
after Harvard received the pai 'n
yalo's 1o-vard line because Potter
had been roughed on lfowe'S splehoid
kick from behind his goal line fo'
ter's attempt for a neld goal missed
the upNghts by yards.
All these things happened in the hrst
louarter OF the game and in the hrs'
minute of the second, and for the re-
mander of the half neither team was
u.i,h;n more than 81 yards of it's oppo-
nents goal
pulI.BIN'S LONG RUN.
once Potter made another forward pass
from Wales 4O-yard line. which Spalding
also intercepted, and on the first play
pbi,hin of Yale drove through the Cam
bridge forwards for A. yards. the longest
run of the game. Potter preventing a
touchdown by swift sure tackle just
across midfeld.
Yale had the first chance in the sec
ond half. Sheldon and Ketcham recover
ling two kicks, the keen down-the-t'eld
work of these players covering almost
50 Yards and carrying Yale from its oWr
FORWARD line. where the Harvard kick
off had been received, to a point within
% yards of the Harvard goal.
But here again Yale had no punch &c
deliver Howe then getting away fine
low drop kick. but one tina, was not wei
, aimed and which did not shoot above
the Harvard crossbar.
BY and by Harvard because OF Eel
, tons better Kicking, forced the play int
Yalc's own ground and finally Gardne
, shot a beautiful forward pass to Feltor
from Talc's 4S-yard line. the Crimson
end driving down the field until tackled
and thrown by Philbin on the N-yar'
y line
q Here, before anything could be tried
d Harvard was penalizcd for the use O
= hands; but Reynolds came back with
= l5-yard gain, and then FrothinGham cam
:. out to try a drop kick His effort. thougl
a was poor. the bail carrying only littl
:. distance. Spalding again being on the spo
e defensivev and catching the ball q
= Yales ll-ysrd mark.
HARVARD AT IT'S BEST.
The last quarter was just under wa
when Harvard so nearly blocked Camp
kick which was made after Frothins
hams miscue for a field goal; and agai
Harvard had the ball, this time only
wards away from the much sought goi
= line Blu, before Harvard could NAH
any trouble n lh-yard penalty set u
e. Crimson back and when Potter attempte
al TO advance by forward passing Capital
V Howe caught the ball and carried it
p his own 3o-yard line.
s. Some time after this Harvard,
ct virtue OF the best attack and the mo
as consistent rushing II displayed all Il
I'd afternoon pounded its way from its ow
III 45-yard mark TO almost the same sp
A. where Howe previously had taken Potter
to pass. Again Harvard tried the pass Al
again it failed. Reynolds losing splc
s. did chance And then as a last reso
4: Potter made another shot at Yale's go
s. by drop kick, but the ball went off
rs the left of the goal post its margin
Il missing, however, being smaller than Il
ne two drop kicks that Potter and Howe HI
OF got away safely earlier in the game.
ed Yale missed its two opportunities
to score by field goals, while Harvard mis-
in ed three times, and, besides these, h
r. the misfortune TO have almost every {
tempt to gain score by open play
ce for nau~ht
X There was a wonderful crowd OF AZ
We in the stadium Yesterday. and the gar
al was PLAYED under much better field conc
TO tons than anyone thought the tear
r. possibly could have after Friday
downpour of rain. The gridiron was
ve much better shape than it was in t
d. Dartmouth game. During the cont'
ut the players held their feet well, a
X neither team can attribute its failure
reap n victory to slippery footing
KICKS CONSTANTLY MISJUDGED
The ball was Kicked constantly a
81, constantly was misjudged, dropped a
~ chased Several times some runner bro
-. clear; burt always something happened
,ar spoil tine effort. Harvard, except WI
nv Yale suddenly was plunged into pc
of ton to strike a blow, was the team Il
mo was fighting the harder, and the te
ley that was coming back with added sp'
OF. and determination, as reverse after
BILE verse came to its fortunes.
W. For thrce-uuarters of the game
contest was even, but in the final qu
ter he Harvard team played whirlw
football ana not only outplayed VI
49,. but played the New Haven team tC
~. standstill. The Cambridge team displ
nes I'd all the speed and fire that II
all hoped to have the chance to show
sst the earlier moments. and Yale, bate
and reinforced by substitutes. can i