Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-22

fected the Harvard tandem, a play mod.
eled much after the Yae tackles back OIL
the year preceding, and Harvard smother
ed Yale by the score of % to o. The Grim
Son had to wait eight years for the next
victory, and 1t was q result of goa.
from field by Kennard, the only score Of
the game.
Foot ball men have tried in vain to ex-
plain Harvards annual defeat by Yale.
Time after time has Harvard come
through the preliminary season with
better reosord and apparently better team
than Yale. Mike Murphy, who used to be
the Yale trainer, was wont to explain the
result by saying that the Harvard men
were frequently beaten before they took
to the field, and that the sight of the
big white "Y'' on the blue sweaters OF
the Yale men as they raced on the field
completed their overthrow. Be this as il
may. the fact remains that few Harvard
teams have ever gone into this annual
game with anything like the courageous
spirit which Yale men possess.
OF all the games played In this long
series few can equal that of last year,
when Yale held a team % per cent supe-
rtor in physical strength to 90 score,
and even threatened to win the game her.
self Yale had to come up to the Prince
ton game with the most disastrous record
made by Yale team in eight years. yet
the Ellis by their indomtable spirit won
that game and then on sheer nerve tao
killed. the Crimson.
This year the Yale eleven has been bet
ter coached and has apparently shown
greater power than the 1910 team possess
ed. 1t is believed also that Tom Shevlin.
the old Yale end. has given his team some
new plays particularly for this game.
Yale men have been showing something
new in foot ball attacks every Saturday
during November, and it is believed that
they have reserved something OF striking
novelty for this final battle of the year.
The Army-Navy Game.
Army and Navy taken the field under
more even terms than they will when
they clash on Franklin Field at the Uni
verSity of Pennsylvania next Saturday.
Previous to yesterday. at least, the two
teams had not been defeated this year.
West Points reputation rested largely
upon her victory over Yale, the only big
team that the Army played this year.
The Navy. on the other hand, Played
PRINCETON alone of the big eleyens. The
Army lads got away with 60 victory
over Yale, while the Navy held Princeton
to a 90 tie, although the Tigers had the
better of the game.
Further efforts to compare the two
elevens in advance Of their season are
not very satisfactory. This is due to
common opponent. A possible line,
though too much reliance should not
be placed upon it, is furnished by the
West Point-Lehigh game, which West
Lehigh is the team which placed Prince
ton 6-6 tie, and inasmuch as the
Navy held Princeton to a 90 tie, the
Army lads, on the basis Of comparative
scores. would look to be considerably
stronger than the Navy. But 1t should
be remembered in this connection that
Lehigh played Princeton on very wet
field and in a pouring rain. Further
more. Lehighs only touchdown, by
which she was able to tie the score.
ward pass after which Lehigh, did not
even threaten to. score. At the same
time, tbs Army and Navy are much
stronger this year than they have been
for some time It was no nuke that
although the Ellis probably did not do
themselves justice, and the Navy has
been showing greater strength ever
since the Princeton game.
The series between the two schools
began in 1890, and ran for four years,
and the government authorities had to
put a stop to the games. because or
the bitter feeling they engendered They
were resumed in 1899, through the Of
which offered it's field for their annual
game. Assured of neutral field every
year the government authorities consent
ed to have an annual game They nave
been played every year since toSS, Win
the exception Of 1909. when the death OF
Cadet Byrne of the West Point team and
the fatal accident to Quarterback Wilson
of the Navy team caused the Army eleven
to disband for the year and to cancel this
annual game. The games have been
played on Franklin Field since 1899, with
the exception of the 1905 contest, which
was aged On Princeton Field.
All told there have been sixteen games
played. OF this number each eleven has
won seven games, the remaining contest
being tie.
The following table shows the result OF
the series to date:
iS9o-Eavy, "a; Army, o.
1S91-Army. 80: Navy. 16.
1sa2-Navy, -; Army. 4.
1Sa3-Navy. 6; Army 4.
lsa9-Army, II; Navy. 5.
l9O0-Eayy, IL: Army. Z.
l901-Army. il: Navy, 3.
902-Army, q: Navy. 9.
la03-Army, 40; Navy, 5.