The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-26
tho limo for run of half tho length
OF tho field.

OF tho field.
In Harvard's backneld. Campbell
and Reynolds were consistent and fast
on offense and defonsc. Wcndell's
plunging was Of too straightforward
a character to gain over Yale's fast
defense.
Yalo toward the end of tho game
showed in Il number of men from the
sidc-llnes. or these Reilly, who play
cd q defensive half back game, was
sharp and accurate. Camp played Il
punts were the best ground gamers for
Yale. and through part ut least, at
least, of the game fairly Offset FELTON,.
Captain Howe. of Yale. played dcs-
pcratcly from start to finish. His run
ming back of kicks was sensational.
Captain Fisher, of Harvard, nailed
many OF Ynlc's plungcs into the line.
IndiridunI Plays.
Space is lacking to cnumerate the
brilliant individual plays Oh both
sides. Tho contest was one long eN-
ball came TO earth some huir-ralsinS
situation was nearly always sure 20
result Harvard succeeded In ono or
two forward passes, though SpaldinE,
of Yale spoiled "A forward pass that
successful, would have III the first
half, given Harvard Il touchdown.
ialc's team TO Il man played des-
perate game from start to finish, and
when all is said and done, credit
should not be withheld from Yale for
holding Harvard to tic. To-day's
contes, iilustrated one other fact about
football. The modern open game. the
result of tho attempt TO do away with
dangerous mass plays, liz lot more
DANGEROUS than the heaviest and most
No one who saw Smith, OF Harvard,
nearly break his neck to-day III an
open field, when lie and n Yale tnckier
mot It fun speed With swift clip
air 1l..c IL foul tip off Il baseball bat,
70 lanu head first; no ono who saw this
ono, play can fairly claim that the
modern game has anything on the
occasion flying Harvard shift that
spun n back out for short Gain at
end. LIT Hitchcock. of Harvard, and
Howe. of Yale stretched out in It's
wake on different parts of the field.
At the beginning OF the second half.
ale pu; over sensational trans
iorma ton scene that was almost
half. Tale's quickness in recovering
misjudSed bounding ball WAS again
IN evidence. Two punts in succession
recovered by falc: ut Halc's forty-two-
ward line. and on liarvnrti's thirty-fivc-
ward line. bridgcd tho length Of tho
Held In two giant strides and made
possible ialc's second try for u field
.uui' narFo" miss from the forty
Ranking Unsettled.
Io-days contest leaves the ranking
OF Princeton, Harvard and Yale unset
lied. Princeton pulled into iirst place
on actual results. But there is alb
sr.utcly no means OF naming the
owner of second place, for If favor Is
renorted 10, both Harvard and Yale
VIII claim superiority to Princeton
and fairly so, too.
AID yet this result is absolutely alb
surd In view OF the fact that Princeton
has defeated Yale and Harvard and
SO the result of the season of 1911
with, It's renewal of tho old triangle,
STANDS with three fast. aggressive
teams rcptcto with individual players
OF merit aud with Princeton on ton
and an unsatisfactory tic for second
place. May the change -wearicd rules
be changed Yet again is the fcrvcnt
prayer OF the old player Of yesterdays
years gone by. The line-up:
Harvard. Position Yale
7mith... loft end Avery
Hitchcock. :. left tackle SculIy
Leslie. ..... left guard -. Francis,
l'Irmentcr. 49,. centre ... X ct cham
Fisher. ..... right guard :. .McDcritt
Storcr. right tackle ....... Paul
FELTON,. ....... right end -. Bomeisler
l'ottcr...... quartcrback ....... How
Campbell. LETT halfback ... Carp
Wendell. right halfbnck ..S,uldi.is-
huntington fullbacl ......... Dunn
Rcfcree--LanSford, Trinity. Umpire
FultH. Brown. Field iudgc-Merrioa,
Pennsylvania. I.inesmnn -Pendleton,