Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-24

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 2S.-Harv-
ard won the football championship by
defeating Yale 20 to 0 today. The
Crimson outplayed the Blue through
out and was quick to snap up ad-
yantages that Yale's sometimes ragged
play made possible. Brickley. Harv-
ards peerless one. made one touch
down and two field goals netting nine
OF Harvard's 20 POINTS,
For the first time in three years the
traditional snake dance was possible
this afternoon. The last two contests
have been scoreless ties. Thousands
Of Harvard rooters formed in line af-
ter the game and followed the band
as it wound back and forth down the
field and under the goal posts; thou
sands of wildly enthusiastic Cambridge
hooters tossed their hats over the cross
bar and recovered them as best they
might or forgot them entirely, while
Yale stood silent and attentive. The
parade ended in front of the Yale
bcachers where the victors cheered
Yale, and Yale returned the cheer as
only game loser can.
New Haven is quiet tonight. Harv-
ard entered the game favorite but
that she would be able t. outplay Yale
SO thoroughly was not expected.
Throughout the season the Crimson
has had a steadily improving, smooth
~ working machine. Yale has fought
an uphill fight, with good material.
but with the glaring fault of loose
play.
Today. Harvard's play. with the ex-
III -
the same class that has marke ed her
course throughout the season. On the
other hand. Yales fumbles led direct
ly to at least two Of Harvard's scores.
The Harvard backs showed their
ability at running play early in the
game. Brickley, Wendell and Hard
wick soon found that three and four
yard gains through Yale guards were
possible and during the first few min
utes of play, Yale, who had not had
her goal line crossed during the sea-
son, found the Crimson trio negotiat
ing first downs Of the three. Brickley
was most dangerous. While Wendell
was good for short gains. at line buck
ing almost every time he was called
upon. Bric<ley played a bigger game
the game of veteran who saw plays
coming and who knew how best to
place his own efforts and how best to
detract from the force of the play OF
his opponents.
Harvard soon worked the ball tC
within easy drop kicking distance and
Brickley made his try fer a score by
the airline route. For a second il
seemed he had made it and the Harv-
ard rooters rose to cheer their star
but tho ball was wide and Harvard
settled back to work it forward again
Resorting often to the punting game
and oftener to the punt threat, Yale
was soon at work with a full realiza-
ton of the odds against her. Feltor
punted, not so far as Flynn, but they
We're hard to handle. II fell to Wheel
er, Yalc's rather inexperienced quar-
terback, to handle them. On Yale's
3oyard line Wheeler made his first
costly tumble and Storer, tackle, snap.
ped up the ball, cleared two opponents
by few inches and raced for a touch
down.
Within few minutes the ball was
again on the 30-yard line, and agar
Wheeler fumbled. giving Harvard tho
ball. Brickley made his first score, 6
drop kick from Yale's 35-yard line
Immediately afterward
Yale's punt threat play, used repeat
eddy at Princeton, and which was al