New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-10
VANDERBILT IN DEFEAT
Southern CoIIegianS Bow to
Harvard Second Eleven.
CRIMSON STRONG ON PASS
Fast, Powerful Tackling Places
Visitors at Disadvantage
Because of Injuries.
TBy Telegraph to me Tribune !

Cambridge, Mass NOV. The Wander
bilt football team, which has had every
thing its own way in the South mis- sea-
son, sustained defeat me hands OF the
Harvard substitutes to-day. 9 TO 3. in
the Cambridge stadium. The Southern
players were in poor physical condition
after two hard matches preceding the
game and their long journey north did
not help them any. To-day they found
the Harvard second eleven strong play
ers, ready to play aggressive football
and so good defensively that the Com
modores seldom were able to make their
plays go, and then only when the bali
was well within their territory.
Vanderbilt was handicapped almost
from the start by the injury 10 Captain
Hardage who has figured so prominently
in the teams forward passing game
Harvards mishandling Of kicks was
something OF which the Southerners
were Quick 10 take advantage. Harvard
had FELTON, in the game to do the kicking
for two periods. but Willetts. n suDsti-
tute came TO the front with some Won
derful punts. which later completely
phased the Vanderbilt backheld
Harvard got It's touchdown in the second
period, there being no scoring for the
first fifteen minutes of play. Vanderbilt
interfered with a fair catch on its own
ls-yard line, and had 10 pay a fifteen
yard penalty Once within scoring dis
lance Harvard bent itself To the attack
with a vengeance, and proceeded TO ham
fto -, no X
ing the touchdown after Graustein had
made some splendid gains through the
left side Of the Vanderbilt rush line.
Vanderbilt was six points behind when
the second half opened, and for the next
fifteen minutes played all around the Har-
ward men. T. Brown, the tackle, placed
the Commodorcs in position TO score by
recovering the ball on Harvard's 25-yard
line, where Graustein mishandled one OF
Curlins long kicks. Harvard's defence
here was good, but finally Curtin backed
away and kicked the ball over the Har-
ward crossbar. Vanderbilt after this was
on the defensive all the time, doing
! good work when Harvard was close TO It's
| goal line.
| After being stopped dead on the l5-yard
! line, Harvard was reinforced by Milhol-
| land who in his first play. kicked field
| goal from the 22-yard line. HOLSTER
| earlier in the game had an equally easy
shot, but the Vanderbilt rushers came IN
| on him and blocked the Kick.
| The Vanderbilt team had good offence
! and one that would have been much more
effective had the players been In good
physical condition. Vanderbilts players
were continually on the ground because
| Of the clean but hard football OF the
Harvard men. Four times during the
match the officials penalized Vanderbilt
| for taking out too much time because OF
injuries, and late In the game Harvard
waived the penalty rule.
There was a lot of forward passing on
the part of the Southern team to-day but
until the last play OF the game Vanderbilt
failed to make even one forward pass
that was successful.
/ Harvard tried the forward pass tWice'
once getting into position to score, when
| u. rockingham took a forward pass from
I Freddy, but later losing touchdown
! when FELTON, just missed reaching pass
! that Freddy made across the Vanderbilt
/ goal line.