The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-18

Yale game at Cambride on Saturday.
the climax Of the eastern football will
have been reached. Notwithstanding
the wide difference In the seasons rec
game is greater this year than ever
before. Gridiron stars of former de-
cades are hocking to both New Haven
and Cambridge to witness and assist
IN putting the final touches on the two
teams which will meet in HarvaEdS
famous stadium for the final battle OF
the carsity schedules. With the
gathering of the old timers comes a re-
vival of the tales of prowess by play
ers of former years. The veteran Is
Grafton is capable OF developing either
line or backffeld stars who outrank in
football ability such stars as Heffle-
finger, Moffat, Brookes, Poe, Amess
Corwin, Lamar, McClung and Hare.
Much material for use in this an
nual controversy between the players
Of today and yesteryear has been furn-
ished by Parke Davis, who delights to
delve into ancient football records and
emerge with all sorts Of interesting
data which YIELDS together the past
and present in gridiron history. One
OF his latest efforts in this direction Is
the compiling of q list of full length
field runs. 1t SO happens that Yale
player first achieved this spectacular
feat, and to add joy to the occasion 1t
was against Harvard eleven. r. w.
Watson, captain of the Yale team of
1850, was the hero, and additional
honor accrued to the Eli leader in that
he was the first Yale player to score
a touchdown against Harvard The
Crimson had been previously defeated
by Yale, but always by field goals, and
Watson was the pioneer of a long line
of Yale players who have carried the
ball across the Harvard goal line.
Davis tells the tale as follows:
"a search through the accounts of
the games from 1874 to 1881 finds
only a single instance of full -f1eld
ran from hck-on to touchdown. Har-
ward was playing Yale at Boston, Mo-
vember 20. 1880. A hard, grueling bat
tie was drawing to close. without a
score by either eleven. Just as the
last ffve minutes began, Walter Camp
kicked goal from the field for Yale.
The teams quickly lined up for a kick
off, and Cults, of Harvard, sent a
long swirMng kick to Yale's twenty
yard line, where it was caugh by r.
w. Watson, captain of Yale. With
the catch of the ball Watson leaped
into flight. and sped straight up the
center OF the field. The Harvard men
did not mass upon him in that print
tive day, as would now occur, but met
Through this broken field Watson
raced and lodged, flinging off tackler
after tackler and crossed the line,
scoring the first touchdown ever
SC0EOQ against 1131NaTd DY ale.
The rife teams representing the va
rious universities in the intercollegiate
Rife League are to be reclaSsified this
winter. The United States War De-
partment and the National Rifle Asso-
citation are responsible for the new
classification for competing teams IN
the gallery shooting championship OF
the United States. Formerly there
were two divisions, designated as the
eastern league and the western league,
but the plan has been changed so that
now the classification will be accord
ing to the record OF efficiency. There :,
still remain two divisions, of which |
one will be known as Class A and the |
other as Glass 3. The standing of the |
different college teams at the present |
time under the new ruling is based on |
the records made in the intercollegiate |
league matches OF 1913. Glass A Is to |
consist of the twelve colleges whose |
averages were the highest in those |
matches, and Glass B Is to consist of |
the rest of the teams In the compete |
ton.