New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-12
WILLIAMS THROWS A
SCARE INTO HARVARD
Crimson Attack Misses Fire Un-
III Last Period, When 1t Gath
ers In Three TOuChdoWns.
rUMBLES A BIG FACTOR
Cambridge Eleven Twice With
in Reach of Goal Early in
Contest, but Misplays
Spoil the Chances.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]


fBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune
cambridge. Mass, oct. 11.--Harvard
-, priliams by a score of % to this
,.rroon but the varsity regulars were
s,,,y aroused in fear of a tie game before
nIy GOT going. After three twelve-min-
-. 80 neriods Of play the score stood to g.
-, in the last quarter Harvard, rein
s.,o.d bv substitutes and playing better
...,hau than earlier in the game, scored
,,,es touchdowns. from which two goals
resulted.
n the first period Harvard should have
rcd at least two touchdoVns, but the ball
1,ce was fumbled by Mahan after II had
h.sr advanced from beyond midfield TO
wn,ar,s' 15-yard line and Immediately
.ns- when the bail had been recovered
.sain on a Williams tumble, Bradlee did
-, get il 10 Mahan. and a Williams
nlaver got IT, This was on the 1O-yard
,,s After a short kick Harvard took the
hsu M the field, but when close TO the
,os, line there was more fumbling. this
r.sulting in the ball finally being lost by
~, Crimson on the downs.
With this poor start ii took the Grim
sor long time TO get going again, the
game in the mean time developing into an
even fight Early in the second period
q beautiful run by Hardwick carried Har-
ward TO Williams 15-yard line for first
down But here the Crimson's attack
lacked punch" and three rushes gained
only four yards. Brickley then dropped
baek and made Harvard's first score by
drop kicking a field goal from the 19-yard
line.
In the second half Williams came back
ike the wind. Immediately starting away
With some well executed forward passes.
yinal threw them. and Hubbell, Toolan
and Payson were clever enough to recover
the ball on three successive plays. These
netted Williams fifty yards from its own
,;.yard line. but Harvard awakened
finally. and stopping the advance. forced
Williams 10 try for a goal The shot was
taken by Walker, the teams hardest and
most effective man on the rush line, and
IN tginkling the score was tied, Walk
ers successful goal from placement being
made from the 31yard line
Williams had dreams Of a tie score and
when the third period started things sure
" looked that way. but Harvard suddenly
found itself and began to play football.
In the last twelve minutes three touch
downs we're scored, only one of them being
Influenced by a mistake Of the Williams-
town opponents.
When the last period began Williams
had the ball on its own 5-yard line. where
Harvard had planted it with long kick.
A forward pass missed fire. and then
Toolan's punt was nearly blocked, the
bali going only TO the Williams 35-yard
line, when Logan made a fair catch.
From here the Crimson bent itself 10 the
attack, Brickley being rushed back into
the game, and he and Hardwick ripping
Of big gains II took Harvard just eight
plays 10 score.
The game had progressed only a few
minutes after the touchdown when long
kick by Mahan was dropped by the Will
iams quarter, and Hitchcock was on the
ball This was on Williams 4yard line,
two plays being all that were necessary
TO push the ball across the goal. The
third and last Harvard touchdown was
made possible first by a splendid run
back Of kick by Watson, the third string
quarterback He took a short punt on
Williams 35-yard line and dashed fifteen
yards up the field Williams held for two
plays and then Rollins, who has been
coming along fast as a substitute back,
dashed around the visitors right wing
and scored
Late in the game Harvard showed great
ksenness for following the ball and get
ing into its plays. The tackling was
hard and the best seen on the field IN
many years for so early in the season.
The -. 4.ll-....