The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-12-18
YALE HAS POOR
YEAR IN SPORT
Situations at Old Eli Most Serious
in Schools History

New York, Dec. lS.-WHatS the |
matter with Vale? If some one will |
kindly drop into New Haven and |
whisper the answer to this problem
he might have monument erected. II
ut the same time a solution of the
problem was furnished.
Yale staggered through to the finish
Of the sporting year with clean
slate said slate being one of defeats.
In football. rowing and baseball, the
three leading sports. the Blue was
waloped by Harvard They are build
| ing an immense stadium for Yale to
play her football games in. II will
seat 5000 persons. but the new bowl
ISN'T going To win games, so far as any
one has been able to figure.
The disaster which bcfell the Yale
navy is well remembered. Swinging
away ON the English stroke vita EnG-
| fish equipment, Yale was swept from
the river by the Crimson oarsmen.
Then Harvard won the deciding base
bali game from the crack Yale nine IN
New York by a score Of To >. After
rousng hopes to a high pitch by hold
ing Princeton To a tie On the gridiron,
the Blue crumpled before Harvard
and the zoe of Charley Briciley. There
is "A rumor that Yale won chess
tournament during the year but that
wasn't being noised about.
Taking "A look backward. it may be
observed that it has been some time
since Yale Kicked through with very
much to crow over In 1907 the Blue
defeated Harvard III the boat race.
That was the last. as the Crimson
shcil has now showed the way to the
line for six consecutive years. Yale
hasn't won a football game from Har-
ward since 1909. The Blue came
through that year with an to VIC
tory. Then came scorclcss ties III
1910 and 1911. Last year, Harvard
won. 20 to q. ana came back this year
Is To ). This alone il enough Ia
: cause much Vrinkling of brows at New
Haven. as It is the first time in his
tor, that Harvard eleven has downed
Yale in two consecutive ilings between
. the goal posts
There is much talk and discussion
! of whether the English rowing system
= shall bc thrown out of Yale, but Tho
chances seem To he that the tea
drinking training and heaving %
: clumsy equipment will stick for Il
! least another season. SomcthinS rad
, zeal will have To he done in the navy
and degree Of something or other Il
i is prospect in the football line. iai'
is up against II. Seven of this year
-. football team will he lost by Gradua
. lion They are Capt. Kctcham, Pen
. dlcton. Talbot, Marting. Ainswortl
and Avery Wilson, who developed int
- one of the best quartcrbacks of tn
:, year, and Carter. at end, are the beS
:. men in sight FOR 1914.
: AS for Fair Harvard" 1t seem
that as long AS Percy Houghton stick
on the Job there is bound To be rea
:. sonable amount of football display @
:. around Cambridge. Ioughton is
:. driver. and in picking n football teaI
:. looks for football players rather ina
cotilliun leaders and the blue bloou
n who can climb out ON limb OF thel
:, family tree and shake down stow
AWAY on the Maynower for rcfcrcnc
Recalling the Harvard-yalc game, co
-. YOU imagine "a few years ago III
=, name of O'Bricn IN II Harvard lineul
80 Answering. we will say YOU canno
20 o. Rricns did not figure among OF
= oldest families
a, But Haughton doesn't spend u
4, spare hours looking up social stant
al ings. lie wants to know how mus
n. a man weighs. ana IL he is footba
player that's enough. Pedigrees dor
vo count with Percy.
Harvard will get away on the "
= season minus only three of this year
d, rcgulars. They are the aforc-ine
ov toned o'Brlen. end; Hitchcock, guar
sc land capt Storcr, end Nahum WI
a would draw as much attention
I'm Bricklcy II he wasn't on the sai
do team. also will be on the job. and WI
Hardwick and the other experienc
nd hands To start with. Yale should
civ the worrying.
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