Evening star., 1914-11-22
of the Crimson goal posts and which
Harvard turned into additional touch

downs.
The grip of the game held spellbound
the greatest gathering of foot ball en-
thusiasts ever assembled for an inter-
collegiate contest in this country.
Seventy thousand spectators massed in
the newest and largest of college sta
diums formed picture almost as in
thralling as the combat of the crimson
and blue jerseyed athletes on the turf
at the bottom of the bowl. Row after
row the cement tiers rose in great
sands of men and women, crowded
shoulder to shoulder. while from the
blue sky, which seemed to curve down
to meet the gigantic bowls rim, the
sun shone with just enough power to
take the chill from the sharp November
atmosphere.
So inspiring was the sight that the
spectators, many of whom had come
thousands of miles to witness the game.
were 10th to leave the structure when
the struggle was ended. Fascinated.
they sat in the twilight watching the
celebrating antics of the Crimson un-
dergraduates, whose snake dance. cheer
ing and burning red fire on the tops of
the goal posts gave picturesque fin
ishing touch to one of the greatest
games of modern foot ball.
Yale Remains Loyal.
The Yale cohorts remained loyal to
the last, although they realized that
the Blue had been but a foil for one of
the greatest elevens OF all times. Just
how the Harvard team of 1914 classes
with some of the famous combinations
of former years is tonight matter of
heated argument among veteran play
erS and experts, but a careful analy-
sis of the days pay clearly indicated
that no team, under the modern rules.
has reached the heights of offensive
and defensive strength shown by the
Crimson this afternoon.
In accommodating its total Of SO points
Harvard scored in every period and by
all methods except safety. Hardly had
the contest opened before the Cam
bridge combination gave evidence of
the power and strategy Of the attack
which was to absolutely crush the
Blue. Just after the kick-off, the
Crimson took a Yale punt on her own
20-yard line and started down the field
with irresistible energy.
Mahan. Bradlee and Francke broke
through or around the Yale line for
steady gains until inside the Slue's 10
yard line. Here Mahan's short and
powerful forward pass to Hardwiok re-
which Hardwick failed to kick goal.
There was no further scoring in the
quarter. although Yale appeared to
have made points on safety by
Mahan when the Harvard left halfback
kicked a rolling ball over his own
goal line and fell upon it.
The officials decided that it was a
touchback, however, and Yale'S chance
for score was gone.
Harvard's Savage Attack.
Harvard struck savagely in the sec
oad quarter. Starting from her own
4O-yard line, Mahan. Hardwick and
Bradlee carried the ball nine times in
rapid succession until Francke was
given the pigskin for the final plunge.
He fumbled. but following the ball like
the goal line for Harvards second
score Hardwick failed again at the
try for goal. Here Yale woke up
and showed that while her defense was
weak she was a dangerous factor in
the loose handling Of the ball.
Taking punt on her twenty-five
yard line, the Blue rammed her way
through the Harvard line to her oppo-
nent's twenty-five yard line. Knowles
starring. Scenting danger, the Grim
son forwards stiffened, and Yale re-
sorted to a forward pass. Knowles to
Ainsworth for ten yards. Then Knowles
resumed his line battering. A yard or
two at time he hammered his way to
Harvard's two-yard line, but his efforts
went for naught, for on the final rush
he dropped the ball and Left End Cool
idge of the Crimson eleven caught the
CLINT of the rolling yellow ball. He
hurled h1mSel1 at tHe SpneTOlu, ana
scooping it up on the dead run started
for the Yale goal, ninety EIGHT yards
away Dumfounded by the sudden loss
of the ball with touchdown almost
within its grasp, the Yale team was
slow to get into pursuit Not SO with
Harvard. Coached to follow every
movement of the ball. the Crimson
players streamed along in the wake of
the flying Coolidge. ready to ward Off
tacklers in his rear. It was well they
did, for Legore and Wilson. two of
Yale's fastest sprinters, were soon
sweeping over the turf at terrific speed.
Little by little they began to overhaul
Coolidge, but clever blocking and
checking by Hardwick. Mahan and
Trumbull protected the firing runner
until he had crossed the line for the
third touchdown, from which Hardwick
Kicked his first goal. In the history OF
foot ball, which goes back to 1873. but
fonr long runs have been made follow
ing a tumble, and those were In the
days when the field was longer than
the present 100-yard dimensions.
Tried for Record.
Harvard, with a big lead, set out to
run I'D a record score, but the Yale
Nrhting spirit was in evidence, al
though the players were crudely pre-
nared for the Crimson's perfected at
tack.
Swept back steadily. they fought
every foot of the ground until Mahan
was forced to kick nsld goal from