Evening star., 1914-11-22
THE CRIMSON AGAIN
VICTOR OVER YALE
Harvard SmotherS Its Ancient
Rival by 0ne-Sided Score
of SO to o.
CAMBRIDGE ELEVEN LEADS
l.. IN EVERY Department
-
Even Element of Luck Is Against
the Blue, Which Tries Hard
to Score.
BY WALTER CAMP.

NEW liza L~-N, )oAi>'-
,cmber 2I.-Harvard turned a
superb team into the Yale bowl,
and from the start to the tlnish
proved easily the master. Yale
fought desperately but futilely
against the odds, while the score
mounted up steadily, and by the
end of the second period the only
question LETT seemed to be could
Yale score.
Harvard practically scored
against herself, when Mahan, fol-
lowing a kick, iumbled it and
then kicked it over his own goal
line. There seemed to be consld-
cradle discussion among the oftl-
cials over the point, but the rules
offered only one OF two alterna-
tives. Ii Mahan kicked rolling
bali, the ball either went to Yale
or else it was safety. But Yale,
try as she would, could not score
for herself.
Upon two or three occasions a
score by the Blue seemed newt
able. Once when it got the ball
up"to Harvard's goal, and the
Crimson partisans were holding
their breath, Yale made a fatal
rumble which a Harvard man
picked up. Instead of it being a
Yale score the Harvard man ran
the length of the field for another
and really unneeded touchdown
ioEsHarvard.
81 Fate Against Yale.
Later there was an instance of how
tate seemed to treat the Blue. not that
the breaks would have made any differ
ence in the final result, but even when
Yale blocked an attempted drop kick Of
Niahan's the ball struck close to the
ground and Harvard recovered, so that
instead Of the ball crossing the goal line
or Yale picking up the tumble. Harvard
profited by having a first down and
could begin new assault
Now as for the Harvard team. 1t was
smcoth-running machine with tre-
mendous attacking force. and just enough
Yale Line powerless AT the moment of
the pass the Yale line charged. which
was just what Harvard wanted, for it
simply held the men in the positions. the
law nod orff tac nd of
10. Is or 20 yards resulted.
Yale was far more successful when
later in the game 1t drew a man back
from the rush line, leaving only six men
in front, and strengthened it's defense
by having Wilson and White far enough
back from the Harvard charge SO as not
TO be deceived as to where the run was
This method worked much better and
enabled Yale to force Harvard to kick.
Harvard's Strong Play.
Probably the strongest play that Har-
ward had. however, was one which was
equally strong last year and which
those who had watched Harvard we're
sure would be used repeatedly That
play was Mahan, from a short kick
formation The Harvard interference
smothered the Yale ends and forced the
tackle either In or out and Mahan
would go for 15. 20 or 80
Yards at a tine 1t is true that during
the first two periods the Yale tackling
was very weak. Repeatedly Blue war
rions would have Mahan. but he would
pull free without much apparent effort
tho Yale hands slipping off him as
though they were creased. II was this
more than anything else that crowded
Yale SO badly during the entire first
half smothered line and poor tack
ling gave Harvard an easy prograss up
and down the field. and gave Yale pos
session of the ball SO little that it
could hardly get its attack running.
There We're no bright spots for Yale
until in the third period it began turn
ing loose the forward passing of its
star, LeKore. This young man seemed
TO BE able to pick out his man and
shoot the ball to him, sometimes like
rifle bullet. sometimes on a parabolic
curve and almost always successfully.
on the lateral passing Legore was
slowed up at times by the slow pass of
the second man. and his most success
full runs were made when he acted as
the second recipient and then, threat
ening, cut loose for himself. This and
his running back and kicks, until Har-
ward determined il was safer to send
high and shorter punts, proved good
gamers for Yale.
Crimson's Great Defense.
The Harvard defense was excellent.
except TO Yale's forward passes, and
these worked successfully. But Har-
ward had forward pass of her own
that was good, too-good. in fact, for
touchdowns whenever the Crimson
needed one.> The end went wide, very
wide, running almost out on a dag
onal and outpacing the Yale secondary
defense, which was not spread enough
TO cover. In fact, Harvards game, In
running, kickink and the forward pass,
was a complete thing and will stand as
an example for some time to come.
As for Yale during the first two
periods, it showed very little of the
form which 1t has exhibited in other
contests. Yale's tackling was a par
ficularly weak point. and Its line, un-
I'll. a. above stated, 1t drew the center
back, was almost continually smoth-