The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-01
HARVARD LUCKY,
BEATS MICHIGAN
Eastern Champion. Win BY to Q
Score over Coach Yost's
Hopes Of the.
West"
QUESTION JUDGMENT
Michigan Quarter Used Poor Juds-
ment in Selection Of Plays
at the Critical
Moments.
[By Hal Sheridan Written for the
United Press.l

lBy Hal Sheridan. Written for the
United Press.l
BOSTON, Mass. Oct 31.-Harvard
was lucky to beat Michigan on Sol
diers field this afternoon by score
of to O. Twice Michigan was with
in striking distance of the Crimson
goal line-in the FIRST quarter and
again in the third-but Harvard's line
held each time and each time
Francke punted out OF danger. Start
ing with the ball on Harvard's 40
yard line after an exchange OF punts
which followed unsuccessful attempts
on the part of both teams to gain by
straight foot ball. Michigan began a
march toward the Crimson goal line
in the first quarter. With Maulbetsch
tearing great gaps in the Harvard
defense, Yost's charges worked the
ball down to the Crimson three yard
line. On a double pass, Hughitt to
Maulbetsch, the westerners had
gained twelve yards from the thirty
yard line. On two plunges with the
Michigan forwards opening up splen-
didly. Maulbetsch ripped through the
center, placing the ball on Harvard's
three yard line, for the first touch
down.
Three Yards From Score.
Three times Hughitt called on his
backfield for the three yards that
would mean a score, but each time
the runner was dropped without gain.
Then, when everyone though Hughitt
would call for kiek-the ball was
directly in front Of the goal posts
Maulbesch tried once more. Harvard
held and the chance was gone.
Almost the same situation arose in
the third period. Michigan, by line
bucking and off-tackle smashes,
worked down to within a few yards
of touch down that would have CIV
score and again Harvard held.
Holding for downs on Michigan's
thirty yard line at the start of the
second period, Harvard began the
advance that ended in the one score
of the game. Reimann threw Hard
wick for loss in the first play. Then
Harvard got twelve yards on pref
ty forward pass, Hardwick to Smith.
A line smash by Brandlee made it
first down for Harvard on Michigan's
seventeen yard line. Francke. on
three line plunges. placed the ball on
Micliigan's six yard line. On the next
play, Hardwick wriggled through for
the touchdown.
Play Old style Game.
There was little attempt on the
part of either team to show anything
OF the new style foot ball. Michigan
attempted two forward passes. Both
failed Harvard succeeded on the
two she tried. One Melted twenty.
The other gained twelve and put
Harvard in a position from which
the only score was registered. Michi-
gan attempted only three double
passes Two were successes. The
other lost them twelve yards. Har-
ward was successful in two attempts
at double passes and lost ground on
the third. These instances were the
only ones in which open football was
resorted to.
Maulbetsch Star Of Game.
Maulbetsch was by far the bright
star of the game. Time after time
he tore the Harvard line on success
sive gains that would make it the
third down for Michigan, with per-
haps one or two yards to go. Instead
of giving the big halfDack a rest,
Hughitt would call on him again and
it would be Harvard's ball on downs.
In the handling of punts. Hughitt
misjudged almost every one of the
long high spirals which Francke OF
Hard wick booted into Michigan terri
tory Logan, on the other hand,
handled Splawn's twisters in great
style, and it was seldom that he failed
to run them back from five to fifteen
yards. On almost every occasion,
Hughitt would let the ball drop,
trusting to luck that it would bound
back towards the Crimson goal and
then fall on it with three or four
Crimson players directly over him.
Even Upon Kicks.
IN punting, F'rancke and Splawn
quit even up. Frarcke's kicks were
spirals. Splawn's were grating, end
over end kicks that without eScep-
ton, would bound onward If Har-
ward player missed them.
Both teams played anything but
championship foot ball.
At times, the play of both sides was