Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
More Than 10000 Specta.
tors Watch ROut in
Stupefied Amazement.
CRIMSON TEAM BUSHES
AT WILL OVER OPPONENTS
One-Sided Result Fails to Give
linking of Thrilling Scope
of Play.
COOLIDGE MAKES ss.YARD RUN
Grip OF Battle Holds spelIbound
Greatest Gathering Ever at
Football Game.

NEW HAVEN. November 2l-Har-
wards football Juggernaut crushed the
Yale eleven by a SO to 0 score In the
Blue bowl here to-day. while II 600
spectators watched the Eridiron rout
In stupined amazement.
me Crimson machine crushed up and
down the field almost at will. scoring
In every ono of the four periods, and
when play had ended It had rolled up
isteTed against an Ell eleven With
The exception OF the 1885 Yale victory
OF ~ to 0. II was the greatest score
ever made In the thirty -four games
played since 1876.
The one-slded score fails to give the
snehtest inklins Of the thrilling scope
OF play or the remarkable strategy and
individual brilliancy. The eleyens
struggled back and forth the length
or the gridiron. every second or third
play bringing tho cheering thousands
TO their feet
Spectators were bewildered by the
rapid SUGGESTIONS OF runs, passes and
KICKS which were turned into scores
with almost as much rapidly. but al
ways for Harvard. Far from the least
o, these kaleidoscope changes were
the iumbles Yale contributed In the
enaoo" or the Crimson goal posts, and
which Harvard turned into additional
touchdowns.
Ihe grip OF the game help spellbound
the greatest gathering OF football en-
thusiasts ever assembled for an inter
collegiate contest In this country. Row
atter row. the cement tiers rose In
great clliptical sweeps. each bearing
thousands of men and women, crowded
shoulder to shoulder, while from rho
olue Sky the sun shone with lust
enough power to take the chill from
the sharp November air.
YALE COHORTS REMAIN
LOYAL TO UTTER END
The Yale cohorts remained loyal to
the last although they realized that
the Blue had been but a foil for one
Oh the greatest elevens OF all time.
harvard scored by all methods ex-
cept the safety. Hardly had the con-
test opened before the Cambridge com
bination showed its power. Just after
the Kick off. the Crimson took a Yale
punt on her own twenty-yard line and
started down the field. The advance
broke through or around the Yale line
Tor steady gains until inside the Blue 3
ten-yard line Here forward pass
resulted in tho first touchdown.
Harvard fought sayagely in the sec
ohu fuartec. Starting from it's own
fortE-yard line, the team carried the
ball in rapid fashion until Francke
Was given the pigskin for the final
plunge. Hc funlblcd but, folIowin,-
tho ball like II flash. fell on II as IL
roilea across the goal line for Har-
sard second score. Hardwick again
ratled AZ the try for a goal
Yale then took n punt on her tuen-
N-nVe-yard line, and the team ram
med It's way through TO the Harvard
9Wenty-hVe-yard line. The Crimson
forwards stiffened. and YaIe rcsorted
10 forward pass for ten yards Then
the team resumed it's line batterine,
f<,-
rush, knowles dropped the ball and
Lett End Coolidge. of the Crimson
eleven. got IL and on dead run start
ed for the Yale goal. ninety-eiRht
yards away. The Yale team was slow
to get the pursuit. Not so with Har-
ward: The Crimson players strcamed
along in the wake of Coolidge. ready
to ward off taclSlcrs on his rear. II
Was well they did. for I.egore aud
Wilson. two of Yalc's fastest sprint :
ers. were sweeping swiftly I'm pursuit.
They began to overhaul Coolidge, but
clever blocking and checking by Hard
wick, Mahan and TrumbulI protected
the tiring runner until he had crossed
the line for the third touchdown from
which Hardwick kicked his first goal.
In the history Of football, which
goes back to 1878, but four longer
runs have been made following FUN.
bic, and those wero In the days when
the field was longer than at present
VALE FIGHTING SPIRIT
ALWAYS IN EVIDENCE
Harvard, with q big lead, set out to
run UP record score, but the Yale
lighting spirit was in evidence al
though the players were crudely pre-
pared for the Crimson's perfected at
tack.
Swept back steadily. they fought
every foot until Mahan was forced TO
kick IL field goal from the twenty-five-
yard mark.
The Crimson scored soon after the
opening OF the third quarter. During
an exchange of punts, q partly
on Yale's twenty yard line. The team
carried the ball to the one-yard line,
and then around left end for touch
down, from which IIardwick kicked
goal.
Yale then went back to the open
game. Using lateral and forward
passes several times, the Crimson team
was driven backward, aided by n SEN
sational run by Legore. The attack
was not sustained, Harvard regain
Ing the ball before the Blue could
score, and 80 the elevens entered the
final fifteen minutes Of play with
Harvard leading by 90 points to 0.
With the ball In her possession, Yale
opened the final period with last
desperate drive at the Harvard goal
line, Scovil, tho ELS plunging back,
ca led into the game with the ball In
himself three times at the opposing
line, only to be thrown back with lit
tie or no gain. AS a last resort. Yale