The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
SPORT
Superior TO YALE
Harvard Followers Proud Of
Progress Made During
Fifteen Years.
CLEAN SWEEP OF LATE
Cambridge CoIleGans Have Captured
Forty-one Championships Out
of Sevensy-6ve.
CLEAN SWEEP OF LATE

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Cambridge. Mas, Jan. n--Harvsrd
men are pluming themselves over the
sport development OF recent years and
point with pride to the recvrd OF Grim
son teams made IN all major branches
In the past fifteen years. During THAT
period Harvard has the edge on her
dearest rival. Yale, and in seventy-two
championships has been victorious Al
times 20 81 for Yale. This computation
Is made by taking into account hockey.
tack. baseball, crew and football In
hockey Harvard has won II of IL in
rowing of the IS cight-osred events and
in football the team has won 5 and tied
9 of the Is games.
The supremacy OF the Crimson has.
however. been more marked In the past
six years than ever before and repeated
successes haveled the followers Of college
soprts to laud the Harvard method and
set her rivals to the task of imitation
The records for that period Ia 70 VIC
tories. defeats and ties Tor Harvard
teams. a remarkable showing for the un:-
yersity which n>t 20 long ago set people
wondering why IT WAS that Yale always
had the winning way.
In two sports in which teamwork connt-
ed. rowing and football, only one defeat
has been tagged on Harvard by Yale.
That was in 1909 when the Elis carried
on the honors in the football game. In
der the guidance of Percy Haughton the
Crimson warriors have won three OF the
games beginning with 1903 and tied two
while wray has instilled the secret of
victory into every eight which has meas
ured blades with the Blue In tie same
length of time. Six straight victories on
the water is a record of which the Har-
ward rowing system has occasion to be
justly proud.
Ha.shtos's. RecoAd Good.
Haughton's work as coach stands out
more prominently because Of the manner
in which he upset precedents. Prior to
his taking charge at Cambridge the Grim
son had won only four football games
from Yale since the teams began playing
back in 1870. Seven games in succession
had gone against Harvard when Haugh-
ton jumped into the breach. six years ago
Since Hauehton has been at the helm
Yale has not scored a touchdown on the
Crimson. Two safeties made by Har-
ward and three field goals constitute all
the points scored for the Bulldogs. a
total of 10 Against that Harvard can
show two touchdowns and goals and
eight goals from the field, thirty-nine
points.
wray took charge OF the oarsmen at
Cambridge In 1906. having previously as
sisted the rowing committee in develop
ing material and In coaching the fresh
men eight. Only two of his varsity
Fights have been beaten. and his fresh
men and four4oared crews also have met
with great success.
Puts Winner Across.
Dr. Frank Sexton has had only
thre years, experience in coaching
Harvard baseball teams. and in those
three years he has scored two vic
tories. the six-year record being helped
out by PEPPER, who landed his team a
winner in 1905 In 1872 Yale took both
games. but the following year Harvard.
after being shut out at New Haven. came
back with an extra inning victory and
then took the deciding game In Brooklyn.
3 Pooch Donovan has been In charge OF
the track team at Harvard for only five
years In dual meets with Yale the score
Is slightly against him, to . in favor of
the Ellis. but to offset this Donovan has
the credit of landing the intercollegiate
championship for Harvard. in 1908, after
being beaten by Yale in the dual meet.
Although Yale has a slight advantage in
humber of winning dual meets. Harvard
has the call in points scored in the i've
year regime Of Donovan. Harvard Is
credited with 2sS IS points. to 25s Is for
Yale.
Altogether the athletic rulers at Cam
bridge have every reason to congratulate
themselves on the coaches. system, or
whatever the quality is that lands a
team In front. The men In charge are
paid good salaries on the theory that no
price Is too big II IT tends TO mccess