The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-11-25
Yale and Harvard Meet in Grid
iron Classic of Season.
Eighty Thousand Spectators
Pack Bowl to Its Capacity.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 25.-Har-
ward won the toss and Dadmun chose
the north goal at the opening of the
big gridiron classic between Harvard
and Yale here this afternoon. Com
erford's kickoff was fumbled fy
Casey, but recovered on the 1S-yard
line Casey hit the left tackle for 5
yards, was held on the next play and
Horween punted, LaRoche returnin :
to midfield.
Yale attacked for two short gains,
then tried a forward pass, which
grounded. Legore punted and ROBIN
son was dropped on the Crimson D.
yard mark. Horween'S return punt
went to Yale's 25-yard mark and Le-
cores next kick to Harvard's 35-yard
mark, a gain of 80 yards on the eN
change Horween kicked again on
the third down, LaRoche bein5
downed on his 25-yard mark. Three
yards were gained thru Wheeler when
Legore punted out of bounds at his
3S-yard line. Harvard lost Is yards
for holding. Horween kicked for 20
Yards and Thacher recovered La
Roche's tumble.
A delayed pass gave Harvard
wards, then Robinson dropkicked a
goal from the 2S-yard mark. Score
Harvard 3; Yale 0.
Casey again fumbled the kickoff,
tut the ball bounded into Robinson 8
hands An exchange of puntS marked
the end OF the period, Harvard having
the ball on Yale's 44-yard line.
second Quarter.
Neville intercepted a forward pass
at the start of the period On his 23-
yard lire A tumble stopped Yale's
attack and Legore punted to Harvard S
| 3O-yard line. Casey brok thru the
line AMI dow nthe field for a seeming
touchdown, but the play was recalled
and Harvard penalized Is yards for
holding.
The resultant punt went only nine
yards but after a line attack failed,
Harvard blocked a forward pass and
Neville kicked short on an attempted
field goal. Comerford and Horween
raced for the ball, the Harvard man
getting it on his two-yard mark. He
at once punted and La Roche made a
| fair catch on the 42-yard mark Com
erford tried a placement goal and
kicked into the upright, missing the
three points by less than a foot.
Starting from their 48-yard line,
Yale made first down by attacking
Virgins at center for gains by Legore
and Jacques Legore fumbled but
| Gates recovered and ran to the Grim
| sons 12-yard mark before being fore
ed outside. Legore hit center for a
yard and Neville made it first down on
| the two-yard line.
Legore was stopped by Harte and
Dadmun held Neville without gain.
/ Again Neville failed to gain, but on
| his third attempt he broke thru fol
/ the first touchdown Yale had scored
against Harvard in years. Comerford
missed goal. Score: Yale 6; Har-
ward g..
| Comerford kicked off and the pc
riod ended after Casey had gained two
yards.
New Haven, Conn, Nov. 25.-C1ear
skies and crisp atmosphere which
made fur coats acceptable and a
westerly wind with energy enough in
it 10 influence the punting side of the
game, were the weather conditions to-
day for the Yale-Harvard football
classic in the great Yale bowl. Crowds
of people began TO pour into the city
before breakfast. Eighty thousand
persons, lacking a lew hundred con-
sidered themselves fortunate in hav-
ing obtained seats from among the
one hundred thousand who had ap-
| piled for reservations within the bowl
In all the story of contests between
blue and the crimson, there has never
been so great a host of spectators
The crowd grew from hotels where
men of wealth spent the night in un-
| certain rest on lounges, chairs, poo
tables and mattresses laid upon the
floors, from sleeping cars on railroad
! siding, from automobiles which
| stretched along -hc city streets, an6
from trolley cars and railroad trains
which brought tens of thousands.