The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-26
OLD ELI HAS SURPRISE
FOR HARVARD CRIMSON
Yale Bull Dog Avenges Defeat Handed It Last Season By
Cambridge Aggregation With to Victory-Both
Eevens Battle Gamely and Valiantly

play Eddie Casey electrified the crowd
with spectacular run.
Shooting into his own right tackle,
Casey veered back to the left, lodged
and side-stepped free Of several tack
lers and ran sixty-nve yards to the
Yale goal line. However. the officials
detected holding, The ball was
brought back and . penalty OF Is yards
was assessed.
Again the penalty made the require
ment too strong. and Horween punted.
Yale could not gain by rushing and
a pass was blocked. LeGore punted.
The ball bounded and hit one of Har-
wards backs and rolled toward the
Harvard goal only fifteen yards away.
Yale ends were racing madly in
pursuit and touchdown looked prob
able But Horween. who was back.
saved trouble by dropping on the ball
OH his own Vineyard line. Two line
plunges Melted five yards and Hor-
ween kicked to LaRoche. who made
a fair catch on Harvard's forty-yard
line. Comerford tried placement.
The attempt was wide by inches, the
ball striking an upright and bounding
back.
Then Dame Fortune favored Yale.
It came in the way OF = luckily re-
covered fumbled bail following Com
erford's try at goal. Harvard put the
ball in play on her twenty-yard line
and punted after two unfruitful tries.
Yale took the ball at midneld. Three
line and tackle plays netted ten yards.
:, II was the first time the Elis had
/ gained the ten yards for a first down.
Things Break for Ellis.
! On the next play things broke for
! Yale Neville tore into Harvard's left
tackle. He got a yard. but fumbled.
Gates. who had chased around. grabbed
the ball and took II to Harvards
twelve-yard line. Neville. Jacques and
LeGore then drove through for nine
I yards In three tries.
| A moment later 1t was Yale's ball.
first down and two yards to go for
touchdown. The Crimson defense
was stubborn. Three tries got scarce
ly moro than a yard with the last
chance at hand. IARoohe sent Neville
in to the Crimson limo in the wake OF
the giant Fox. When the mass was
untangled the Blue plunger was over
by a scant foot.
Comerford missed a rather difficult
goal. Shortly after kick of time was
called for the half with the score. Har-
ward. 8: Yale, 8.
starting the third period. but found
the Crimson defense stubborn and was
forced to punt. Neither side could
negotiate the opposing defense at this
stage and the contest resolved into
another punting exhibition.
Yale finally recovered the ball after
a Harvard tumble at midfeld. LeGore
tore past Harvsrd's left flank for a
sprint of twenty-one yards. A line
play got a yard and fve-yard pen
atty against Harvard put thu ball on
the twenty three-yard line
LeGore chucked pass to Gates
which nelted sixteen yards, and downed
the ball on Harvard's seven-yard line
Two line plays got but two yards and
a pass was smothered. Braden be-
gan warming up. but the ball was
nearer the sidellne for a third down
and a try for a goal was out OF the
question. LeGore called for a pass
but Harvard linesmen broke through
and downed lie Gore on the fifteen
yard line before the pass was made
point. The period ended with the ball
in midfeld with DO scoring
Fake Formations Costly.
An exchange OF punts shortly after
the last period began. left the ball
WesI uoWn IN crimson territory III
possession Of the defenders Fake
kick formations proved costly. and the
Crimson kicked from Its ten-yard line
The bali fell to Yale's thirty-yard line
LeGore. Neville and LaRoche did the
bulk Of the work on the lines. This
trio clicked Off two first downs. TAX
Ing the ball past midfeld. Here Har-
ward stiffened and forced punt,
which was recovered on the twenty
yard line.
Resorting strongly to straight tao
!, tics both teams again ran q foul de-
|, fense trying to overcome punts. Punts
, followed leaving Harvard with the
ball on the thirty-four yard line.
Next the Crimson executed a we'll
concealed pass to tho left side OF the
line which Melted thirty-fve yards.
Harvard penalty carried the Ellis
to their forty-yard line and batter
ing attack by LeGore and Neville Le-