The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-26
Blue WARRIORS BEAT
DOWN HARVARD'S LINE
And Push the Ball Over for the
First touchdown in
Nine Years.
NEVILLE SCORES POINTS
Which Give The Yale Team a
Clean Cut Victory over Its
Old Time Rivals.
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umphed over Harvard here this after
noon by score OF 6 to 3. Tonight
the entire town and gown is cele-
bratlng the first victory over the
Crimson since 1909. and the first
touchdown since 1907.
Best Team Wins.
Those Harvard adherents who are
still in the city are watching the
Blue outburst of gridiron joy without
rancor, for the victory of the Eli elev-
en- was fairly won and clearly de
served. For the first time in almost
decade Yale sent out on the field a
team which was individually super
lor to the Harvard machine and by
sheer power and ability beat down
the Cambridge combination, emerging
from the conflict with the honors of
the annual struggle which Crimson
cohorts had come to- lok upon as their
personal heritage.
Harvard Scores First.
Possessed of a stronger line and a
backfeld fully the equal of Har-
wards, the Eli eleven took up the
battle after the Crimson had gone
into the lead with a field goal in the
opening period. With steady attack
aided by the break OF recovered
tumble. Yale forced the Haughton-
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goal line for a touchdown that proved
to be the winning score OF the con-
test.
Harvard put forth desperate de
tense and battled yicious1y against
every foot gained by the Blue but was
finally heaved across its own line I'M
der the irresistible charges OF the
conquering Ellis.
Once In the lead the home team
never gave its opponents an oppor-
tuntty to strike again and held the
three point margin throughout one
of the hardest fought battles OF re-
cent years in this famous football
classic.
10000 Witness Game.
Close to $4,000 spectators massed
within the Yale bowl, filing every
available foot of seating and standing
space. The scenes when the time
Keepers whistle announced the COM
pletion of play and Of Yale's victory,
surpassed anything heretofore seen
in the celebrating of success in this
series.
Thousands of cheering and yelling
Yale alumni and students rushed
down the steep tiers OF the bowl and
out upon the field, engulfng the ia
ttgued Blue heroes as they spTinted
malestrom emerged the members of
the winning team, borne upon the
shoulders of their classmates and the
customary parade around the field
and the illuminated goal posts began.
Yale Celebrates Victory.
Led by the University band and the
captains of the crew, track and base
ball teams, the tide of joyous Yale
adherents swept up and down the
gridiron in the snake dance that has
become a part Of such celebrations.
Huge balls OF blue fire, ready imme-
diately the game was over were at
tached to the two bars at the eS-
treme ends of the field while squads
of undergraduates fred yolley after
yolley of Roman candle balls across
the bars as the baud blared and the
Blue section Of the stands cheered in
unison.
The game was played under pecu-
liarly trying conditions for both con
testants and spectators, The weather
man turned loose winter day and
gale that. reached a velocity of
forty miles an hour carried the kicked
ball inswirling and erratic circles.
making both punting and catching
difficult and uncertain.
Sweeping out of the North the gale
blew the length of the gridiron, Civ
ing the tea mwith the wind at tbs
back decided advantage. Both the
Harvard and Yale scores were made
when the respective eleyens occupied
this point ofSvantage.
Harvard Wins Toss.
Harvard opened tho game by win
ming the toss and Captain Dadmun
elected to defend the north goal with
the gale at his back. After an ex-
change Of kicks and some mid-fteld
scrimmaRe, Horwcen punted to La
Roche who fumb1ed on Yale's twenty
six yard line, whereupon Thacher
nounced upon the ball and the Har-
yard eleven began to hammer at the
yale forwards Under the leader
ship OF Captain Black the Blue yield
ed so little ground that Robinson was
forced to try a field goal from the
ELS twenty-etght yard line The
ball carried fair and true between the
nosts and Harvard's only points of
the contest were registered.
Chance In Second Period.
Ynle's chance came IL the second
period when after the teams had
CHANGED goals, Horween's best kick
inc effort against the wind was a
drive to nidfeld. where the Blue be-
gan the charge that was to give 1t
victory Neville and IeGoreE baIler-
ed their way through the Crimson
forwards forten yards.
Then came the most peculiar break
In the game. On the next rush Lee
Core funbled the ball as he was
tackled, the pigskins rolling and
bounding toward the Crimson goal IN
tilsGates$ caught it up. He ran to the
twelve yard mark before he was final
& w hauled down.
Foot BY foot Harvard was forced
back, four downs barely gaining the
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