Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-11-23
FUN BLES LOSE
GREAT FOOT BALL
Same FOR YALE
Harvard Wins, 10 to 8, When
Case Makes Long Run for
Touchdown-YaIe Kicks
Iona Field Goal.

III veAO touoy oSiSoeSo "AS a. SASAA
l annual foot ball classic. Playing be-
7 lore $1,000 spectators in the stadium,
which was crowded as never before,
the Crimson eleven triumphed, 10
\ 10 & The game. marked by several
\ striking plays, was the climax Of the
\ first foot ball season at Harvard I'M
\ der the new coaching regime of Rob-
f ost +. Fisher. 1t was the first time
h 20 years that Yale team had
/ zone down to defeat in its two big
/ Games with Princeton and Harvard.
In season OF advanced develop
nent of the forward pass and the
&eld goal as weapons of foot ball
attack, today's game stands out with
notable instances of each. Specta-
tors will long remember the field
Goai kicked by Braden for Yale's
only score in the last period. The
bali carried s. yards, with 25-mile
wind thr rough the center of the Har-
ward goal, after Braden had booted
Il with his line bending under a
strong Crimson attack.
Casey's Notable Play.
Scarcely less notable was Casey's
touchdown for HarXard. gained in
the second period, through the sur
prise accomplishment of forward
|pass. The Harvard star, catching a
pass thrown Is yards by FELTON,, ran
from Ya1e's 22-yard line to the goal,
using all his qualities of elusiveness
and speed to avert being overtaken
| BY the Yale pursuers, Kempton and
IReinhardt. The Crimson's touch
down was completed by a goal
Kicked by Ralph Horween. The lat
Iter. in the frstperiod, had sent Har-
ward ahead with field goal booted
from the 40-yard line. In a game
That contained no Braden, Hor-
ween's feat would have been con-
|oidered remarkable; it became ordi-
nary in the light of the Yale mans
drop-kicking performances.
Harvard's back field as repre-
|eented by Casey and Ralph Hor-
tween. furnished the punches which
Crimson victory. The
/ Crimson line supplied defense
(which under menace of a Blue
|1ouchdown in the third period, held
iast six inches from its goal and
robbed Yale Of tie and OF the
ball.
Sustained Strength.
Il was virtually the one sustained
lshow Of strength by Yale In the
game. Starting from a 2O-yard run
hack OF . punt by Kempton, the
iBlue forced the ball almost from
lmid-feld for As yards to the brink
iof the Crimson goal Braden and
Neville breaking through the line.
Three first downs were scored.
Within the fve-yard zone, Yale
made four rushes. A yard was
lgained on each of the first two, and
then the Crimson forwards braced.
They held fast on the brink of the
lxoai and Yale was thrust back with
| Is six inches'to go for touchdown.
The Blue team was its own great
|oet enemy today. It fumbled fire.
uuently. -Four times the ball,
Headed for the Harvard goal, was
|lost to Yale by fumbles in the Yale
back field. On four other occasions
yale players lost the pigskin, but
their errors were retrieved by tel
low players.
Many Yale Furnbles.
Yale fumbles cropped up at the
outset of play when Braden let the
Han ret away from him and Ralph
ENorween was able to try for a
Harvard field goal from the 25-yard
"a with the game only FIVE. minutes
q. The kick failed to score, but
q Crimson launched fresh at
81 after the succeeding kickoff.
Essey zig-zagged his way through
Efhe field, and contributed 10 yards
"a 4 sensational rush. On the next
play he sped the bali to Captain
Murray and the latter repassed to
Desmond for 20-yard forward pass
advance which put Horween again
within field goal distance. hi:
time the kicker succeeded and
Harvard had obtained the lead.
a Yale tumble with Webb as the
offender came soon afterward. Har-
vard again began a rushing drive
|for the Yale goal, but the Blue line
held for downs and obtained the ball
q ~ yards. In the second period,
Braden and Kempton penetrated
Harvard territory for the first time
Nth : series of Yale rushes, netting
"a Yards. only to have Braden again
sr;:hs ndie the ball with Clark re-
coverinp for Harvard. When Ne
Vile punted out of bounds at Yale's
|l3-yafd line, subsequently, Casey
renewed his offensive. He rushed
TOT . six-yard gain, then was
atopped in . second attempt. He
tried again, this time by forward
Faiton. who had succeeded Cap
tain Murray at quarterback for Har-
vard, snapped the ball ahead to the
1z-yard line where Casey, with
Humphrey for interference, stood
alone. He soon left Humphrey be-
hind and fed for the goal with
Kempton and Reinhart converging
toward him. The latter he threw of
with protecting arms, but Kempton
vas almost at his shoulders as he
crossed the line.
Calls on Rushing Strength.
Yale started the second half by
calling upon all its rushing strength.
The drive from mid-held, which was
stopped only at the Crimson goal,
xesuited. Frustrated, the Blue set
died. into another effort. This time
philbin of Harvard, intercepted 4
Yale forward pass and the Blue was
/ set back again.
|. A twenty-fve-yard run back of a
punt by Neville later 10 the third pc
7iod, followed by line plays and
rushes by Braden and Kempton,
brought the blue again into Harv-
Ard territory as attackers, but the