The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-20
HARVARD PICKED
TO HUMBLE YALE
IN ANNUAL GAME
Crowd of Over 10000 Will
Watch Elevens in Yale Bowl
Illinois and Ohio State Meet
for Conference Title.
BY JACK VElock,
international News SPORTING Editor.

Encircled by a colossal and colorful
crowd of more than 10000 wildly en-
thusiastic football fans, Yale and
Harvard met here today in Yale's
great bowl.
Rich In tradition, always an object
of country wide interest and ranking
as the blue-ribbon event OF the foot
ball year, the annual clash between
the Blue and the Crimson held the
spotlight as the outstanding attrac-
ton of a dying season.
Harvard will go into the game to-
day favored in the betting. The big
red team from Cambridge has shown
consistent power all season and the
wiseacres figure that Coach Bob
Fishers proteges, with zone of the
sturdiest lines in the country and a
backfield made up of speedy and YER
satue players will be able to ride 10
victory over the Bulldogs
The game today will be the seth
between the rival schools. The Sc
ries was started in 1875 but, unlike
the Yale Princeton series. Il did not
continue without interruption. There
were breaks In 1877, 1885 and 1888
but each time relations were renewed
after one season. A disagreement
growing out of the game of 1884 led
to the calling Off of games in this
next two seasons. but after an agree
| ment bad been reached in the winter
of tS96-97 the series was resumed
and continued unbroken until tht
time Of the world war No games
were played in 1917 or 1918.
Yale has big lead over Harvard
in victories, the count at the presen
| time standing % victories for Yale
| 10 for Harvard, and tie games. II
the early days of this series Har
ward victory was unusual. so mucf
so that up to 1910 the Crimson hat
won only games of 80 played, los
ing 90 and tieing 8. An idea of th'
way tho series went may be gaines
from the fact that Harvard's vict0
4 RIGS were scored In 1876 1899. 1895
1901 and 1908.
The tide began to turn in 1908 AT
ter Yale had won successive victo
Iries over the Crimson. Harvard wol
in 1908, tied the games of 1910 AM
l1911. and followed with successiv
victories. OF the last 10 games Har
ward has won 6, tied and lost
Quite difference from the old days
In the game Of 1881 Yale was tn
winner, though the Ellis failed {
score, Under the rules prevailin
that season lin a game, otherwise
tie. the team scoring four or NOR
safeties less than its opponents sha
win the game"
The Complete List.
The complete list of Yale Harvar
games TO date follows;
1S75-Harvard, goals; Yale 0.
| teFg VaIa oaal. Harvard q
1S7T-No game.
1s7S-Yale, lAgoal; Harvard 0, =
1S79-Yaie, Harvard o.
1SS0-Yale, / g.. /, I'd: Harvard
1SSl-Yale, 0; Harvard, safetie
1SS2-Yale, / g., ids; Harvard
safeties.
1SS3-Yale. 49, Harvard 2.
1SS4-Yale, As; Harvard, 0.
1SS5-No game.
1SS6-Yale, 80: Harvard, 4.
1SS7-Yale, II; Harvard, s.
1SS8--No game.
1SS9-Yale, g. Harvard. 0.
1S9O-Harvard, IL; Yale, 6.
1891-Yale, 10; Harvard, 0.
,1S92-Yale, 6; Harvard, 0.
s1S9S-Yale, 6; Harvard 0.
1S94-Yale, IL; Harvard, 4.
1S95-No game.
1S96-No game.
1S97--HaGvard, O.; Yale, 0.
S9S-Harvard, II; Yale, 0.
1S99--Yale, 0; Harvard. o.
19O0-Yale,, 2S Harvard, 0.
1901-Harvard. %. Yale. 0.
1902-Yale, 20; Harvard, 0.
190S-Yale, 16; Harvard. 0.
1904-Yale, IL; Harvard, o.
19O5TYale, G; Harvard, o.
1906-Yale, s; Harvard. O..
1907--Yale. IL; Harvard, 0.
Harvard. a, Yale. o.
190e-yale, s; Harvard 0.
, 1910-Haryard, 0; Yale 0.
19lI-Harvard, O.; Yale, 0.
l9l2--Harvard, 20; Yale, 0.
1913-Harvard, IS; Yale, 0.
1914--Harvard, IS; Yale. o.
19l5-Harvard, Al; Yale, o.
19l6--Yale, 6; Harvard, g.
: 19l7--No game.
5 191S--No game.
I 1919-Harvard. 10; Yale. 3.
: victories-Yale 90; Harvard, 10.
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