Harvard at Yale

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 13, 1881, page 2

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  YALE DEFEATS HARVARD. A wELL-CoNrEsrrD GAME PLAYED Al NEW-HANEN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MADE nY TnE TFAMS-A LARGE CROWD PRESENT IN SPITE OF A DRENCnNG RAIN--THE PLAY N DETAIL. NEw-HAvEN, Conn, Nov. 12.-Seven weeks Of hard training in the gymnasium and on the field have brought the teams of Yale, Harvard aud Princeton into that condition and to that point where in uval contest they will decide which shall hold the champion football pennaut for the Of 1882 There have been occasional skirmshes between Harvard and the University OF Michigan !; Canadian teams and Columbia; uninportant games between Yale aud Amherst and the University OF Mchigan and few side-plays between Princeton and the University of Michigan But the three leading teams, Yale Harvard and Princeton, have not met until today. when Yale played against Harvard at Hamilton Park in New-IIayen. The day opened with cloudy sky, lowering but not threatening, and football all said It’s going 10 bea capital day” But toward The sky grew darker About II O’Clock mist, which finally settled into q drzcling rain daupcncd the ardor OF the large number OF people “ no had come witness the game Fifty Ilaward men, including the team, reached New Haven on Friday night and CHARTERED at the New-Haven House. Harvard did not propose to play Yale handicapped she woud be by long ride the The Harvard men woke early yes terday and spent the forenoon in looking about the col lcge IN the afternoon a delegation Of two hundred came from Cambridge TO the game large number of Yale graduates from Ncw-York also present At o’clock the crowd began 10 assemble at the park The rain didt seem make much difference in the numbers Each it appeared the field was greeted with the usual cheer The excitement had begun. After little parleying between umpires, referees and captains the faced another, Yale having the north goal and Harvard the south goal The teams were follows: Harpard-Rushers: Naming, Cabot, Houston Thach er Kendall Appleton, Perrin Quarter Back: Mason. Ian Hacks: Henry and Keith. Back: Edmunds LaS siOrs ouae dp Rack B”dscr Hall pacis Ec ards and Camp. Back: Bacon. The members Of the Harvard team, as they took their positions in the field looked stout team OF muscular heavy men, Their best PLAYING il in an offensive game They are weaker than Yale in rushing. The Yale team looked like giants and 1t heaviest team Yale has had for years. They are wek knit, muscular set of men, heavy, but to impede their running. Eaton, the captain OF the Yale team was missed the field. In practice last Monday he had broken his collar bone and, while not seriously injured, confined his bed. He of the strongest players In the team and his presence the field would have been encouraging. At quarter OF 8 o’clock the playing began The ball was canted, and sent flying toward Harvards goal. Harvard succeeded in getting the ball and kicking back following it up closely and keeping 1t the Yale goal for five minutes. Then Yale, by high kicks and hard rushing, pushed the ball toward the Harvard goal Harvard made strenuous efforts to push through the line OF Yale ushers. but every OF her men covered by Yale enectually That the ball was kept close 10 the Harvard goal by LUIS uhe INC ran iel i’ll torrents and the players wet through, slipped and slid in the mud, paying attention whatever TO the condi ton of the ground. Fifteen minutes after the game called Harvard made the first safety touchdown. After o klck-out, a bad muf by Yale brought the ball 10 the Yale goal. fine kick by Yale put the ball back in the neighborhood OF Harvard’s goal, when fly, kicked by Yale, mufed by Harvard and held by Yale Sharp playing on both Sides encouraged by slant cheering from the spectators followed Harvard secured the ball and made run and brought the ball back the halfway line, where 1t forced by Yale close to the Harvard goal and Harvard was again obliged TO make a safety touchdown fine run by Camp for the Yale team, and scratch kick by Rich ards brought the ball again 10 Haryards goal. At If teen minutes past Yale had secured 10 supposed a touch down. Sorrs by careful playing had got the

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Officially, Yale leads 72–⁠61–⁠8; as played, 62–⁠50–⁠8 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 141 meetings, counting the 114 since this game.