Pennsylvania at Harvard

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 6, 1898, page 1

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  VICTORY FOR HARVARD QUAKER KICKERs DEFEATED 10 TO ON A HARD-FOUGHT GAME. PennsyIvania’s Reverse Due Mainly to FumbIinE-Chicago A. A. Beaten by Yale 10 to O-Other Games. | field this afternoon by her superior kicking and her ability to check the Pennsylvania guards back formation and to turn to adj vantage the miserable fumbling of the | Quaker backs. The score was 10 to 0. 1t was a hard, clean game, fercely contested from start to finish Astounding in brilliant plays Harvard finished the game in good | condition, and was strongly aggressive to | the very last place. In the marvelously short time Of fifteen | seconds after the game began Harvard had | scored through Coombs’s tumble on the | kick off, while in the second half a beautiful | goal from the field by Burnett on a place kick added another five points to the score | and ciinched the game for the crimson. | While Daily and Dibblee were not only sure | in catching Hare’s kicks, and, as a rule, | succeeded in making fifteen to twenty yards on the run back, Coombs, Harrison, McNa- | hon and even Outland seemed absolutely unable either to judge the punts or catch them clearly when the ball was apparently | in their hands. When Harvard realized | that the Pennsylvania backs had not the | faintest knowledge of handling punts, run | ming with the ball was almost abandoned, | and especially in the second half Dibblee and DAILY did some of the prettiest | only after catching punts that they made their most thrilling runs, for the attempts of the former at circling either end resulted almost invariably in only slight gain, and at times in actual losses. Pennsylvania’s | tackles. Goodman and Garnot, were alto | gether too lively in getting through and mailing Dibblee, and the ends broke up the interference surprisingly well. This was, perhaps, the only discouraging feature OF grlT Iar ard r1niVa of viz mr. Yale’S tackles, whom Harvard is to meet two weeks hence, are acknowledged to be superior TO those of Pennsylvania. On the other hand, Boal and Reid plunged into the hitherto stone wall center of Pennsylvania, and in the first half the necessary distance was gained four times in succession, only to be lost by Dibblee’S futile attempts to circle the ends. From the spectators point of view the day was ideal, but it was poor football weather. The warm Indian summer air. with no life in it, made playing the most exhausting sort of work, and two Harvard men and one Pennsylvania player We’re forced to give way to fresher material. Harvard benented, however, more by the change than Pennsylvania. for Burnett took the place OF the exhausted Jaffray, and a few minutes later kicked a goal AS Harvard held the kicking tactics dur ing the greater part of the game, the ball was for more than three-quarters of the time in her opponents hands, and the Quakers, in their frantic efforts to advance the pigskin, showed in rapid succession every one of their own famous plays The quarter-back kick, the delayed pass, the guards back were tried one after tie other from the very first and while one or two of these would gain, Harvard rot only man aged to fathom them all before the game was very far along, but also either stopped them without gain or succeeded in throwing the runner for a loss. The very first time the quarterback kick was tried, Hallowell, ! instead of Folowell, caught the ball and made ten yards Outland time and again was nailed far behind the line on the delayed pass. Harvard’s center stood the hammering of Hare and McCracken, rein forced by three other Quakers, surprisingly well, ard Coach Woodruff thereby saw his favorite play broken up. Although Harvard’S defense was surprising in it’s strength, the Pennsylvania line was certainly of the firmest character. With the exception of the last five minutes in the first half, when the plunging of Reid and Boal and the magnificent run by Dibblee, carried the ball to Pennsylvania twenty f1ve-yard line, where Haughton, owing to lack of time, tried a goal from the field, the QuaIers stood UP grandly. Their stiff three-yard line reminded one strongly of Yales famous defense of her goal last year. ing game. In the hrst part OF the game Hares long, low kicks had more of a carry in them than Haughton’s high punts, but, as the game progressed, the Pennsylvania was fairly outpunted and two of his at tempts were squarely blocked, while every one Of Haughtons went off smooth and clean and at the end had surprising amount of power. Harvard was also strong behind the line, for. although her backs were nailed frequently, Iney ran Win lar better Judgment than their opponents. 1t at quarter that Harvard outclasSed PENNSYLVANIA and showed in Daily one of the best quarter backs ever seen in Cambridge. He ran the team with remarkable judgment and was surprisingly quick in discern ing Pennsylvania weak points. While 1t cannot be said. perhaps that Harvard owed her victory to DAILY. 1t must the acknowledged that but for the taclxling of The stubborn little quarter back two or three Of the Quakers who broke through the line would have scored. Pennsylvania ends were strong and sure. but Farley, who went in for Cochrane in the second half, was SUI peror to either. The line up: Harvard. Position. Pennsylvania. Cochrane (Farley) Left end........... Folwell Donald ........Left tackle. $1,000. Goodman BoaI ............ Left guard. ............. Hare Jaffray (BurnetD Center. ......... Overfieid Burden ........ Right guard. 49,. McCracken Haughton fright tackle.......... Garnett Hallowell ........ Right end. ........... Hedges DAILY ........... Quarter back....... Gardiner Dibblee Left half back. 49,. Harrison Warren. Right half back. Coombs (McMahon) Reid ........... Full back. Outland Umpire-Paul Dashiel, of Lehigh. Ref crew. A. McClung, of Lehigh. Lines mani. B. Holden, of Harvard. Touch down-Boal Goal from field-Burnett. Total score: Harvard, TO-; Pennsylvania, 0. Length of halves. 35 minutes.

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., November 6, 1898, page 6

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  HARVARD TOO STRONG CONFIDENT QUAKERs COULD NOT SCORE AGAINST THE CRIMSON GOAL IN FIFTEEN SECONDS Tumble by the PennsyIvanians -Qunkers Outpunted and All Their New Moves Checkmated by the Men From Harvard. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 5.-Harward Won the great football game on Soldiers field this afternoon by her superior kicking and her ability to check Pennsylvania’s guards back for nation, and to turn to advantage the miserable .funnbling of the Quakers’ backs. The score was 10 to 0. 1t was hard, clean game, fiercely contested from start to finish, Astounding in exciting and brilliant plays. Harvard finished the game in good condition, and strongly aggressive to the very last play. In the marvelously short time of fifteen seconds after the game began, Harvard had scored through Coombs’ tumble in the kickoff, while in the second half beautiful goal from the field by Burnett on a place kick add ed another five points to the score, and cllrched the game for the Crimson. DAILY and Dibblee were not only sure in catching Hare’s kicks and, as a rule, succeeded in making fifteen to twenty Harrison, Mcmahon and even Outland seemed absolutely unable to either judge the punts or catch them Clearly when the ball was apparently in their hands. When Harvard realized that the Pennsylvania backs had not the faint est knowledge of handling punts, run ming with the ball was almost abandoned, especially in the second half. Dibblee and DAILY did some of the pref test lodging ever seen at Cambridge, but it was only after catching punts that they made their most thrilling runs, for the attempts at encircling eitker end resulted almost invariably in only a Slight gain and at times in actual losses. Pennsylvania tackles, Goodman and Garrett, were altogether too lively in getting through and nail ing Dibblee and the ends broke up the interferences surprisingly well. This was, perhaps, the only discouraging feature of the game from Harvard point of view, for Yale’s tackles, whom Harvard is to meet two weeks hence, are acknowledged to be superior to those of Pennsylvania. On the other hand Boal and Reid plunged into the hitherto stone wall center of Pennsylvania, and in the first half the necessary distance was gained four times in succession, only to be lost by Dibblee’s futile attempts to circle the ends. IDEAL DAY FOR SOME. From the spectators point of view football weather. The warm Indian summer air. with no life in 1t, made playing the most exhausting sort Of work, and two Harvard men and one Pennsylvania player were forced to oriTy % ro1 10, 81 benefited, however, more by the change than Pennsylvania, for Burnett took the place of the exhausted Jaffray, and a few minutes afterward kicked a goal AS Harvard held to kicking tao tics during the greater part of the game, the ball was for more than three quarters Of the time In her opponent 8 hands, and the Quakers, in their frantic efforts to advance the pigskin, showed in rapid succession every one of their famous plays The quarterback kick, the delayed pass and the guards bach were tried one after the other from the very first, and while one or two of these would gain, Harvard not only managed to fathon them all before the game was very far along, but also either stopped them without gain or succeeded In throwing the runner for o loss. The very first time the quarter DdCh KICK was CTleQ, f1dllOW6ll, instead of FolWell, caught the ball and made ten yards. Outland time and time again was sent far behind the line on the delayed pass. Harvards center stood the hammering by Hare and McCracken, reinforced by three other Quakers, sur priSingly well, and Coacher Whitcomb saw his own favoTite play broken up. Throughout Harvard’s defense was sur prising in its strength, yet the Penn sylvania line was unbroken. The first plunge of Hare and Boal and the ma e. nificent running Of Dibblee carried the ball to the Quakers’ hirty-fve-yard line, and Burnett, for lack of time kicked the ball from the field. The crowd was delighted with the kicking in the game. PENNSYLVANIA OUTPUNTED. From the first part of the game Hare’s low kicks had more power in them than Haughton’s high punts. as Pennsylvania was squarely ,outpunted, and two of his attempts were squarely blocked while Harvard’s kicks were smooth and in the end had lots ot strength. 1t was at quarter that Harward outclassed Pennsylvania, and showed In DAILY one of the best quarterbaoks ever seen in Cambridge. Ha ran the team with remarkable judgment and was surprisingly quick in discerning Pennsylvania’s weak points. While 1T cannot be said, perhaps. that Harvard owed her victory to DAILY. It must be acknowledged that but for the superior tackling of the stubborn little quarterback, two or three of the Quakers, who broke through the line, would have scored. Pennsylvania’s ends were strong and sure, but Farley, who went in for Cochrane in the second half. was superior to either. The lineup: Harvard. Pennsvlvanfo Cochrane Farley)L E. ....... . ‘Folwe,l Donald ...,....L L. T. Goodman Boal .........L. G. 80. ..........Hare Jaffray BurnetD c.. $500. Overhead burke ........R R. G. 49,. McCracken Haughton r. T. -. ....... .Garnett Daly ........:.Q: B. 49,. Gardiner Dibblee -. L. H B. ...... Harrison Warren r.. H. B. Coombs McMahon Reid :. ........... F. B. .OusIand Umpire, Paul Dashiel, of Lehigh; referee, “. A. McClung, of Lehigh lnesman, j. b. Holden, of Harvard. Touchdown, Boal. Goal from fed, Bur nett. Total score: Harvard. TO-. Pennsvlyania. 0. Length. of halves. So minutes.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 7, 1898, page 1

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  HARVARD WINS. Defeats Pennsylvania Eleven by Score Of 10 to 0. Scores on Very First Play and Again in the Second Half. harvard’s Offensive and Defensive Work Better Than Their Opponents. Boston, Nov. 6-Harvard defeated Pennsylvania at foot ball, yesterday, at Soldiers field, Cambridge, 10 points to 0. The winning team scored on the very first play of the game-the kickoff when muffed kick by Pennsylvania gave the home eleven touchdown, and again during the second half. from place kick at goal. The try at goal from the touchdown was failure. When the timekeeper blew his whistie for the end of the game, big Reid, the young California athlete, who played fullback on the Harvard team, lay on his stomach under a mass of q players. He held the football on the ground, only Is inches from the Penn Sylvania goal line. If there had been time for one more plunge into the rush line Harvard would have again scored AS it was Capt. Dibblees men had good margin and the game a dramatic ending. Pennsylvania having won the toss. chose the easterly goal, with the wind, what there was of it, at her back. Harvard had the kickoff. Cochrane began with splendid kick, which sent the ball sailing through the air toward Pennsylvania’s goal post. The new leather sphere went almost half the length Of the field. Coombs, one of the Pennsylvania backs, had a good chance to catch the ball. but he evidently though it would go across the line, in which case his team could have brought it out again to the 25-yard line. Then he changed his mind and tried to make the catch, but instead he made a muff BY that time half dozen Harvard players were beside him. and Boal, the big guard, got the ball and made a touchdown. All this happened in much less time than it takes to tell, and the $4,000 or $4,000 spectators who crowded the seats could with difficulty realize that Harward had indeed scored, but when they saw Cochrane prepare for his try at goal, a storm of enthusiasm burst which it is simply impossible to describe. The shouts of the men and the screams Of the women were unnoticed, only because every soul inside the enclosure was making part of the noise. If he was a Harvard man he shouted for joy. If he happened to be one of the few hundred loyal Pennsylvania supporters he cursed. This insanity began to disappear when Cochrane missed in his try for goal. Then the wearers of the crimson began to fear that the lack of that single point might bring them defeat. They remembered the Harvard Penn sylvania game three years ago, the last played on Soldiers field, when Harward was beaten by three missed goals, and some of the grumblers said Harward always failed at a critical moment. Fortunately for the home team, these fears and complaints need never have been. for the visitors, try as best they could, We’re not able to cross the Har ward goal line. The other score was made we’ll on in the second half. Hare, who lowered above his fellows not only in physique, but as a foot ball player. was sent bacfl to protect his goal by punt Harvard had been forcing her opponents back and back again. but had not then been able to score in this half. Hare made one of those low ugly, raking punts for which he is famous. Little Daily, who was playing well back, rushed forward and got the ball in his arms just as he reached Pennsylvania 45-yard line. With difficulty he kept his balance and made what the rules term a fair CATCH” Burnett, who was then playing CEN ter, was told to try for a goal from a place kick. 1t was long distance, and few people thought he would succeed but when his foot. with the impetus OF his mighty muscles behind it, struck the ball it started off straight at the Pennsylvania goal posts. Every eye or the field watched that ball. Its velocity decreased until it seemed about to fall to the ground, but it took a new lease of life and went over about a foot above the crossbar and another foot away from one of the posts. Then the scene of riot at the beginning Of the game was duplicated. 1t wa! even outdone, because all the Harvard contingent knew that the five points scored when the ball went over thu crossbar made the result of the gam, certain. No trick, no long run aroun, the end, no fake” could then depriv’ Harvard of the victory. During the first half of the game tn ball was in Harvard territory most . the time, but the crimson goal line wa in, danger only once. Then Pennsyl vahia got the ball on Harvard’s 45-yar line and by. steady. repeated rushes with the guards back formation forced the play down to Harvard’s 80 yard line 20-yard line, 15-yard line; bu there the advance stopped. The gain had been growing less and less as tn goal was approached. With two yard to gain Pennsylvania gave up tn struggle and tried without success fo a goal from the field. After that it was pretty evident tha Pennsylvania would not score in thu half. The visitors We’re. plainly dis turbed by the failure of their play which had hitherto been invincibl The sturdy Harvard defence was great surprise. Toward the end of til half. Pennsylvania weakened gree deal, and Harvard was forcing the ba straight toward her opponents goal. Just as it seemed as though HarvaI was bound to score, after DAILY ha made beautiful 20-yard run arour Pennsylvania’s right end, the dashir little quarterback surprised everybo5 by signalling for goal from the feel n-I.

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  The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], November 6, 1898, page 8

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  GREAT FOOTBALL GAME Harvard Defeats Pennsylvania In Exciting Contest. SCORE STOOD 10 TO o HARVARD STRONGLY AGGREs- sIVE TO LAST PLAY. Fifteen Seconds After Game Began Harvard Scored Through COMBS tumble On the Kick-off-Harvard Held to Kicking Tactics During Greater Part of Game. Cambridge, Nov. 5.-Harvard won the great football game on Soldiers field this afternoon by her superior kicking and her ability to check Pennsylvania guard back formation and to turn to advantage the miserable fumbling of the Quakers’ backs. The score was 10 TO 0. Harvard finished the game in good condition and strongly aggressive to the very last play. In the marVelouSly short time of 10 seconds after the game began, Harward had scored through Coombs’ tumble on the kickoff, while IN the second half a beautiful goal from the field by Burnett on a place kick added another five points to the score and clinched the game for the crimson. While DAILY, Warren and Dibble were not only sure in catching Hares’ kicks but as a rule succeeded in making 10 to 20 yards on the run-baek, COombs, Harrison, Mcmahon and even Outland seemed absolutely unable to either judge the punts or catch them cleanly when the ball was apparently in their hands. Pennsylvania s tackles. Goodman and Garrett, were altogether too lively in get ting through and mailing Dibble, and the ends broke up the interferences surprisingly well. This was, perhaps, the only discOuraging feature of the game from a Harvard point of view. for Yale’s tack les, whom Harvard is to meet two weeks hence are acknowledged to be superior to those of Pennsylvania. AS Harvard held to kicking tactics dur ing the greater part of the game the ball was for more than three-quarters of the time in her opponents hands. Although Harvard’S defense was sur prising in strength, the Pennsylvania line was certainly of the finest character. Harward was strong behind the line. for, al though her backs were nailed frequently, they ran with far better judgment than their opponents. 1t was at quarter that Harvard out classed Pennsylvania and showed in Daily one of the best quarter-backs ever seen in Cambridge While it cannot be said, perhaps. that Harvard owed her victory to Daily. it must be acknowledged that but for the sure tackling of the stubborn little quarterback, two or three of the Quakers who broke through the line would have scored. Pennsylvania ends were strong and sure. but Farley, who went in for Cochrane in the second half was superior to either. Harvard Position. Pennsylvania. Cocnrane’. =” IL 1aft md Foi”el’ Donald.... ...... -. .............. Goodman. Left Tackle. Boal.. -......... ............ Hare. Left Guard. Burnett. ..:-.. ..--....... .Overteld. Burden. -. ............ .McCracken. Right Guard Haughton eM R,Ssi -r.c,,ic ......carnett Hallowell.. ................... 49,. Hedges. Daily. .......... ......,... Gardner. Quarterback. plOOisS’‘. Left Haifba i;i.’‘.’ harrison w 2rren.. ........- ..........McMahOn Right Halfback. INelu..’..- -‘-...’..- go $500. -...OuIlduu- Fullback Officials-Dashiel Lehigh, umpire: Nc Chung, Lehigh. referees; Fred Wood, b. A: A, time-keeper; Farley. relief Touchdown-Bqal. Goal from: field-Burnett. Total score-Harvard. 10: Pennsylvania, o. Length of halves-Thirty-fiv minutes.

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Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.