Pennsylvania at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, New York, November 4, 1900, page 9

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  HARvARD’s GREAT VICTORY p7-sHEs PENNSYLVANIA Up AND DOWN THE FIELD TO THE TUNE OF IL TO s. TIE FAMOUS GUARDS BACK FORMATION SMASHED TO sMITHEREENs-NoW LET YALE LOOK OUT FOR FIERCE AND CLEVER FOE Grand surprise party TO Pennsylvania this AFTER s,oon and beat the much vaunted Quaker eleven | bv the decisive score OF IL to .. The men from | philadelphia were perfectly confident Of victory | Their captain and coach had predicted openly | .hat they were bound to win. Yet not only did tbev lose but they were fairly overwhelmed. and in fact beaten n the first twenty minutes OF MAY. And Harvard’s surprise party was not o.y for her foes. but for herself and her friends While the Crimson eleven has made good srades in the last few days, its adherents had been admitting nothing more fattering than good fighting chance” for the team Ihe Crinson’s stock IN consequence Of this great victory has gone up with bound, and you cannot touch the Harvard men tonight Il WAS a great game to watch, abounding IN brilliant and spectacular features. wonderful lodging end runs by the Harvard backs. bull dog rushes by Pennsylvania giants and other plays which brought the occupants or the erandstand 10 their feet with a shout But 10 football men all the thrilling end plays and superb open work by Harvard were oVershsoowed in the one fact that the celebrated guards ,ack formation was proved decisively. finally and beyond peradventure useless against st,ong aggressive defence 1t would almost seem that by this time the Quakers woulo De- Gin 70 realize this, for il was just TWO years ago that Harvard first showed on this same Soldiers Field that the guards back play was not invincible Pennsylvania lost that game hut tried the same old formation again las’ season Harvard again nailed it, Nothing daunted. however. the Quakers boooed up Serenelv this year with the same old gag. but with the impressive announcement that II mao been refurbished so beautifully that now II could be sprung on Harvard and could De worked every time But to-day for the 1Illru wear in succession Harvard took the play ripped II open hammered il 10 pieces. crushed II ana then buried it deep under seventeen large points This statement about the guards back play is worth considerable space from 1oothall point of view. for formation has ever been so widely heralded and discussed. The truth about this Quaker formation is first this; Against q weak team against any team that allows the play reach the line while still in motion the formation IS invincible. but If the play can be nailed before IT reaches the line it can be knocked into cooked hat. That is exactly what Harvard did. Her rushers broke through and killed the interference before it had gained momentum. and in that fact lies largely The story of the whole game. The Quakers had practically oni! this one method Of attack. and when this play failed -ae,- were gone: and, as has been stated several times this season in these columns, the defensive work Of the Philadelphians has plainly heen neglected. for they slow in breaking through. easily eluded by good dodgers. and hack field. TOO was erratic beyond measure. and handled punts in distressing fashion When the hall came sailing down the field. booted by Crimson back. the quarter would wait for / it with open arms, then mun it. gra b at it, mon key with it, and finally lose it 10 some speedy | Harvard rusher that almost always on the | spot. HARE AND MACCRACKEN STARS. To these general misplays by the Quakers CAPTAIN Hare. and next after him MacCracken. formed notable and brilliant exception. Those Two men, with the occasional assistance Of tw” or three others, played the whole game for the Red and Blue. Hare is certainly about the | greatest Individual player that ever wore canvas jacket. He was omnipresent and almost ! oInuipoteE;. II Hare that did the line bucking. the end running and the kicking for Pennsylvania. II Hare thai formed the / interference and pulled along the runner. II | Hare that did the tackling and kept Har- | Tard from running Up TWO CT three more touch downs Was Pennsylvania in a tight pinch, with three more yards that must be gained? Hare the DO IL Were the Quakers IN desperate straits with Harvard pouring / through big hole ard the goal only five yards away L was the mighty Hare, again, that stepped W the gap. After Hare MacCracken vas easily the mos conspicuous figure on the Quaker side He broke through in gallant style and tackled repeatedly in the open doing lot e. the work thar the end men should have done. Gre rs. al quarterback, made an occasional brilliant sal.. and Wallace. at tackle. twice carried The bail the distance. but the rest of the men we’re iaccnspicuous and comparatively feehIe Bur The Quake eIevens Weaknesses must not be enlarged 50 much as Ia reflect upon Har- Yards victoTy Too much credit cannot be given the Crimson team for steady Improvement and consistent work The offence of the team showed retterTnent of loo per cent over Inc work against The Indians. and at times the in tsrferenoe was not only irresistible. but posilively perfect. 1t Is not surprising that it swept the visitors Of their feet. for such rapid gain had been looked for even by the Harvard coaches The morale Of the eleven seemed exeeLlent- for. while al stage Of the game they vent up into the air for few minutes. and al lowed Pennsylv lvania 10 sweep them of their feet lhey r lied and finished strongly. The chief Weakness of the Harvard seemed to he -aek – resource by the in the line They were rather readily disconnected by any new and surprising formation. Aside from this the Harvard eleven showed qualities that ought 10 put victory over Yale three weeks from toesE among the proba bilities, unless the eleven goes stale or gets sweled head. When il comes individual work by the Har- Fsfd team, Captain DAILY is in q class by him. sci His generelship perfect and his own ‘oey play superb. II his long lodging runs down the field in and of the red and blue Sweaters. thai sent the cheers rolling across the Aslo, for again and again did the clever little qsarterbsck cash ever the chalklines and cover twenty and thirty yards. and once almost half lhe length OF the he,d- DAILY was trife off in

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  The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., November 5, 1900, page 7

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  ST. THOMAS TIES SEMINARY FINE FOOT BALL GAME SATUR- DAY AFTERNOON. son-High School Played at stroudsburg, and the Game Ended In Disagresment-Harvard Grim son Waves Above Old Penn’s Col ors, Owing to q 17–⁠5 Score, and Comedians Down Princeton, 1870. For the second time this season the st. Thomas College and Wyoming Seminary football elevens clashed on the gridiron, Saturday afternoon. and at the end of the forty-five minutes play the score was 90. the same that resulted from the first meeting of these twenty-five stubborn young warriors. The local players had the advantage in weight but this was more than off set by the superior knowledge Of the game, possessed by the gentlemen from the Seminary. vino put up II very foxy, sagacious article of the great college sport. Towards the end of the first half the Kingston men al most scored Il touchdown and the fraction of an inch by which they missed possession of the coveted five points, seemed to justify Captain Tag gert’s vehement protest. ON Il sue cession of rushes down the field and by Il Kick made by TagSert and Sc cured by Rogers the Seminary at last had the ball two yards from the st. Thomas goal. Hards and Rogers tn. two Seminary tackles We’re driven into the line with terrible force but the purple and white line held like a veritable wall. and the Seminary men We’re driven back nav ing together advanced the ball about u yard. On the next play, the tackles back formation was used again by the Seminary, and when the man who carried the ball was .downed. Referee Murphy gave Il careful glance at the position OF the oval and called, st Thomas ball. WAS ON THE LINE. For an instant the struggling mass of players did not rise. and when they did :he ball was found resting on III. linc where the local men claimed it was pushed after the down was called. The referee SO decided, much 10 the Indignation OF Taggert and his doughty warriors who. however, in a sportsmanllke manner accepted the disappointment and tried their best to win out From a spectators view. the game was full of features. Crocker ana Maxwell the two Seminary ends were in the game all the while for the visit ol’s. They tackled hard and low. and were always down the field under Tag Eerts long high punts, in time tn down the catcher of the kick. Crocker is a half Indian ard throughout the season has contracted a. habit of maxi Ing at least one run of at least 80 yards. Banking on this the big dele CATION of Seminary roOters kept UP a. continuous cheering and rapid fire of yells. being aided in their entleavnrs by a number of fair young damsels from the school. Well, Mr. Crocker made his run. 1t was in the second half The field was growing dark. and from the st. Thomas side line then came Il chant of Look out for the Indian! Look out for the Indian! when suddenly the Seminary captain gave the left ends signal, and az the dusky, stocky little fellow seized the oval, his interference formed. and around right end he went. Up the field he scurried, and n chilly feeling was assailing the hearts of the Scran- making about fifty yards. WENT SIXTY YARDS. A short while after this ST. Thomas took the ball. and Hadgins broke through the line and took the oval sixty yards, and behind the Seminary goal, but the referee ordered 1t back, rs the ball was dead when the run was made, no signal having been given for work to start and the visiting players not being ready for 81. Thomas sudden onslaught. Rogers. Hards and Keller of tho Seminary all distinguished themselves the latter making several splendid runs. On the ST. Thomas side. Johnny Vaughan played as excellent an end as his two fast opponents. He, too, was down the field speedily under O’Horos kicks and his tacklins was deadly and sure This same kicking OF James O’Horo was another feature. The little quarter got the ball prompt ~ and easily and in each case the dis tance was good and the height eXcellent. A. Mcdonald, who was shifted from tackle to end when Kirkwood’s ankle was injured, played fast game, and Hadgins and Bill OHoro did liner several times broke through the line and downed the Seminary run ner and Farrell who went into the game feeling i’ll, put up n strong game at center, though opposed by big Jack. a heavier and more aggressive man. The lineup follows: 81. Thomas Wyoming Vaughan ........... left end ..,...... .Crocker A. Mcdonald ....... lett tackle ,........ .Hards j. Mcdonald llaggcity .,........cft guard ......... Pckarski Farrell ............. center ....,.........Iack Iangin ..........right guard ......... .Johuson krllher ........,.rght tackle ..,........ Rogers kirkwood ......... right end ....,..... Maxwell ~ Mcdonald j, olloIo ,,...,..q quarter back .,.,. .Obcrreuder NcAndrew ,,.....riSht half back ........ Keller lladginS ,.........leit hall back ...,... Simmons W, o’ioro toapD ..hll back .,.Tasgcrt (capD Referee Murphy. tmpre--Johus. Timek.cp. erS-Cusick and Keller. Lincsmerl--t Gallagher aud Goldsmith. Time Of halves, “a and 20 minutes. High School Defeated. The High School team met defeat at StrOnIsbuip Sa turIou nv IN, ,,,>,o

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  The times, Washington [D.C.], November 4, 1900, page 1

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  SURPRISED BY HARVARD Crimson’s Showing Against Penn sylvania Revelation. The Cambridge Eleven Defeats the Strong Quaker Team with Ease the Rush Line n Stone Wall Sawin and Daily Stars of the Day. CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. Twenty thousand men and women were treated to the biggest surprise of the present foot ball season at Soldiers Field this after noon. when the hitherto invincible eleven. which came here heralded as the most powerful that had ever worn the red and blue. was made to look like poorly coached and very inferior preparatory school combination by the Harvard var sity Before the battle began Pennsylvania was a strong 7-to-5 favorite. bur the game had not been under way five minutes before it was discernible, even 10 the novices. that Harvard had wonderful eleven in the field. and that the Harvard coaches had kept this fact secret. in spite of every effort on the part OF sleuths and others to find it out The Pennsylvania men were simply taken by surprise. just as was the case when Yale was fooled by Columbia. last week, only the Harvard players had the stamina to last while Columbia did not. In defence Harvard’s so-caled paper line proved a wall of adamant. Once or twice Big Hare. the Pennsylvania captain, and the much talked-of McCracken made conspicuous runs for good distances, but Quakers well under control. In fact, the efforts of the Pennsylvania men to advance the ball were simply puerile. and. clearly ratified. they with drew time and again to one side. where they conferred in whispers as to the best methods to pursue. Pennsylvania. unable to make much of an impression on the vital points of Harvard’s line, was, of course. puzzled what to do. for 1t was realized that the ends were invincible with two such stars as Campbell and Hal lowell to avoid. So Pennsylvania now discovered for the first time this year that her method of attack was virtually pOwerless. Harvard, on the other hand, developed an attack that was about the finest thing in football that has been seen anywhere since the crack eleven that represented Cambridge in 1898. Captain DAILY proved equal to the emergency with his head work and magnificent individual play. He showed sound judgment when he concluded to let Pennsylvania big GENRE men and tackles alone, and give his as saults at the ends. for there, it turned out were the weak spots in the Phladelphia eleven. All of Harvard’s gains and two touchdowns were made through dash ing runs around the ends, principally the left. The interference provided for the Har ward backs was so perfect that these advances were comparatively easy. The team work of Harvard was a thing Of beauty. and showed how diligently the coaches have worked to make another eleven like the one that swept Yale IN der Two years ago, II to 0. Sawin was the star OF the afternoon, Though Captain Daily was always in evil dence with brilliant achievements. 1t was Sawin who made two OF the three touchdowns against the boasted Quakers. and made them SO easily that the crowd, driven to acts of frenzy, laughed hysterically The summary:

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 5, 1900, page 1

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  BATES TIE CRIMSON WINS. Harvard. II; Pennsylvania. 5 at Cambridge Saturday Afternoon. Boston. Mass, Noy. THE grea; Har- -Penns%l vania game on Soldiers field saturday afternoon. resulted in a victory for Harvard by the score II to :. Al pre- Oft. Ellis caught the ball AMI advanced 1t 2 yards before he was d0wacd Suwin made 10 yards inside right end. After a gain OF three yards by Ellis. Sawin made Il run OF Il yards. On PENIS 4S-yard line the ball went to the Quakers on downs. Hare made 10 yards, but a bad tumble occurred and Graves punted. After several plays and an exchange Of puHts. Harvard advanced me ball 10 Pennsy’S 2I-yard line and the visitors realizing Harvard had them on the run, played with their traditional bulldog tenacity. Sawin made Il touch down with Days Interference. Lawrence kicked the goal. Penn. undaunted. kicked off again. DAILY caring for he ball and going from his 10 10 the 25-yard line. PENIS line took a brace and stopped the attack. forcing DAILY 70 kick. Graves fumb!ed the punt and Jim Lawrence dropped on the bail on Penn’s 5I-yard line This was most disastrous for the Guakevs. Harvard adyanced i yards bu. Sawin fumbled and Graves fell on the ball. Hare’s punt WAS blocked the bail rolling behind PENN goal lire. where Lawrence fell on il, max ing Harvard.s second touchdown. Day punted and Lawrence kicked the goal Hare kicked off and DAILY made a good run. Harvard, taking no chances. punt I’d Penn ) quarterback fumbled and HalloWeI I’ll on the bah on Penn 30 yard line Kendall fumbled. Penn made some substantial gains and was forced to punt. Harvard here tried number of trick plays with poor success. The two teams see-sIwed back and forth and then Harvard walked the ball straight down the field for its third touchdown. Law renee missed the goal Before five minutes OF the second half had been played Pennsylvania had a ouChd0wn chalkcd up 70 its account and the whirlwind fashion in which il WAS anxiousiy. Penn used its famous guards back pay ana Hare made the touchdown. McCraC!len caught the kickoff and made. u magnificent run Of 30 yards. The guards back was used unSucceSstully. Hare punted to Haryard’s S-yard line. Then there was some exciting paying Pennsy nearly scoring. DAILY made an astOnishing run Of 50 yards and Harvard was pushing the Quakers steadily back when time was called with the hall in Har- Yards possession on Pennsylvania : t. yard line Th.. liDe1Iu.

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Harvard leads 47–⁠25–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 59 since this game.