Harvard at Yale

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 20, 1904, page 1

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  HARVARD DIES GAME. YALE VICTOR, 1g TO 0. The Blues attack Too Strong Game Watched by 50, 900. Game Watched By $4,000. New-Haven, Nov. 10 (speciaD.-Hervard marched bravely to her anticipated defeat on Yale Field this afternoon. Nearly thirty-fve thousand spectators tho Crimson go down. but, though IT went down. it went down gallant ly, and only after plucky fight, that reflected the utmost credit on the Cambridge players. When the final whistle shrilled over the field Yale had won II 60 o victory In other words she had beaten Harvard by exactly the same score by which she triumphed over Princeton a week ago. Two touchdowns and a goal from each were responsible for Yale’s total. touch down being scored in each half In a way, the game near being a repetition Of the Princeton match. In the contest with the Tigers, it will be remembered the Blue made its first touchdown by straight, overpowering rushing. while its second al most purely gift, and resulted from a crazy pass over the fullbacks head by butcher, the Tiger centre. and a blocked kick behind Prince tons goal line. So. to-day. Yale scored first by combination of line breaking rushes and a decision by Umpire Dashiell that extremely costly for Harvard For the first quarter Of an hour of play neither side could make any consistent gains. but at length Yale got the ball a punt Just inside her own territory, and by steady. hard, consistent line plays, in which Finn and Morse were the most effective ground gamers rushed her way steadily down the arena to Harvard’s 30-yard line. Here the Crimson held hard for two downs. and Captain Hogan himself fell back for that third and vital rush. But even the great tackle was hurled back helpless. and q great shout went up from the Harvard cohorts as it seen that Yale had failed to pierce the Harvard line But the joy Of the Crimson contingent was short lived, for on that third and last rush the umpire saw offside play in Harvard’s ranks, and the ball went to Yale first down. From that point Yale irresistible until she had ploughed her battering way across the line HARvARD’s FATAL ERROR. Yalc’s second score was achieved in way that was heartbreaking for Harvard. The Crimson held the oval on her 4O-yard line, when Sperry dropped back to punt. When the ball snapped the Harvard line instantaneously became a sieve. Yale’s rushers simply swarmed through, and the gigantic Kinney blocked the punt squarely. The ball rolled back toward the Crimson goal, and there frantic scramble for It. which ended only three little yards from Harvard’s goal with a Yale uniform next the leather. It only a matter of two short rushes to hurl It across the line. and Yale had scored again. 1t is fair TO say. therefore in the case Of the Princeton match. that the score should have been only to O. But It is also fair to say that from the very start Yale appeared TO be the master of the situation. She made no phenomenal gains, it is true, and only once did she make a long series Of consecutively successful gains. But on the other hand Harvard was utterly powerless to gain through the Blues defence, and made first down scarcely more than half dozen times during the entire progress of the game. During nine-tenths of the time the play was in Harvard’s territory. and the Grim son attack never got than thirty yards TO the Yale goal, and only near as that. In fact, the upper hand always Yale’s and, though she had to fight hard, she always fought with the confidence Of comparative security. and never really had cause for worry. HARVARD ON THE DEFENSIVE Harvard was on the defensive most Of the time. and in her defence she did her best work. 1t was, indeed. a game fight against odds of better training that the Crimson players put up, ano. save for that first squirt. her big for wards were able to discourage Yale’s attack creditably. But 1t is a different story when 1t comes to Harvard’s attack. Her onsaughts on Yales line were badly organized and never consistently successful Captain Hurley tried a number of double passes and end runs, but either fumbles or the Yale ends nipped these attempts in the bud before they could fairly blossom. In deed. one of the worst features of the Crimson’s play her repeated fumbling. from which Captain Hurley himself was by means free But Hurey’s defensive play was Of tho high est order. He always near the ball. got into every play. and infused life and snap into his men. With him. little Starr, the freshman quarterback. and Matthews, the negro end, share the principal honors Starr generated his team well. caught punts perfectly. and ran them back well anybody could with poor inter ference: in short, he appeared TO be a born foot ball player. Matthews. who is Of the best baseball players at Cambridge. took RandalS place at end when the latter’s slow play had retired him the side lines and distinguished himself by fast and aggressive work in his position. THE YALE STARS For Yale Shevlin in the line and Finn and Morse among the backs did the best work The game itself not in any way remarkable from a spectacular point Of view nor does any one player stand out high above the rest. There was little open play attempted, and what was tried failed miserably to succeed. The longest in the game were made in getting punts back, and those by Rockwell and Shevlin, respectivey, were for only twenty yards each. Yales game more like old fashioned foot ball than her style Of play against Princeton. She used her backs more and her tackles and guards less. Take the case of Boomer for example. Against Princeton the big tackle was, with Leaveryyorth, Yale’s mainstay for ground gaining Yesterday he carried the ball not half dozen times. There was a good deal Of punting in the match. and at this Hoyt was easily Sperrys

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  Deseret evening news, Great Salt Lake City [Utah], November 21, 1904, page 7

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  sous Of Old Eli Had no Trouble In Defeating Harvard Team THE SCORE WAS I2 TO 0. Yale 0utplayed Her Rivals at Each and Every Turn Of the Great Game Many Distinguished Spectators Inc prediction WhuN O} AoOcO -, a, Callahan IN the News” on Saturday evening that Yale would defeat Harvard. was fulfilled when the mighty teams lined up against each other on the gridron at New Haven MI Callahan said Do thought the final score would be about 90 to MOTH Ing In favor OF Yale The result was Y 70 nothing. The account OF the game u given In tho following dispatch from New Haven. Yale earned a victory which was I’m every way satisfactory of her friends over her old him rival Harvard in tho presence Of over 32WD spectators on Yale iiold this afternoon the final Store being “ 10 o. the Same as that in her victory over Princeton a week ago. The game was one In which tho men In blue proved the superlors Of the brawnicr set OF OPP ponents. both IN the art OF offence and defense In the first place, through better team work with fow simple formations and In the second instance through her ability 10 stop or break up any play whether Of plunged character or used as a subterfuge to turn her Hanks Yale was not called upon to use “a formation which had not been shown IN her games Of the entire season, aud at no time was there any doubt Of the outcome, Harvard placed some reliance on plays which were intended TO gain ground by runs around the end and In nearly every instance they failed. 1he precision with Wuun lale moved her plays an the time united action OF her backs with the line men, stamped Captain Hogan’s team as one OF the most remarkable which ever went on a field TO uphold the glory OF the blue. To Harvard however which sent a team Of unknown quality must be given the credit Of playing wonder ful game on the defense and Of show Ing al times IN the second half flashes OF inherent brilliancy on the offensive. The game itself as a whole was some what tedious. II was almost dcV id Of sensational plays, and Its one brilliant incident was the blocking OF sperrys punt In the second half which brought lalo’s second touchdown. Even this was better appreciated by football men them selves than the spectators The crowd was probably the largest that has ever seen a football game IN this country. The weather was that Of an Indian summer day. No such throug ever invaded this city, and the means II transportation TO and from the city, am pie as i was thought they were, were totally inadequate. MANY PROMINENT SPECTATORS. Among the distinguished spectators were vice president-elect and Mrs Fairbanks j. Pierpont Morgan and August Belmont Miss Alice Roosevelt. with party Of girl friends sat In the Harvard section Despite an precautions, the game was a little delayed ut the start. and so slow ly did II progress that dusk was falling when the end came. Yale played faster than the crimson and went from beginning 70 end without Ia AZ Ia unA fsIu III many substitutes IN tho places Of men who seemed 10 have been used up in scrmmages but luckily no player was seriously hurt At times the game was rough In every position Yale had the advantage. Her llnesmen outplayed the men against them Hoyt outclassed sperry, and Nichols in chell On Harvard’s side Bril- showed up best. although Matthews. who replaced Sandal did finely Yale got her h-st touchdown by Consistnet rushing IN Harward territory In the first half The Sec ond came through a blocked Kick IN tho second half, Harvard’s most successful attack was a cross.huck which several times opened holes IN Yalo’s line. through which, singularly enough, the backs could make no Dronuonced gains. When the game was over the Yale mon began celebration Of their victory, OTHER FOOTBALL SCORES. At acknowledgement, 62i Wash ingtOn O. At St. Louis University Of West Wiz. ginia. 6. Washington university, 0. AZ Lncoln-Uniyersity Of Nebraska, “a, Bellevue o. At Champaign, pl-llllnos, q Iowa, o AZ Annapollb-Nayy If; Virginia Poly. At Wset Polnt-west Point a. syra. cuse, b at Willamstown Mass.-wiliams q; Wesleyan, o. Az Boston-Dartmouth, ~: Brown. O. At Topeka-liaskell Indians, n. Wash burn, 0. At Chicago--NInnesota. II: Northwest. ern, O.. Come called on account OF dark ness. At st. Louls-West Virginia university g. Washington university ). At ST. Louis st Louis university. IL: Arkansas university 0. At Corvallls-Oregon university, G; Ore gon Agricultural college. 5. Al Marshall Field, Chioago-Mlnnesota, H. Northwestern, .. At Fort Collins, Colo University OF Col orado. l6 agricultural college, O. At Chicago-Lake Forest college 0; Monmouth college, O. At Galesburg Knox, l6. Berkeley, o. At Notre pame-Notre Dame, /; De. paw, q. At Maco-uniyersity OF Texas, IS; Bay Tor college Q. At Cleyoand-We Reserve, 70. Ohio Wesleyan D At Meadvlle-Case school, Cleveland %: Allegheny, q, At Columbus State university, H.. Kenneth college, O. At Lafayetto--Pardue. i2; Culver Mill tary, O.

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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, November 20, 1904, page 9

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  ROSEATE DAY FOR THE BOYS IN BLUE Yale Science Against Harvard Drawn. Drawn GOES DOWN A Dozen to a SheIIess Egg Minus the lnsides is the Score. The MIddies Make Short Work of the Techs in Eleven to Zero. New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 19.-Yale earned a victory which in every way was satisfactory to her friends. over her old time rival Harvard, in the presence of over $4,000 spectators. ION Yale field, this afternoon, the final score being II to 0, the same as that in her victory over Princeton a week ago. The game was one in which the men in blue proved the superiors of a brawnier set of opponents both in the art of offense and defense. in the first place through better team work with a few simple formations. and in the second instance through her ability to stop or break up any play whether of a plunging character against her line or uSde as q Subterfuge to turn her tanks. Yale was not called upon to use a formation which had not been shown in her games of the entire season and at no time was there any doubt of the out come. AS the Yale men fought their way to Harvrds goal line, they knew they were bound to win, and the courage which came with this knowledge gave them more power on the attack Harvard, on the other hand. placed some reliance on plays which were intended to gain ground by runs around the end and in nearly every instance these failed. The precision with which Yale moved her plays all the time, united action of her backs with the linesmen, stamped Captain Hogan’s team as one of the most remarkable which ever went on field to uphold the glory of the blue. To Harvard, however. which sent here a team of unknown quality, must be given the credit of playing a wonder full game on the defense, and of show ing at times, in the second half flashes of inherent brilliancy on the 0ffense. The game itself as whole was somewhat tedious to the immense thron gof spectators. 1t was almost devoid of sensational or spectacular plays and its one brilliant incident was the blocking of Sperry’s punt in the second half which brought Yale’S second touchdown. Even this was better appreciated by football men themselves than the spectators for 1, was a truly remarkable thing that Kin ney and Trip should break through Harvard’s protective line, for the pun ter to block the ball and that Bloom er another tackle, should get it many yards behind Harvard’S line. 1t L. Illustrated the point that stands out prominently that Yale knew how to play and to take advantage of every ward was in the offensive. The crowd at Yale field was prob ably the largest which has seen d foot ball game in this country. The banks OF humanity which enclosed the grid iron was as vivid mass of color in which reds and blues predominated, az ever was placed on II canvass py q pointer. 1t was an animated throng which took advantage of every chance to break out into song or cheer. The weather was that of an Indian summer day, comfortable alike to those who were passive observers of the struggle on the field before them, and 10 the men who bore the brunt of bat tie. No such thrOng ever invaded this city and the means of transportation to and from the city, ample as it was thought they were were totally made Guate. No one complained, however and the great task Of moving humanity was simplified By the good nature which prevailed. Among the distinguished spectators we’re Vice President-elect Charles w Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks. who were guests of their two sons who are at Yale; J. Pierpont Morgan and August Belmont. Miss Alice Roosevelt with a party of four friends sat IN the Harvard section. was little delayed at the start and So slowly did it progress that dusk was falling when the end came and the moon threw its beams on the people as they fiocked in town, homeward bound The chief reason for the length of the contest was the slowness with which the teams lined up after cach ScTimmage. more especially Har- Narc when time and again it looked as II her men waited breathing space Yale played faster than the Crimson ana went from beginning to end with cut a change in her lineup Harvard played many substitutes in places of men who seemed to have been used UP IN scrimmages, but luckily no player was seriously hurt. AT times the game was rough with some fish cuffs. In every position Yale had the advantage, her linesmen. especially Captain Hogan, who was used repeat eddy to carry the ball out played the men against them, and Shelv’n and Neal. at ends being fast down the field under kicks and sure in their tackling. Hoyt outclassed Sperry and Nichols in putting and was worthy successor to Mitchell, who taught him the arr OF booting the ball. On Haryard’s side Brill showed up the best. although Matthews, who replaced Randall al left end, did finely Yale got her first touchdown nv consistent rushing in Harvard’s terri Tory in the first half The second came through blocked kick I’m the secon dhalf. Harvards most success

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  The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, November 21, 1904, page 3

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  GLORIOUS YALE VICTORY. CRIMSON DOWEED IN SPLENDID GAME 12-O. sperry’s Kick Made Second Possible Yale Did Not Change Her Line-Up During the Entire Game. Before a multitude that filled almost every seat in the huge Yale field foot ball stands and numbered 52,oOO or more persons the Yale football team of 1904 defeated the eleven from fair liar yard in splendidly contested game by the same score as that by which it de- feated the Tigers, F to 0. Harvard unquestionably put up a fine article of football, and Yale was compelled to work hard for it’s sc6res. No long runs were made during the |. game, the longest being the running back of punts by Shevlin and Rockwell, who made runs of about twenty yards and the twenty yard run of Bloomer, who picked up the ball when Tripp blocked Sperry’s punt and carried it within four yards of Harvard’s goal line. At one time Mills got the ball with almost clear field, but was brought low by Hogan before he had made many yards. ...e. s .~.a- The game was little late in start ing, the teams not coming upon the field until after ? o’clock. There was little delay after they once got on the field, however. Harvard won the toss and chose the south goal, Yale taking the kick off. Roraback opened the game with pretty kick and the game was under way. ..s.- -........ ..s... rs... EgH5 Yale’s attack plugged through liar wards line for short, irresistible gains and the ball slowly approached the Crimson goal line. But the Harvard defense stiffened as the yards between the ball and their goal diminished, and at their 15-yard line Yale was held for downs. Harvard was utterly pow erless to gain through the first half, getting first down only once by rush. ing. Harvard punted and Yale had to try again. The entire half was, con- stunned in these repeated journeys of the Yale team down into Haryard’s danger ground and it was not until few min- utes from the close of the half that Morse was finally showed over for the first touchdown. which placed Yale in the lead Hoyt kicked a pretty goal Instead of weakening in the second half Harvard seemed to play even fiercer than before. They were more successful than in the first half in gain ing ground, and the contest continued close. Yale succeeded in forcing it’s way through the Harvard line in pret- ty style, and the ball had been advanc- ed to the Harvard 2-yard line when tumble gave the ball to Harvard, and the Harvard stands sent up roar of delight. The ball see-sawed up and down before the Harvard goal chang ing hands frequently on kicks or fun- bles until finally Harvard got the ball near her 25-yard line. Failing to gain Sperry attempted to kick. Tripp broke through and blocked the kick as clean ly as 1t could be done, and as the ball rolled toward the Crimson goal Bloomer picked it I’D and plunged forward like flash of lightning. He was tackled just about four yards from the line, and it took two rushes for Finn to take the ball over. Hoyt coolly drove the ball between the posts and the score was 12 to 0. The remainder of the game was hotly contested, neither sides goal being threatened. One great fact that Yale has to boast of is that not one Yale man was taken out Of the game. The lineup remained unchanged throughout the entire game, although Yale was playing a hard con- test against a heavier team. This speaks volumes for Yale’s physical condition. The lineup of the teams and sum- mary: Yale Harvard. shevlin :. Randall. Matthews, Pruyn Left end. Bloomer .... .................. Brill Left tackle. Kinney .................. White, Parker Left Guard. Roraback ;. .,.... Parker, Parkinson Center. Tripp .,.s.s...s..... SqulreS, White Right Guard. Hogan ............s..... Derby, SqulreS Right Tackle. Neal :. .................... Montgomery Right end. Rockwell ...............s. Starr, Moves Quarterback. Hoyt .................... Sperry, Nichols Left Halfback. Morse ........s.s.... .....”...... Hurley as Right Halfback. . ... Film a..s.s..s...............- Mills Fullback. Score: Yale, 12; Harvard, O. Touch down, Morse, Flinn. Goals from touch downs, Hoyt 2. Referee, Matthew Mc- Clung, Lehigh. Umpire Paul DashieIl, Annapolis. Linesn1an, Whiting, Cornell. Time thirty-f1ve minute halves. OTHER GAMES. The results of the football games played Saturday other than the Yale Harvard game were as follows: At Boston-Dartmouth, 12; Brown, 5. At iamstown--Williams, g; Wes- leyan, 0. ..s..s ... s. At Annapolis-Navy, Il; Virginia Polytechnic institute, o. At delphia--Penn freshmen, 35; Columbia freshmen, Q. At West Point-West Point, 21; Syra-

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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 95 since this game.