Yale at Harvard

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  The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, November 26, 1905, page 1

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  The Score Reads Six to Nothing. HARVARD Is NAUGHT Her Ability TO Solve and Stop Yale S Attack Feature of The Desperate Contest, Nearly All YaIe’s Gains Made by PIunges Into the ino 1Rx the Associated Press.l quickness in Selling the opportunity afforded by a muffed punt Yale today won the annual football game with Harvard by 2 score of to 0. The error. which was made by Nichols, who replaced Foster at left half back, occurred near the close of the sec ond half and but for it, as even Yale admitted. the contest probably would have resulted as did those on the same field in 1897 and 1899. in no score for either side. Harvards unexpected ability to solve and stor Yale’s attack was the feature of the contest. Except for one dash of IS yards by Rome in the first half and one of 5 yards by Morse in the second half the Yale gains were short, and nearly all were made by plunges into the line The Harvard gains also resulted from mass plays, usually with the famous tandem formation, the only exception being dash of Is yards by Quarterback Starr who by RUNNING the whole width of the field eYded Yale’s ends for that distance. Throughout the game. end runs. quarterback daSheS, and double and de- quickly broken up and frequently the ruined was thrown for a loss. Each side had to struggle time and again for the necessary five yards. 1t usually took two or three downs to cover the distance. Yale captured the ball three time and Harvard took the ball away from Yale twice by stub born defense. Harvard reached Yalea 24-yard line in the second half only to be sent back five yards for offside play This was the nearest the crimson came to scoring a touchdown. In the first half. however. Burr made a beautiful at tempt at goal from placement from YaIe’s 51-yard line, missing it by a few feet Yale’s score came in the last ten minutes of play. The ball had gone up and down the field. neither side able to make any long. consistent gains. Hoyt sent high punt to Mich OILS on the Harvard 30-yard line. The Harvard back. who had just come into the game. muffed the kick and Cap tain Shevlin, who on every kick dur ing the game was down the field with marvellous speed. grabbed the ball the instant it touched the ground. Yale had twice before been held within Harvard’S 25-yard line but Nicholas error seemed to sap the fighting spirit of the crimson players. and in ten ruShes Yale madc the distance to the goal line. Nearly all the Yale plunges for the score We’re directed against the Harvard left wing. where Montgomery had replaced Bhill, not withstanding the fact that the burly Harvard tackle was able to run off the field comparatively fresh Forbes had the honor of carrying the ball over for Yales only touch down and Hoyt kicked an easy goal from a punt out. Neither side came within striking distance of the others goal after Yale scored. Forty-Three Thousand Saw 1t. Forty-three thousand persons watched the game in weather as warm as Indian summer. 1t was the largest and most brilliant gathering ever seen at a football game in this country. The spectators were keyed up to high pitch of excitement by the incessant cheering of the under graduates anc the Harvard stands, which contained fully 10000 persons after the team had shown itself able to stop the Yale offense and display ed an ability to make short gains became overioyed at the showing of the crimson players. On the other hand>4he Yaye team. until Hutchinson replaced Tad Jones at quarterback, seemed to lack the fighting spirit which a week ago tore the Princeton line to pieces One of the most gratifying features of the game was the spirit shown by both sides toward each other, which was emphasized by the Yale stands cheering the absent Harvard leader apCtain Hurley, who was not able to play on account of an injury which has confined him In a Boston hospital. and the cheers for Yale from the crimson supporters. The line up were: YaIe-Gates. ~ JOINS. left end. Forbes, left tackle: Erwin, Hockenberger Flanders, left guard Flanders Smith. center: Trip, right guard; Bigelow. right tackle: Shevlin, right end: T. JONI Hutchinson. quarter back. Roome. Knox. left half back: Morse, Hoyt. right half back: Quill. Levine, Flynn. full back. Harvard–Leary, left end: Brill. Montgomery. left tackle; Burr. left guard; Parker. Barney, center Kersburg, right guard; Squires, right tackle Knowton, right end Starr. Newhall. quarterback; Foster. Nichols. left half back: Wendell. right half back; Carr, full back. Touchdown, Forbes: goal Hoyt Total score, Yale 6. Harvard 0. UNI

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minnesota, November 26, 1905, page 37

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  HARVARD TUMBLE GIVES YALE i. . GAME # y - 80 80 - ~ But for Fatal “Bobble” Titanic ;. Struggle Might Have Ended Without a Score. By Publishers Press. ----. g Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 25.-In the hardest fought battle ever witnessed on the stadium gridiron, Yale this after noon defeated her bitterest rival, Harward, by a meager score of 6 to 0. The score tells the whole story. 1t was not the walkover that had been predicted upon all sides for Yale; rather it was the hardest contest for Yale Of the entire season, and but for a tumble by Nichols, who had just replaced Foster in the second half of Hoyt’s punt, Yale probably would not have scored. Harvard s work thruout was a tremendous surprise to even the coaches Of the crimson team. The loss Of Captain Hurley was felt by his brother players and they played to win laurels for their injured leader. “Win for Hurley’ was the cry, and the team gave the best there was in them toward that end. Forty-two thousand enthusiastic foot ball followers were seated within the grand stand. Never before in the his tory of the game has such a vast number gathered to watch the play and cheer on their favorites. Harvard outplays Yale. Harvard played better game than did her opponents. Her game was more consistent, but where Yale showed SUI periority over the crimson was in her speedy team work and ability to run down under punts and her immense Of fensive and defensive play in critical stages of the game. Steady line plunging was Harvard’s strong point. Time and again she crashed away at the blue line and almost as many times she gained. Yale seldom failed to gain in her plunges at Harvard’s line. But where she excelled was in getting around the ends. Three times Yale men shot around Harvard s ends for big gains, and each time it seemed as tho touchdown for the blue was inevitable. But in each of these instances Harvard braced and kept Yale from securing the coveted score. Roome’s run around Harvard s left was the feature of the game. He car ried the pigskin distance of forty-six yards before he was downed. Harvard’s most effective play was her tandem and this she used with either Brill or Squires carrying the ball repeatedly. Many Penalties Made. Both sides were penalized for off-side play an equal number of times. four each. Neither side scored in the first half and Harvard kept the ball in Yale s territory most of the time. 1t was shortly before O’Clock when / the players trotted out upon the field. They were heartily cheered. At five J minutes after the hour Captains Shev , lin and Knowlton met in the center Of the field and Knowlton won the toss. He chose to defend the south goal. Bigelow kicked off to Starr, who | fumbled but recovered the ball on the 1O-yard line and ran the ball back to r the 21-yard line. Burr punted to Morse on Yale’s 4S-yard line. Morse fumbled, but recovered on his 47-yard line. Roome then punted to Harvard g 30-yard line. Squires went thru Yale’s left wing for nine yards. On four rusher Har- ward gained fifteen yards, carrying the ball to Yale s 53-yard line. Another series Of rushes and Yale held Harvard e for downs, getting the ball on her 43-yard line. Pounding Continues. . Then Yale, by team play, sent Quill 4 for 25 yards thru Harvard s left side. rru-o mora rushes bv Oui11 oained ten

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 26, 1905, page 11

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  YALE WINS FROM HARVARD RIVALS Fine Spirit is Shown at Great Contest FINAL SCORE WAS 6 TO 0 Yale Wins By Her oulckness In Tak- Ing Advantage of a Muffed Punt In the Second Half. Cambridge, Mass, November 25.-By her uuickness in seizing the opportunity af- forded by muffed punt, Yale today won the annual football game with Har- yard by a score of to o. The error’ which was made by Nichols, who had re- placed Foster at left halfback, occurred near the close of the second half, and but for 1t, as even Yale admitted, the contest probably would have resulted as did those on the same field In 1897. and 1899, In no score for either side. Harvard’s unexpected ability to solve and stop Yales tackle. was tho feature of the contest. Except but for one dash of forty yards by Roome in the first half, and one of nineteen, and one of fifteen yards by Morse in the second half. the Yale gains were short mad nearly all made by plunges into the line. The Harvard gains also resulted from mass plays, usually with the famous tandem forma- tion, the only exception being dash O: eighteen yards by Quarterback Starr. who by running the whole width of the field. eluded Yale’s ends for that distance. Throughout the game and runs, quar- 4erback, dashes and double and delayed passes by either team, were quickly broken up. and frequently the runner was thrown for a loss. Hard Struggle for Gains. Each side had to struggle time and again for the necessary five yards. It usually took two or three downs to cover the distance. Yale captured the ball three times and Harvard took the ball away lx., attf dafa Harvard reached Yale’s twenty-four-y yard line in the second half only to be sent back five yards for off side play. This was the nearest the Crimson came to coring a touchdown. In the first half, ftowever. Burr made beautiful attempt goal from placement from Yale’s fifty |. ne-yard line, missing it by few feet. Yales score came in the last ten min 2 tes of play. The ball had gone up and )wn the field with neither side able to ale any long, consistent gains. Hoyt mt high punt to Nichols on the liar I’d thirty-yard line. The Harvard back, 10 had just come into the game, muffed kick and Captain Shevlin, who on cry kick during the game was down the field with marvellous speed. grabbe1 the ball the instant 1t touched the ground Yale had twice before been held within Harvard’s twenty-fve-yard line, but Nichols error seemed to sap the fighting spirit of the Crimson players and in ten rushes Yale made the distance to the goal line. Nearly all the Yale plungers for the score were directed agalrsst tile sHarvard left wing, where Montgomery had replaced Brill, notwithstanding the fact that the burly Harvard tackle was able to run off the field comparatively fresh Forbes had the honor of carrying the ball for Yale’s only touchdown, and Hoyt kicked an easy goal from punt out. Neither side came within striking dis kance of the others goal after Yale had Bcored. Largest Crowd In History. Torty-three thousand persons watched

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 26, 1905, page 1

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  Final score: yale 6. Harvard 0. lineup “ECKIE’‘ USING A saw. Chicago’s Quarterback Cutting Wood to Keep in Training. Chicago, Nov. ‘Siwash-sivvashsigree-sigree-si was the sound of the bucksaw in the back yard. A bright, sharp-toothed old-fashioned saw was eating its way through beech cordwood sticks, pushed by the little but muscular arms of a University of Chi cago athlete who wore a maroon sweater. The hard working wood saver was sEckie.” That’s the way the greatest quarter back in the country is training to meet the Michigan onslaught Thanksgiving day. Eckersau does not have to keep under the eye Of the coach and trainer, or work IN the Gyudgery tasks OF the Marshall field gridirOn very long He is the center of the football world, from the Ann Arbor viewpoint. Around the little quarterback Coach Stages men have built their hopes Of great results ANY time we get around the thirty yard mark, Michigan might as well look out for Eckie’s toe,’‘ say the marOons. Terror for Michigan. It is to be Eckersalls climax. By common consent he has been singled out by Michigan as the fearful factos in the coming game. All OF Coacn Yost’S practice work with his regulars has been engineered with an eye single to defeating Eckersall. The formatons of the wolverines have been planned with view TO stopping sEckie’s’ circling runs to the right starting the runs that way than toward the left, Drop Kick Feared. Eckersall has several cords of hard wood to saw between now and the hour of the game. As for the all-America quarter, he’s ‘‘sayin’ nothfn’ and sawin. wood” 81 Michigan has feared drop kicking and goals from field in Chicago flames ever since Clarence Herschberger appeared as a factor in the annual games. Followers of the game VIII recall how desperately these rivals used to fight and how sFIerschie’s’‘ toe decided the issue. The fear of Eckersall, ever since the old Hyde Park star went into Stages lineup, has been discussed up TO the last moment in the wolverine camp. But ‘sEckie’‘ has not been able to shine against Michigan. This time there scenes to be q general idea that Ecker san has learned SO much football and is such a finished player that Michigan has good grounds for real fears

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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 94 since this game.