Harvard at Army

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  New-York tribune, October 28, 1906, page 10

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  HARVARD BEATS ARMY MAKES ONE TOUCHDOWN Crimson Snotches Victory on Long Ran By Wendell. tBy Telegraph to Tha Tribune West Point, n. Y, Oct N.-Harvard defeated West Point in the annual football game between the two institutions played here to-day by the score of 5 to o In the last two minutes OF play Wendell blocked a try for goal and. picking up the leather. dashed eighty yards for touchdown. It the hardest kind of a game for the Army to lose. On the play of the two teams, Harvard should have been lucky TO get a tie. The West Point men, with the wind az their backs had kept the play well within Harvard’s territory through out the second half. They had smashed their way TO within twenty-five yards of the Crimson goal line. Here Harvard braced. and little Mount ford. the West Point quarterback, dropped back 10 try for a goal from the field Standing directly IN front of the goal posts and within the 35yard line IL looked if he would be successful. The on lockers in the stands held their breath as the little player waited with outstretched arms. Back came the ball The pass poor, and the Crimson team sfted through the Army line with rush Wendell, the husky Harvard fulback, leaped high in the air and blocked the kick. The bail bounded back and from the mad scramble that followed Wendell emerged with the pigskin tucked under his arm. There in front Of him, and he sprinted eighty yards for the only score of the game. Burr missed the goal-an easy one IN the renaming minute and a half OF play West Point kicked off to Harvard. forced the Crimson 10 punt, and smashed out a couple Of first downs. The showing OF the Harvard team was distinctly a disappointment The will have to show wonderful Improvement if it expects to hold Yale It’s play was at times ragged. The interference was not what it should have been at this part of the season, and the teams whole play erratio and generally lacking in finish. Harvard adherents have sickening feeling when they think what would have happened If Beavers. Smith. Gary and Johnson had been able to take their paces In the West Point lineup AS 1t was. the Army crumpled up the heavier Crimson line by straight hard football for three first downs while Harvard got only in this way The game was intensely interesting, but it was not exhibition OF first class football. Harvard used the onside and quarterback kicks frequently and twice cleverly executed the forward pass for gains Of ten and twenty yards. These two plays and Burr’s remarkably fine punting the bright spots Of Harvards play. The powerful Harvard guard proved conclusively to-day that. as punter he has few If any superiors playing the game. He got off his punts WELL and they covered plenty Of distance yet were high and twisting, giving the ends time to get down the field and making 1t difficult matter for the Army backs to handle the ball cleanly. Harvards play showed a thor ough knowledge of the rules. West Point on the other hand, did not attempt a single forward pass and relied upon end and the olG stvle line plays for her gains. 1t was generally remarked that the Crimson was lighter this year than last As neither side could make the necessary fen yards the game developed into punting duel from, the start. with Burr and Foster against Hill and Mountford The brisk wind that blew the length OF the field gave the team that had il at its back a great advantage The day was almost ideal one for football from the spectators standpoint, though slightly warm for the players. The scene was a brfan+ and picturesque one. Every incoming train brougbt hordes OF football enthusiasts Girls dressed T., gay colors, enthusiastically waved the crimson q. fair Harvard the black and gold and gray NJ West Point. In the west stand sat the entfra cadet corps massed around an enormous army, Aag lime and again they hurled the defiant army veil across the field as one man. The singing and veil ing or the grand old gray battalion” was a feat ure or the day. Again and again the Rahi Rab, Ray! West Point! West Point! A-r-rrD,,t ho.or,oa across the field. Each time it seemed to brace the light Army team and inspire them TO renewed eiorts against the heavier men in Crimson. Across the field bunch of Harvard graduates had GOT together TO yell for the Cambridge institution and their crimson flags flashed gayly whenever the rTar ward team executed some brilliant play Down at one end of the field the West Point band added an other touch OF color to the scene with its b,-a uniforms and bright red capes The gridron West Point ts not tba ao,,,, 90 ,o nose OF many other colleges 1t canaot compare Yale and Princeton But for scan @‘nieuG bG helqs -, A crowd Of more than seven thousand Witnessed aro g apout % III me game but this didn’t dampen their 1otEght t me nations battles many distant field IT was in the line OF duty” eyinced almost as niuGh @ enthusiasm as the embryonic generals in the Ne,1 IRe We West Shore Railroad two specials from Street 9 at 5oT the & game The first left Desbrosses ntes later, from West 42d street. Roth cf them cant IN either. va In the first half Harvard had the wind behind Her, ana within three minutes OF the kck-off Burr Puntea seventy yards over Hills head 10 the {arTnys l-yard line. For tho remainder of the haf the Army kept busy defending her goal line Wendell actually carried the bali over the w est Point line for touchdown. only to have it brought back and fifteen yard penalty imposed Tor pulling from behind Osborne. the Harvard tackle was indignant over this penalty. He said during the intermission that 1T was the most alb surd decision he had ever heard Of” Right here toward the close OF the first half Harvard showed ner best form. Getting the ball in West Point territory the Crimson eleven worked the forward pass cleverly for ten and twenty yard gains land ing the sphere the 12-yard line. Three desperate snashes netted drst down, and the next play Wendell went over for touchdown, only to DC called back. a little later Newhall tried for a goal. but his attempt was blocked The half end Cd with an onside kick which West Point got on her own 2-yard line. , The second half saw conditions reversed. West Polnt had the advantage of the wind, and Harvard was kept constantly on the defensive. Mortfori tried FOR three goals from the 80. 10 and 50 yard lines

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  The semi-weekly messenger, North Carolina, October 30, 1906, page 1

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  HARVARD 5; ARMY O.. West Point, N. Y, October Pillar wards football team today scored a victory over the cadets by the score of 5 to 0. 1t was not an overwhelming victory, as Harvard scored only one touchdown, and that at near the end of the second half. The game was somewhat tame in comparison with the contests played under the old rules Harvard did the better work in punting. but when it came to bucking the line, the visitors were Cutclassed. In fact at every stage where the old time tactics were permissible the army tors d gap through the New Englanders line or skinned around either end for sure gains. Fumbles were made at critical moments, but as both sides erred, neither side gained anything. Penalties were awarded unstintedly by the officials, but here again matters were pretty well evened up. In the second half the army surprised everybody by its strong play. Mountford failed by a few inches to kick goal from the field. Another attempt at drop kick by the same player from the middle fed was blocked by Wendell, and the ball rolled away toward the West Point goal. Wendell picked it up and led Hill merry chase to the goal line where he made a touchdown. Burr failed to kick the goal and the game ended a minute later. At Nashville: Vanderbilt. As; Uni versity of Texas. 0. At Atlanta: Georgia Tech, 4; DavidsOn. N. G. college, 0.

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  Evening capital, Annapolis, Md., October 29, 1906, page 1

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  Harvard, s; Amy, o. Harvard’s S football team Saturday scored a victory over the Army cadets by the score of ss5 to 0. 1t was not an overwhelming victory, as Harvard scored only one touchdown and that at near the end Cf the second half. There was a good deal of interest cen tered in the contest and special trains from up the State and New York city took nearly 1000 persons to the campus on the hilltop, where so many stirring gridiron battles have been fought. The game itself was somewhat tame in comparison with the contests played under the old rules. Harvard did the better work in punting, but when it came 10 bucking the line the visitors were outclassed. In fact, at every stage where the old-time tactics were permissible the Army tore a gap through the New Englander’s S line or skinned around either end for sure gains. Fumbles were made AT criticaI moments. but as both sides erred neither side gained anything. Penalties were awarded unstintedly bv the officials, but here again matters were pretty well eyened up.

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  The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., October 29, 1906, page 1

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  HARVARD BEAT CADETS. Five to Nothing Score In Past Gam, at West Point SATURDAY.. Annotated Press to The Evening Times. West Point. N. Y, Oct. 29-Harwards football team today scored a victory over the cadets by a score of 5 to 0. 1t was not an overwhelming victory. as Harvard scored only one touchdown, and that near the end of the second half. The game itself was somewhat tame in comparison to contests played under the old rules. Harward did better work in punting, but when it came to bucking the line. the visitors were outclassed. In fact, at every stage where old-time tactics were permissible the Army tore a gap through the New England line or skinned around either end for sure gains. Fumbles were made at critical moments, but as both sides erred, neither side gained anything.

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Harvard leads 19–⁠18–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.