Yale at Harvard

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 22, 1909, page 1

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  CAPT. COYS GREAT KICKING GIVES OLD ELI THE GAME, 8 TO 0. Yale Easily Wins the Big College Football Event of the Season at Cambridge===Cap= tain Coy Covers Himself With Glory ByKicking Two Goals from the Field. long time the only organized express sion of the game was a sort of rush between the two lower classes, until in 1S49 the Class of 1852. as Sophomorcs, refused to play the Freshmen, appalentity acting under the influence of a sudden @paSn of virtue. In tho Civil War days the Yale faculty took Il hand. It was the same old story even thcn-the game was too rough. From 1850 to 1870 there was practically no football at Yale, although Harvard was kicking the bail about. But il 1872 the Yale Football Associaton was organized Samuel Elder was one of the prime movers in tnls or ganiZation. Another was David Schaff. The game they played again rcsembled association football more than ii did Rugby union but the players, although they could not pick up a pass if they mutfcd it, or carry the ball, could bat it in any direction with III” haHd, or dribble it along with the foot. \ relic of this old game still survives. In the up-tC-Gate rule-book it is stated that player may bat the ball in any lirccton, except Ca more mOdern no ificatom toward his opponents goal. No Spectator of the modern gam, la ever seen Il player Intentionally exercise this privilege. In 1872 Yale played one match and beat Columbia by three goals. In 1873 football convention was held in New York. Harvard sent regretS. But Princeton, Columbia and Rutgers attended. Under Slightly mod fled rules, Yale beat Columbia and lost to Princeton. But Yale won ~ table victory over a team of English men living in New York, captained by Allen, an Elton player, and known as the Elton team. There was marquis on the team which fact seems to have sent thrill through Republican breasts. Even in those old days the cry was for more weight. Bigger men played for Yale in 1874 than in 1873. Harvard meanwhile had taken up Rugby. And in 1919, under compromise rules, specially devised, a mongrel game was played and Harvard won. In 1876 was played the first game between the Crimson and the Blue under rules resembling those which were destined to prevail. But goals only counted and this was lucky for Yale, for while the Ellis kicked a goal and won the game. Harvard made two touch, downs. In laT there was a disagreement as to the nunibur of players. Harvard, even il the ’70s, had ideas of her own, tcnaciously held. Harvard wanted a game OF 10 men on a side. Yale held out Tor eleven men on a side and no game could be arranged. But Yale gave in to Princeton, although she would not to Harvard. Yale ana Princeton played with IS men on a side and Yale won IN lN’A, Stili with Is men ou a side, Aa’e and Harvard played at Boston. IouchdoWns counted, but not safettes. Yale scored goal and won. In 1879 the game was a tic, safctics nor count ing in scoring IN 1871 II was agreed to play eleven men on Il side. Yale won. getting a goal and touchdown. The game was played at the Boston South End bah grounds IN a pouring ram, and Harward. who was “there” with COMPLAINTS OF 1al”‘s conduct even then. alleged mat Yale tried to drown one of her players by holding him down in a big puddle OF water n curious point in early SCORING is; brought out by the history of this game. Yale made a touchdown at the end of the game. but time was not al lowed in which to kick the goal In 1881 Harvard agreed if neither side made amy other scor. the side which mad” four less safety touchdowns than the other should win In tn” game Harvard made four such safetics Yale none. and Yale was accordingly the winner. This game. like the one before, was PLAYED in a drcnching rain Tho year 1851 marked the end of the block” system. Thereafter a team had to gain five yards in three downs or forfeit the ball. Previously the team kept the ball until it lost it by a tumble or scored a touchdown. In 1852 Yale began to show the SUI reriority of her drill. system, choice of methods and ideas of training. Harvard was beaten by goal and three touchdowns, and the Crimson was forced to make two safeties in addition. In that year Princeton scored by place kick from the so yard line against Yale. but lost. In 1888 came another forward step. The point system, which, though fire. quently altered, has been used in scoring football ever since. was intro duced. Goals from touchdowns count ed six. field goals five, touchdowns falling goal two and safety one point. Yale continued to demonstrate superiority and beat Harvard 23 to >, the Crimson getting a touchdown. Yale was still laying the emphasis on weight and had a 1S5-pound rush line Harvard in this year insisted on GER tain rules of her own being observed and was then. as now, the leader in the path of reform. In 1884 tho value of a touchdown failing goal was increased to A. The score however, was – to in favor OF the Blue. and Harvard was beaten by three other colleges. In 1885 tho Harvard athletic COM mttee forbade the game. Wesleyan, little Wesleyan, formdable then, got into “The intercollegiate Football Associations in 1854. succeed ing Columbia. Yale. Harvard. Prince ton. Penn and Wesleyan continued I’M til 1883 to play for the championship” Harvard, in 1885, not liking the way ~.

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  Los Angeles herald, November 21, 1909, page 20

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  CRIMSON LOSES TO YALE ELEVEN BLUES WIN AT FOOTBALL BY SCORE OF 8 TO 0 Harvard Stadium Crowded and Thou sands Were Turned Away Because Of No Further Seat ing Capacity CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Nov. 2o.-In a kicking game today, Yale defeated Haiyard, 5 to o. Captain Coy dropped two field goals from the 35-yard line, and Harvard man on a Crimson blocked kick made a safety behind his own goal only once in the game was yale within touchdown distance of the Harward goal line. 1t was Captain Coy’s right tool which won the game. Never before has there been such a crowd of football mad persons IN TINS city as were gathered to witness the Yale-Harvard game. Every hotel was filled to its capacity and it was impossible to reserve a table in restaurant without a liberal payment in advance. Scores of special trains brought more thousands to the city than could De crowded into the Harvard STADIUM a1 Cambridge Long before the game there was strong demand for tickets, but few were to be had. The $1,000 seats had been disposed of weeks ago and appIications for thousands of others had to be refused. The only tickets to be had were those offered by a few persons VINO at inc last moment were unable to attend tho game and these brought enormous prices. Fifty dollars seat was the common demand and in some instances So was asked. Several special trans arrived during the night trom New York at o’clock and many more were scheduled to arrive before the game. Automobiles i’m such number arrived thar it was apparent that the roads within a radius of 800 miles have been alive with motor cars bringing in enthusiasts. Yale Is FaVorite Yale was the favorite at odds of , to 10 i’m the betting and much money was wagcred i’m the various hotels ana meeting places. both in this city ana at Cambridge. The Yale contingent with the knowledge that Captain coy certainly would play was optlmisllc and had come prepared to oack tueIr teams with loads Of money. Harvard men gathered here from MANY, states were eager takers of the Yale money late information being 70 +be effect that Captain Fish would lead his warriors. Yale won the toss. P. Wilmington OF Harvard kicked off to Gale’s 3o-yard line. Yale caught it without gam IT was YaIe’s ball on its 5O-yard line. A Harvard tumble on its l6-yafd llhe gave Yale the bill. Phllplh Hidue Illi’‘ wards through center, and coy Two more ON the tnird down( Coy failed at field goal from the 1O-yard line, Harvard put the ball in play on scrimmaee on the 25-yard line. on a tackle 7lay Leslie made more than this distance and it was Harvard 5 bah on Yale’s 35-yard line. Three similar rushes resulted IN sllSht gains and “a Harvard forward pass vent outside ON Yale’s 20-yard line. There was interference and it was Yale’s ball on its 4O-yard line. on a double pass Corbett made twenty-five wards on q dash through Yale’s left. foam to center. Yale had outkicked l-‘‘‘ “ Yale Gets Pigskin Coy again kicked outside on Harwards 3O-yard line on an on-slde kick il was Yale’s ball on Harvards 2S-

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  The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, November 21, 1909, page 1

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  lIALE DEFEATS THE \ CRIMSON, 8 TO 0 : SpIendid Kicking of Captain 7 Coy Brings Back the Championship. D, DROpS TWO GOALS OVER Ail HEADS OF OPPONENTS u Harvard Tries Few Open Plays, w but Shows Power in Rushing. II. 81 cANBRIDGE, Mass, Nov, 20.-The i.s III .,rd;d kicking of Captain Edward II. ka. ~ brought the eastern Intercollegiate II s.,,bsu championship back to Yale to- .’ls : d,y in au oldfashioned football game, xbicb Harvard went down to defeat y u M score Of to 0. hso u driving the crimson team steadily e. e. h,,k by his long punts, Captain Coy 5 n n d,ooped two goals from tho field, and q ne aggressive forwards of the Yale o. bam contributed two points more by ~ y Nockiuc a Harvard punt, which re- Ii n sated in a safety for the Crimson. While Yale seemed to win easily, the ps,s1 cane was distinct disappointment ,,S. rs imm a Harvard standpoint, for the lest 4 Crimson eleven showed greater power { c q han the blue in straight rushing, and 4 ’1 Al one time carried the pail o3 yards /. .Ju four scrimmages. ,,-,. II Yale disclosed no spectacular foot .aS, u hn, while Harvard resorted TO few dih1 ben plays. y, ~ Coy the Whole Thing. s,h II II seemed Yale IS policy to rely on U c,plain Coy’s kicking rather than en- Iilie1ior plays. Only twice in the con- Itst did Yale really threaten Harvard’s ot n eual by straight rushing. In both in . - Il sunees tho Harvard defense stopped s..l Il lcgress at the eleven-yard line and ni n isptain Coy efforts for field goals 6 q hled. irtaI Ii Captain Coy had not outkicked his oIk q trds tho Yale score might have reached !, re. imbed figures, for the Harvard back = rs.y,rI fld was unable to Judge the skyrocket al ults and O’Flaherty fumblcd nearly ca II sery kick ‘r & 81 The game started encouraglngly for q D. Harvard after o ‘Flaherty s first muff. : y ~ n Kicking was resorted to and each time Sss = linOt received poor protection Finally. ptTa q % bis 90yard line, the ball was blocked Htd1| nd rolled back over the Crimson goal a,s u lie, where Corbett fell on il for safe yM Ib For the rest of the half the ball Y, 81 sE always In Harvard s territory, and = :. \ n sree times unsuccessful tries for goals yotf.l sere made With the ball on Har- -ciA Iard’i twenty-five yard line, and stand u = VIlg ten yards back, Captain Coy added ~ y: = -. Dree points more by pretty field goal, ~ ai e. g .iFlth Two minutes to spare. d. fIs Forty Thousand People. zsM ln the second half Harvard was driv- a back until the ball was on the Har- ‘ud twenty-five yard line. Here Cap “ - IAN Coy repeated his feat and three nal Sore points were added 10 Yale IS - = u SeHrly 10000 people saw the game. ! ~ sttulsI The lineup: V, II , ,ac Harvard. 10 vi LET, Tackle :,asS ~. ‘......;-L, Wilmington 1, Fl Lett Guard. u f”snsy p WifbirnfOn

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  The Montana plaindealer, Helena, Mont., November 26, 1909, page 1

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  YALR WON. Yale Won from Harvard In Annual Football Game, 8 to o. Cambridge, Mass. - Yale’s husky gladiators upheld the traditions Of the past and justified the confidence OF their supporters of the hour when, in the annual game with Harvard here Saturday, they walked away with the winning end of an 8 to 0 score. Few more desperately fought or deservedly won contests have been fought by the old-time rivals. Driving the crimson team steadily back by his long punts Captain Coy dropped two goals from the field and the aggressive forwards of the Yale team contributed two points more by blocking a Harvard punt which resuited in a safety for the crimson. While Yale seemed to win easily the game was a distinct disappointment from a Harvard standpoint, for the crimson eleven showed greater power than the blue in straight rush ing, and at n time carried the ball SO yards in four scrimmages. Yale disclosed no spectacular foot ball, while Harvard resorted to few open plays. Yale. Position. Harvard. Fitzpatrick, Logan......L. Smith, Huston Left End. Hobbs Mckay Left Tackle. Andrus -...----..L. Witherington Left Guard. COoney ---.----..----.-..L. Witherington Center. GOeDel Fisher Right Guard. Haul, Spencer---~-------.Fish Right Tackle. Savage, Field, Holt----.Brown, Rogers Right End. Howe-------.O ‘Flaherty, Wigglesworth Quarterback. DAILY, Murphy--..-Corbett, rockingham Left Halfback. Philbin-.------..Leslie, H. Smith Right Halfback. Fullback. Referee-W. S. Langford, Trinity. Umpire-W. H. Edwards, Princeton. Field judge. Hall, Dartmouth. Head linesman j. B. Pendleton, 3owdoin. Time-35-minute halves.

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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 90 since this game.