Harvard at Yale

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  The Sunday telegram, Clarksburg, W. Va., November 26, 1916, page 9

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  Blue WARRIORS BEAT DOWN HARVARD’S LINE And Push the Ball Over for the First touchdown in Nine Years. NEVILLE SCORES POINTS Which Give The Yale Team a Clean Cut Victory over Its Old Time Rivals. umphed over Harvard here this after noon by score OF 6 to 3. Tonight the entire town and gown is celebratlng the first victory over the Crimson since 1909. and the first touchdown since 1907. Best Team Wins. Those Harvard adherents who are still in the city are watching the Blue outburst of gridiron joy without rancor, for the victory of the Eli eleven- was fairly won and clearly de served. For the first time in almost decade Yale sent out on the field a team which was individually super lor to the Harvard machine and by sheer power and ability beat down the Cambridge combination, emerging from the conflict with the honors of the annual struggle which Crimson cohorts had come to- lok upon as their personal heritage. Harvard Scores First. Possessed of a stronger line and a backfeld fully the equal of Harwards, the Eli eleven took up the battle after the Crimson had gone into the lead with a field goal in the opening period. With steady attack aided by the break OF recovered tumble. Yale forced the Haughton- $SSAS4Su A4lsaS4Al41S ILCIOSS It’s OW II goal line for a touchdown that proved to be the winning score OF the contest. Harvard put forth desperate de tense and battled yicious1y against every foot gained by the Blue but was finally heaved across its own line I’M der the irresistible charges OF the conquering Ellis. Once In the lead the home team never gave its opponents an opportuntty to strike again and held the three point margin throughout one of the hardest fought battles OF recent years in this famous football classic. 10000 Witness Game. Close to $4,000 spectators massed within the Yale bowl, filing every available foot of seating and standing space. The scenes when the time Keepers whistle announced the COM pletion of play and Of Yale’s victory, surpassed anything heretofore seen in the celebrating of success in this series. Thousands of cheering and yelling Yale alumni and students rushed down the steep tiers OF the bowl and out upon the field, engulfng the ia ttgued Blue heroes as they spTinted malestrom emerged the members of the winning team, borne upon the shoulders of their classmates and the customary parade around the field and the illuminated goal posts began. Yale Celebrates Victory. Led by the University band and the captains of the crew, track and base ball teams, the tide of joyous Yale adherents swept up and down the gridiron in the snake dance that has become a part Of such celebrations. Huge balls OF blue fire, ready immediately the game was over were at tached to the two bars at the eStreme ends of the field while squads of undergraduates fred yolley after yolley of Roman candle balls across the bars as the baud blared and the Blue section Of the stands cheered in unison. The game was played under peculiarly trying conditions for both con testants and spectators, The weather man turned loose winter day and gale that. reached a velocity of forty miles an hour carried the kicked ball inswirling and erratic circles. making both punting and catching difficult and uncertain. Sweeping out of the North the gale blew the length of the gridiron, Civ ing the tea mwith the wind at tbs back decided advantage. Both the Harvard and Yale scores were made when the respective eleyens occupied this point ofSvantage. Harvard Wins Toss. Harvard opened tho game by win ming the toss and Captain Dadmun elected to defend the north goal with the gale at his back. After an exchange Of kicks and some mid-fteld scrimmaRe, Horwcen punted to La Roche who fumb1ed on Yale’s twenty six yard line, whereupon Thacher nounced upon the ball and the Haryard eleven began to hammer at the yale forwards Under the leader ship OF Captain Black the Blue yield ed so little ground that Robinson was forced to try a field goal from the ELS twenty-etght yard line The ball carried fair and true between the nosts and Harvard’s only points of the contest were registered. Chance In Second Period. Ynle’s chance came IL the second period when after the teams had CHANGED goals, Horween’s best kick inc effort against the wind was a drive to nidfeld. where the Blue began the charge that was to give 1t victory Neville and IeGoreE baIlered their way through the Crimson forwards forten yards. Then came the most peculiar break In the game. On the next rush Lee Core funbled the ball as he was tackled, the pigskins rolling and bounding toward the Crimson goal IN tilsGates$ caught it up. He ran to the twelve yard mark before he was final & w hauled down. Foot BY foot Harvard was forced back, four downs barely gaining the Tr56finnedf on paEa&8 second Sent0

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  Ottumwa semi-weekly courier, Ottumwa, Iowa, November 28, 1916, page 8

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  YALE DEFEATS HARVARD 6–⁠3 CRIMSON LOSES TO BLUE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS. New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 27.-Yale triumphed over Harvard here Satur. day afternoon by score Of to 8. Saturday night the entire TOWN. was celebrating the first football victory over the Crimson since 1909, and the first touchdown since 1907. Possessed of stronger line and a backfleld the equal of Harvard’s, the Eli eleven took up the battle after the Crimson had gone into the lead with a field goal in the opening period. With a steady attack aided by the break Of a recovered tumble, Yale forced the Haughton coached machine back across its goal line for touchdown that proved to be the winning score. Close to $4,000 spectators massed with in the Yale bowl, filing every avail able foot Of space. When the time-keeper’s whistle an nounced the completion of play and of Yale’s victory thousands of cheering and yelling Yale alumni and students rushed down the steep tiers Of the bowl and out upon the field, engulhng the fatigued Blue heroes as they sprinted for the side lines. For moment there was seething mass Of young and old, men and women, that hid the players. Then out Of the maelstrom emerged the members Of the winning team, borne upon the should ers Of their classmates and led by the university band and the captains Of the crew, track and baseball teams, the tide of joyous Yale adherents swept up and down the gridiron in the snake dance that has become a part of such celebrations/ Army Wins. New York, Nov. 27.-Army skill triumphed over Navy pluck when the foot ball teams from West Point and Annapolis clashed in their annual bat tie at the Polo grounds Saturday. The Cadets victorious score was Is to Z. Some $4,000 persons, including the governor Of New York. cabinet officers, generals, admirals and an array of les ser lights in both branches Of the gov eminent service, saw the combat. Seas Of chrysanthemums swayed as their wearers cheered and shouted and the pennants of both schools were waved proudly. Eleven Victories for Cadets. When the Cadets trooped out Of the stands at the end Of the game and rushed” the colors, they had eleven victories to their credit to the Nays nine and they celebrated this achieve. ment in time-honored fashion. Seven hundred and sixty strong, they massed in front of their beaten rivals, did serpentine dance about the field before forming a great oval and then at given signal rushed pell NELL about their colors. held aloft by three OF their number.

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  The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., November 26, 1916, page 1

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  DEFEATS HARVARD 6 TO3 Neville, Scoring Yale’s Only Touchdown, Makes Feature Play. New Haven, Nov. 25.-The Yale football team emerged from the losses of eight years to Harvard and scored six to three victory. The game was marked by frequent breaks” one of which was the principal factor in the touchdown made by Neville, Yale’s only score. Legore rushing into Harvard’s ter ritory in the second period, fumbled the ball which rolled ten yards to Harvard’s thirteen-yard line, where Gates, racing with the Harvard players, pounced on the ball and saved the day for Yale. The Crimson gained an early adj vantage through the field goal kicked by Robinson from the twenty five yard line in the first period. New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 25.-The football elevens Of Yale and Harvard met here today in their annual game before the largest gathering of spec tators that ever witnessed a gridiron contest in this country. Close to $4,000 spectators filled every seat Of the twenty-nin miles of tiers which form the Yale football pavilion. The weather was cold and from a heavily grey clouded sky the wind blew gale out Of the north, sweep ing down the length of the gridiron and making punting and catching of the ball difficult. The turf, due to the heavy rain of Thursday, was soft and slow. The gathering of spectators prescented a. wonderfully picturesque scene of color. Yale took the field for a short warming up drill They were cheered by the Blue host. The Crimson team raced through the east portal for its short pre-game practice amid the plaudits of itsen thusiasts. Captain Dadmun called the turn of the coin and chose to defend the north goal. The weather was all that could be CONTINUED on Page Fourteen.)

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  The Washington herald, November 26, 1916, page 1

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  YALE DEFEATS HARVARD IN GRIDIR0N CLASSIC, 6–⁠3 ARMY TEAM VICTORIOUS IN HARD FOUGHT GAME Main Features Of Two Big Gridiron Contests Army, l5; Navy, Z. Crowds witnessing two big foot ball classics estimated at rs. 900. More than $1,000 pushed their way into the Polo Grounds, New York, to see the Service Game. Upward of 1900 cheered the Bulldog players in their charges through the Crimson line at New Haven. Elmer Oliphant. of the West Point eleven, was the big star OF the Service game. making the first touchdown and doing heroic service In smashing the Navy line. Neville, Of Yale, made the first touchdown against Harvard since 1s0s-and incidentally the only one Of the game. Tom Fisher. former Eastern High School star, made the first ground gained by Navy. Only once did the mighty Oliphant manage to skim around his end. Tug” McEwen, captain OF the West Pointers. and another wash ington man. played a great defensive game for the Army lads, as did “Tubby” Jones, one-time Cen tral High School player. now in training for Gen. Funston’s Job.

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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 83 since this game.