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8 PENNSYLVANIA, 8; HARVARD, 6, The Crimson Played Brilliantly but Lacked Physical Endurance, Harvard met the University of Penn- sylvania in football last Saturday for the third successive season and for the third time suffered defeat at her hands. The game was played on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, and the score was 6 to 8. The victory of Pennsylvania is gen- erally attributed to her superior phy- sical endurance, for in the first half the Harvard men clearly outplayed their opponents, and only later on in the game, when three’ substitutes were put in, were any scores made against them. Pennsylvania on the other hand had no cause for retiring any one of the eleven men from the contest, who started in at the begin- ning of the game. The score shows that the game must have been very close and exciting and not until the referee’s whistle blew for the final “time” was it possible to say who had won. A remarkable feature of the game was the great difference that existed between the styles of game played in*the two halves. At the outset Har- vard’s Sympathizers were kept on their feet chéering the brilliant plays of Captain Wrightington and his men, while the Quakers were clearly out- ‘eldsged and found the play almost en- tirely im their territory. The first score was made by Harvard in this half by a blocked kick, which Minds was. slow in getting off. The ball rolled: nearly to the goal line where a Harvard rusher, the omnipresent Ca- bot, fell on it. A center play carried it over for the first touch-down, from which a goal was kicked. Harvard’s play during this half was character- ized by long and brilliant rushes ef- fected by tricks, while on the offense, and by stubborn resistance’ whilé” on ~~ the defense. Pennsylvania was only able to hold on downs when their goal was in imminent danger and they had to muster their forces for a most desperate. resisitanee. Pennsylvania gained occasionally through Harvard’s center, but found the ends absolutely impregnable, for Moulton and Cabot, for Harvard, were playing most bril- liantly at the two ends of the line. In kicking Minds had been found inef- fective owing to his ‘slowness and Captain Wharton ‘ouards-back’”’ interference, which was ultimately the means of wearing out Harvard’s defense and winning the game. THE SECOND HALF. In the second half both teams started in to play about the same style of game as in the first half, but after ten minutes Dunlop was forced to leave the Harvard ranks, the fierce contest began to tell on Harvard’s de- fense and the Quakers became irresis- tible. Yard by yard they advanced the ball down the field, tearing great holes in the Crimson line, by means of their great center tandem play. Af- ter reaching Harvard’s five yard line in this manner, and when it seemed almost inevitable that Pennsylvania would score, one of her backs fumbled and Cabot secured the ball. Instead of punting the leather out of danger, as would have been the wiser plan, Beale signaled for a double pass. The Pennsylvania forwards were on the Harvard backs immediately and threw them back of the line for a safety. The score stood 6 to 2 in favor of Har- vard. Harvard kicked out from the 20- yard line, and after a few short rushes Minds made the sensational run of the day, covering 45 yards and falling over the Harvard goal line for an apparent’ touch-down. Referee Hickok called him back to a point where he stepped out of bounds and after considerable discussion the play was renewed, Harvard again obtained possessiox of the ball and kicked to the center of the field. This time the wearers of the red and blue did not give up the ball until they had carried it over the line and evened the score. Wood- ruff kicked the goal and Pennsylvania resorted to his YALK ALUMNI was two points ahead. The score TrC- mained 8 to 6 in favor of the Quakers until the end of the game. Minds did the best individual work for Pennsylvania, while Captain Wrightington, Cabot and Moulton ca¥- ried off the honors for Harvard. The* line-up follows: PENNSYLVANIA (8) HARVARD ( PROVE, FOr. as 5s che ake) stares re, Moulton Uffenheimer, 1 't........--e000 r t, Haughton Pi SE ee Ppp pepe keene rg, N. Shaw OvGrfiela, (in. cue cbtrck chen kha vakoae ec, F. Shaw c, Doucette Whalroty 8s iis o 0 ci eetanres I g, Bouve Heian 2 Grae kn. dks aes i t, Wheeler 1 t, Swain DAUGMBOU, -T. ©. fibiice op 124 ebaeabaneee 1 e, Cabot Wine, Ch Ds. .kss. 000 cass ears q b, Beale Gelbert, th. Divi... cccccvassee rh. b, Dunlop rhb, Livermore Morice, rh BD. i.% 2.29: lh b, Wrightington MIME FEO cs ceodscccp eee teun tens f b, Brown f b, "Dibblee Seore—Pennsylvania 8, Harvard 6. Touchdowns—Bouve, Woodruff. Goas from touchdowns—Brown, Woodruff, Safety touchdown—Livermore. Umpire— Wyckoff of Cornell. Referee—Hickok of Yale. Linesman—Beacham of Cornell. Time—3dm ‘halves. ——___-> @____—_—_—_- Yale and Princeton Freshmen Meet To-day. The Freshman Football team left New Haven yesterday on the 1:35 Dp. m. train bound for Princeton, N. d., where they will play the Princeton Freshmen this afternoon. They welt at once to the Princeton Inn, where they will stay until tonight. About twenty men are in the squad, exclu- sive of coachers, ete. The teag, took its last hard practice on Mon af- ternoon at the Field when a number of the University players gave it most vigorous coaching. The team has been strengthened, e§- pecially on the right side of the line, by several players who have been with the University squad all the season. The following men will line up against Princeton Fireshmen this afternoon: Left end, Schweppe; left tackle, Mc- Bride; left guard, Allen or Marshall; center, Walton; right guard, Sutphin; right tackle, Durston; right end, Hub- bell or Eddy; quarter, Sullivan (capt.); left. half, Shattuck or Luce; right half, “Corwin or Phillips; fullback, Brinley. Junior Fraternity Elections, The following men from ’98 were ‘initiated into the Junior Fraternities on Tuesday evening, Nov. 24: Psi Upsilon—Luther Guy Billings of Washington, D. C.; Wilson Kelley Chrisholm of Cleveland, Ohio; William Francis Dominick of New York City, Morton Lazell Feary of Albany, N. Y. Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr. of New York City, Edward. Burnham Smith. To Delta Kappa Hpsilon—Howard Seymour Borden of New York City, David De Forest Burrell of New York City, Robert Henry Crowell! of Cleve- land, Ohio, Sidney Robinson Kennedy, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Roderick Terry, Jr. of New York City, Henry Rogers Win- throp, Jr. of New York ‘City. To Alpha Delta Phi—Elmer Ellis- worth Beech of New York City, Henry Emerson Putler of Ogontz, Pa.; Ash- bel Parmelee Fitch, Jr:: of New York City, Edward Carter Perkins of Hart- ford, Conn.; John Wilson Walsh of Chicago, Ill., Frederick Ely William- son of Cleveland, Ohio. Se eet For the Harvard-Princeton Debate. The final trials to select representa- tives for the Harvard-Princeton debate were held on last Friday evening, Nov. 20, at both universities. The debate, which is to be held at Princeton on Dec. 4, is on the subject, ‘‘Resolved, that, assuming the adoption of ade- quate Constitutional amendments, the United States should institute a sys- tem of responsible cabinet govern- ment,”. Harvard had the choice of Sides and took the negative. Harvard’s representatives are: C. Grille ’98, F. O: Whate ’99, and S. R. Wrightington ’97, with L. O. O’Brien 97, as alternate. Robert M. McElroy, P.. GG, Robert FEF... “Sterling °97;* ana Howard H. Yocum ’98, will represent Princeton. Robert O. Kirkwood ’97, is alternate. —_—___+4____ Under Mr. Lehman, the Harvard crew is rowing in the following order: Stroke, Bull; 7, Goodrich; 6, Ames; 5, Hollister; 4, Sprague; 3, McDuffie; 2, Boardman; bow, Hurley. : rang as ~~ having read the first twenty pages. WEEKLY FHE: BOOK SHELF. (Conducted by ALBERT LEE, ’91.] The English language is certainly rich enough to provide a _ sufficiency ‘of words and expressions for the use of our romance writers. There is no necessity to borrow from the French in. the telling of the general run of stories; but the author who will drag French into his text can never be for- given for mis-spelling; he cannot make us believe that these are typo- graphical errors, for he should make it his business, under the circum- Stances, to hold the presses until he is absolutely sure that at least every for- ¢ign phrase in his book is correctly set down. I recall only two French words in Mr. Clinton Ross’s ‘The Puppet” (New York: Stone & Kim- ball), and both are mis-spelled; there may be others, but these two jumped ‘at my eye. There is consolation for them, however, for I have never be- fore seen a book from the press of Messrs. Stone & Kimball with so large a percentage of typograp.ieal. error. On one page the same proper name is Spelled in two different ways. This is worse than carelessness, and is the more to be regretted because these mechanical shortcomings deface a really very interesting story. “The Puppet’ is beyond question the best thing that Mr. Ross has yet dene. There is no doubt -that the memory of “The Prisoner of Zenda’ “was father to this tale; tut Mr. Ross has been keen enough to see that this fact must be patent to every reader, and he has. been clever enough to an- ftiGipate*criticism by admitting, in the opening paragraph of Chapter X, that ‘‘I read the other day a romance, -of which many people are _ talking, about a man who played the part of a king.” But “The Puppet’, in spite of being reminiscent of Ruritania, (per- - haps I would better say, for that very ‘reason,) is a well-spun yarn, and I only regret that Mr. Ross did not stretch it out to twice its length. The opening chapter is especially artistic, from the point of view of literary con- struction, and I doubt if any one will put the book down unfinished after Of an entirely different kind of in- terest is E. Boyd Smith’s “My Vil- lage’. (New York: Charles Scribners’ Sons). Here are a series of sketches written by an artist who has lived in a little French town. How true to life these outlines and descriptions § are, may only be realized by him who has dwelt among similar scenes. I can affirm. that they are absolutely faith- ful, and some of the author’s refiect- ions are worthy of more attention than they will probably get.from the’ casual reader. One of them, which particularly appeals to me, (for, as a boy, I frolicked at many a fete,—at Pontoise, too, which is near Valombre) is the comment on the fete de Va- lombre, the annual festival, which is a combination of our American circus day and county fair, only a thousand times better and more refined. Mr. Smith describes it well, and adds, ‘‘The fete scheme seems to me to be a Cap- ital system * * * The whole thing gave the village a» good, thorough shaking up, a dose of moral physic,— loosening its purse-strings, and get- ting it into the habit of spending money for enjoyment, and also teach- ing it how to enjoy life in a modest, healthy way. I really believe that every country and people would be better for such fetes. Their effect is essentially civilizing. They counter- act, in a good, healthy way, the nat- ural tendency to fall into a narrow, mercenary rut, and make people’s hearts bigger and happier.’’ We have also received: ‘“‘A Guest at the Ludlow,” by Bill Nye (Indian- apolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co.), which is a collection of some of the late hu- morist’s best and funniest yarns; “The Ideal in Universities,” by Adolf Brodbeck (New York: The Metaphy- sical’ Publication ’Co.);° “W. V., Her Book,’”’ by William Canton (New York: Stone &Kimball); ‘‘A Child World,” by James Whitcomb Riley, (Indian- apolis: The Bowen-Merrill Co.), and “The Yale Epitome, Vol. I.” —_—_—_—_++—___—_ Andover and Exeter have agreed to meet each year in football, baseball, track athletics and tennis. Caspar Whitney will arbitrate all differences which. may arise. WD mM m2) tel 7 Bo) mM 8 @) Ae, Ww DO | g ct > Sao BS .2 eee. a Ba ees a? i woah npe *s£ 1 ass = mes — 5h e 2 De .£ DM Soo Far ¢ A - +2583 8 SS Qe Leos ae See -¢ Ty < bs. Boe KS =a SS = SotSseet 5S tr O wade so O a ct < a EES 6 = m each @ 2 je) Z gEsiee gl A Ww TEES o2N GT a PEFSsson@g & Zz oan § & oO FRobSt Ss —& . Sg daca ges mw Cf) apehel a ~ sage? © S > ed sung! Bie 2 = Be ESE S- & @® os soe pS > %' = |0Q 5 a 4 tr ze sacha WY Zo = RR POSE my = no = 45 O Ssscay ” ne nor & ee 25 oD DR . ~ Coco m™ O- = aoe aoe © : o-: S a fauea.. OARS U Wosee so. mm Qn od - m eRe ie SO. oe si ia a aS) m reece Os =r : cobart # +g A Call for Better Grounds. Editor ‘Yale Alumni Weekly: Dear Sir:—I have just received my seats for the Princeton-Yale game, but find they are behind the goal post,—surely a delightful place from which to see the game. Is it not about time that something was done towards procuring a field, with stands so constructed that the number of seats are in some propor- tion to the demand for them? I saw the game between Harvard and Princeton at Cambridge. The stands were arranged in the manner of those in Springfield, and I was told, capable of seating 20,000 people. A good view of the game could be ob- tained from nearly any seat. The stands at Princeton this year would seat about 15,000 peopie. The stands on Manhattan Field are from their peculiar construction (one being put up for baseball and another for a horse show) entirely unsuited to their present purpose. The Grand Stand is over 150 feet away from the field, instead of rising from the side lines as it should. If the game must be played in New York, where the de- mand for seats will always be very great, certainly those who manage the game, should try to find adequate ac- commodations.» The absurdity of only having 13,000 seats including boxes in New York, when at Springfield, the stands could seat over 20,000, is most apparent. I fully appreciate that a movement to remedy this must be led by those whose authority in University affairs, by the accommodations w they rightly secure for themselves enables them to escape the discomfort, which some of us are put to, who haven't such authority. I trust, however, that the Yale Alumni Weekly will take this matter up and try for better arrangements next year. Forty thou- sand people could easily view a foot- ball game if the proper stands were constructed and then, an alumnus would stand some chance of getting a seat somewhere. else than hehind a goal post. Yours very truly, HARRY H. BOTTOME, Class of 793. New York, Nov. 19th, 1896. — Sip ig Yale will lose seven men of. this year’s football team; Harvard four, and Princeton three... — ———
