work and study during the last two
weeks of practice. Yale’s tackling was
hard and clean. The defensive play of
all the Yale backs was strong. When
the Harvard runners cleared the Yale
line they were quickly singled out and
thrown back in their tracks. From first
to last deSaulles ran the team with
judgment.
The weakness which was most costly
was fumbling. It cost Yale her chance
of scoring and it nearly gave Harvard
a touchdown. The forwards were not
very successful in opening up holes for
the backs and irresistible line-buck-
ing qualities of the backs did not equal
New Haven reports, except once in the
first half.
Of the individual showing, deSaulles’
clever work has already been remarked.
His runs on receiving punts and his
interference were of a _ high order.
Once he took Haughton’s kick on the
run, slipped Moulton, threw a bunch of
five Harvard tackles off their feet by a
clever swerve and ran and slipped and
wiggled over seven chalk lines. His
omnipresence saved Yale in more than
one tight corner.
McBride was perhaps the surest
ground-gainer. One quick act by the
Yale full-back escaped the eye of many,
but showed well his football sense.
Parker had slipped the Yale _for-
wards and was fairly over McBride as
the ball left the toe. There was part
of a second to know what to do and to
do it. His foot had not swung back to
place before he swung himself squarely
into the path of the leaping Crimson
man and caught him so squarely as to
make him almost bound back towards
his own goal. But for this disappoint-
ment Parker would have swept by him
and recovered the ball. A touchdown
would not have been unlikely. The
interval gave the quick deSaulles a
chance to recover. Benjamin fought
hard but was hardly up to his. last
year’s form. Corwin’s defensive work
was beyond expectation. In the line
the center was uniformly strong in de-
fense and Chadwick charged the line
and broke through as well as Heffel-
' finger in former days. Captain Rod-
gers and Chamberlain both outplayed
their opponents, Chamberlain’s great
strength enabling him to break through
and cause havoc behind Harvard’s line.
For the first few minutes of play Rod-
gers played too far in. He seemed to
feel anxiety for the center, just as he
had often felt it in games during the
Fall. It was in these few minutes that
Dibblee was able to make his best gains
between end and tackle on that side of
the Yale line. After the Yale Captain
moved out further he was not seriously
troubled by the Harvard interference,
but on the contrary very seriously
troubled it. The improvement of the
ends has been mentioned. Hall made
hee tackle of Dibblee in the last
alf.
WHERE HARVARD FAILED.
Harvard’s failure seemed-to be the
inability of her line to stand Yale’s
fierce assaults when Harvard had the
ball. Her ends, particularly Cabot,
disappointed their admirers, and failed
to get down the field to prevent de-
Saulles and McBride from running the
ball back on punts. Cabot and Par-
ker gained little ground when given the
ball. Warren made his best showing
of the year till he was hurt, and Dibblee
was the hardest nut Yale had to crack.
Doucette played even with Cadwalader
in his position and got into more plays.
Donald was strong while he lasted.
The criticism of Harvard’s generalship
on Yale’s five-yard line is not war-
ranted. Garrison could have selected
no plays that would not have failed, as
long as Harvard’s line gave way.
Either of the plays he selected had an
even chance of succeeding if Chamber-
lain and Chadwick had not got through
and wrecked them behind the line.
THE GAME BRIEFLY TOLD.
Yale won the toss and chose the
west goal, with the sun and wind be-
‘hind her. After the kick-off and one
short rush, McBride’s attempt to punt
was blocked, Benjamin saving the ball.
Then McBride sent the ball fifty yards,
to Harvard’s 15-yard line. Dibblee
turned MHall’s end for twelve yards.
Yale got the ball and punted over the
line. Haughton brought the ball out
and kicked only fifteen yards, but a
muff by deSaulles gave Cabot the ball.
Dashes against Yale’s tackles netted
fifteen yards, and Harvard lost the ball
at the center for holding. McBride
punted, and Haughton ran ten yards.
Two good end plays netted twenty
Ado BIO IS VV Be KyY
yards. Again Harvard held, and Yale
got possession. .Bouvé blocked Mc-
Bride’s punt, and Cabot again got the
bal. Warren made Harvard’s best run,
around Hall for twenty yards. Yale
braced and took the balls on downs,
and McBride punted fifteen yards.
Brown got through and tackled Dib-
blee for five yards loss, but on the next
try the same play netted twenty yards
around Hazen. Punts were exchanged,
Dibblee running twelve yards on re-
ceiving McBride’s kick. Haughton
punted, and McBride ran twenty, de-
Saulles interfering. An exchange of
punts landed the ball near the center of
the field, and then Yale made her long
march down the field, as already de-
scribed. After Harvard checked the
advance on her 13-yard line, she gain-
ed ten yards by short rushes. A series
of punts followed, and deSaulles got
twelve yards by a double pass. Har-
vard took the ball and recovered the
distance just as time was called.
THE SECOND HALF.
In the second half, Haughton re-
turned the kick-off, and deSaulles fum-
bled the ball on Yale’s 40-yard line,
Doucette securing it. Harvard gained
ten yards. A series of punts followed,
leaving the ball in Harvard’s hands on
the 35-yard line. Five yards for inter-
ference and a succession of good runs
swept Yale back to her 5-yard line,
where she hurled Harvard back. After
this a kicking game followed, and Yale
was able to- work the ball back be-
yond the center of the field. . DeSaulles
made two good runs after receiving
punts, but neither team seemed able to
gain much by rushing tactics. Yale
was gaining ground toward the close,
when Parker blocked McBride’s punt,
Yale losing the ball and luckily escap-
ing a touchdown. DeSaulles saved the
ball. Time was called after the next
line-up.
The summary:
HARVARD YALE
Cabot left-end-right Hall
Swain left-tackle-right Chamberlin
Wheeler | :
Bouvé left-guard-right Brown
Doucette center Cadwalader
Haskell © right-guard-left © Chadwick
Shaw .
Donald right-tackle-left Rodgers
Mills |
Moulton right-end-left Hazen
Garrison quarter-back deSaulles
Dibblee right-half-left Corwin
Warren left-half-right Benjamin
Parker
Haughton - full-back McBride
The following figures show how
evenly the two teams played through-
out the game:
First half.
‘Yards gained by punting... .193 258
* x “yushing 2.158 109
Total yards gamed | 3.005. 343 367
Wards 1O8t ris ee 6 INS 9 17
Net: Sali os Soa a ets ee 334 356
Second half.
Yards gained by punting.... 364 340
ome s " tushitis: 44 7o 95
: 52 < Menaty sae §
Total yards gained......-.. 439 435
Varus S0Stiti Pees ven ce eae TOs. 37
Wet (Canin se... cs eee 429 308
From these figures it will be seen
that Yale gained 41 yards more by
punting than Harvard during the entire
game, but she lost 42 yards by blocked
kicks, which just balances this superior-
ity.
icvard gained only sixteen yards
more than Yale by running with the
ball. Yale’s best running gains were
made after receiving punts.
Nearly twice as many punts were
made in the second half as the first.
Omitting the punts that were block-
ed, Haughton and McBride averaged
the same distance—twenty-eight yards.
Considering that McBride made nearly
two-thirds of his against the wind, this
is a very creditable showing for him..
WESTON ALLEN.
———__so—_—",
‘At a meeting of the Andover School
Club, which was held November 10, the
following officers were elected: Presi-
dent, E. Sawyer, ’08; Vice-President,
S. G. Moon, ’08S.; Secretary, Ord
Preston, ’99; Treasurer, A. S. Good-
win, 1900.
Harvard Yale
CONSOLIDATED BANQUET.
Marvard and Yale Graduates Dine
Together in San Francisco,
The annual dinner of the Yale Alum-
ni Association of California was held
at Delmonico’s, San Francisco; in union
with the Harvard Association, on Octo-
ber 28. About one hundred and thirty
.members were present, pretty equally
divided among the two associations.
The Yale and Harvard men sat inter-
mixed, and enjoyed themselves and
each other with such evident good-
feeling as made appear far too modest
the hope expressed at the beginning
of the speeches, that ‘‘at least as much
harmony might reign as the country
had enjoyed prosperity since the last
presidential election.” The noticeable
feature of the speaking was the respect
shown by Yale men for the age and
intellectual prestige of Harvard, and
the respect shown by Harvard men for
the college spirit of Yale and the ath-
letic successes in which it has resulted.
Each speaker apparentlv felt so sure of
the merits of his own alma mater that
he could afford generous praise of the
characteristic excellences of its rival.
There was no set list of toasts.
Among those who spoke were Edward
J. Pringle, Harvard, 745, President of
the Harvard Association, Charles Page,
68, President of the Yale Association,
and President Martin Kellogg, ’50, of
the University of California. The Pres-
ident of the Harvard. Association of the
Northwest was present, and in compli-
ment to the classical training of the
Yale men concluded his speech with a
war-.song in. modern: Greek. T. R.
Bacon, ’72, said that Harvard was old,
large, free and rich. It was old, and
in this new country we are ready to
bow down and worship any old thing.
It was large, some people hinted, be-
cause the publication of its catalogue
was deferred till the number of stu-
dents attending other institutions had
been made known. It was free in more
directions than the right one, and some
of its riches had come by devious paths.
All this was but an introduction and
contrast to the latter part of the speech,
a brilliant eulogy of the University at
Cambridge in each of the respects
above mentioned, that brought both
Yale and Harvard men to their feet.
with enthusiasm. Gordon Blanding,
’71, showed the great influence Har-
vard had on the foundation and early
history of Yale, and contrasted the two
men after whom the Universities are
named: John Harvard, the poor non-
conformist preacher of Puritan con-
science, and Elihu Yale, the rich aris-
tocratic man of the world,—who was
by nature and ought to have been a
Harvard man.
a
The College Pulpit.
The college pulpit will be occupied
during the rest of this term by the fol-
lowing preachers:
November 21—Rev. F. R. Shipman,
Andover.
28-_Revicd Je) DEP eu,
November
Bridgeport.
December 5—Rev. Prof. G. B. Ste-
vens, New Haven.
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_ Harvard Team Reproached-
The Harvard Crimson published the
following editorial on the game be-
tween Harvard and Yale last Satur-
day:
“Saturday’s football game with Yale
will go down into athletic history 4° a
wasted opportunity: It is idle to 8°
into particulars. Harvard clearly de-
monstrated her superiority in the first
_ half, by holding her own against Yale
in spite of the wind. In the second
half, though the wind was in her favor,
she could do little better, and lost the
ball on Yale’s four-yard line. The real
game was played at that moment and
Yale won, for her policy was one_O!l
defense and in that she succeeded. The
team and the College have then little to
be proud of. Harvard expects het
men to rise to the occasion, to 0
better than their best when the Crisis
is reached. In this, the ’97 football
eleven has failed. The exact cause 0!
the failure is-immaterial. The main
fact remains that the eleven did not wit
when the victory was almost, if mot
actually, in its hands. Now next Satur-
day will be the final game of the sea-
son, and in that game lies the chance
to redeem Harvard’s reputation. The
team is well coached. It showed at
times on Saturday that it had much
more than average power. Against
Pennsylvania then let the play be of the
best all the time, and when the instant
comes at which success is to be won,
there must be no alternative. May it
never again be recorded that Harvard
reached an opponent’s four yard line
without scoring.”
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Wale Feeling.
[Editorial in Yale News.]
Harvard men received the Yale con-
tingent finely, and treated each visitor
to Cambridge so well that the good
feeling between the colleges was greatly
strengthened, and the wisdom of hav-
ing college games on college grounds
thoroughly apparent.
The Harvard team was so good that
it was an honor to tie it. The work in
the first half, when it was Harvard's
turn to play on the defensive, was of
the best, and she came so near scoring
in the second that at one time it seemed
impossible that the Crimson should not
win. Too much honor cannot be given
the University eleven for its work dur-
ing the game. Every man played in
perfect accord with the rest of the team,
and this gave us a defense far beyond
any we have had this Fall, finally bring-
ing about that magnificent stand on
Yale’s four-yard line. Mr. Butter-
worth and the other coaches have only
fulfilled in this game the deep-seated,
unwavering trust Yale undergraduates
have had in their work this Fall, and
the work of the men they have trained
is the greatest thanks that could be
given them.
One thing can be done in speaking of
the game, and that is to remember that
it resulted in a tie and must be con-
sidered as such. Neither side won and
no one has a right to say it was a
“practical” victory for one side or the
other. It was a drawn game, and we
‘must look to next year to settle it.
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