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6 PENNSYLVANIA, 15—HARVARD, 6 A Hard Fought Game—The ‘“‘Guards Back” Play. [Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WEEKLY.|] (This account was crowded out by press of matter last week. Cambridge, November 22.—Harvard concluded the football season last Sat- urday by a well played game in Phila- delphia, in which the University of Pennsylvania won by a score of 15 to 6. Harvard’s eleven played hard, aggres- sive football, but was defeated mainly because of its inability to stop the “ouards back” mass plays which the home team relied on to gain ground. The Crimson team Saturday was not made up as strongly as was that which faced Yale a week earlier, but there was more earnestness and dash in the play. The Pennsylvania line was not as strong in defense as was Yale’s and Harvard players on the defensive were able to stop most of the plays of their opponents. The “guards back” forma- tion, directed with great force against the weak spots in the Crimson line, was the one marked exception. Harvard, as usual, lost the toss, and Captain Minds chose the wind, giving the visitors the ball. When the game started, an audience estimated at 27,000 surrounded the gridiron. The weather was propitious, but the field, which looked to be in good condition, proved to be very wet. This militated against the success of Harvard’s open plays, and made the task of checking Pennsyl- vania’s momentum plays more difficult. Haughton kicked off and Harvard, for the first few minutes, rushed the play. Minds was stopped promptly on receiving the ball, and Jackson, on the first play, lost five yards in an attempted trick. The Quaker full-back punted, and Harvard took the ball at the cen- ter. A run around Hedges by Parker yielded five yards, and Dibblee galloped around Boyle ‘for fifteen more. But Haughton was soon forced to punt, Minds receiving the ball on the 5-yard line. This ended Harvard’s only cam- paign in the enemy’s country. Try as she would, her strength was not equal to forcing the play after that first spurt. Pennsylvania’s first score was made on a place kick by Minds from behind the rush line, after Morice had failed by a few yards to kick a goal from the field. Pennsylvania’s first touchdown fol- lowed about ten minutes later. Minds used the advantage of wind to good effect, gaining a few yards with almost every exchange of punts. Mass plays were also tried at intervals with some success. Finally Garrison threw Minds on Harvard’s 35-yard line to prevent him from making a fair catch for a place kick. Fifteen yards penalty re- sulted. Short rushes, mostly by Minds and Hare, carried the ball over the re- maining twenty yards for a touchdown, from which a goal was kicked. With the score II to 0 agaainst her and only a few moments to play, Har- vard kicked off again and two ex- changes of punts resulted, leaving the ball in Harvard’s territory near the cen- ter line. On the first down, Harvard used her regular formation and sent a solid interference toward the right of Pennsylvania’s line. Every Quaker except Boyle rushed to meet this play, and Parker, taking the ball, dashed down the field on the other side, -Garri- son blocking off Boyle and Minds when they tried to tackle.. Haughton kicked an easy goal. ; THE SECOND HALF. Harvard’s chances to win were dissi- sipated soon after play was resumed. Pennsylvania kicked off, and Garrison ran the ball back fifteen yards. After three short gains, it was lost for hold- ing. The Quakers were not slow to follow up this advantage. On the third play Minds, by a double pass, fooled the opposing forwards and got past Harvard’s right flank for twenty yards. Before the Crimson line rallied Hare had broken through for a touch- down. No goal. _Harvard’s team, in the face of certain defeat, contested every inch of ground. THE GUARDS BACK. FORMATION. Pennsylvania excelled in her well- developed kicking game, the rapidity with which her plays were executed, "yA. Lode AO MINS and the efficiency of her mass plays. Since the game, the “guards back” formation, as played on Saturday, has been severely criticized on the ground that the men started before the ball was snapped, and that the method employed of locking arms is not within the rules. On this point Coach Holden of the Harvard eleven says, in a signed inter- view: “As played to-day this ‘guards back’ is clearly against the rules. The men grabbed each other around the waist, making a solid mass. It does not seem to me that it should be necessary, in order to make this play a success, to violate the rules.” The summary: EROS at ge HARVARD Boyle left-end-right Moulton Goodman _leit-tackle-right Mills Carnet Haughton Hare left-guard-right Haskell Boal Overfield center Doucette McCracken right-guard-left Bouve Outland right-tackle-left Wheeler Hedges right-end-left Richardson Weeks quarter-back Garrison Cochrane Jackson left-half-right Parker Sawin Morice right-half-left Dibblee (acting captain.) Minds (c.) full-back Haughton Mills Score, Pennsylvania 15, Harvard 6; touchdowns, Minds, Hare, Parker; goals from touchdowns, Minds, Haugh- ton; goal from field, Minds; umpire, J... W.. Beacham, Jr: of Commell; « ret- eree, E. R. Wyckoff of Cornell; lines- men, D. M. Goodrich of Harvard, W. Fortescue, Pennsylvania; time, 35 min-. ute halves. 7 J. WESTON ALLEN. —_—__——_4—____—_—_- Recent Books by Yale Professors. Professor Thomas D. Seymour and Professor Bernadotte Perrin have edit- ed the first eight books of Homer’s Odyssey, which has been published by Ginn & Co. and is. now uséd as the standard text in the Freshman class. Dr. Charles S. Baldwin has written an elementary manual of composition, entitled ‘The Expository Paragraph and Sentence.” Professor George Burton Adams is the author of a historical work, entitled “The Growth of the French Nation,” recently published by Flood & Vincent. Professor Edward W._ Scripture, Director of the Psychological Labora- tory, has gotten out a new “Psychol- ogy,’ which has been published by Charles Scribner. Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon of the Divinity School is the author of a new work, entitled “A History of American Christianity.” Rev. George Trumbull Ladd, Clark Professor of Moral: Philosophy and Metaphysics, has published a volume called “Philosophy of Knowledge.” “Karly Greek Philosophers” is the title of a book by Arthur Fairbanks, Ph.D., instructor in Comparative Re- ligion. Professor George B. Stevens has written a book entitled “A Paraphrase of the Epistle to the Romans.” Irving Fisher, Ph.D., Assistant Pro- fessor of Political Science, has written a “Brief Introduction to the Infinitesi- mal Calculus,” which MacMillan & Co. have published. —_—__—_+4—___—_ Intemperate Criticism, [Harper’s Weekly.] A good deal of intemperate criticism of football is indulged in by people who know little of the game. The Georgia Legislature is passing a bill prohibiting | it, and hasty persons elsewhere are urg- ing its general suppression. Now foot- ball is by far the best of athletic games, and while there are many deplorable evils in its present practice, and while too many casualties occur by reason of these evils, it ought not to be sup- pressed, although there is no doubt that it ought to be reformed. If, however, some of the critics of the game had acquired the power to restrain their . tempers and to keep their heads, which is gained on the football field, they would not now be indulging in intem- perate intellectual slugging on a sub- ject which they little understand. various religious meetings. WN toe a x Phillips Brooks Memorial. The plans for a memorial building for Dr. Phillips Brooks, at Harvard, have taken definite shape. The Cor- poration has given land upon which to erect the building, at the North- Western corner of the Yard, opposite Holden Chapel. The building will con- tain an auditorium and rooms for the 16> The ap- propriation now amounts to $50,000. —_—_——_ ++ ——___. Organ Recital. The first of a series of organ recitals by Mr. Harry B. Jepson was given in Battell Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The program was as follows: J. S. Bach —Fantasia and Fugue in G minor. Cesar Franck—Piece Heroique. Josef Rheinberger—Sonata in F minor, Noa. 7: I. Prelude—Allegro non troppo. II. Andante. Ill. Finale—Cadenza-Fugue. Alexander Guilmant—Nuptial March. Eugene Gigout—Grand Chorus Dia- logue. Mr. Jepson intends giving these re- citals every Tuesday afternoon so long as the atmospheric conditions will per- mit. The selections will cover a wide range of ancient and modern works. ‘¢The Name the Guarantee.’’ SPALDING’S FOOT BALL SUPPLIES FOR’97 EVERY REQUISITE FOR THE GAME. Managers will do well to write for samples and special rates before purchasing. THE SPALDING OFFICIAL FOOT BALL ~ Adopted by Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Harvard, Cornell, and all other leading uni- versities. Each ball tested and packed, and | sealed in separate box with brass inflator. 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