Show REMINISCENCES II OF ELI CRIMSON GAME THRILLING ij I I W Word ord Picture of Big Struggle gle gIe Shows That Yale Was Under Dog Throughout dl WIND IND AIDED l HARVARD C I Blues Blue's Ability to Diagnose tt Trick and Hidden Ball Plays Remarkable 1 t i I 7 n Tr J. 7 i u t th D vy 15 II nr alter auer auerN N tho the striped lime gridiron banked cd h kj b by tiers on tiers of ot cl eighty ht thousand thou thou- I. I b sand spectators Yale on Saturday NoI November No No- or o- o r I vember 25 25 completed the tho task ue begun un last Iii spring b by defeating tho the Crimson warriors for tor tho the first time In seven years and redeeming themselves for forI I H 4 that 41 to 0 score of oC 1915 And AmI It was WS wasa a n contest worthy worth of oC the I and tho crowd for it was one of oC the tho thoC I. I most Intense games sames that has ever e II 11 been been played In the first place it was wasa Ii a n. real test of oC whether Yale could comel come comeback l I back bock In ono season eason to the carefully I drilled fundamentals of oC pIa play which for COI l i nearl nearly a quarter of n a century had hadEl marked all Yale teams and which El formed tho basis basi for tho those man many years ars h of oC almost unbroken triumphs The Tho Yalo Tab fighting spirit had become r. r J. J n h rl 1 thA hit c n I t b b l I i-b i t not be beaten l t in spirit had bc- bc 1 come como as ns well known as the typical al 1 bulldog chosen as the Yale But for the tho last tast few years this fighting 3 spirit had seemed on the tho wane Whether er er this was a reality or only an appearance appear appear- u ance did lid not alter the situation Many lanY believed the spirit was still there but that the drill in fundamentals and the i gradual working up of oC determination 4 through h gruelling struggle of oC daily dally practice on those things which go to tomake tomako ii mako make the backbone of ot a football team 4 had been lacking ti At t an any rate rato whatever was the cause last spring Tad Jones and his assistants I and Alcott ott three men picked I from the period in Yale football when whon I I this fighting spirit spirl t and knowledge of oC fundamentals ruled supreme took up the task of or infusing that spirit and that I knowledge of or fundamentals Into a host of candidates on tho the old oM Yalo Yale field It was Wa strenuous work and after aCter three H k weeks of it It the men who had been L through It knew what old Yale football was ns liko and what kind of a demand would bo made upon them this fall The Princeton game had shown what the fighting spirit could mean ever every man rose roso to the occasion and each performed a little hotter better than ho he know knew now how In every respect but ono one Yale Yalo demonstrated in tho the Palmer eta sla- lum everything that had been asked of oC thom them That one ono was stopping long Ions tor forward ward passes which the Tiger team resorted to In a a. fever of oC desperation in the tho last part of oC tho the thoI I game Then I had d f followed c a week e of i kC against oc I. I team using Harvard formations and andI I Harvard plays plas C Yale entered entend the the- game same tho the underdog but tho the memory of oC past last defeats served ed t only onh to stimulate this Yale Yalo team to toI I greater reater effort Losing tho the toss Yale YaleI I went Welt out on to that gridiron knowing that fifteen minutes s against tho the howlIn howlIng howl- howl C In Ing wind meant exerting over every ounce t of power and every particle of skill to Harvard from scoring In the C middle of that period Harvard succeeded EUC- EUC In getting a a. field goal Roal But nut that l oro In instead tea of discouraging tho the Yale eleven cloven seemed Deemed to throw into them an anI I added spirit of dogged determination j and they struggled led through tho the fifteen i minutes without allowing Harvard any further advantage Then turning about with the wind vInd vIndI I t 1 their backs s. s the they came more fiercely fierce fierce- I ly h than over and after aler trying for 1 field afield goals and having ono one of oC them miss missI I r b by tho the post the they finally se secured se- se cured tho the opportunity for which they theO I had toad been working Then came camo the theU U bitter struggle gle and there thero had harJ been no 11 moro more tenso or dramatic situation Inny in toy ny gumo ganio between these two old rivals 9 Yale Yalo was on Harvard's l yard 12 ard line I with the ball in their posse possession slon liar Ilar- 1 ard rard knew what was i coming With Ith i heir their ba barks baks ks to the goal the they knew that It ho the moment had corno como when it was watS it l Ither Yale Yalo or Harvard In tho the most ea earnest rne t. t t It took toole Yale Yalo the tIme full four downs downa to 1 ct that first ton yards And then RO so o or r itterly did Harvard fight that It was it if riot not ot until the tho last and fourth down of oC I tio he next series that Yale Yalo was able to I plant lant the ball one foot over o that white inc Ino which meant Ictor victory But Yale tic lid did Id It if The rest of or the game gamo amo was quite ILL a desperate delprato struggle but bul with Yale Yalo 1 coming oming stronger and stronger more nd moro more confident and crowding iX Harvard moro more fiercely It was evident hat bat barring accidents the game had hadT T een cen settled but Harvard Har resorted In tho he last period to what has Deemed to become tho standard play for a l. l td t t- td d team Learn namely long Ions forward passes L. L tAnd lAnd nd tho the crowd realizing how nearly cUC had made mule good against Yal Yale In Princeton contest literally hel held its li J breath Mth th ono one side in anxiety and tho the other t r n hope while Harvard shot pa pass 8 after ass and sent scot substitute n after ter I uto into the tho game gamo In a n. forlorn at- at at nt tho the gamblers gambler's chance I But ales i secondary defense had hada ie learned 1 a lesson leHson in that tha 1 Princeton t ef nm g and there was only ono one of oC the tin those so n cs that como came off ore to for I any effective distance For a n. moment when that 1 ij j ball after traveling 3 32 yards yaris nr settled into ate tho the hands of oC the tho waiting Harvard 1 tI p recipient thero there was const consternation In Inho 44 tho ho Yale Yalo forces But nut hardly had ho hoi hol i toward the lie Yale Yalo goal when l overtook o him and f f. f 0 Gore with a n leap leap- if rought brought him to earth It was as ns dra- dra atio a a. moment as ns the ono one In the tho Princeton game when tho the same sarno LeI Lo Le I I IS S ore had flying across tho the field nd ind with a desperate leap had deflect deflect- id d the ball from the waiting arms of l I ho tho Princeton man who VIO would surely Pr have ave had a L touchdown otherwise And Andi i hat was tho the last chanco chance Harvard had harJ i or or In a n fow few minutes the whistle blew ii n ud the game wa over o and Yalo Yale had the tho tables at last on Harvard t I The Tho outstanding feature of oC th the tho game as unquestionably tho the marvellous doI do- do I work worl done by hy Yalo Yale and ancl tho the dla diagnosing of or every everyone one of oC I he lie hidden ball and deceptive plays plas for tor two years had made mado O Yale eam cams eams look like novices before tho time attack This was partly through ot eternal I nc partly through tho the maintenance of oC fighting spirit and partly through spot the careful covering of every ory out of ot a n without drawing rawln any player certain territory It Ii difficult to pick stars In III such suh a contest Casey Casc of oC Harvard worked manfully and proved pro his right to tho the reputation of oC being one of ot tho the hardest men on the tho gridiron to tackle and bring down clown kicked e with excellent tion Da Dadmun mun tho the Harvard captain was waft a tower of strength in tho the II line lie and the Harvard ends and tackles for or forthe ortha the tho most part were able to check Le Lc Goros Goro's dangerous runs On tho the Yale Yalo side Captain Black stood out and no more aggressive or rapid covering has hns been seen scon than that th accomplished ac nc- ac- ac b by time the Yale Yalo end while Commerford and Church were wore both deco o seconds second Gates picking up tho the ball on a fumble tumble gave ave Yale her op opportunity op- op and rand Fox while whilo Baldridge In do- do were equal to evor every emergency fence La Roche noche with one exception handled l kicks 5 to perfection Jacques Jacques' defensive work ork wan fino and Neville deserved eser to make the tho touchdown for forthe forthe forthe the hard striking he hc hn had been doing 1 throughout hout tho the game glInc Lo Lc Gore Goro brought ot off the thc best run of oC the day and besides that his defense leton e. e as ns it had been In tho the Princeton game was as tho the one final touch that Yalo Yale needed on two or occasions And Anti so did Tad Jones Jonea and his Ills staff stat Cupe Black and anti his hla team of 01 fighters put Yale back on the time football map and demonstrated that there still exists the old olmi spirit and amid the willingness to go through weeks of oC har hard work worl and conscientious practice In III order r to arrive at nt tho time g gOal al of oC sue suc cess Copyright 1916 Otis F. 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