Show OLDTIME FOOTBALL PLAYS Woodruff the Old Pennsylvania Coach Digs Up History The struggle between Yalo and Harvard yesterday stirs the heart of every Yalo man and makes him reminiscent of tho past battles between those universities How well I remember my advent at Yale In tho fall of 1SS5 Timings were different then Football was In its Infancy everywhere every-where Yale was beginning however to be noted for keeping slightly In Limo van In the evolution of football plays Old Frank Peters who died at Duluth of typhoid fever some years ago wag then caplaln at Yale He had not 1 single I man who had over played on the varsity before but with no help at coaching developed a good team Indeed I believe he gave that peculiar Impetus to Yale football which has been followed with in tcrmltlcnl vigor to this day You can Imagine the bitterness of his ono defeat C to 5at the hands of Princeton by thu famous Lamar run Perhaps no play In football was remembered remem-bered so long or referred to no often aa that Illstarred run by Lamar Princetons sprinting halfback I happened In Ibis way Yale hud scored a goal from time Held and within a few minutes of the close of the game had frustrated Prince coRe one chance to scor by holding for I downs within the fiveyard line Then wo carried the bal to midfield by steady line plunglngs whore Caatuln Pctcra r listening to some Illadvised coaching from the side lines gave the signal 1 for a punt although we could gain every time LAMARS WINNING SPRINT Princeton had two men playing back One wan ToIler and tho othor tho fleet footod Lamar The ball went to Toiler AM It fell through the air llvo Yale men stood hungrily walling to fall on Toiler like an avalanche as oon as he had the bail In thoau days there was no rule agalnnt throwing I man who had made a fair catch Consequently wo threw such men violently Toiler knew this and was BO flusl rod by LImo fate awalllng him thai ho not only muffed the bal but never even touched It with his hands I boundc from his collar Iwne right over our head and straight Into tho arms of Lamar nearly ten yards away nlarJ Lamar never hesitated Before wo could turn I ho was oft like a shot To this day one of my least desirable nightmares Is to live over In dreams those few seconds concs while rooted to the snot by surprise am consternatIon I watched Lamar opcodlncr through the one or two remaining mn o four f-our lIne and past our three backs for thu touchdown which after Limo COil wan kicked won thc game That defeat was all time moro bitter to me because It was tho Ural and Inst time Yale team suffered during m > four yearn pluyln with It nut I wmts reminiscing about Jlarvau and must forget rrlnoeton In those davs aa now llanard had a great fund of ma terial but could not get proper results from It In that season the Harvard faculty would allow n football playing with outside teams In thrt fall of 1E5 > however I played against Harvard at Cambridge and bcllrvo that contest waa a turning point In the Crimsons Ideas of how to play the Jam To atari with Walter Camp oC ialr wan tho referee Some may not remember that nt that tlmo thorn was only ono official upon whom devolved all tho dutlc now falling to the lot of referee umpire linesman and tlmekceacr PLAY WITH TEN MEN Mr Camp told us before time game that ho would disqualify any of U6 caught slugging but would make no decision acalnst Harvard mon 1 ho had said this to tho Harvard tenm they couldnt havo acted the hint with upon more alacrity than they did Uoth teams played With ten men only r becauso Victor Harding hall boon delegated to ki cp Yalcn unrivaled unri-valed end Kid Wallace out of th Q game Thin ho did by tackling him I the beginning of the game and keoplnj J up 0 continuous tackle until Its close 1 ho ball was frequently put In play with these two ends wrestling on thu I ground some forty yards away Not a Yale man but ahownl for days 1 cuta and brulneA from intentional slugging slug-ging 1 remember with painful this Inctnc3i that my nose wan hrolcin early 1 1 In tho gamo and that before bedtime l i both of my eyes were swollen shut Yale won 2 9 to I and before we took tho I 10 oclock train for New Haven many of tho Harvard players sought us out and I J manfully acknowlCd cd thc bad learned f a good lenson 1 from UB They begged our J 1 pardon for their unfair piny and vowed that they would never countonnnco such t a tiling again From that day to thus Yale and Harvard have stood shoulder to shoulder as advocates of manly tall t I Play Harvard however has with tho cx I coptlon of one season fallen uhort of Its f possibilities In n majority of Its game e J with both Yale and Princeton It has had thu ndvanlngo In numbers and quality of material Jt should havo won n majority l ma-jority of Its games but Its victories have 1 boon few and far between Tlmo aftertime I after-time It has lost when Its play was equally good with that of Yale Twice when ICO per cent stronger than Yalo Il haD allowed the sons of Eli to fight out Q tie r game All this would havo long slrico discouraged a university with less of the real fundamentals of college life and cnthUBlaspi to fall back on Harvardn crimson waves quite as proudly after defeat an after victory Tho following anecdote will express better than a sermon ser-mon the real resource lor pride and comfort com-fort left to Harvard men In defeat PROUD TO WEAR CRIMSON After one of Harvards defeats at the hands of Yam several years apo all tho moro bitter because of Its foolishness I wandered Into a Now York cafe with L crowd of Jubilant Yalo men Wo wero venting our Joy and pride In our alma mntor by singing cheering and toasting old Yalo and Its victorious team A mil with a huge American beauty rosoln hH buttonhole was fortIfying his spirits quietly and alone In one corner of tho room After a whllo he arose nnd with aomo dignity asked permleslon to address UH Wo gladly gave him permission Thereat with an apology for his rca UHO of poetic license ho delivered himself him-self as follows I am a i Harvard man For football T dont care l ham I I am not a Yalo man Jlmlny pelts how glad I ami 1 Which gentlemen continued he allows how deep Is the real satisfaction of being emltlcd to wear thin t > lor slum If I could not 0 a Harvard man I would 1 want to wear tho bluo hut nevertheless being what Jam I can ay In defeat I am glad 1 am not of the victorious party One year ago Harvard tasted the lull sweetness of r thoroughly earned victory vic-tory I lowed Yale under more decisively decis-ively than It was defeated yesterday In fact them 1ms never been neon a moro perfectly playing machine than tho Harvard I Har-vard eleven of 1301 Yalo was even moro brilliant yesterday r but not aa perfect Inaction In-action nclon When you look over the men on Yalon j team and realize that many of them will bo at New Haven for three years to corm you would feel snfo In a wager thai tho iiluo will not be lowered In defeat lor that length of time but overconfldcncc Is tIme J worm I the bud which Is llkoly to harm tho flower of Yaloa hops before that time Is passed Chicago Tribune |