NEWSPAPER CRITICS UNITE IN PRAISING FIGHTING SPIRIT SHOWN BY HARVARD MEN

Newspaper critics and coaches yesterday unanimously joined in praising Harvard's repeated goal-line stands that held the Bulldog at bay. Excerpts from statements issued by these men are given herewith.

"No Harvard team ever made a more stubborn fight than this one. . . . The driving force of the Yale team required Harvard resistance of the stiffest sort. Not once did Harvard waver in the pinches."--R. T. Fisher '12.

"We should have won, but the fact remains that we didn't. I don't know what else to say except that I am very much disappointed by the game. I expected to win, although after a hard fight. Harvard played an extremely determined game and put up a great defensive fight."--T. A. D. Jones.

New York Times Comment

"Harvard is the only opponent this year against whom Yale has not scored. . . . When the end finally came, Harvard was still standing under its own goal posts rolling back the Blue storm that pressed seeking victory. But that last white chalk line that marked the difference between triumph and a tie still remained uncrossed. . . . But after all it was a tie game, and neither honor nor dishonor should go to either eleven."--Harry Cross, New York Times.

"Yale had the man-power, the running backs and a world of loginess and stupidity. Harvard had all the inspiration, 11 hard tacklers at all times, and nothing worthy of being called an offense. . . . This Harvard team will not be remembered among the greatest, but as one that fought against great odds and held its own . . . every man that got into action fought valiantly."--Stanley Woodward, Boston Herald.

"Cold figures show how superior was the Blue to the Crimson in every department of the game except that which calls for men to outdo themselves when faced by apparent defeat."--Burton Whitman, Boston Herald.

"Yale threatened almost always; Harvard never, really, even once; but time and again, with his back to its wall and with the Bulldog's teeth almost on his throat, John Harvard yanked himself away and, by sheer fighting spirit, denied the New Haven warrior his due."--Melville E. Webb Jr., Boston Globe.

Unsurpassed Courage, Says Owen

"Yesterday's game from a Yale standpoint must be considered the game of lost opportunities; from a Harvard viewpoint, however, it will long be remembered as an exhibition of courage such as has probably never been surpassed in the long and colorful history of Crimson athletic contests."--George Owen '23.

"My hat is off to the members of the Harvard team for their game exhibition. They didn't have a single chance all afternoon; their offensive punch was ineffective; but they fought their heads off, and fought the hardest when the going got the stiffest."--W. W. Roper.

"We Withdraw Cracks"

"We withdraw all those linotyped cracks we have made at Harvard, and if you boys will come around to the composing room we will put on an exhibition of swallowing hot lead."--Neal O'Hara '15.

"I am frank to admit I expected a touchdown and anticipated a comeback on the part of the Blue athletes after their defeat by Princeton. . . . Harvard, however, braced and staged one of the most magnificent rallies I have ever seen on a football field."--Louis A. Young, Pennsylvania coach.

"Never in all my football experience have I seen a gamer team than the Harvard eleven which, in holding Yale to a scoreless tie, gave an exhibition of desperate, defensive play which will certainly be long remembered by all those present."--Charles E. Brickley '15.