Tufts at Harvard

• 

  New-York tribune, November 10, 1918, page 21

  Read the text

  Harvard Team Beats Tufts in Stubborn Battle on Gridiron crashed through Tufts left wing for a CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Nov. 9.-Although outweighed greatly on the rush line. the Harvard service team, shaken together within three days, beat the Tufts College S. A. T. C. eleven z to 0 on Soldiers Field this afternoon. The Crimson made its only score within five minutes of the start Of the game. After receiving the kickoff Harvard ran the ball steadily to Tufts’s 40-yard line and then kicked. Quarterback Cleary, of Tufts. making a fair catch on his 10-yard line. On the first play the Medford team used it’s split shift but the Harvard forwards broke through fast, and McManmon, the left tackle, who formerly played at Mercersburg and Exeter. caused Cleary to make poor pass and then got the bali for Harvard eleven yards from the goal. Harvard made two short gains and then was stopped short, but On the fourth down Fullback Hunneman crashed through Tufts’s left wing for e touchdown and then kicked the goal. The Crimson came near scoring again iU she |uiiO quarter, Dut was neld Tor downs on Tufts’s 20-yard line after brilliant 4o-yard run back of kick by Conlon. Tufts pressed Harvard hard in The second half, Zimmerman twice kicking out OF danger after the ball had been put into play inside his own 5-yard line. Blair, just before the end OF the game, tried for q ,ield goal for Tufts, but missed from the 3S-yard lire. Zimmerman was Harvard’s only consistent gamer. but OH defence DALEY. Coleman, Davis and McManmon PLAYED brilliantly. Tufts completed four for ward passes. but all Of them at mid field. Once it had scored, Harvard used no frills. The lineup:

• 

  The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 10, 1918, page 17

  Read the text

  HARVARD FOOTBALL TEAM STARTS WELL Though Outweighed the Crimson Defeats Tufts Eleven z to 0. McMANUM GETS SCORE CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 9.-ln its FIRST game Of the season in the Stadium this afternoon tho Harvard football team defeated the Tufts College eleven by ! to O.. The Harvard rush line was out weighed. but had been we’ll prepared TO stop Tufts wide shift attack, and also was able to hold the Medford teams forward pass gains to midfeld. Harward was hard pressed during the greater part of the game. but stood firm in It’s own territory. It’s own touch down was made In the first period not long after the game began. Harvard had rushed the ball to mid field. Zimmerman then punting to Tufts 10 yard limo On the first play Nc Manmun. the Harvard right tackle, broke through on the Tufts shift. Clearly fumhled the bail and Nc Manmun got it. Harvard gained little In three plays. but on the fourth play McManmun opened a big hole for Hun neman. who drove through for the touch down. following with a goal. Late In tho game Harvard kicked from behind it’s own goal line twice. but Tufts could not advance. Blair missing n try for goal from the 3S yard line. Conley OF Harvard made brilliant forty-hve yard run for a first down on | Tufts 20 yard line, but here the Grim son also was stopped short. Daley. the old Dartmouth leader, now captain for , Harvard, was the STIR. The lineup:

• 

  South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 10, 1918, page 8

  Read the text

  HARVARD DEFEATS TUFTS Associated Press Service: CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov – Harvard defeated Tufts az football by a score OF 2 70 TO-DAY. Close following OF the ball by Capt. Daley OF Harvard and a former captain OF The Dartr Nvth football team OF 1911 gave the crimson It’s chance 20 score. Daley recovered the bali which Fullhack Fits OF Tufts drop ped on his OWL 10 yard line after q poor pass and Zimmerman. the fresh man fullhack. went over the goal line after three rushes. Zimmerman also kicked the goal

• 

  Pine Bluff daily graphic, November 10, 1918, page 2

  Read the text

  HARVARD BEATS TUFTS. Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 9.-Harv- ard defeated Tufts at football z to 0 today. Captain Daley of Harvard recovered the ball which fullback Pitts of Tufts dropped on his own 12 yard line after a poor pass and Hunneman, freshman fullback, went over the goal line after three rushes. Hunneman also kicked the goal.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Harvard leads 15–⁠3 in 18 meetings, counting the eight since this game.