Yale at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, November 23, 1919, page 1

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  Blue Loses by 18 Inches, Missing Golden Opportnnity for Victory on Crimson’s Last Line Eli Uses Oldti1ne Bulldog Tactics With Braden as Batterine Ram, Yale Discards All Modern Methods CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Nov 22- Harvard beat Yale by score OF 10 to 3 to-day, according to the cold records, but the $4,000 who saw the third period melodrama on Soldiers Field to-day know Yale was beaten by matter of just eighteen inches With an irresistible series of charges that smashed through Crimson bar riers, the Yale eleven brought the bal to within yard and half of the Harvard goal line. There on the fourth down the sig nal was given for the same stubborn, bulldog play that seemed to be all of Yale’s strategy-Braden through CEN ter. With his head down, Braden charged straight at the ,nasscd might of Harvard For a brief moment the Crimson defense seemed to waver, then it held ard when the pack was uncovered, the ball held by Braden’s outstretched arms was just half yard from the white line. the last bar rier of Harvard Yale had come to within striking distance of the goal line in one steady triumphant march. Magnificent, But Lacked Strategy Ii that last attack had been directed at any otner point OF the line the ball might have been carried across. But that was the play on wnich Yale seemed to place its main reliance-to send Braden, the glorified young bull dog, charging with his head down, ind I,,, s,,t, ~. ter and crash through by main strength. 1t was Characteristic and magnificent, and all that, but it was not strategy and it was not modern lootbal Harvard scored early in the first period when Ralph Iorween kicked d cid goal ~ m the 42-yard line 1t was remarkable achievement, for ilorween kicked into the teetn of a driving wind. The ball started like bullet, then the wind pressed against it and it finally cleared the bar by q few inches. Casey Scores Only Touchdown 1t was Eddie Casey who carried the bal. across the laie line for the only touchdown on beautifully executed line, FELTON,, of Harvard, laid back as though Tor kick. Then he fitted backward, eluding the charging Yale ends, and made a feint at passing over the Harvard right end In the mean time. Casey had wormcd his way through and was GEAR of the Ya4e secondary defense on the left. Felton, ,hot the ball to him and Casey, twist ing and digging through the Yalc backs, crossed the line for touchdown Ra ph holween kicked The goal. It was i’m Brauen who saved Yale from coming out Of the game scoreess IN .ne AuuI.n period. Wlth the Blue eieven stopped near mluue4d Braden started a drop kick from the bo-yard line. The Ia.e line did not seem to hold, and two tacklers were charging at Braden when he nnaliy dropped the Dall to the ground. one OF them was waving his hands fran,ica..y, but bIaden. IolmerIy an artillery ofncer in the United States Army, measured the distance cJoily and deAperatcly. Casey Fumbes Ball The bali shot low and hard over the heads OF the Harvard team as Bradcn was hurried to the CUR and the plgsK,n shOt cleaniy between the bOaI pos ) and over Tue Dar. Inc KICK 4ackeu Just two yards OF tielng the record. mat te.is now the ac.ua. points were scored, put 1t does not ten now c.OSe iale came 10 llelnE IN tHdt lnliu peIlOu ana again in the lour.h. Toward The END OF the last period Casey, o. AlaIvald, iumb4eu the Dall on tlarvaruS o5-yaru line. Inc Dall rO44eu Vut IUwai. lue \ a4o left end and four OF the blue men wer. swapping ana snariing after It, The harvard secondary ue1ense was drawl in and there would have peen nuthln, between one OF th.se ale men ana “a TOUCHDOWN, but ali four Of them puunceu on it with swirl of biue jerseys. Opportunity Is Lost Reincrt fnall, got it, but he was flatuened beneath three of his own toe eager Yale men ana the great opportunity was lost. here was the Oh chance where ecooI-headedness and Qu., VISION ml.ht have turned the tide , the struggle the other way, but {, through me game Yale seemed to | : play ing with the bulldog spirit aion ! they were playing the Oattering, crus. | ing football of twenty ears ago al | for the greater part Of the time Ha r ward p.ayed the same sort OF gan 5 only the Crimson attack varied sighl. | Two times out Of three Yale SC 2 big Jim Braden crashing at the Ii. with lowered head and seemingly wi his eyes closed, for there were tim , when that bulldog charge of Brad e would carry him clear through t +. Yale line, but still with lowered he Braden wou d crash blindly into I Crimson secondar. defense. 1t W. Y

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 24, 1919, page 3

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  YALE FUMBLES RESPONSIBLE FOR HARVARD’S VICTORY Harvard undergraduates, back from the war, Saturday scored in the sports of peace time. a football victory over Yale, their ancient rivals. Playing before 50,000 spectators in the Sta dium, which was crowded as never before. the Crimson eleven triumphed, 10 to 3. The game. marked by several striking plays was the climax of the first football season at Harvard un- der the new coaching regime of Rob- ert T. Fisher. It was the first time in 20 years that a Yale team had gone down to defeat in it’s two big games with Princeton and Harvard. In a season iof advanced develop ment of the forward pass and the field goal as weapons of football attack, Saturdays game stands out with mo- table instances of each. Spectators will long remember the field goal kicked by Braden for Yale’s only score in the last period The ball carried 5S yards with 25-mile wind through the center of the Harvard goal. after Braden had booted it with his line bending under strong Crimson at tack. Scarcely less notable was Casey’s touchdown for Harvard gained in the second period. through the surprise accomplishment of a forward pass. The Harvard star. catching a pass thrown 16 yards by Quarterback Eel ton, run from Yale’s 22-yard line to the goal using all his qualities of elusiveness and speed to avert over taking by the Yale pursuers. The contest was staged under low ering skies. which dimmed somewhat the riot of color in the ampihheatre and wooden stands. The stadium was crowded to an extent never equalled previously, entrances being closed to make additional seat accommodations and the wooden stands at the open end of the horseshoe being enlarged over any previous year. The 50000 persons included men and women of highest standing in the countrys fbusinesss and social life. many of whom had come great distances for the renewal of the classic The last meeting between Yale and Harvard on the gridiron was in 1916 in which Yale won. to 8. had marked an Interruption in the football sue l cesses scored by the Crimson under i Haughton’s coaching. Harvard S victory under the new Fisher regime was the tenth time that Harvard had won from vale in 37 games, five of ! which were tied. The contest to which Yale’s fumbles cost the Blue the advantage of it’s rushing strength is shown in a sum- mary of, the play. Yale gained 207 yards in 57 rushes, as compared with 92 yards advanced in 2s Crimson irushes. Harvard lost 12 yards in 5 negative attempts, and Yale forfeited F yards in two unsuccessful at- tempts. Kicking honors were virtually even the several men kicking for each team averaging B yards. Yale. losing the bal so frequently by funfbles, punte6 out only 13 times. as compared with 20 Harvard kicks from scrimmage. Running back of punts gave Harvard total of 39 yards. and Yale 75. But much of the time the receiving player either elected a fair catch or wa. downed without gain. The forward pass. medium of Ca. sey’s successful touchdown thrust gave Harvard 64 yards in six attempt. three of which were successful. BROWN TRIMS NEW HAMPSHIRE BY SCORE OF 6-l Brown defeated New Hampshir, State at Providence. Saturday to 0 The Brunonians had the edge on tn, visitors all the way and several time! when other scores were almost with in grasp New Hampshire thwartet them or the touchdown was missed

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  The news scimitar, Memphis, Tenn., November 24, 1919, page 1

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  Harvard DEFEATS YALEELIS 1O3 Fifty Thousand Spectators Witness Annual Clash Be- tween Big Elevens. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 24.-Harward Saturday defeated Yale by a score Of 10 to 3 in their annual football classic before So 900 spectators in the stadium. which was crowded as never before. Spectators will long remember the field goal kicked by Braden for Yale’s only score in the last period. The ball carried So yards with a 25-mile wind through the center of the Harward goal, after Braden had booted il with MS line bending under a strong Crimson attack. Scarcely less notable was Casey’s touchdown for Harvard, gained in the second period through the surprise accomplishment of a forward pass. The Harvard star, catching a pass thrown 10 yards by Quarterback FELTON,, ran from Yale’s 22-yard line to the goal, using all his qualities Of ~elusiveness and speed to avert overtaking by the Yale pursurers, Kempton and Reinhardt. The Crimson touch down was completed by a goal kicked 6y Ralph Horween. The latter, in the first period had sent Harvard ahead with q field goal booted from the 40 | yard line. Harvard’s back field, as represented by Casey and Ralph Horween, fur nished the punches which registered Crimson victory. The Crimson line sup piled a defense, which, under menace Of a Blue touchdown in the third period, held fast six inches from its goal and robbed Yale of a tie and of the ball. IT was virtually the only sustained show of strength by Yale in the game. The Blue team was its own greatest enemy Saturday. It fumbled frequently. -Four times the ball headed for the Harward goal was lost to Yale and turned against the Blue by fumbles in the Yale back-field. On four other occasions, Yale players lost the pigskin but their errors were retrieved by fellow players. Men who have ‘ollowed football for years said thert ‘ad never been so much faulty handling of the ball in any other big game. The extent to which Yale fumbles cost the Blue the advantage Of its rush ing strength today is shown in a sum mary Of the play. Yale gained 207 yards In 81 rushes, as compared with 92 yards advanced IN 20 Crimson PUSHES; Harward lost 10 yards in five negative at tempts and Yale forfeited IL yards in two unsuccessful efforts. Kicking honors were virtually even, the several men kicking for each team averaging SO yards. Yale, losing the ball so frequently by fumbles, punted out only 13 times, as compared with 20 Harvard kicks from scrimmage. Run ming back of punts gave Harvard q total of 80 yards and Yale Is, but much of the time the receiving player either elected a fair catch or was without gain. The forward pass gave Harward Ga yards in six attempts, three of which were successful. Yale tried this method seven times, gaining only seven yards in it’s two successes. FUN bles and Harvard interception broke up several others.

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  Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, November 23, 1919, page 11

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  CAMPUS DE[|R|OUS; HARVARD .EXULTS IN TRIUMPH OVER YALE Decisive Defeat of Ancient Foe Puts Crimson Flag High Jim Braden’s Marvellous Kick Yale’s Only Comfort. l. .(United Press Staff Correspondent Boston, Mass. Nov. 22.-Higher than the tower of Old North Church. where Paul Revere’s historic signal light was hung, the crimson of Harvard shines tonight From the campus across the Charles river floats the, victory chant of Harwards hordes, reciting over and over the tale of today’s 10 to 3 victory over Vale. Harvard had many reasons to be delirious with joy. One lone outpost Of the eastern front remains mistaken and over that flies the flag of crimson Harvard’s final victory tied Princeton for the big three honors. But, most of all, Harvard beat Yale, trimmed her decisively. and that’s what Harvard lives for from year to year. Big Jim Braden Is the unsung hero. Without him Yale’s defeat would have been a disaster and Yale’s bitterness would have plumbed the depths, BY a phenomenal 55-yard drop kick driven by a gale-like wind, he scored three points that admitted a feebly ray of light into the pit where the hopes of the blue lie wreck. Horweens toe accounted for drop kick and a goal from touchdown and Casey, the “unstoppable,” furnished the Otn3r SIX points. harvard went ABOUT their task early. On Horween’s second attempt early in the first quarter the ball sailed between the posts, a perfeet drop kick for three Harvard points, The period ended without more scoring. In the second period came the most spectacular play of the game and the one that won for Harvard. After Casey had made a slight gain around the end. FELTON,, who had replaced Captain Muir ray for Harvard, threw a pretty pass 20 yards to Casey and then the Grim son back lodged his way through the remainder % yards to the goal line, Ralph Horween kicked an easy goal. When the fourth period opened Yale failed to gain through the line in two strides. Kempton then hurled a pass toward Reinhardt, but the ball slipped from his grasp. Harvard recovered or her own 14-yard line and Yale had lost another golden opportunity to score After Casey and Horween had failed 10 gain, Humphrey punted to kemptor who went down in his tracks on his 4o-yard line. Aldrich failed at the line and forward pass was knocked down Jim Braden then delivered 55-yarc drop kick that carried between tbs posts for Yale’s only score. The bal rested on Harvard’s 22-yard line al the final whistle.

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Officially, Yale leads 72–⁠61–⁠8; as played, 62–⁠50–⁠8 in the 120 games on file; the official count covers all 141 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.