Harvard at Yale

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  The New York herald, New York, N.Y., November 21, 1920, page 43

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  CRIMSON KICKS DEFEAT YALE IN BOWL 9 TO 0 Buell. Sends Ball Over Bar for Two Goals HOrween for One. Harvard Finds Ellis Much In proved Over Earlier Showing. BY WILLIAM Ii. HANNA. Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD. New HAVEN, Nov. 20.-Dexterity at kicking off the ground was a weapon to which Harvard had TO turn to-day and weapon with which Harvard defeated Yale, Q to 0, in the Bowl this afternoon in the annual football game. Three drop kicked field goals We’re made by Harvard, and with these the Crimson made all Of its points. Buell. kicked the first from the 34-yard line in the first period; Horweeu kicked the second from the 42-yard line in The third period. Buell. a valuable as set for Harvard if for no other reason than because he twice lifted the ball over the crossbar, kicked the third from the 1S-yard line in the fourth period. In those pedal feats the attack of the afternoon, so far as fruition was concerned, was centralized. but it did not end there by a good deal in the matter of advancing the ball. Haryard, with a much better offence than Yale, gained more ground than the Blue and utilized that superiority to push forward to within goal kicking distance. Athrob With Excitement. A game athrob with excitement, rap Idly changing aspects and with valor and spirited assault and resistance was admirably played on both sides. Yale emerged from a grilling contest, hard and courageously fought by both with the comfort of knowing that the Cam bridge team, one rated considerably better than the Blue. could not cross it’s goal line. The Ellis by splendid defensive playing inside their 90 yard line invariably were able to throw Harvard back from the goal line and prevent touch down and force Harvard to kick for its wampum. That was Yale’s chief source of conf fort, that and the fact that Harvard in stead of annihilating the Yalesnians found them greatly improved team, morally and physically. over n week ago and had the hardest sort of a fight to win. For fight 1t was, a combat in which each went at the other from the start with all they had. and which on Harvard’s part in particular. was con- = for zone play which was refreshing and exciting If not sound and orthodox The game was still young when Harward was throwing forward passes in her own territory. and many of the foot ball savants gasped in horror. Those who were not savants gasped because it was unusual and gave them a thrill more conservative play does not give I’D and mt EN- Spectacle. This phase did it’s bit to account for the games being a bristling, up and at ‘em spectacle, that feature, also the quickly recurring ups and downs decided Improvement by Yale In defensive alertness and vigor. physically and as a team. and the sweep and swing of various sorts of long runs and forward passes. The field was honeycombed with these. Errors, such as fumbes, were not in frequent, and it was football much removed from smoothness and manual perfection, but to offset such raggedness there was deal of good, hard playing, with lengthy runs back of kickoffs as a conspicuous feature and with Yale some what surprising the Crimson in that detail. It was a gritty finish 10 a speckled season the Ellis made, and they were no faded. disconsolate crowd. no matter what they may have been earlier this season But an outstanding deficiency In their game. deficiency which beat them. was that they had so little in offence. Harvard was distinctly SUI perior there, both with the forward pass and the running game. Yet by and large Harvards forward pass, which raised such Cain against Princeton and an peared to be the most formidable thing Of its kind along the Atlantic seaboard, was handled smartly by Yale. Evidently intelligent means had been found al Yale to neutralize this play OF Harvard’s. and the Yale men did enough capital work in various ways in com. batting the greater versatility and bet ter organization OF Harvards deceptive and betimes really powerful onslaught to prove they were not the dull witted outfit that they were supposed to be. Yale had an offence narrow in scope. a. slipshod forward pass and marked by inaccurate and hit or miss passing, an offence able to gain ground only spasmodically through Harvard’s line and kicking game. which aside from drop kicking. was consistently better than Harvard’s. Harvard offence ExceIs. Yale’s was an offence which appeared thing to happen and not much else. A strong defence and willingness to give smashing battle every minute were Yale’s assets and they did not serve because Harvard had those and a much better offence as well. The first kickoff. Cross to owen. was run back to the centre of the field, and from that instant II was action. rafting, resolute battling, with few idle moments and little that dragged or was slow. Yale’s better punting In the first period was offset by distance acquired by Harvard by running back punts. Conseauently Yale failed to make most of “a superiority which should have worked 10 her advantage. But when Il looked as II fIarvard’s potpourri of passes and runs would send the Crimson speedily up to the goal. Aldrich. whose defensive work In Yale’s back field was superb snapped a Crimson fsrward pass out OF the air and suddenly Harvard was on the defensive. Then Fits snatched a long forward pass from Aldrich and Harvard had the .s~afp The bn npu. ha p1y

• Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 21, 1920

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  HARVARD DEFEATS YALE IN PRESENCE OF 10000 FANS Crimson Eleven Triumphs Over Rivals by Margin of Three Field Goals. FIGHTING SPIRIT DISPLAYED BY BULLDOGS Is SURPRISING Team Which Succumbed Be fore Tigers Last Saturday Stages Great Comeback. DEFENSE DESERVES CREDIT Crimson Advances Bull Within Eight Yards OF Goal, but Is Unnbi cto Score. FIGHTING SPIRIT DISPLAYED BY BULLDOGS Is SURPRISING DEFENSE DESERVES CREDIT Crimson Advances Bull Within Eight Yards OF Goal, but Is Unabi cto Score. NEW HAVEN. CONN, Nov. 60 licpulsed repeatedly In their attacks At tho Yale goal line today. Harvard rcsorted to n kicking ofrcnse, und with thrco field goals defeated tho ELLIS by score Of to 0 in the an nual football combat In the Yale bowl. The contest, witnessed by nearly $4,000 spectators and tho thirty-ninth between tho two univcrstiles since 1916. was Il remarkable exposition Of the comparatively mod ern opcn and aerial game. While loosely played NJ times, i; fairly bristied with thrilling forward passes and sweeping runs. The defeat OF Yale. while not uitexpected. took – most unusua! turn. ‘iue to tho ragged. but savage deiaRBe OF tho Ellis. who refused to be awed by the Harvard Jugsernaut. iurling their bodies IN front OF tn. the Crimson charges. or lcapinS lodging and squirinins runners. the Vale players batt!ed so s;tvascly thai. ! although the Cambridge clan several Ones drove tho ELS back TO the shadow or their own goal posts, u touchdown was beyond tho physical .biiity or the Crimson. III Niis - ‘bls AFiI piCF upou the kick. and three times out ~ hv. tries booted the ball between tNe upriEhts, willie Ysle. defeated. Lat not disgraccd. left the field with ~. satisfaction Of having partially sh.ckcd its creates, rival In a Triumph that was considered such a Ioregonc conclusion that Harvard cohorts were offering odds of to l ‘,cfore the game. with few takers. Defense Stronger Than Attnt.k. Both teams shoHed q stronger deisnss than attack fE.d this was par t’cu!arly noticeable in the cnsaz OF Yale. which apparently had nssimilated the lesson of the Princeton deseat nnd followed the ball with COM mcndablc zeal. Harvard found II rcasonably easy 10 gain ground between the twcnty-five-yard line. but once Il WITHIN striking distance OF touch Gown. the Yale line and secondary | defense stiGcncd and held their ! ,!ra!s’ charges TO small gains. which uecessitatcd kicking. The Blue. However. failed to develop anything il. the way Of 4 deceptive attack and almost all it’s line plunEes, end runs and passes We’re diagnosed and held 20 failure or small gains. Considered entirely from q tcchnical standpoint, Harvard ou,played Val. in almost every particular as n team. but the individual efforts Of tho Eli eleven offset this team advantasc 10 “A considerable extent. Had tn. Blue offense been built upon q wider and more deceptive basis II Il possible that Yale might have scored in some form. Against the simple plays OF the home team. how ever. Harvard hung compact or wide defense as the attack required, and seldom did the Ell ball carrier find an avenue OF advance open for moro than n second or two after the scrimmagc began. The very intensity with which the Yale eleven made It’s last stand added Immensely TO the thrill and excite ment of the play. So keen did the rival players struggle for scores that toward the close, of tho third period The unusual spectacle OF two pIaye cling retired Tor roughness from n big Eastern football classic was wit messed when Quarterback Kcmpton, Of Yale. and Left End CASTOR, OF Harvard, were sent to the side lines after brief miSup near the Yale goal. Analysis of the game shows that the Yale defense could not stand be- .oro n Crimson machine that was quick to shift Its oircnsc to meet un- :;pected opposition. While Harvard rnuld not cross the Yale goal line. Il could and did more when necessity OCCURRED. within striking distance OF !, iield goal. During the sixty min ties of play, Harvard gained o1o yards In siAty-siX rushes. which gave 1--we opportunities for field goals. three of which were successful. Yale gained but sixty yards in thirty-two bushes and never seriously threat ened the Crimson goal, whilc Harward was once within eight yards OF a touchdown, but could not drive the Eli eleven back at the crucial moment. Harvard Uses Aerial Attack. Harvard opened with an overhead attack and threatened the Blue with this method of ground gaining all through the game. Sixteen forward passes were. flung against tho Blue. 81 which nine were completed for n ,otal OF 40 yards, five were uncomp’sted and two Intercepted. Yale lied eighteen forward passes. of Which fourteen were hurled in the tmal period. OF these, -four were completed for. nifty yards gain. twelve teil to the ground, and two were In ‘crceptca. In punting, honors -wcro Continued on Page twenty - +E ---->----..-- nh N ciuipo> N.,Y,no ISalto

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  Evening star, November 21, 1920, page 29

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  HARVARD DEFEATS YALE, 9 TO 0, ON FIELD GOALS CONTINUED from First Page.) skin so closely. that her fumbles were each tinre retrieved. Two Sent to Side Lines. The very intensity with which the Yale eleven made its last stand added immensely to the thrill and excitement Of the play. So keen did the riva’ players struggle for scores that toward the close of the third period the unusual spectacle OfstWo players being retired for roughness from a. Dig east ern foot bail classic was witnessed when Quarterback kempton OF M saie sent to- the. side lines after brie, mix-up near the Yale goal. - wonderfsI Spectacle. The scenic side of the game surpassed any similar contest ever staged IN me me Yale bowl. Between $4,000 and 10000 persons were seated. Viewed from the topnlost tier Of the bowl. the vast as sembly of humanity appeared like a nlultihued flower bed in sunken gar den, with the brilliant red, purple and green turbans Of the feminine spectators serving as the blossoms and the darker masses Of other garments as the earth from which the flowers sprang :. When the exciting moments OF the game brought the thousands to their feet it appeared as though the huge garden were agitated by breeze which set the blossoms nodd:ng and bending before the blow This impression was further heightened when the rival uni yersity cheering squads came into action, with waving flags and colored handkerchiefs. singing or cheering IN unison to the b.are OF the varsity bands. The climax came with the snake ~. L “A I a ward, who, winding their way around the Yale Field preceded by their band, presented a picture that few spectators could resist tarrying to watch IN the twilight of what had been, from a weather standpoint, perfect FOOT ball day. Fumble Leads to Score. A tumble by Walker led to Harvard’s s nrst score in the opening period. Owen line to Yale’s 35-yard mark. where Walker cupped his hands for the ball. but it bounded out and two Harvard PLAYERS, unidentified because unnumbered. pounced on it. The break had come 10 Harvard and Qua rterback Buell. set out TO make the most of it. Buell.. author of the for ward pass’ng attack which swept Princeton players down the field to a tie score at Cambridge two weeks ago. turG-d at once. 10 the aerial route Tor advance forward pass to Owen gained II yards at the outset Owens plunge against the Blue line. tried TO pass ahead again, but Yale PLAYERS boxed Harvard receivers effect;vely and the ball grounded. Rush and forward pass having failed to advance, Buell. used his other scoring weapon. the kick and. standing on the 34-yard line, booted the ball fairly over the goal. The second period passed without adding to the Crimson score. and the last half of the game opened with Yale men hopeful. Yale had held Harvard to a single field goal in two periods: Yale spirit would triumph In the end. Blue enthusiasts thought. Horween Boots Hall Over. The teams fiddled for a time through a punting duel at the opening OF the third period Of play. each waiting for vantage sufficient to start a rushing drive. After Buell. had run Blues 46-yard line. he decided the time had come. A stab at the line was tried for possible gain. but more for the tactical advantage OF drawing in the Yale defense pre- 1iminary 10 opening the play by for warn pass. w HcH tIte pass WdS uHdkit on the next play, Yale’s forwards were slow to spread and, with Buell. throwing and owen receiving. it was opera ted for a gain Of l3 yards. Horween then gained yards. but q forward pass on the next play failed and Owen was turned back. Again the Crimson had recourse to kick for score, but this time Capt. Horween was on the propelling end of a boot which carried true, Notwithstanding an adverse wind which. on the next kick Off was strong enough to blow the ball from the tee twice. The fourth period saw Harva rd’s advance reach its highest stage OF the day. Humphrey got it under wa. from Haryard’s 40-yard line with a

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  El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., November 20, 1920, page 7

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  victories were scored In 1875, 1890 1898, 1901 and 1908. The tide began to turn in 1905, after Yale had won six success >ive victories over the Crimson. Harvard won in 1908. tied the games Of 1910 and 1911, and followed with four successive VIC tories. OF the last ten games Harvard has won six, tied two and lost two. Quite n difference from the old days! In the game OF 1881 Yale was the -,inner, though the Ellis failed to score Under the rules prevailing that Jason in game, otherwise a tie. tle team scoring four or more safe ties less than its opponents shall win the game” The Complete List. The complete list OF Yale-Harvard games TO date follows; lS15-Harvard. 4 goals, Yale, o. 1S56-Yale, 1 goal; Harvard. O. iS77-No game. lSzs-Yale, 1 goal; Harvard 0. lS19-Kale, O; Harvard. 0. lS80-Yale, 1 goal, touchdown; harvard, O. iS8l-Yaie, 0; Harvard, 4 szfeties. lSS2-Xals, 1 goal, 4 touchdoWns; . Harvard. safeties. lsS3-Yale, 23s Harvard. 2. lSS4-Yale, IS; Harvard. 0. 1SS5-No game. iSSs-Tale. %; Harvard. l. lS87-Kaie, IL Harvard. s. 1SSS-No game. lS89-Iale. s. Harvard. Q. l890-Harvard, Il; Yale, 8. lS91-Yale, 10; Harvard, o. lS91-fale, s. Harvard, 0. l893-Eale, 6; Harvard. 0. lssz-1ale. u; Harvard, &. 1S95-No game lS96-No game. 1S97-Harvard, C; Yale, 0. 18ss-HarTard, Il; Yale, Q. 1S9S-lale5 o. Harvard, Q. 19o0-Yale, IS; Harvard, O. 190l-HarTard. % Yale, 0. 19o2-Yale %; Harvard o. 1903-Kals. 16; Harvard, 0. 19O4-Yale, L. Harvard, 0. l9O5-Fale. 6: Harvard, 0. lsO6-Kale, s; Harvard. 0. l907-Yale. 70 Harvard. 0. lsoS-Harvard, q; Yale, 0. l90S-fale, s. Harvard, o. isl0-Harvard. o. Yale. 0. 1ell-Harvard. o; Yale, 0. 1912-Harvard. 90 Yale, 0. lsl3-HarVard. 10, Yale. 5. 191z-Harvard. So; Yale, 0. l9l5-Harvard. A. Yale, 0. 1el6-Tale 6; Harvard. 9. 191T-No game 1slS-No game. l919-Harvard, To- Yale, g. Nictories-Eale, %; Harvard. TO- Tie games-5.

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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 81 since this game.