Penn State at Harvard

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 23, 1921, page 16

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  PENN STATE GETS 2I TO 2I TIE WITH HARVARD ELEVEN Cambridge, October 22.--Honors were even in the Penn State Harvard game today--score 21 to 21. It was a game of hard hammering, hard running and open field play. har- yard led at the start and scored touchdowns on touchdowns with completing goals. Penn State fol- lowed suit and finally gained the lead. but Harvard, defeat impending, gathered Its strength and scored again for a tie. At the end, almost In the gloom, Penn State was pound ing hard and the bah was only 10 yards from the Crimson goal History had repeated itself. Penn State and Harvard in their last meet ing. in 1914, had tilted to a tie, anu in that year also it was Crimson score in the dusk that dismissed de- feat Powerful offensive Penn State story today had as it’s setting a shitty offensive format.o with power in the line that opened holes consistently for Killinger, it’s rack quarterback; Wilson, a substi- ute. and Lightner. Wilson’s run oI 60 yards from rush formation in the third period was a brilnant reat Harvard’s eleven. uncertain in early games, found itself today. It’s first touchdown marked it’s longest sustained advance of the season up to that time. owen. who made 1t, had to retire soon afterward, but the makesnirt bacAneld got togeener TOT another touchdown, with Chapin | c a haf marshal its strength. Harvard gave way in three Penn State rushing campaigns for touchdowns. Then the Crimson backheld rallied, Copurn. recently of the second team; Johnson, ordinarily a caller of signals, and Churchill, who came in as q sub hit the Penn State line repeatedly until the 12-yard line was reached linen the Crimson spread out. Buell. threw the ball 30 yards obliquely, Churchill caught 1t on the run and carried two Penn Staters on hts back for seven yards and touchdown. Buell. kicked the goal. N Buell. Falls Down Buell., usually reliable in kicking goals from field. failed twice at his speciality today. Fumbles were fre- quent in the early period, but there of the third quarter. Lineup and summary Harvard Position Penn State (21) GID Macomber ............... McCollom Left End. Kane Madeira Left Tackle. Hubbard ................... Baer Left Guard Clark .............-.... Bentx Center. Brown ................... Bedenk Right Guard. Ladd ........ McMahon Right Tackle. Janin .............. Hufford Right End. Buell. Killinger Quarterback. Chapin Redtnger Left Halfback. Fitts ..................... Lightner Right Halfback. owen ........... Hess Fullback. Score by periods: Penn State .......... 7--21 Harvard scoring: Touchdowns. Owen. Chapin, Churchill (suhstitute for Chapin). Goals from touchdowns. Ruell g. Penn State scoring: Touchdowns. Lightner 2, Killinger. Goals from touchdown, Lightner g.. Referee, O’Brien. Tufts. Umpire. Thorpe. Columbia Field judge. But Iterneid. Boston. Head linesnan. Mc- CArty. GAorketown. Time of pArioAA | s~atrxk~~

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 23, 1921, page 1

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  PENN STATE And HARVARD Tie In BRILLIANT GAME Military Lions” Make Strong Finish in Game Which Ends, 21–⁠21. CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Oct. “a Harvard football warriors met Penn States Military Lions” here this afternoon in one of the greatest gridiron battles in Harvard’s his tory. They divided the honors with a score of 81 to 81. The first quarter was tinged with Crimson and Harvard scored first when George Owen. Crimson half back. after repeated gains. plunged over for a touchdown from Penn States 2-yard line. Buell. kicked the goal. Harvard lost Owen, how ever, when he was injured in the next play. and with him went much of the Crimson’s offensive and defensive power, Even in the second period il look ed as il Harvard had taken the gauge of the Penn Staters and had them listed for defeat. 1t was in this period that Chaplin. fuIlback. tore through right guard for the second touchdown. Buell. again kicked goal. The tide of battle turned when Bezdek’s Lions” tasted blood. The real fighting Of the game began and from then on for most Of the game the Penn Staters literally swept the Crimson men off their feet. Captain Killinser. Penn States sterling and hard working quarterback” flashed around his own right end and to Harvard’s 1-ysrd line. Here Light ner. Bezdek’s brilliant right half. dived through right guard for a touchdown and then kicked goal. In the second half Penn State cut losse a slashing brand OF play. Wilson soon broke away for a IS yard run through an open field and would have scored EXCEPT for Buells clever tackle on the s. yard line. Harvard stifTened here but Lightner again crashed across the line and then kicked goal. From then on Lightner and his \ mates gained steadily until Harwards 2O-yard line vas reached just before close of the period. This gave Lightner his chance to make his third touchdown as soon as the fourth period opened. Again he kicked the goal. putting Penn State seven points ahead. The Fisher men rallied under leadership of the Bueu-Johnson combination and fought gamely up hill to the 2o-yard line. Here Buell. uncorked a l5-yard pass TO Church | Ill, who scored from the 5-yard line. thus tieing the score when Buell. kicked goal. Penn again threatened. aided by the darkness but time was called before the tie had been broken. Final score. Harvard 2l. Penn State 81.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 24, 1921, page 1

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  Harvard Ties Up with Penn State. 21–⁠21 10 Cambridge, Mass. Oct 2o-HOnors were even in the-Pcnn State Harvard game today: Score. n to p. 1t was a game of hard hammering, hard running and scintilIant open field play. Harvard led at the start and scored touchdown on touchdown with completing goals. Penn State followed suit and finally gained the lead, but Harvard defect impending. gathered its strength and = scored again for a tie. At the end, almost in the gloom, Penn state was poundz ing hard and the ball was only 10 yards from the Crimson goal. History had repeated itself. Penn State and Harvard in their last meet ing in 1914, had tilted to a tie, and in that year also it was Crimson score in the dusk that dismissed defeat. Penn States story today had as it’s setting a shifty offensive formation, with power in the line, that opened holes consistently for Killinser, its crack quarterback. Wilson. substitute. who shone in another mans shoes and Lightner. killinger it was who kicked far and skilfully for tactical advantages. who called off the plays for consistent gains, who sent or received forward passes. or rushed at short range-all well. Will son was brilliant. His run Of 60 yards from rush formal ton in the third period was one Of the feats that stand out through years of foot ball activities in the Stadium. Light ner supplemented rushing assist ance to the other backs with dodging ability that carried him over the Crimson line twice for touchdowns and toe that kicked three goals from touchdown. Harvurd’s eleven, uncertain in early games, found itself today. Its first touchdown marked its longest sustained advance of the season up to that time and, Notwithstanding that Owen. who, made 1t, had to retire soon afterwnrd. the makeshift backfeld got together for another

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  The New York herald, New York, October 23, 1921, page 47

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  Last Desperate Rally SapeS Day for Harvard Crimson, Outplayed by Penn State, Turns Impending Defeat Into 21–⁠21 Tie-Eleventh Hour Forward Pass Thrills. BY DANIEL. Special DeSpdseh 20 THE New YoRK HERALD CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 22.-Outrushed, outplayed ar most of the positions along the line, desperate in the face Of defeat by q heavier and more advanced football team from Penn State, Harvard eleven this evening rallied with that remarkable fighting spirit which has made the Crimson famed and feared on the gridiron. While $4,000 frenzied onlookers sent their roars of encouragement for both teams echoing and reechoing through the big stadium and across the Charles, a Harvard host hurled a touchdown across the Penn State goal line and earned a tie, with the final score 21 to 81 Harvard rallied with that terrific eleventh hour punch which Crimson elevens invariably develop when the outlook Is darkest. when the urgency Ia greatest, when impending disaster throws its sinister shadow across. the barred turf. Fighting hard. fighting with that great determination which won for Harvard n tie with Princeton az their battle was drawing TO close last November, the Crimson clawed a touchdown out of the air.

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Harvard leads 3–⁠0–⁠2 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.