Brown at Yale

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  The New York herald, October 30, 1921, page 45

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  YALE in FINE FORM, RIDES OVER BROWN Tad JOnes’s Machine Easily Takes As to z Victory From Providence Men. LONG RUNS FREQUENT Capt. Aldrich Scores Two Eli TOuchdowns With Dashes From Midfield. Special Despatch to THE NEw YoEK HERALD New HAVEN. Oct. 29.--Tn beating Brown. 45 to z, this afternoon Yale showed flashes of the most brilliant form, her work ON tho offensive against light but fighting team being about tie best displayed by Blue team since the war. 1t was. one of the most impressive victories ever seen in the bowl. despite some ragged work by the Yale line. The much heralded ELI baclks-Capt Aldrich, Jordan, Speiden, Ohearu, Wight and Neidlinger-lived UP to their regulations, and there was no stopping them. Long runs of thirty, forty and fifty yards were tipped off with regularity, Capt. Aldrich show ing the way to his mates, twice max ing touchdowns after brilliant runs from around the midfcld mark. The Yale leader also showed the effects of DIR. Bulls tutoring in the art of dropkicking by lifting a field goal from the AZ yard mark in the Sec end period. The kick was at a diff cult angle. and it was the first field goal in many tries in the bowl this autumn. More than 10000 people wildly applauded the kick. Brown played a hard game all the way, her forward passing at times being .e Faulkner and Myers ripped through the Yale line for several substantial gains. The Providence team made dozen first downs, many of them aided by pretty forward passes, but the attack was not sustained enough to carry the ball inside OF the Blue Is yard line after Sweets brilliant run for touchdown in the first period made soon after Yale’s first score. Sweet intercepted pass on hie own 4S yard line and raced fifty-two yards for q score. First Quarter. Yale started in early to show some thing and for that matter so did Brown. Following the first kickoff, Yale. by means of a short forward pass aud some fine running by Aldrich and Jordan. worked the ball to Browns yard line LOT the ufst uOWn. JOTudtl, III tNc ~ .’S’ got TO within two feet of the goal line, but on the fourth down Aldrich was stopped a foot away from a score. Sweet kicked out to Ohearn on Crowns AZ yard line. and Yale began another march for a score and made IL. \ we’ll executed forward pass, Ohearn to Aldrich. for 20 yard gain helped materially in the advance. With the ball on Browns yard line. following renalty for off side play by the visitors. Jordan shot between Monk and Metzger for a score. Aldrich kicked the goal. After an exchange OF punts immediately thereafter. the ball was Yales on her own 45 yard line. Jordan went to the centre OF the field on a plunge through Shurtieff. After picking up 3 more yards II looked like another advance. Ohearn elected 10 vary the lay with forward pass--Yale’s third. He shot the ball over toward Deaver at the right OF the line, but Sweet COM ing at full speed grabbed Il just In front OF the Yale end. There were blue jerseyel players all around but the Brown back pok off man ifter man and In a beautiftiT dodging run covered half. the field for a touchdown. Browns 700 rooters went wild. When Gulian tied the score with his easy kick they began TO have hopes of dear vic tory. Three minutes later Brown was ham, mering away at Yale’s line on the twenty yard mark. but the ball was lost on downs through the inability OF the backs to work successful forward pass. The Hrst period ended with the ball In Yale’s possession on Browns thirty-two yard line. Brown stiffened after Aldrich rat 90 I’D fx fx.-<x bucks and the Blue captain tried field goal from the thirty-two yard line. but failed In the attempt. A few moments later Yale was held by the scrappy Continued on Pare Two,

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 31, 1921, page 1

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  Yale Finds Brown Easy. 45–⁠7 New Haven, Conn, Oct. 2s-Yale defeated Brown today IS to Z, in a game featured by spectacular runs, many Of which followed successful aerial plays ana intercepted forward passes. Sweet and Eisenberg, the latter substitute quarterback, star red, for the Rhode Islanders. while Yale had numerous brilliant performers, several Of them substitutes. There were $4,000 spectators. Yale opened the scoring in the first period when Jordan went over for a touchdown following a series of for ward passes tossed by O’Hearn. Browns touchdown. which tied the score. was made by Sweet. He in tercepted forward pass and ran 81 yards across the goal line. lodging six Yale men and beating O’Hearn to the: line. -, In the second perod, Aldrich took q forward pass from O’Hearn and ran 40 yards for a touchdown. ON fbe kick off Jordan ran the ball back 20 yards and on the next play AL drich broke away for a run OF SO yards across the goal. Later in the period Aldrich made a drop kick OF AZ yards. for p field goal. Yale had a new backfield in the third period. Brown made several first downs, but Yale stopped the at tack at. the s2-yard line. Neidlinger. substitute halfback for Yale, recovered Brown tumble In the fourth period and ran 60 yards. A little later Speiden went over for a touchdown on forward pass from Beckett, substitute quarterback. Beckett later made run of 81 yards and Knapp broke through for rs yards but Nights tumble lost. the ball for Yale on the 20-yard line. Yale blocked Browns punt and Sturm recovered behind the goal for Yale touchdown. Wight intercept ed a forward pass and sprinted 30 yards for Yale’s final score.

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  The Washington times, October 30, 1921, page 26

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  ELI IS WINNER OVER BROWN IN WEIRD PLAYING FumbIes, Blocked Kicks, Brillian Runs, and Intercepted Passes Are Plentiful. NJ EW HAVEN, Oct. 2o.-Old ~ Eli tonight stood a winner ~ over the Brown eleven, 45 to 7. But for the agility of left half Sweet if the Brown team IN tercepting pass and racing fifty yards for touchdown in the first period, Yale would have scored a shutout. Brown held Yale on her 1-yard line at the beginning of the first quarter. but the touchdown lost then, was made up a few minutes later. when Jordan shot over the goal line. After that the game was a succession of Yale advances, followed by touch downs. The game was full of startling plays, fumbles, intercepted passes, blocked kicks. and brilliant runs by players of each team. The Yale ends all showed well in tackling. Adams. Eisenberg, Mallory, and Reynolds bore the brunt of Browns attack and offensive play.

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Yale leads 79–⁠25–⁠4 in 108 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.