Harvard at Yale

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  New-York tribune, New York, November 26, 1922, page 20

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  traditional Fighting Spirit Against Win by Only Touchdown Haruard Wit Triumphs Over Yale Braun by 10 TO 3 Score | Princeton would have welcomed with q | victorious grip. But again Yale, only a step or two from, the lon9-defended ! Crimson line, had nothing st her com. mand to force the Issue and win back / her fading remembrance OF football glory, now hardly more than one OF | the ancient myths. Tries Open Play Too Late Once again her play and her finish were typical Of recent Yale years. | When the open play was needed, Yale I in the main fell back or mower. When | the first streaks of dusk were coming | down and Harvard was well In front. | Yale too late went to the style Of play that might have woH. In the last two minutes of the game, deep from her | own territory, Yale made forty-nine yards by forward passing Of the more extended type, but these mid-feld gains all went to complete and utter waste. They had come too late and the attack and the strategy that come too late might just as well never start at all. Harvard, scoring seven points in the first period, had beaten Yale without making frst down, either by rushing the ball or using a forward pass. In this case IL was no particular general ship by Buell. that carried the day. 1t was that one vital march of George OWENS, and that march was all that Harvard needed. If she had never made another foot OF ground she had the game won and the day saved against an attack that was fast enough and powerful enough, but that had no scoring quality beyond q drop-kick from the field. 1t was early in the second period that q fine forward pass from O’Hearn to Neidlinger netted twenty-five yards and again gave Yale another chance, Two running plays and timely pass put the ball upon Harvard’s eighteen yard line. Opportunity still refused to give up its hammering upon the closed Blue door Here Jordan and O’Hearn on straight rushing were tried in vain and O’Hearn on the fourth down fell back to score Yale’s three points of the afternoon. Three points represented the total of an attack that might have been good for almost as many touch downs. And when this second chance to tie up the battle slipped away there was no longer any doubt as to the final story Yale had gone through four of her big games, Iowa, the Army, Prince ton and Harvard, with only one touch down to show and it was hardly posibic the Blue was to work up a new habit thus late in the year. Tale Kick Blocked 1t was late in the third period when Harvard kicked TO O’Hearn on the Crimson fortyfive-yard line, and here O’Hearn took fair catch for try at placement. He was slow in getting away his kick. and Eastman, charging through, not only blocked the attempt, but finally fell upon the ball on Yale’s own forty-one yard line, sudden turn ing OF the attack. Harvard now had her first chance to get anywhere with her heretofore snlothered offense. With the period swinging over in the fourth she made two first downs in succession, but when the Yale defense braced, rather than take any further chances Carl Pfaffman was called in for drop kick. He wasted no precious moments, lifting the ball squarely over, and promptly returned to his place along the lines, cool, capable workman who had made good without CULVER. AS Pfafsman’s drop-kick tailed again and Harvard was now seven points ahead, Yale still kept up her running game for the next few minutes-minutes that to Yale were as precious as radium. 1t was not until Neale thrust into the attack, that the Blue passing game was fully opened, and then after gaining close upon fifty yards, taking the ball far into Harvard territory, the, rally ended as the whistle blew and Yale, for the fourth year in succession, had fallen before Harvard charge. Yale had made eleven first downs 10 Harvard’s three. Yale had gained 243 yards to Harvard’s 101. Yale had shown a far stronger running attack and better passing game. Yale had almost completely annihiIated tho Harvard attack outside of Owens one long run from recovered tumble. Yale’s kicking game had been almost full strength. Yet, in spite Of all this. Harvard had gathered more than three times as many points, just as Harvard Gid a year ago under almost the sarne conditions. weak Team Wins LaureIs Harvard had come to the h;v howl with the weakest Harvard attack ,va have ever seen In so far as gaining gfouna ny running or passing was concerned. Yet Harvard had won tina -nn,s before she had been called unon ~ make a single first down by carrying the ball and Harvard at no time dnrs ing ene game wag able to make the siigntest headway against a strone. aelaard-working, finely trained Yale de- Yale had in oHearn Are runner passer and kicker, who fought hard ali gay, but who in missing George Owen IN IN an open field tackle lost more in thas one play than he could make ND WIN hand or foot throughout the rest OF OF the afternoon. Yale tackled well ali through the afternoon until the one harvard opportunity came when Owen caught his stride, and here Yale missed her great cnance TO get at least tie score II any one of the four men who had an open shot at Owen had brought NM down there would have been little chance for any Harvard touchdown. But 1or r this unlimited credit must be given owens feet pair OF feet and his keen. open eyes. that watched every opening through which he moved along the field. Owen Ends Great Career 1t wao o great finish for George owen, not onlg ons OK the greatest packs OF his time but ors OK The great est all-around competitors shat ever

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  The New York herald, November 26, 1922, page 1

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  TIGER SEES GAME, YALE SPARING Him ‘WACHT AM RHEIN’ Bright College Years Goes Unsung for Clemenceau at Harvard Victory. VISITOR ENJOYS SPORT Follows Trick Plays Close ly and Is Delighted by Antics of Cheer Leaders. FRAY ASTONISHES VALET French Party as Guests of f. FRAY ASTONISHES VALET French Party as Guests of f. L. Higginson Watch Crimson Win by 10 to 3. Special Dispatch TO The New York HERALD New HAVEN, Nov 25.-For relief from the troubles of the European cockpit. Georges Clemenceau turned this afternoon to the play of college men in the Yale Bowl. He has seer the great American game and is salts. fed, with a shower Of “magnifiques’ to express it. But to C1emenceau’s faithful valet Albert, it was a thing very terrible indeed. The worst that Albert ha6 experienced before to-day was shell fire in the trenches-trifiing affairs that brought him wound stripes .ant the Croix dc Guerre. Gazing down on the field and see. ing several players ramming and be. ing rammed so fiercely that they limped away in the arms of comrades with a physician alongside, Albert could not repress his shudders. Ills sont diables-they are DEVILS said he. For Clenaenceau. Yale made the su. preme sacrifice. 1t abstained from sing ing Bright College Years” This is the song which ends, For God. for country and for Yale” and which. according tc the color you wear. the finest of university hymns or the worlds most notable anti-climax. German Tune Barred. Unhappily. the music is that of “Dic Wacht am Rhein.” The Yale student. wanted TO sing IL, as they always do al football games, but they did not wan byeany possibility 70 offend the cele. brated Frenchman who was their guest Between halves C. NJ Dole, the Yale song leader. eprinted across the field anc reached the Harvard side Just as Gle menceau emerged from the Harvard crowd. with whom he spent the first half. to spend the rest OF the time with Yale. Dole. breathless, megaphone in hand caught the former Premier OF France or the fly and cried: “Monsieur. would you mind IL we sang Bright College Years?’ 1t Is one OF the Yale songs and we” Clemenceau who was marching across the turf with Thomas Farnum secretary OF Yale University. hadn’t the slightest idea what the young man wanted. but he was nodding his head In vigorous assent to anything young America might suggest when Mr.. Far mum relieved him OF the decision by raising his hand and saying mo. no. no; not to-day” So the song leader raced back TO his lusty choir and Bright College Years was omitted. When the game ended Clemenceau. on the field again and progressing toward an exit runway. was almost engulfed by the Harvard host which was dancing the ancient serpentine and throwing hats over the crossbar Of the goal as It pranced beneath. “Great sport, but Distraction” This evening. after short visit and tea at the home OF James r. Angel, president of Yale. Clemenceau slowly climbed into Charles NJ. Schwabs private car Bethlehem and sank into an arm chair Albert silently handed him the poilu’s cap which he wears on the road. Correspondents entered to get Cler1enceau’s impressions of the game. what can ] say?’ he asked them. “It was magnificent; II is a fine sport and good training Sincerely. / liked II. Those young men who dance and lead the cheers they. too. are magnificent. But is II not possible they do too much? =? Does Il not take attention away from the game? And now, my friends. am very tired. Good night l wish you all happiness and pleasant dreams” His companion on the trip from Boston was Francis L. Higginson. his Boston host. who by magic obtained tickets for the game, although not until yesterday did Clemenceau decide that he could not AFFORD TO miss the spectacle Mr. Farnum was at the station OF welcome Clemenceau in the name OF the universlty and to say that Or. Angel would Join him at the Bowl Even in such crowd that mills around the amphitheater Just before the whistle is 10 blow the guest was recognized and hailed with various pronunciations OF his name. The police arrange ments were perfect. that Is worthy OF mention. for a policeman’s life is a problem when Yale and Harvard come together. Understands Main Points. Mr.. Higginson. who is q Harvard man, offered explanations whenever Clemen- Ceau SeeIneu puSIlSu DN AHe game Out this was not often. Rugby football had not been Americanized when Clemenceau taught school in Connecticut hale century ago. but its strategy was easily comprehended even IL the finest points OF tactics were not. with his felt hat pulled low TO protect his eyes from the sun which struck full on the Harvard side OF the Bowl and with his fingers clasped around his big. black walking stick he watched with exclamations of satisfaction the prelmlnaries of football game. lie nodded In approval OF the courtesy extended 10 Yale by the Harvard bras, band when performing its evolutions across the field It formed itself into a “Y” before describing the III” Two seats away was Albert, who got in on n press ticket when the others ran out Albert confessed himself mystifed. WAS football played with trombones An America? Who could know” As the singing and the band music

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  The West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., November 27, 1922, page 9

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  Dope Upset Again The saddest words OF tongue Of pen, the dope Is all upset aeaIn. I’ll say one thing for tho dope, 1t is we’ll trained II not well Inform cd. for II such was not the cade it could not stand the poundlngs it had taken this season and cnlrG back ffeyh every Saturday ready for more punishment. Thanh goodness, 1t can’t be forced to take more than two more beatIuss in the regular season. The football games booked Turkey Day ara the Saturday following will about wind up the 1922 campaign OF course. there will be few post season games of Importance, Pitt going to Leland Stanford late In December and Penn State or some other eastern team playing In Pasadena on New Years. How. ever. the dope will have nearly q month to rest up for these encuuntiers, and goodness knows 1t needs 1t bad enough. Saturday saw the dope llmplng off the field~ot carnage, bleeding from many cuts and bruised ter ribly in many places. But as tac phantom fighters sought see!usion. there was a ghostly smilc upon Its countenance-a smile Of defiance that issued a challenge fer caother Thanksgiving, and seemed by some mysterious charm. to evoke cheer from It’s follow ers, who seem to be either The most loyal or the most foolish III the world. Let one look at the dope ‘battiu9 OF Saturday and count the poIAt5 scored. At the Yale Bowl, this Bulldog, snarling and biting, 4 heavy favorlte to win, was maui ed and beaten into submission ny the Harvard Classics The head coach at Brown University went down with the Hope. He picked Yale to win by count ct 10 to 3 and gave plenty OF seemingly good reasons for his predtctions, Harvard accept the points OF tho score. but rather adroitly turned the figures around, tho final count being 10 to 3, with Yale holding the small number. On the historic gridlron OF Franklin Field, Philadelphia. tho dope gained technical victory The dope favored the Army by a wide margin, but tho Navy, fight ing like football fools cana within an ace of scoring a knock out. Late in the fourth quarter with the score IA TO 10 aga!ns. them, the Army lads forward pass ed their way to final victory by u count Of II to IA. The dope gain. ed the decision, but took a terrible body beating while doing 1t. In the CITY Of the Ford” thu once mighty. Wash-Jeif team picked to stage a comeback, against the University OF Detroit after a defeat’at the hands Of Che Warnerites the week before, failed miserably and went down befoTul the Michiganders by a countIof 20 to Q. According to the accounts Of the game, 1t was a rather loose tointed and sloppy exhibition. OF the gridiron game. The accounts of the battle seem to indicate that Detroit won not because they were so much better than the Presidents but rather because the Presidents were so much worse. In a contest to see which team could play the worst ball, the Red and Black gained the declsion and Detroit took the game. Down at Morgantown, the dope was In clover, but It couldn’t help Itself. Playing everybody but the mascot, the Spearmen waddiei through the Ohio University IS to 0. Had Spears elected to use his regulars. there Is no telling what the score would have been. Those who witnessed the game say that Ohio has good team in It’s class. but they were out Of their class Saturday. Tho visitors showed some ability in the passing gau9 for a time, but had tho first string West Virginia bunch been In TIE game all the time the success OF this style OF play by the Ohio lads would likely have been checked much sooner. Even SO, Ohio was unable to score by this means Of attack The Lehlgh-Lafayette battle was no distinctive victory for tie dope sheet, although Lafayette

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  Amarillo daily news. (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, Texas, November 26, 1922, page 4

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  1900 PERSONS See HARVARD UPSET DOPE AND BEAT YALE BY 10 TO 3 IN HlRD-FOUGHT GAME onls once. As go other games this seasou tHs blue players by pass or rush, advanced almost twice as many yards .s Poo crimson bat were bent hack. or pressed Goo q point whore their thrusts were ineffective. an but once. Notable in the Crimson system was fns strategy which kept Captain Buell. ora the side lines while q third STRING player. !. j. Lee. called signals until Harvard had reached commanding po. uan. Then Buell. was inserted. not wlhstndur 70 noticeable limp from % ‘Hr INJURY aud under the stimulus OF his clu the touchdown came. Harvard Strategy Seen. HIrvfrds strategy fashioned hy Head Coach Fob Fisher made for an around development that included surprises In several details The numbering q Crimson nhyers today for the first rme wIs surprise n Keeping with tho ur.su,.f.Iue Of H,rwrds play. TH. game was Witnessed by 1900 persons the Yale Bowl From ono Ur t.e f.w who were uonpartis1n, Georges CI.mm0oau. war premier u France. came tHO expression that was probably representative OF the opinion .f aH aside from the varied feeling over ..a result splendid SPORT no aII. ~

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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 79 since this game.