Brown at Yale

• 

  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 28, 1923, page 14

  Read the text

  YALE SCORES BIG WIN OVER BROWN Els Wins 21 To 0 With Powerful Attack And Strong Defense NEW HAVEN, onn., Oct. 27.-With a powerful attack and strong de- fense, Yale showed improved form in defeating the strong Brown eleven today, 21 to o. Two Eli touchdowns were the result of rushes, while the other came when Yale recovered blocked Brown punt over the goal line. Yale failed to score after these touchdowns and the other three points were made when Stevens scored drop kick from the 15-yard line on the final play in the first half. Pond starred for Yale on the offense, making a touchdown in the first and fourth periods. A 3S-yard return of a punt by Stevens, aided by wonderful interfer- ence by Richeson, put Yale in posi- tion to score in the first period, and down, around the end from the 5-yard line. Murphy. Yale’s third string quarterback, made sensational run on the first play in the second half when he went Il yards before being stopped from behind by Stifler of Brown, on the 18-yard line. Yale was held for downs, but Miller blocked and recovered a Brown kick over the goal line on the next play. In the fourth period, Yale scored again after steady march down the field for 50 yards, and Pond again took the ball over, this time from the 2-yard line. Yale stopped Brown from scoring twice in the final period, talk ing the ball away from the Bears on the 15-yard line, and later on the 3-yard line, when Eli recovered 8 Brown tumble. Richeson scintil1ated at quarter back for Yale. Yale interference was remarkable while Brown was help less before the Yale forward wall. Some 45,000 spectators saw the game. The lineup and summary: Yale (21)-Hullman, left end; Mill stead, left tackle; Diller, left guard Lovejoy. center; Eckart, right guard Blair, right tackle; Luman, right end; Richeson, quarterback; Stevens. left halfback; Pond. right halfback Mallory, fullback. Brown (O)-She1don. left end: Spe1lman, left tackle; McDermott. left guard; Eckstein, center; Barrett. right guard; Roman. right tackle Macalvey, right end; Eisenberg, quar- terback; Payor. left halfback; Sweet, right halfback; Marshall. fullback. Score by periods: Yale ........... o-zl Yale scoring: Touchdowns, Pond (2), Miller (sub for Blair). Goals from field: Stevens. Referee, Crow ley (Bowdoin). Empires. Hollenbacl (Pennsylvania. Field judge Burleigh (Exeter). Lineosman Watkeys (Syra- cuse.) Time of periods, 15 minutes. champion of 1922, announced today that his challenge for a race with worlds title, has been accepted. The race will be held prior to the Olympic

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

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