Brown at Dartmouth

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 12, 1923, page 8 (results column)

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  Begged To Stay On VarsitySquad sociated Press )-Three years ago, so runs a Harvard story, long, lean, gangllng youth with tears of dismay in his eyes, sought out Bob Fisher, the Harvard coach. The long, lean youth had just learned by way ot the locker room bulletin board that he had been dropped from the liar ward football squad. Coach Fisher” he said, T think I ought to be given a real chance to show my football ability” His was rot the first plea of that nature which had come to the Har- ward mentor that afternoon. for, in slashing the 1921 squad of varsity candidates from more than 100 down to 40, many ambitious youths had been similarly dealt with. Coach Fisher accorded the lanky youth an other glance and found little tha: would indicate unusual football promise. Fisher was framing his final de- nial when the young man announced: Why, Coach Fisher, I’m the best drop kicker on this years squad.’ Come out to the field and show me-” said Fisher. The young man showed, and, yes terday, having clung to the Harvard football squad throughout the three years, he repaid Coach Fisher for his indulgent act. The long, lean, gangling young man was Carl Pfaffman, the substi- ute, who when called from the side lines at Palmer stadium. delivered the 25-yard drop kick which, with a subsequent Princeton safety, enabled Harvard to break the Princeton win ming streak by a 5-to0 Crimson vic tory. High Light of Battle. Pfaffman’s drop kick, the regis h. EI.I1 IOw~s~. fNE rowly missed 40-yard try for field goal by Pfaffman and the blocking by Harvard of Princeton’s single try for a field goal, proved the high spots in one of the most bitterly fought contests in Harvard–Princeton football history. That the Crimson deserved to win is generally agreed, for it’s field goal came after a brilliant advance of 50 yards, and in forcing Princeton to a safety its defensive play was of d rare quality. And although Princeton outpunted Harvard on almost every exchange, only twice in the game did Princeton have possession of the ball inside of Harvard’s 30-yard stripe. The Harvard Princeton engage ment was the high spot on Satur- days schedule, but 1t did not fur nish all the brilliant play Of the day. Yale eleven had the scare of its ca reer when in the first period Mary land conducted two S5-yard marches, each ending in a touchdown. and led the Ellis IA to O. That display erased all cock -sureness from Ellis mind and caused Yale to play football as never before this season. A Mary land tumble on it’s own 35-yard line, which was recovered by Yale, helped the Ellis toward their stirring come back. By virtue of the touchdown developing from that recovered fun Mallory In the second period, then another Yale touchdown in the third, the Ellis managed to win, 16 to 14. Dartmouth Beats Brown. Exactly the same score gave Dart mouth victory over Brown in an- other of the more thrilling contests of the day. LaFayette’s s-to-s triumph over Pennsylvania came as a distinct up- set to the hopes of the Red and Blue. Pennsylvania followers believed their team would avenge the troIncing re- ceived from Lafayette last year and were sadly disappointed. On many eastern gridirons one sided scores were the order. Cor nell’s steam roller. after being held fairly well in check by Columbia, succeeded in piling up s5 points on Haughton’s team; Army rolled up A points on Arkansas Aggies; Syra- cuse scored 49 points on Boston uni versity; Rutgers 56 on University of Richmond. Navy 61 on St. Xavier, and West Virginia 63 on Washington and Lee. with none of the defeated teams registering a point. The undefeated elevens of the east, Cornell, Yale. Syracuse, West Vir- ginia, Washington and Jefferson and St. Johns, all retained their clean slates, Washington and Jefferson de- feating Waynesboro and St. Johns trouncing the Niagara The intersectional meetings found eastern colleges successful. Yale, Navy, Army and Rutgers triumphed over middle western or southern foes: Boston college trounced “Bo” Mo Millan’s Centenary college eleven 14 to o and Penn State squeezed out q 7 to 0 over Georgia Tech. The single eastern eleven not to win It’s inter- sectional game was Carnegie Tech, which tied Detroit, to O.

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Dartmouth leads 54–⁠24–⁠3 in 81 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.