Harvard at Princeton

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  Evening star, November 11, 1923, page 2

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  HARVARD DEFEATS PRINCETON, 5 TO O Except for the ardent protagonistS. to whom any foot ball involving the big three is good foot ball, the first !, half of the. contest was, rather tire aome. Both sides fumhled freely, but by good chance recovered their own ball. Neither side seriously threat ened the others goal. and there were few spectacular dashes. With the opening of the third Pc riod to the blast of the final whistle thrills came fast and furious. In decd, mout Of the spectacular doings occurred in the very last three minutes of play, when the Tiger, need ing nothing less than 4 touchdown TO bring triumph out of a 5-to-0 defeat. clawed his way viciously down the field for 4S yards. before Harvard Intercepted daring forward pass and dashed the final bucket OF cold water on Princeton hopes. On the rushing game. both elevens, which, until today, had each tasted defeat and been tied, appeared about even. Where the goal line was not actually in danger, each was able to launch a long and spectacular march down the field. scoring several first downs in succession. Harvard. how ever. with Il great running back in Cheek. had the advantage in number of yards gained. Neither side made spectacular use Of the forward pass. Both tried it,. and Princeton was the more success ful. blt the number OF yards gained by th3s. method OF attack was neg ligiblG Eoth Punterx Cat. In the punting game the Crimson team booted the greatest number of yards until Jenkins was so severely injured that he. had to be carried from the stadium. Princeton for a time also was handicapped by the temporary loss, through injury. of Van Qerbig, its star kicker, in the first half. On the whole. Harvard seemed the superior machine both on offense and defense and fairly won it’s victory its sin:, seemed not SO porous as Princetu tons at critical moments and its offensive was infinitely more cum tons. with Cheek as the main weapon, served 20 battle the Orange and Black and uatted considerable yardage. Proof of the Crinsous defensive power was given In the last period when tsyo OF the Tigers most threat ening drives were checked, once at the statt OF the period after Prince ton had advanced 40 yards to Harwards ac-yard mark and again toward the close when an Intercepted forward pass stopped the last desperate rally OF the Tiger outfit. In the:matter of generaiship honors also weat to the Crimson. Particularly did this seem to show itself in ball on it’s l-yard line. Princeton elect ed to try line play instead of kicking | Immediately. The result was that I.egendre, who got the pass from center behind his own line. was nailed up against the goal posts and the ball put in play on the Tigers 1-yard line. On the next play. Legender, who had been sent ill after Vangerbig had been Withdrawn from fullback. fumbled the BAH and was ter, behiud the Princeton goal posts. Call Play Strategy. Princeton supporters claimed that this was strategy ON the part OF Coach Roper’s charges-that, needing of play TO beat the Crimson. they elected to have safety scored against than in order to get the ball in play on their own 3e-yard line kicking of. The field was perfectly dry, but both sides fumblsd fire. quently. The high lights of the first quarter included the ferocious line p!unging 80 yards for Harvard; Cheeks fash ing runs and quick recovery of fumbles and Vangerbig’s punting and piunSing. Until Fangerbig left the field with injuries Princeton seemed TO have one better of this period. once attempting a field goal booted by the sturdy toe Of Ken Smith from his so.yard line. This thrust Harvard Princeton: continued her furious rushing at the opening Of the second period until the Harvard line stiffened. Jenkins. slipping on the dry s1 sgrf; r fell heavily, lsa donned a new pair knocked out so that he could not return to the game after he had been carried from the field. Once in this period Princeton advanced the ball to Harvard’s se-yard line, but a forward pass failed and on the next play the Tiger kicked over the Crimson goal line Cheek stnrs Onensively. Harvard then came back. Cheek tearing or two sensational runs, net ting more than 10 yards and placing the ball on Princeton’s 31-yard line. When the Tiger forwards held. Pfaffman was called into the game for a dropkick and just missed from a dis tance of 40 yards. He went out on the next play. Tackling at this point became furious. McGlone, war veteran play ing at quarter for Harvard. was car ried out with injuries. and his place taken for the rest of the game by Lee. Pfaffman again was called into actlon early in the third period when Harvard punted from her 36-yard line to Princeton’s 50 and pinsmere fumbled. Combs fell OH the ball for Harvard on the Orange 25-yard mark. pass gained only s yards for the Crimson. and then Pfaffman kicked a field goal from his own 25-yard line. 4 puntfrg duel consumed several minutes. and then Princeton started a plunging offensive which carried over into the last period and ad- Vanced the ball 20 yards from her own 26-yard line. Then the Harward defense stiftened. resort to the forward Eass failed, and the Tiger punted over the line and Harward got the ball. The Crimson eleven then started a procession of it’s own from it’s 2G.yard line to Princeton’s 32-yard line, before the Tiger dug in his claws and held. Then Harvard Punted to Princeton’s 15-yard line, Beattie was thrown for a 7-yard loss and Princeton elected a straight play which led up to the scoring Of the safety Gettiuc tha bail ON her ayrxs an.xa “a

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 12, 1923, page 8

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  Harvard Wins Over Princeton. so Princeton, N. J.. Nov. 10 (By A. P.) John Harvard today snatched a to victory from the Tigers NAV in the first of the big Three” contests of 1923. A field goal in the third period by Pfaffman, who entered the crimson cast just for a moment, but who played stellar role, and a safety in the fourth quarter, when Grenough tackled Legendre, Princeton fullback; behind his own goal posts, gave the Cambridge eleven its five points. Princeton only once threatened to score. That was in the first quarter when the Tiger for a time seemed to have the edge and Ken Smith at tempted field goal. which Harvard promptly blocked Neither team, al though each advanced at will through mo Mans Land” was able to creep close enough to the others goal line to threaten touchdown. Inside their own 80 yard, lire, both showed q stoneWall defense.

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  Imperial Valley press, November 10, 1923, page 1

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  HARVARD WINS CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov 10.-In the first of the Big Three football games here today, Harvard triumphed over the Princeton Tiger 5 to 0. A crowd estimated to be over 10000 sat in the Harvard sta dium and watched the sons of John Harvard take the first round on the ladder for the championship of the East. The two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first half. In the third quarter Carl Pfaff.nan, a towering substitute from Harvard, kicked a 35 yard field goal for the first score of the game. In the mid die of the final quarter Green ough, Harvard center, crashed through the Princeton line and downed Isegendre behind tho Tiger goal line which completed iie scoring.

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.