Brown at Harvard

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 18, 1923, page 16

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  BROWN PULLS BIG. SURPRISE TO WIN Harvard Falls Before Great Offensive Of Brown Machine CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. IT, Flashes of Brown stabbed a ponder ous Crimson line today, a broad backfield swept through yielding Crimson defense, an elert Brown line checked and broke a thrusting Grim son attack. and at the end a band of fighting Brown warriors marched from the stadium victorious over Harvard 20 to 2. There was no scor- ing in the first period. In the second period. before heavy Harvard thrusts and forward passes, Brown fell back 45 yards and Spalding tossed a pass to Gordon from the 13-yard line and Gordon scored. Trailing in the last half to O., Brown sprang into surprising action. Brown marched 60 yards down the field on Swaneys run and Eisen- berg’s passes, only to have pass grounded over the goal line. Again. the Brown drove 30 yards on Meyers short passes to Payor and Marshall’s 8 run. Then Marshall crashed through center for touchdown, and kicked goal Spellman, Browns heroic left tackle, was injured and Harvard smashed AS yards on three tackle end and the advance was checked, Pfaffman went in and dropped back to the 35-yard line to drop kick a goal. But Stifler. Brown right end, dashed through the Crimson line, blocked Pfaffmans kick and, snatch ing up the rolling oval, streaked “A yards down a clear field for second touchdown. Harvard’s aerial attack. which car ried it to the 1S-yard line in the fourth period, was checked abruptly when Swaney knocked down pass behind the Brown goal line. Once more Brown took the offensive and rushed the ball S2 yards down the field for a third touchdown, on a 15-yard plunge by Swaney. 13-yard smash by Myers. a three yard plunge by Dixon and then a 5s-yard dash by Dixon. in which he eluded three liar ward tacklers.

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Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.