Yale at Harvard

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 26, 1923, page 5

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  YALE HAS BETTER. y. ! NOSE FOR BALL IN WIN over HARVARD cambridge, Mass. Nov. “a, (By A. pE~An alert Yale eleven, taking advantage Of Harvard’s mistakes on . muddy field. defeated the Crimson – Harvard Stadium today. il to 0, nantnring for the Blue it’s first Big Thrse championship since 1915 and ;ncidentally scoring Yale’s first ..awnhdown on Harvard’s home gridirom in 16 years. TUT The game, played in a steady .,ower on grounds soaked by a eaaht and day of rain, gave little OPP ,n.aSrtmnity for the display of ordinary pp”nthaIl strategy. Both teams were sooced 70 kick and wait for breaks. vais ADAPTED itself to the conditions, oanitalized its opportunities and .aared g. touchdown and two field sails on Harvard’s errors. Yale made 90 90 errors too, but the Crimson uIsvers were less viligant. but one xysia slip was turned to the material adyantage of the Crimson. THE football fundamental which vole coaches are said to have stress – his season: Follow the ball and ..;, the game” was applied by Eli ,,avers today. When the ball was inose Yale man was there to gather – In Harvard tumble gave DUO Nv” Pond of Torrington, Conn, the slinnery leather for a run of Il yards co. Wales touchdown. A tumble by Wecione of Harvard, recovered by IJor+ substitute for Bingham, on the Crimson % yard line, placed Yale in ,osition for one of Captain Mallory’s ppIscement goals. One of Hammond’s hunts. blocked and recovered by RIsir of Yale, paved the way for the second field goal by the Yale captain. Under PLAYING conditions almost i’m nossible, the better team won. In taking his place today among .be few winning Yale captains of recont years. Capt. William Mallory of Memphis, Tenn, added to his recent lv won laurels as a point scorers &C Counting for seven of Yale’s ID noints. Mallory. who was pressed INTO service shortly before the princeton game to replace the kick inc star. O’Hearn, who had his leg broken in the contest with Buckneli, scored two placements against princeton and added two more goals bv This means today, in addition to the point after touchdown. In a sea or muu lIlt dlC NtIPtoAiA aiOAos>~ ~@-O over the bars from % yeards out. and another from the 25-yard line. third attempt from the 34-yard line. went high and fell short. Rlcheson limped onto the field in the dying moments of today’s game and re- NAMED for a single play, While the Blue stands rocked with applause for the disabled hero. Spectators and players alike braved the hardest condition for the ultimate Big Three battle of the year. More than 10000 persons, draped IN water-proofs or blankets and many wearing the sou’wester of the fisher man. sat in a steady downpour and watched the rival elcvens pursue the water-logged elusive ball. So slippery was the leather that few attempts were made to catch punts. The ball was allowed to lie where it fell. and usually did not roll far. 1t dropped with a thud and a spash in the ooZy mud. rolled little or lay dead. Not since 1898. when Harvard defeated Yale in the mud at New Haven by score of II to 0, had a Big Three battle been fought under such circumstances. On many occasions time was called to enable the opposing players to wipe off mud from their hands and faces.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1923, page 1

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  YALE WINNER, $50, ON HARVARD SLIPS Consistent Fumbles by Grim son Turned to Scores by Bulldog. ny the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE. Mass. November “a. An alert Yale eleven. taking advantage of Harvard’s mistakes on a muddy field, defeated the Crimson in Harvard Stadium today, 13-to-O, capturing for the Blue it’s first big three championship since 1916 and in cidentally scoring Yale’s first touch down on Harvard’s home gridiron in sixteen years. 1he game. played in steady shower. on grounds soaked by a night and day Of rain. gave little opportunity for the display of ordinary foot ball strategy. Both teams were forced to kick and wait for the breaks. Yale adapted itself to the conditions. capitalized it’s opportuni- ties and scored a touchdown and two Held goals on Haryard’s errors. Yale made errors. too. but the Crimson players were less vigilant. Not one Yale slip was turned to the advantage of the Crimson. The foot ball fundamental which Yale coaches are said to have stressed this season: Follow the ball and win the game” was applied to Eli PLAYERS today. When the ball was loose a Yale man was there to gather it In. A Harvard tumble gave Ducky Pond the slippery leather for a run of Il Yards for Yale’s touchdown. A tumble by McGlone of Harvard, recovered by Hart. substitute for Bingham, on the n ar1 Jir1 position for one of Capt. Mallory’s placement goals. One of Hammond S punts, blocked and recovered by Blair of Yale. paved the way for the second field goal by the Yale captain Under playing conditions almost impossible the better team won. Mallory Scores Well. In taking his place today among the few winning Yale captains OF recent years. William n. Mallory OF Memphis. Tenn, added to his re- Gently won laurels as a point scorer by means OF the placement goal, accounting for seven of Yales 13 points Mallory, who was pressed into service shortly before the Princeton game to replace the kicking star O’Hearn, whose leg was broken in the contest with Bucknell, scored two placements against Princeton, and added two more goals by this means today, in addition to the point after touchdown. In sea of mud. the Yale captain hoisted one over the bars from IS yards out, and another from the 25-yard line. A third at tempt from the 34-yard line went high and fell short. Richeson held the ball each time. O’Hearn limped on the field in the dying moments of today’s game and remained for a single play, while the Blue stands rocked with applause for the dis abled hero. Spectators and players alike braved the hardest conditions for the ultimate big three battle of the year More than $4,000 persons, draped in / waterproofs. or blankets, and many wearing the Sou’wester of the fisher men, sat in steady downpour and watched the rival elevens pursue the water-logged, elusive ball. So slip perry was the leather that few at tempts were made to catch punts The ball was allowed to lie where II fell and usually it did not roll far Poor Footing Slows Game. There was no footing on that Shiny ground. so the rushing game was OF tContinued on Page 1, Sports Section. ,

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 26, 1923, page 8

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  Yale Rejoices On Account Of Win .OUer HarUGrd NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-There was rejoicing today wherever sons of Eli Yale were gathered, the cause being Yales 13 to 0 triumph over Harvard yesterday afternoon. It was Yale’s first victory over the Crimson in five years; it developed the first Yale touchdown scored In the Harvard stadium in 16 years, and it won for the Ellis a place as a leader, If not the leader, of eastern college football for the season of 1928. Just now Cornell and West Vir- ginia share with Yale the distinction of being undefeated, but both Cornell and West Virginia have yet to face powerful rivals, and there is the pos sibility that one or both, in their Thanks sgiving Day games, may fall notch below the Blue. Rain was an important factor in the Yale triumph. Water made the Harvard stadium field a thick layer of mud, which caused Harvard to commit more errors in Saturdays contest than 1t has committed in its | long football history. Yale turned three of these errors into points, scoring a touchdown on a recovered tumble; a field goal on another re- covered tumble and another field goal on a recovered blocked punt Thus 1 it was the Ellis who won 18 to 0. de- spite their failure to make a first down in the entire game. Similar weather conditions pre- vailed at the Polo grounds and on | other eastern gridirons. and with few exceptions +breaks’ were then fac tors in producing scores In the Array Navy game and in the Boston eEe-Vermont contest, the breaks were less numerous or less important, and scoreless ties were the result. No more bitterly fought game has featured Army–Navy history than that of yesterday. Up and down the field the battle waged with first one team and then the other showing to slight advantage. but neither able to turn surh fleeting favor into points. Each attempted a field goal, these attempts being the only seri- ous threats to score. Army showed decided advantage in the kicking department and can be said to have been somewhat out tucked when in the fourth period, it blocked successive punts by the Navy only to see the Middies recover the ball, once on the Navy’s 16-yard line and again only two yards from the Middlies’ goal line, The east and middle west split even in the intersectional features of the day when the TO Syracuse victory over Nebraska was counter balanced by Notre Dames 26 to win over Carnegie Tech. Thanksgiving Day engagements in- volying Cornell and Pennsylvania, Dartmouth and Columbia, Pittsburg and Penn State, West Virginia and Washington and Jefferson, Brown and Lehigh and Vermont and Marquette and Saturday battles in which Boston college will meet Holy Cross, and Fordham will play Georgetown, are the feature contests of the eastern interest this week.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, November 24, 1923, page 1

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  YALE BEATS HARVARD IN 1910 SCOR 3 HARVARD STADIUM, CAM BRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 24.--Showing greater ability to go in the mud, Yale defeated Harvard this after noon, 13 to 0 in game that was played in downpour Of rain before $4,000 drenched spectators. Pond s S0-yard run for a touch down in the second quarter and two field goals by Bill Mallory gave Yale their points. Yale’s alertness at recovering was at the bottom of all her scoring. 1t was the first time in 16 years that Yale has scored a touchdown against Harvard and it was the first victory score by Yale in seven years. After the game the frenzied Yale fans tore down both goal posts and par AIDED with red torches in front OF the stands.

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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 78 since this game.