Harvard at Yale

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 24, 1924, page 5

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  Blue or YALE SMASHES WEAK HARVARD LINE FOR BIG WIN New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 22-(By A. PA Blue tidal wave. gathering, fury as it rolled on. surged through the Yale bowl this afternoon, sub merged the gallant Crimson defend ers and swept on to smashing VIC tory. Out of the morasses Of the Eli gridiron, churned into sea of muck and mire by a torrential downpOur that beat down with terrific intensity upon a vast but draggled crowd o. 74.OOO banked upon the slopes of the bowl. YaIe’s mighty football machine rose to new heights of glory by conquering Harvard ~. to q and cap turing the big Three” crown for the second successive year. Beaten back. outplayed and held scoreless in the first half of this mud battle. in which Harvard show ed surprising strength and scored twice on field goals through the brilliant kicking of Erwin Gehrke. Cleveland half back. who was the Crimson’s outstanding hero. Yale rallied in the second half and half slid, half smashed its way to triumph in one of the greatest exhibitions of driving power under seemingly in surmountable odds ever witnessed. Undaunted by conditions even worse than those existing a year ago in the memorable fray in the mire of Harvard’s gridiron, Yale came from behind to score two touchdowns in the third period. both of which were aided by sHarvard fumbles and to add a third score in the final quarter on 75-Nard march through the boys and lagobns that dotted the field. Through the last half. Harvard was helpless. beaten back but fight ing stubbornly while Yale, alert and Irresistible, drove on with relentless series of Ons!aughts in which “Ducky” Pond of Torrington. Conn.,. a hero Of Yale’s triumph at Cam bridge year ago. and Billy Kline OF Dubois. Pa. his running. mate. al ways were the spearheads. ToSether, this pair of slippery. eel-like run ners bore the bl unit of the Blue charge. Pond carrying the pigskin ever for the touchdown that tied the score, while Kline took over the other two. all three coming on short line thrusts after Yale had steadily pounded her way into Crimson ter ritory. Thus Yale’s superior. more resourceful attack, turned a tide that at the outset took a Crimson hue ind seemed likely to sweep on to complete the upsets that marked both previous Zig Three” games this year. Harvard. going into the fray with a forlorn hope. put up an unexpectedly stubborn battle. but lost because she did not have the sustaining power to hold the advantage which smart generalship and Gehrke’s talented toe gave the Grim son through the early Iart OF the game

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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 77 since this game.