Dartmouth at Harvard

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  Douglas daily dispatch, October 24, 1926, page 6

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  HARVARD WINS OVER DARTMOUTH, Is TO IL CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. % P- Arthur French, q substitute for substitute, with a 47yard run to touchdown enabled Harvard to defeat Dartmouth, 16 to -, here today. 1t was the first triumph of the Crimson over the Green since 1922, the Indians from Havana having taken three games from Harvard in as many seasons. French made his winning dash in the final period when Dartmouth was leading, IL to 10, and the game was on it’s last legs. French learned to run at Worcester academy. He got his chance to be the hero through a combination of winning substltu : tions made by Coach Horween OF Harvard. Chauncey was sent into the game as a pinch kicker in the third period, and as soon as he had kicked a field goal, giving Harvard a one-point margin for the moment. French replaced him. Confusion of Dartmouth signals on one play placed French in position TO show his speed. and elusiveness’ AS the Green started a play deep IN it’s own territory the line and backs evidently lacked the necessary ounce of coordination, the forwards going anothcr-a loss of five yards, when Dartmouth could not afford to lose Kicking from the shadow of his goal posts, Dooley’s punt failed to carry to midfield, where Putnam fumbled, but recovered for Harvard French then intervened. He found narrow opening off tackle ans wriggled through it. The Harvard interference buried Black under pile of Crimson jerseys, but botf MacPhails and Lane were left stand ing, and both backs hit French a he cut back. lie was staggered bu1 did not fall ana, evading th’ clutches of the four outstretchet hands, he took up the question OF dis posing of Dooley, brilliant quarter back, who had figured in every scor ing play made by Dartmouth. Th’ Worcester lad elected to depend OF fleetness of foot tc take him ava! / from Dooley 1t did. The try fo | the additional point was a failure ! but no one seemed to care.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, October 25, 1926, page 5

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  HARVARD WINS =. FROM DARTMOUTH IN CLASSIC BATTLE Cambridge, Oct. 4.-Twice lead ing Dartmouth, twice seeing its van tage points wiped out by Eddie Dooley’s beautifully driven field goals, Harvards football team suddenly snatched victory yesterday from what seemed sure defeat, winning 16 to 12 in the final moments of the play before crowd of $4,000 which for nearly two hours had been thrilled by as spectacular and encrossing a football fight as ever has be n staged on any Eastern football field. The lead had been taken by Harward, seized by Dartmouth, regained nv Clement Coady’s team and once again placed in the grasp OF Han over. But finally In the twinkling OF an eve-lash. almost, the Crimsons pain to sweetest victory was blazed by Arthur French, who, playing his f1rst varsity pressure game, started at riddle-field, was catapulted through the right of Dartmouth’s line, cut back through the Hawley second aries. and bursting into dazzling pace. swept past Eddie Dooley for a touchdown and a Crimson victory

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Harvard leads 63–⁠40–⁠4 in 107 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.