Harvard at Yale

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 23, 1926, page 6

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  / y SPORTS q BROWN COACH IS MISS0URIAN And SHOWS EN- Victories Over Yale, Dart. mouth and Harvard Win Fame For McIaughry You must show the folks down Missouri way before they believe in you Coach Donald “Tuss” Me- Laughry of Brown did that very thing as player before coming east. Since then he has been very much in evidence at both Amherst and Brown rs football coach However it Is the Brown team Of 1926 that has given him national recognition. In one short month Brown won over Yale, Dartmouth and Harvard. 1t WAS the first time Brown eleven had defeated Yale in 10 Years and the first victory over Dartmouth since 1919. McLaughry halls from little West minister College in Fulton, Mo If yoii can’t find Fulton on any Of the maps you have at home, rest assured il viii be on the new ones, as the place that gave .Tuss” McLaughry 10 the football world. Amherst Hires Him Five years ago Amherst learned that young man by the name of McIaughry was looking for job as football coach. .He was well rec ommea1isa, and Amherst decided to take “a chance on him. as things were breaking none too well on the gridiron for the alma mater Of Pres ident Calvin Coolidge. During his tenure Of office at Amherst, McLaughry met with NOR. than average success, thrice turning out teams that won the champion ship Of the Little Thrce’-Wil. lams, Amherst and Wesleyan. Last season was tough one for Brown. With what was supposed to be excellent material, it was be licved Coach Ed Robinson would was defeated by Ya.e, Pennsylvania Dartmouth and Harvard, and could get no better shan tie with Col gate. The Appointment Of the practically unknown McLaughry to succeed Ed Robi. son, who had turned out many great teams at Brown, was the sig nal for an explosion and undercurrent that for time threatened to play havoc with Browns athletic system. Became Idol A decisive defeat Of Ugh made the grads wonder if McLaughry didn’t have some merit as coach When he turned in victory over Yale, Brown accepted him as hel own. Adding to these two conquest. victories over Dartmouth and Hnr ward made McLaughry the eolleg’ idOl There is only one hard contcs ahead for Brown. Il meeting will Colgate on Thanksgiving. Victor! in this game will give McLAughry’ eleven a strong claim on the east ern college championship. McLaughry is confidence personi fled, bit is not chcsty. He has way Of instilling a similar spiri into his team. Members of thi years ELEVEN regard it almost as disgrace to be removed from TIL lineup. SO they always are givin, their best. On successive Saturdays his frs stringers showed the stuff Of whicl they are made by playing the entr game against 10th Yale and Dart mouth. ( oi6eiight A sidclight on McLaughry’s char actAt and temperament can be CLEAN ed from an incident at Princeto last: year. Bill Roper announced the Tiger would use substitutes against Am her8t. The statement carried tn idea that Amherst would he sof picking. Apparently McLaughry didn’t lik the-idea and he came back with tn woSl that none of the Amherst reg uiars would start. Amherst subs held Princeto scoteless in the first half. Rope then rushed his regulars into tn fray and McLaughry did likewis’ Princeton finally winning 21–⁠0. Diet No.e-The Brown player daily drink quart Of milk after tn regular workout and then rest fo a half hour. Take it for what it worth.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1926, page 1

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  YALE VICTORIOUS IN THRILLING FINISH Spectacular Field Goals by WadsWorth and libby Beat Harvard, IL to 7. NEW HAVEN, Conn, November 2o.-Thrusting two mighty feet out of the shadow Of threatening dsfea., 4 bruised and battered Yale Bull Dog kicked its way to victory over Hsrward before throng of 10000 in the New Haven bowl today. II to Z. Two spectacular field goals by Jerry Wadsworth and Capt. Tibby Bunnell rescued the game for the Blue in the second half, after a sensational 3D. yard pass had unexpectedly put the Crimson out in front by a single point, I to g. Leaping into the fray, min ute man from the sidelines, vino had only one task and did it we’ll, Wadsworth clinched Yale’s triumph with Il placement boot from the 23-yard line. Bunnell Furnishes Cliluax. 1t remained for Bunnell, however, to contribute a spectacular climax to the struggle. His drop-kick was one of the longest of the season, the tail soaring over the cross bar in the fourth period from a point near the 40-yard line. For a time during the gripping struggle of the ancient rivals, it appeared that Yale. in spite of a more alert and versatile attack. would fall short of victory. as it had often done before in the last two wears. Three times in the first three periods the Eli soldiers of the grid iron pushed to within scoring range. only to see the place kicks of the husky Sturhahn travel wide OF the uprights. But where Sturhahn st, ,vlx rrinra nf the Blue succeeded, and under the clo1ts of their unerrinx toes, Yale draped the curtain of triumph over four successive defeats in glorious finish. Although the Cambridge team’s Q stunning touchdown by Saltonstall in the third period raised Crimson hopes of a victory over Yale for the first time since 1922, Harvard mistakes were too frequent and glaring for their army of supporters to take too much encouragement. Play in Harvard Territory. R,ocked kicks and intercepted masses kept the play for the most part in Harvard territory. SturEahn going over for Yale’s touchdown in the sec ond period after Richards had stop ned a punt by .Coady and sent it rolling toward the Crimson goal line. Harvard was~ only twice within easy. scoring range. taking advantage of its secohd opportunity to put over “A touchdown after Guarnaccis had faYkd to capitalize the first on an at tempted field goal Harvard never threatened in the final period, which was featured by Bunnells long boot for Yale’s final three points and the strong kicking of Noble. Dashing back 35 yards after catching a Harvard punt, the Yale quarterback paved the way for his field goal with the longest broken field run of the game.

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  New Britain herald, November 22, 1926, page 9

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  MAY MAKE NEW RULE Happening at Yale.Harvard Game May Cause Change in Regulations of the Game. New York, Nov. g. CP-The pos sibility of a new rule showing on football books next season appeared today as result of the play that gave Yale the winning points over Harvard Saturday. Yale scored a touchdown, cardinal points in the 12–⁠7 victory. after a long punt from the toe of Captain Coady drove the ball from deep Har- yard territory to apparent safety far past midfeld. The play was called back when it was discovered that a Yale substitute had trotted on the field in the middle of the play. When Coady kicked again, the Eli line smashed through, blocked the kick, and Sturnhahn recovered the ball over Harvard’s goal for the Yale touchdown. Critics favoring> a change In the rules point out that Harvard, in ef- feet was penalized a touchdown be- cause a Yale substitute caused 12 Ellis to appear on the field during the play. Yale suffered no penalty and received two chances to block on kick. Football authorities sug- gested the rules be changed to allow the original kick to count as play, disregarding the illegal substitution.

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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 75 since this game.