Harvard at Michigan

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  Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 10, 1929, page 1

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  Michigan II Follow Ball for Breaks to Win Over Harvard ANN ARBOR. Mich, NOV. s-tP) -Harvard’s gridiron stalWarts, in their first invasion Of the midwest, played and fought their fighting hearts out today but TELL before q grim and alert Michigan leven by the slender margin OF IA to 12. Resuming their intersectional warfare which halted just Is years ago, the two teams engaged in one Of the most thrilling and brill liant duels IN pigskin histc-y- y game that had an immense throng OF $1,000 spectators victually del iriouS from the starting whistle To the final second. Breaks Win The breaks won today for the Wolverines. Outcharged, outgained and bewildered by a great rain Of Crimson passes. they followed the bau Q those breaks and we’re rewarded. With the score 6 to 0. against them at the end Of the first period, Alan Bovard, Mich igan center, recovered a Harvard tumble on the enemy 27-yard line A few minutes later and on three SmaShes az the line, Roy Hudson converted 1t into a tc- .owr. Dynamite Joe Gembis. whose toe gave Michigan the winning edge, tnen booted the oval from placement for the extra point and a lead that Harvard never z came. In the fourth period, the DIV crime benefited by two more breaks Of the game” With the ball III Michigan’s possession on Harvard’s 49-yard line, Bernard White was sent into Harvard’s backfield as a sub. Forgetting his coach’s warning, he Ia before the ball was snapped irto play and a l5-yard penalty resulted. giving Michigan a first down on the Crimson 34-yard stripe. The loss put Harvard in a hole it was unable TO climb out OF. Failing 70 gain. Simrall booted out OF bounds on Harvard’s l3-yard line. Harward fought back too darinEly and tried a pass. Jimm Simrall alert Michigan quarterback. intercepted the heave on his 25-yard line and

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  The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], November 11, 1929, page 24 (results column)

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  last quarter, beating the husky Mortimer out Of q title. An alert Illinois team whipped a dazed Army eleven at Cham paign, ILL.,, Saturday. Hard charging and alert. the 1llinl for ward wall smashed nearly every Cadet attempt to get goins Christian eagle tried his end run and was smeared. His sn1ashes at the tackles. were stopped con, siStently. The second big intersec- tiOnaI battle resulted in an. other victory for the Mid West when Michigan got the rhythm of scoring technique and tumbIed Harvard, 14–⁠12. Wisconsin’s ntucn-trodden eleven found its misplaced scoring punch Saturday and whipped Chicago 20 to 8. This game brought the Badgers their first touchdown in four scoreless games. Northwestern dug itself a firm second place in the conference standings by taking Ohio State out of the running with an 1S-to-6 defeat. Purdue took. Mississippi down the rive~. n to z. Big Ten standings:

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Tied 4–⁠4 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.