Army at Harvard

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 9, 1932, page 12

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  TALKING IT OVER NEW YORK, Nov. 9.-On Satur- 4 ‘ day. as you may have heard, Army gave Harvard one Of the worst defeats any Crimson team has ever stood up under in the Cambridge stadium. From the point of view of the Score-46 to 0-it was a tremendous thing. 1 think even the Harvards will agree that there was at least some slight provocation for whooping things up. In football this generally takes the form of tearing the home teams goal posts down. But when the final whistle ended there was no rush for the Harvard uprights on the part of the 1900 cadets who had attended the game in a body. Instead they left their seats in the stands, formed into squads and walked quietly-almost solemnly-off the field, disappearing in the thick gray haze that had settled over the Charles. IT developed an order had gone l. out from the cuperintendent’s Of flee banning all forms of after-game jubilation in the event of victory, and specifically tabooing the up roofing of goal posts and similar outbursts of collegiate vandalism. Let’s try to remember we are SOL diers and gentlemen” the superintendent’s order said. Whatever emotions the cadets may have experienced they managed to restrain, with the results the goal posts still stand unmarked on Sol diers’ field. n n THIS curious practice of topping Il over the goal posts and haul ing them home for kindling wood, is still pretty generally maintained by the college celebrants, and it isn’t likely that the stern army precedent will be widely followed. Strangely, only the football fl berts seem to demand such a ghoulish outlet for their emotional hysteria. Perhaps it is just as well. doubt that it would have helped international amity any if the partisan customers had chopped down the diving boards at Los Angeles when the Japanese swim mers cleaned up with our boys in the Olympic races. n n A T Fresh Meadow there was a L n lively sentiment for Gene Safazen with practically all the neigh bors pulling for the home towner to win the American open golf tourney, and thus become the first double barreled champion of the year. But when final returns were in and it became certain that Sara zen had won, nobody attempted to tear up the green upon which the winning putt was sunk. Nobody even tried to take any of his clubs away. n n A T the recent world series the IA good people managed to preserve a becoming calm when the Yanks won from the Cubs. Though there were many ardent New York followers in attendance, the players dugouts, the stands and even the flag poles were allowed to remain undiSturbed. In short, in all other sports the customers seem amply content Nth the thrill that accompanies the playing of the game. Only in foot ball do you find this curious show of paganism, if that is the word. Maybe the young men get that way because they’ve had a college education.

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  Evening star, November 6, 1932, page 57

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  Harvard Suffers Worst Defeat Since 1884 as Army Wins, 400, And Wipes Out Upset of 1881 numerous star backs was of on a scoring dash But once during the game did Harward get far inside the Armys half OF the gridiron After taking cne Of the Army’s many kick-offs on its 80, the Crimson worked two long passes and got up to the Cadets SO, putting together two first downs for the advance, Harry Wells tried another gambling heave and Joe Stanccok. in at fuliback for Tom Kilday, intercepted and ran it back to his 40. where the Cadets started one of the three marches that failed. EARLY In the game Harvard aban- - doned its running game and turned to the air, even when inside its 20. It tried Is passes. completed five of them for a total Of Sc yards End had three intercepted each one starting the Cadets off en- scoring drive. Harvard punted II times and the Army safety men ran them back for totai of ia yards. 1t took long search through Harwards dusty foot ball records to find more decisive reversal. Forty-eight years ago, when touchdown counted but four points, Yale crushed its an cient foe, 48 to 0, since then Princeton and Dartmouth have piled up scores of 80 points or more while holding the Crimson at bay. Today’s victory was only the third that the Cadets have registered over the Crimson since they became foot ball rivals in 1895 and all of the Army’s successes have been made here In the stadium.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 7, 1932, page 5

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  ARMY SCORES SHUT-0UT WIN OVER HARVARD Crimson Unable to With stand Furious Att tack of Cadets CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. T. The powerful Army gridder slaughtered Harvard last Saturday afternoon 46 to O. The Crimson were helpless eaainst the Cadets furious attack which continued the entire game. The Army kicked off, was stop red by Harvard dead, then regain ed the ball to pile up seven touchdowns.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Harvard leads 19–⁠18–⁠2 in 39 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.