Harvard at Yale

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1934, page 25

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  Maryland 90 Battle Defeats Scores Geegeto’O” First Tine O.” Grid Yale D01Uns Harvard TO Rule Bic Three: GATE IS S25,OOO At 12-T06 GAME HanIey Scores on Aerial From PiIney to Win in Last Period. AooOOiabr0 EAtos opoASe &f4AsOAs n YEw YORK, November ~ nj Notre Danes aerial barrage Y broke down the Army’s other wise stout-hearted defense today and the burly green-shirted RAM blers romped OH with their third sue cessive triumph over West Point, IL to 8. in the most glittering setting Of the Eastern foot ball campaign. A colorful crowd of $1,000 spectators, including the Cadet Corps and q host Of metropolitan notables, saw the Fighting Irish break the deadlock with two long, sensational passes for q touchdown within the last five minutes Of play. The biggest turnout Of fans in the East this season jammed the huge triple-decked Yankee Stadium, overflowed into the aisles and fur nished q brilliant, vociferous back ground for one Of the Nations fore. most tntersectional rivalries. Gate receipts Of approximately 1925. 900 for the spectacle marked Q new high this year on any gridiron. The break Of the game came suddenly in the closing period after the Army had matched Notre Danes spectacular first-period touchdown with an aerial scoring drive Of It’s own, in the second quarter. The Irish” had just been set back by q 15-yard penalty for holding and were on their own 48-yard line when Andy Pilney combined with big Dan Hanley, sub stitute back. 10 engineer the decisive overhead attack.

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  , November 25, 1934

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  Yale Romps On Princeton l4-O NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. “A. Up Yale’s lusty football infant, born in defeat, raised and hardened in suffering and adversely, reached its majority Saturday BY ccnquering Harvard 14–⁠0 on top OF last weeks stunning triumph over Princeton winner or the historic Big Three championship for the first time since 1924. In the sunlit-but frost-bitten air Of the Yale Bowl with $4,000 battling a little in the mammoth enclosure. the team that everyone scorned In September reached its goal and. offsetting defeats BY COL umbia. Army and Georgia. ruled the sacred triangle” In the first year the three have been together since Harvard and Prince ton broke relations IN 1925. Favored through the stunning upset Of the Tigers. Yale carved out two touchdowns in the first half, and then settled back to snuff out in the half every surge Of a luck less Crimson eleven that gained IA first down TO their 10. almost euualled the Blue rushing yard age. but could get nowhere Just the same. due chiefly to “A young end named Larry Kelley.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 26, 1934, page 5

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  YALE DEFEATS HARVARD, 14–⁠0 NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 26.-‘ For the first time in ten years, Yale University today is possessor of the historic Big Three football championship. That possession is Yale’s thanks to a 14-to-0 pasting administered Harvard University here Saturday. The Bulldogs scored twice in the first half and then held the dan gerous Crimson crew at bay.

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.

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 67 since this game.