Brown at Harvard

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 29, 1911, page 12

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  Made a Good Meal off Him Saturday Afternoon on Cambridge Grid iron, Cooking Him to Tune Of 20 to 6. 10000 SAW THE GAME Harvard Gave Great Display Of Foot. ball With Wendell, Potter and Campbell the Bright Stars. fGate City Leased Wire Service. SOLDIERS FIELD, CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. 2S.-Old John Harvard got his spunk up here this afternoon for the first time this season and right smartly trounced his much feared foe, the Brown bear from Providence, by the score of 20 to 6. OF the twenty-seven thousand crowded in the stadium, not one wear Ing crimson colors hoped for more than one Harvard score or that the Cambridge eleven would keep Brown from scoring, if they could. Harvard displayed more football cunning than at any previous time this season. And 1t was a display that shows Coach Haughton and his associates have few surprises that such opponents as Yale and Princeton will do well to look out for The bright stars Of the game were Wendell, Potter and Cambell. Potter made possible Harvard’s last touch. down of the fourth period. He got a ball on a punt on his own forty yard line, and doubled and sprinting through the entire Brown team, ran seventy yards. He was downed on Browns two yard line where Wendell after two tries, put it over the line. Campbell, in the third, ran thirty five yards for a touchdown. Harvard scored in the first five minutes of play by quick rushes, Wen dell being finally pushed over from the five yard line after Brown hat fumbled Brown scored as result of whirl wind plays from her own fory-iv, yard line, through three beautiful for ward passes MillnolIand’s educated toe gave Har ward lead in the second period. Wit the score standing 6 to 6, he replaced Campbell when Brown held for down on her own thirty yard line. He drop ped back eight yards and sent the bal squarely between the posts for feel, goal.

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., October 29, 1911, page 44

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  HARVARD WIN BY SCORE OF 20 TO 6 Especial to The Times u .patch.l Cambridge, Mass. October oS.-The big Brown bear wandered too far away from Its native hauntp, with the resuit that 1T fell good and hard before the truety shafts of mighty John Harward. being beaten in a football game on the stadium by tho overwhelming score of 30 to 6. Harvard sustained severe penalties from both offslde play and holding in the first half, being penalized three times for fifteen yards each. Throughout the first period. both teams struggled like mad, which resulted in a touchdown for the Grim son. Score to 0. In the second period tho Providence boys made their score by phenomenal work. Ill handling the leather Sprackling succeeded in advancing the oval in Harvards dangerous zone BIZ two forw: ID passes. landing on Harvard’3 eight-yard line. where Tenney went over for 4 touchdown. Ashbaugh kick. ing the goal. During this period the Harvard Sladiators succeeded in got ting the oval to Browns eighteen yard line. Milholland. secondc oach. brought IIaughton’s wish by making “a beautiful field goal from tho twenty cight-yard line. Tho period ended with Harvard In the lead. Score: Harward, 8; Brown, 6. In the third period, Campbell. by another spectacular dash, scored n second touchdown for Harvard. Tn fourth period brought forth more points TO IIarvard’s score. Sprackling kicked to Potter. who received 1t on Harvard’s forty-ya-d line. with flying start and erading the Brown players by remarkably good lodging and arm work, he dashed to Browns two-yard line. Wendell was called upon to carry 1t ovet, and on the sec ond attempt succeeded admirably. Fisher failed 10 kick the goal. Score: Harvard, 90; Brown, 6. In the fourth period Harvard coaches sent i’ll the second stringman to relieve the regulars

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  The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., October 30, 1911, page 3

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  Wisconsin Surprises Athletes by Showing Made Against Northwestern. Saturdays football games did a great deal to clarity the Championship atmosphere in the different sections of the country. AS a result Chicago, Mime sofa and wisconsin will contest for conference honors, with Michigan dis putting any claim these elevens may make for the western title. Harvard. by its victory over the doughty Brown eleven, 20 to 6. and the magnificent showing which Vanderbilt. acknowledged champion of the south for the last four years. made against Michigan. easily stamps these elevens as the strongest contenders for their respect i’ve titles. The brand of football displayed by Wisconsin in its contest with North western wars the surprise of the day in this section. Previous to the purple contest the Badgers had met and defeated Lawrence. Ripon and Colorado college, but in none of these contests was the true strength of the Madison eleven displayed. Northwes tern has one of, it’s best teams this season and any eleven which can win over the purple. IS to 3. must be considered a contender for championship honors. Although defeated. Northwestern played good football and the players put forth every ounce of physical energy they possessed, but they could not combat successfully the combina ton of weight and speed which Coach Richards had developed at Madison | True lovers of collegiate sports will | welcome the time when Wisconsin again will assume its former position / as one of the leaders OF conference | football. and If the team continues to | improve before Nov. IS, when 1t meets | Minnesota, as much as 1t has between

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 30, 1911, page 1

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  HARVARD RUNS OYER BROWN Crimson Breaks Up Every Play q Opponents with Ease. VISITORS CROSS GOAL LINE Contest ut Cambridge Results iA Score of Twenty to six-Harward Offense ut All Times strong. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. oct. 29.-Browu was no match for Harvard at foot ball yesterday for the score OF 20 to 6 does not tell the full strength Of tho Crimson offense. Yet Brown had the satisfaction of being the first team to cross the Harvard goal line this season, a feat due to its perfection in forward passing. Excepting in the second period when Brown scored, Harvard was always master of the situation. There was scarcely a Brown play that was not smothered or torn to pieces before il gained Roadway. Two forward passes carried Brown from the center of the field across the goal line. on the first one Ashbaugh planted the ball on Harvard thirty-yar,, line. a moment later Adams gained tho five-yard line. Tenney then rounded the Crimson right end for a touchdown and Ashbaugh kicked a difficult goal. Harward made its first touchdown aud goa kick in the first period. In the second period Milholland kicked a pretty field goal from the twenty-eight-yard line. The third Harvard score was due to tn J fierce tackling OF the Crimson forwards who threw Sprackling so hard when he attempted a quarterback run that he dropped the ball. Campbell picked It up and sprinted thirty-fivc yards to the goal line. The goal kick followed. The fourth and last score came whcn Potter caught a thrown punt and ran sixty-three yards to the three-yard line Wendell then carried the ball over, but Fisher failed at goal. The lineup:

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Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.