Tufts at Harvard

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  Evening public ledger, Philadelphia [Pa.], October 11, 1916, page 12

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  HARVARD GRIDIRON SUPREMACY, AFTER REIGN OF FOUR YEARS, APPEARS ON VERGE OF SKIDDING Crimson Already Nipped by Tufts, Hardly Will Complete Schedule Without Tasting Another Defeat, as Yale and Princeton Are Stronger TN THE midst of the world scrice hula. Il baioo the sporting realm At large has paid no great attention yet 20 the depression at Harvard after the TUFTS raid. TUFTS has fine football machine, Tuft team to beat. you might say, II you cared to indulge In any frivolity, but the fact that even a good Tufts eleven can overthrow Harvard team is bit eignihcant. Which is to say that II comes as an carly hint that after a four-year reign Harvard snpremacy Is on the verge OF skiddinE DIT 1915 and 1916 But the big Red team from Ithaca stood as one OF the great teams Of the year. one OF the great. “ not the greatest And that was Harvard’s only setback. However. 1915 hardly will have the same story 20 tell. Harvard already has been nipped once, and tho season is barely under way. with the hardest part, II not the Tuftest part. OF the schedule etiu beyond. II is hardly likely then that Harward win be able 10 20 the rest OF the way unbeaten. Princeton will enter the stadium with one OF the strongest Tiger teams In many years, and whom Harvard reaches the Yale bowl late in November. she will find Blue array out TO avenge four years The Shifting Tide II may be possible that Harvard has not yet reached the shifting tide that each eleven must know. Each mans reign In spor, only lasts so long. At the appointed moment the reaction sets In and the Jolt lands with a thud. Haughton has been the master of his game for at least four years-ever since Princeton beat him and Yale tied him, nve years ago. But as great a coach as Haughton was and is. II also must be remembered that for 1915 no Brickleys. Hardwicks or Mahans are rompinG around In crimson | harness. There Is good bsckfisld material | at Harvard, but no one great star to act as threat and a reality to carry the ball | and to threaten an attack as protection | for another baokheld runner. BY next fall | when Haughton will have had the chance to develop some OF his young men, he may have another 1914 or 1915 backfeid, bu, | he viii have to work twenty,seven hours q day to erect such combination within the next month and get ready for Cornell Princeton and Yale. The Other Three These three-Cornell. Princeton and Yal, | are all set to take a shot at Harvard IL turn Cornell and Princeton both have hn, | chances TO win. Yales strength hardly car be determined now, although the Blue ma chine is pretty sure to be better than any Elidom has known for four seasons Il may be that Harvard can win two of thss, three games. but decided change will hav, 70 come, for the prospect now is that on, out of three win be the Crimson limit Cornell and Princeton both have spec, and power, enough material to insur strength. And II Yale continues the eli she started Saturday Colonel Haughton viii face one OF the busiest little campaigns h ever has known After all, Harvard Is about due for slump: the wonderful average that she ha maintained since 1911 hardly could be car ried on indefinitely. She has earned he right TO one off year, even II this Off yea should bring defeat In every big gam, which Is no part Of a safe gamble. You may recall the old saying, “As thI oil world goes roun’ and roun some 90 u and some down” Harvard has been UP long time a supremacy exists In sport. her time on tn

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  The sun, New York, October 8, 1916, page 1

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  SEVERE SHOCK Is FELT IN CAMBRIDGE Harvard Receives a Jolt When Tufts Comes Through with to 3 Victory. OPEN PLAY FEATURES CAMBRiDGE. Mass. Oct 7-fiarura received a big setback on the football field this afternoon, being beaten !, 10 , ny Tufts. An eleven which came ,o NJ. Stadium confident that 1t could bca, ,no Crimson after waiting for for,y.o-. years. This afternoon Harvard had Al, tho breaks for the frst half. but coma get only u field goal. In the second half the Mcdford y,,,. ors literally ran rings around Can. Dadmun’s team. gaining more than ia yards and finally scoring a touchdou, and goal. Before the score came Turf, covered 80 consecutive yards by N, running line attack. n was held for down within a foot or two Of the Hat. ward goal line. y Tufts was brought UP to the rama trained to the minute and had y team NJ veterans to put against fiarvsrd’s mona ! too we’ll conditioned team. The visitor, played end of the season football, and accomplished what they have been work. ing for two years. shift Attack ne ~iId-r.. In the second half Coach Whalcns team opened W a shift, attack that ass he wildering to the Harvard linemen and backs. There was “A shift after three men had lined up on the line, and with the tackles end Jumping In u. backs shifted laterally and then came plunges by Wescott and poane tina, gained much ground. Most OF the gains were made through Harvard’s left wing. where TAYLOR srd Clark were playing. Pryor. Agar and Bescham worked beautifully together TUFTS won the am however. on open play. The team had some fine forward passes. but the winning play was a for. ward pass from Drumm.y to Sanbofn, an end. who in turn quickly made a Ia, teral pass TO the heavy and powerfu, Wescott. At the start Of the last quarter Tufts had the ball or Harvard’s twenty yard line. Here the Crimson defence showed igns OF bracing. but one OF the forward pass plays above outlined worked for , big gain to within IA yard OF the goal and h Duane was quickly driven over for the winning score. Harvard A~stouisheA. Tufts outrushed Harvard. 22o wards 10 about 10. and all -xcep, IL yards OF the Crimson’s distance came after the game had been lost. Outrlayed on the line. the Harvard attack never had a nance until near the finish. and then the best gain was one made In a forward pass from Minot to Coolidge. who made a mighty lucky running catch on tho slis line. Harvard’s line Mas outplaved. hut there was some satisfaction for Harvard in It’s II fine goal line stand. Tuftss strength In the second half , best shown by the fact that from the time OF the kick off until after the game was settled the home team was allowed possession OF tho ball only twice. once was TO kick of and the other time wa. AFTER the Tufts attack had been stopped a; the goal line. AT the very beginning Of the ram. Harvard got the bail on Tufts’s tnrty. hre yard line on a tumble. but could no, gain. and shortly afterward Coolidge 70. covered . muffed kick on the twen,y YARD line. II was here that Robinson put In his field goal after the or rsnr, sSrlnmage attack had been stopped short. The lin.up

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  New Britain herald, October 9, 1916, page 9

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  HAUGHTON NEEDED Tufts Victory Shows That Harvard Lacks Ability to Diagnose Intricate ,tactics-Followcrs Are Displeased. Cambridge, Mass, Oct 9.-There inc followers of college football in the results of the games played on Satur- day on eastern gridirons. Harvard Twas beaten soundly by an eleven con- sfdered almost a negligible factor in these days of keen football struggles, ~out it is doubtful if this stunning re- verse of the Crimson, which for the last few years has been recognized as lhs leader in the strenuous game, was IF ~re unexpected than the ready Knowledge of offensive tactics ex- hlblted by Yale in cOnquering Vir- ginia by the score of 61 to 8. Prince ton and Pennsylvania, among other ] big teams, performed in a manner ex- I’ected of members of the premier (group. Both won. and in doing so gan up substantial scores against fairly Fgood opponents. HarVard’s reputation, gained by persistent efforts since Percy Haugh- ton took charge of affairs and instilled the fighting spirit into the wearers of kthe Crimson, was of no avail against p1ne determined lads from Tufts, who in their college halls must have heard tthat fOrty-One years ago a team from the Medford institution humbled lE@Tard eleven. It was a long time s@ wait for another victory, but by mastering the rudiments eof the new game the Tufts eleven |kept the champions on the move all lthe time and came with a rush in the bast quarter to overcome the field goal |lilcked early in the game by Robin (son and to land the ball over Har- wards line for a touchdown 3 It may be that in the early stages Bof the contest the Harvard players sWesy overcOnfident, and, thinking that fhe attack of the Medford men would Wlther when opposed to the known prCwess of the Crimson, contented themselves with their three points 1ead. If this condition existed, it must | soon have been dispelled, for Harvard found that Tufts knew more football 1 ard took every opportunity of inn nraSsing this fact on the Crimson l players. Throughout the second half l Tufts showed it’s superiority, and | several times before the vigorous at l tack eliminated successfully the liar l ward goal was in danger

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  Bisbee daily review, October 8, 1916, page 1

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  HARVARD ELEVEN DOWNED BY TUFTS Little School Downs Great Varsity, 7 to 3 in Bewilder- ing Exhibition. CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. Tufts, with team of veterans playing their first game of the season, defeated liar yard at the stadium today. 2 to 3. using a bewildering assortment of open pla yformations. After the first half, the crimson was on the defensive most of the time trying to break up the spectacular game of the visitors. The early part of the contest was marked by frequent fumbles and pan alties on both sides. In the first period Harvard worked the ball toan advantageious position from which Robinson scored Harvard’s s only points with a goal from tn efield. In the last two periods Tufts used open plays altogether. Once the Medford players touched from their own five yard line. Here the crimson line held like a rock and Tufts was unable to force over their score. Once more the same open tactics gave Tufts the ball on Harvard’s one foot line in the final period This time the visit ors would be denied and Doan carried the ball over for a touch down. Nor rison kicked the goal.

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Harvard leads 15–⁠3 in 18 meetings, counting the nine since this game.