Brown at Harvard

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 19, 1916, page 49

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  HARVARD FALLS BEFORE brown, 21–⁠0 Wctors Make Haughton’s Charges Look Weak in Their Defeat. SURPRISE FANS BY VICTORY CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Novem- Der 1S.-The Brown foot ball team furnished substantial set ting today for a gridiron star. Fred Pollard. its colored halfback, whose brilliant attack counted most of the u points by which the Brunonians defeated Harvard. Brown, undefeated through the season. prevented Crimson score and maintained its record OF having held its goal line clear in every game. Although Pol lard was the special object OF Harvard’s defense, which at times was So forceful as to draw 9TH cial warnings, and in one instance a penalty for unnecessary rough ness, he was effective in every department OF play He rushed from close formations, ran wide or lodged his way through broken- fields for gains OF from a to 40 wards. He received for ward passes Clearly. not only those OF his own team. but also Harvard passes which he intercepted. Defensively he was a sure tackler, who often downed the runner. Harvard Saving Regulars. The Harvard team IS it faced Brown today was largely one of secondary strength. regulars being saved for the game with Yale next Saturday. Encept in flashes. it was without consistent powers of attack. although the call OF time in the second period stop ned Crimson advance which was still unchecked twelve yards from Browns field Bond was the factor Of greatest force in the Crimson backf1eld. Three times Brown stormed the Crimson line in the opening period after Purdy and Pollard had rushed the ball inside the i0-yard line. Twice the ball was carried over. but an Of hcial ruling that it went outside on one play cost Brown touchdown Pollard made the first score on a rush which followed two runs in which he had -ained so yards. A penalty for holding inte-fered with Browns offensive in the second period and gave Harvard the opportunity which only the time signal checked. Pollard ran AZ yards after an exchange of punts for his second touch down. in the third period. using the straight arm. battling change of stride and extreme speed to slip through the field of Crimson defenders. Pollard Sprints 46 Yards. In. the last period Harvard threat ened by an assault which started on their 24-yard line and was carried SO yards in nine PUSHES. only to be stopped when Pollard Intercepted a Crimson pass. He threw himself against the Harvard line for several short gains. with Purdy and Jemal assisting. then broke through all de- Tense ranks for a i0-yard run, within yards OF Harvard’s line. On tie next rush he failed of a score by inches and Purd. succeeded a moment later. All three goals from touchdown We’re kicked by Devitalis. who has booted thirty-one such goals this season with out q miss.

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  Norwich bulletin, November 20, 1916, page 3

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  HARVARD UNABLE TO HOLD POLLARD Brown Gives Crimson Sound Beat ing-Star Providence Backfeld Star Runs Wild. The Brown football team furnished substantial setting Saturday, at Cambridge, for a gridiron star, Fred Pollard, it’s negro halfback, whose brilliant attack defeated Harvard. Brown, undcfeated through the season, prevented Crimson score and main tained its record of having held its goal line clear in every game. Although Pollard was the special object of Harvard’s defense, which at times was so forceful as to draw off, cial warnings, and. in one instance, a penalty for unnecessary roughness, he was effective in every department of play He rushed from close forma l tions, ran wide or lodged his way though broken fields for gains of from four to 40 yards. He received forward passes cleanly, not only those of his own team, but also Harvard passes which he intercepted. Defen- sively he was a sure tackler who often downed the runner. The Harvard team as it faced Brown today was largely one of sec ondary strength, regulars being saved for the game with Yale next Satur- day. Except in flashes it was without consistent powers of attack, although the call of time in the second period stopped Crimson advance which was still unchecked 12 yards from Browns goal. Bond was the factor of greatest force in the Crimson backfield Three times Brown Stormed the Crimson line in the opening period, after Purdy and Pollard had rushed the ball inside the 10 yard line. Twice the ball was carried over out an off, cial ruling that it went outside on one play cost Brown a touchdown. Pol lard made the first score on a rush which followed two runs in which. he had gained 60 yards. penalty for holding interfered with Browns offensive in the second period and gave Harvard the oppor- tunity which only the time signal checked. Pollard ran 46 yards after an exchange of punts for his second touchdown in the third period using the straight arm, a baffiing change of stride and extreme speed to slip through the field of Crimson defend CTS. In the last period, Harvard threat ened by an assault which started on their 24-yard line and was carried 36 yards in nine rushes, only to be stop ped when Pollard intercepted a Grim son pass. He threw himself against the Harvard line for several short gains with Purdy and Jemail assist ing, then broke through all defence ranks for forty yard run, within two yards of Harvard’s line. On the next rush he failed to score by inches and Purdy succeeded a moment later. All three goals from touchdown were kicked by Devitalis who has booted 31 such goals this season with out miss. The lineup and sum- mary:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 19, 1916, page 17

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  BrOwn CruSheS Harvard, Pollard Leading Attack the Yale game, as well as some linemen, but those who witnessed the shifty Of fence, always supported by first-class in reference, and the sturdy defence which spilled the Harvard beans were con- WINGED that the result would have been the same, although Browns score might have been smaller. Head Coach Haughton took several of the first string men with him to Prince ton. Casey, Thacher and Horween, Harwards first string backfeld, and Cap tain Dadmun, Coolidge, Harris and Harte, the Crimson’s first choice lines men, did not appear against the Brown team. Brown, by virtue OF its offence, held possession of the ball practically three quarters of the time. One play that proved the best ground gamer for the visitors always found the end opposite the end around which the play swung or was aimed at. heading the Interior ence Pollard usually carried the ball in this play, and was so cleverly protected by his interference that he made gains good for eight, ten and fifteen yards, and ran forty-fve yards on one notable occasion for Browns second touchdown. Browns first score came early in the first period. Harvard’s kickoff was a short one, and was run back by Devitalis twenty yards. Hillhouse punted for Brown after two rushes by Purdy had Melted six yards, and the play then shifted into Harvard’s territory. Harvard started an offence from It’s Continued on page 8, column

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Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.