The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23

Although 20 points were scored by
the two eIevens, neither succeeded in
carrying the ball across the others
goal line and all the points were the
direct or Indirect result of kicking.
Seven times BrickIey drove the bail
spinning and turning over the heads
of the Yale players and so deadly wss
his accuracy with eye and toe that
five times the ball crossed the roaI
bar for Crimson points. Four times
Guernsey. Yale's field goal kicker, es-
snyed the same feat, but only once did
the leather spheroid cross Harvard's
goal. To the Eii's earned 3 points there
was added an unearned 2, due to an
unintentionaI safety by Left End
O'Brien OF Harvard.
Team Earns Equal Glory
Thus, thanks to Brckley's splendid
kicking ability. did Harvard defeat Yale
for the second time in two years and
win undisputed right to the eastern inter-
collegiate football championship of the
year. Excellent and spectacular as was
Brickleys play both in running and kick
ing, however, the fact remains that the
splendid machine that Coach Haughton
developed this autumn earned equal glory
with the famous drop kicker, for it was
the concerted play and efforts of the
eleven men as whole that paved the
way for the situations from which Brick
ley scored the Is points that stand to-
night as Harvards record against the
Blue.
That Guernsey, on the other hand, failed
to approach Brickleys feat was due al
most entirely to the fact that the team
in front of him could not hold or drive
back the Crimson to a point where field
goal kicking passed from the improba BILE
to the possible.
That such should be the case was not
accounted for by any great physical or
playing superiority of the Harvard men
as individuals. but rather by the coach
ing methods and system of attack and
defense.
Haryard's Game Well Balanced
Stated broadly, Harvard played a we'll
balanced game in both offense and de-
Tense, in which the best and most con-
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ball were successfully combined OPP
posed to this was a Yale game that would
undoubtedly have won under the Five
yards in three downs days, but it was
absolutely unsuited to win against the
Harvard eleven of 1918.
That 1t was Harvard victory in every
sense, devoid of flulSes or question: bla
features, is eoquently proved by the
figures and statistics of the game play
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son surpassed the Blue and there was
ample reason for the unrestrained en-
thusiasm and rejoicing in Boston and
Cambridge tonight
Harvard in all gained 229 yards and nine
first downs in 81 rushes, against Yale's
145 yards and six first downs in IL rushes
Mahan gained III yards in 16 punts to 452
yards in the combined 13 punts by Guern-
sey and Knowles
Brickley kicked five goals out of seven
tries to Guernsey's one goal in four tries.
Harvard players ran back Yale punts
lS3 yards, against "a yards, thus regained
by the Eli backfield. In penalties Yale
lost 80 yards for holding and rough tack
ling to Harvards five yards for off side
play.
Gridir0n History Made
Never in the history OF this particular
inter-varsity football classic was more
gr1diron history made or a greater or
more brilliant throng of spectators as
sembled to witness the making of the
same. More than $4,000 of the alumni,
undergraduates and adherents of the
two universities were gathered from all
parts of the country. 1t was a perfect
Indian summer day.
Old traditions were upset and new
history established in several ways. The
victory was the first scored by the
crimson over the Blue in the stadium
since 1T was built in 1908, and the first
victory over Yale at Cambridge since
1901. Captain Storer earned the unique
distinction of being the first Harvard
captain to be graduated from the uni
versity after four years of play without
Witnessing or participating in far
ward defeat by Yale.
Brickley's Phenomenal Kicking
Brickley, by his phenomenal playing