Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-23

of the ball 1t was virtually the only
sustained show of strength by Yale
in the game. At three other stages
of the game Harvard's line held Yale
for downs.
Fumbling Costly to Yale.
The Blue team was its own great
est enemy today. 1t fumbled fire.
quently. Four times the ball, headed
for the Harvard goal, was lost to
Yale and turned against the Blue by
fumbles in the Yale backfield. On
four other occasions Yale players lost
the pigskin, but their errors were
retrieved by fellow players. Men
who have followed foot ball for years
said there had never been SO much
faulty handling of the ball in any
other big game.
Yale fumbles cropped up at the
outset of play, when Braden let the
hall get away from him. and Ralph
Horween was able to try for a Har-
ward field goal from the 25-yard line
with the game only five minutes old.
The kick failed to score. but the
Crimson launched n fresh attack after
the succeeding kickoff. Casey. zig
contributed 10 yards on a sensational
rush. On the next play he sped the
ball to Capt. Murray. and the latter
repassed to Desmond for a 2O-yard
forward pass advance. which put Hor-
ween apain within field goal dis
lance. This time the kicker succeed
ed and Harvard had obtained the lead.
Casey Renews Offensive.
In the second period Braden and
kempton penetrated Harvard terri
tory for the first time with series
of Yale rushes, netting 20 yards, only
to have Braden again mishandle the
ball. with Clark recovering for Har-
ward. When Neville punted out of
bound at Yale's 43-yard line. subse-
quently, Casey renewed his offensive.
He rushed for n 6-yard gain. then was
stopped in second attempt Tn
daunted, he tried again, this time by
forward pass. FELTON,. who had sue
ceeded Capt. Murray at quarterback
for Harvard, snapped the ball ahead
20 the 22-yard line, where Casey, with
Humphrey for Interference, stool
alone. He soon left Humphrey he
hind and fed for the goal. with
Kempton and Reinhardt convorginr
toward him. The latter he threw OFF
with protecting arm. but Kempton
was almost at his shoulders as he
crossed the line.
Yale started the second half Of tho
game against Harvard much as the
Blue had played against Princeton
calling upon all its rushing strength,
in an effort to rally from a disap
pointing early half The drive from
midfield, which was stopped only at
tho Crimson goal. resulted. Frus-
trated, the Blue settled into another
effort. This time, Philbin of Harvard
intercepted a Yale forward pass and
the Blue was set back again.
Again tumble Is Factor.
Again 1t was a tumble which proved
fale's undoing in the fourth period
q r,to t,aI
way through the Harvard team for
- yards late in the third period.
Yale was on HarvarGs 25-yard line.
opening the final quarter. Kemp
ton made a forward pass, which II
caught, would have given the Blue
son goal on first down. This time il
was Reinhardt who fumhIed, and
again Harvard regained the ball.
The appearance of Aldrich. sub
stitutc. after an exchange of kicks
later gave Yale a new lease of at
lacking life. and he took the ball to
45-yard line with a 20-yard
run. With the scrimmage line at that
point and the kicking position =
yards behind, Braden launched his
field goal, while the Har.
ward line broke through barely be.
hind his delivery. Aldrich later made
another 20-yard gain for the Blue
which was nullifled and the ball lost
when Braden fumbled and caused
Yale to abandon the pigskin on
Towns.
The closing plays Of the last period
found Casey. who, with Braden and
kempton. was the individual star of
he contest, as the fumbling offender.
)ut he retrieved his error moment
alter when Yale, resorting to the for
ward pass as an eleventh hour
weapon, sent the ball in the air to
him and to Harvard. Casey then re-
.ired, closing gridiron career a.
limited to two years boz
.auSe of war time restrictions.
PLAYED Under Cloudy Skies.
The contest was stage- under Io0-
ring skies which dimmed somewhst ,
he riot of c~,or in the am pnsthea-.ss
md wooden stands. The stasram o-.E
rowded 10 an extent never equaled
entrances being closed to
make additional seat accommoda
ions, and the wooden stands at the
pening end of the horseshoe being
over any previous year. The
0 900 persons included men and WON
n of highest standing in the country's
usinesS and social life. many of whom
.ad come great distances for the re-
lewal of the classic.
The last meeting between Yale and
Harvard on the gridiron. in 1916. IA
which Yale won to 8, had marked
n interruption in the foot ball sue ~
esses scored by the Crimson underF 1
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