Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-11-23
CASEY PROVES HARVARD's
HERO IN CR|D|RON CLASSIC
wins Gamo for Crimson In Great
Baltic in Stadium ut
Cambridge.
DEFEATS YALE BY 1913 SCORE;
Blue Eleven Fights Desperately, but
Is Unable to Make Advances
against OppOncnts-I3radcn Kicks
Field Goal-Big Crowd Secs Game.
RI DAMON RUNYON.

HARVARD STADIUM. Nov. 22.-
There's always some Mick around Can
Rriekiey, lis a Mahan. aud il i; is G not :,
Nf IN facts s a his to af Ss ase I, was
Casey. 1t was Eddie Casey. an Irishcr
from Natick. Mass. the same place that
nredq 1aH. Mah n,., and "Pooch' Donovan
athletic celebrities OF the same de-
nomination.
Whenever this Casey 30, hold of the
bothered Yale no little. and produced
variety OF emotions in the bosoms
His mos, annoying expedition from
the falc standpoint was when he ar
rived at tho end OF forward pass
from one Of those inevitable Fcltons.
me Yale goal lines for a touchdown
accounting Tor the major portion OF
Har"atds score OF 10 10 Yaie's 3;
hiue,olooded, taii-sounding names OF
the plymouth Rockers and what-not-
,ers used TO be profuse!y spattercd over
Harvard l!ne-ups. the lads from Yale
regarded trip 10 the Charles merely
III the light OF voyage after easy
money, but since the Celtic infusion
Inesc Caseys are hard TO handle. even
though Yale now comes with it's CAL
iahans and it's Nevlles and It's Bradens
N the hope Of orsetting the local in
huencc Of the Tads.
Braden Makes Nifty Kick.
aics Bradcn gave Harrards Casey
bit OF battle. at that, Yaie's Braden
~ jim, and who is caleld Big Jim by
way OF nickname. big Jim" kicked
two field goals against Princeton last
ono aga inst Harvard that will 20 down
m football history as one OF the
mightiest kicks the game has seen in
years.
II carried over. iftynvc yards of
dried turf and chalk lines. moving low.
nut lifting high as It ,neared the Grim
ION posts. and finally shooting over
IS straight as the provcrbia, die, how :
ever straight that may be.
kicker. booted "A field goal for liar
Yards three points that Casey did no,
gather in.
So !, is e,at in tho dusk Of This cool
football hopes for the season Of 1919
AT lcar are being deccnuy laid TO reg,
LID. .ish a99prSp5a'e :, 9bseanies such as
"hoopins by Harvard
Is one OF those big days and big
nights that Harvard has become ac-
Hahans and Cascys going around here
although Il is really the first big day
or night. since the war sent nracticaIiy
everybody In this region into khak.
Game Runs True TO Form
The game ran more or less to form
and Casey ran more or less viii
The football Harvard was the favor.
ne in the betting, and Harvard was
ing stages. however. that margin OF
s.yen points looked none TOO wide AS
w wait began I;.d forl9 b,, hope assault,
stvcnteen-yard line Before that Yale
lost touchdown by about Inc mar
rows T TfbSeaf Sl in iEe annals Of ,hs
had the ball within inches OF Harvard
goal line and Harvard apparcntiy
pretty we'll tuckcrcd out. but harvard
Speaking from the technical side
~ was game that was as loose as
ashes. ash ,rn1 Yale oy5fumbied Harvard by
fumblcd five. 1t was the fumbiinses,
zane ever ,s seen in the gray stadium
Yale Apparently had nothing In its
heid lot Of things; Then, too Iiar-
bat SO TO speak. matters occurred lie
ran the opposition ragged. lie inter
astrous for Harvard had it gone over
ne Was great man on tn" football
hold this day. was Casey. and this day
Bali fieid. &c MS ''s' Jay o" inc foot
An hour before game time Car
renters were still busy with hammers
and saws. lacking additional seats in
e newly discovered spaces.
Big Crowd witnesses Battle,
IT was some crowd with all the
accent on the some. The roof OF the
stadium was packed. The aisles were
jamned. There was an overflow onto
the side lines. The Harvard stadium
nay not be quite as picturesque as
the fala bowl but they handle a
crowd twice well here. Further
more. there is more attention paid
10 the comfort and convenience OF
the crowd.
The march to Cambridge began
carly. BY noon the roads leading To
tho gray structure on the banks OF
The Charles were undulatng lines OF
motor cars. The stone bridge which
spans tine river took on the appear
ance OF a disturbed ant hill as the
crowd tfamped across as steadily as
an army.
The Harvard undergraduates marche ed
out Of Cambridge. which fairly Elowcd
with crimson coloring, behind A hand
which set UP torrent of music from
Tho stand one one side of the field
he stand on one side OF the field
clustered behind bulwarks of blue vio-
let's blue pennants and blue eyes They
too. had a band. which resorted to po-
luLar tunes between college airs.
The field seemed to suddenly fin