Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-08

Spectators saw Harvard with a
powerful line, indeed, one so power
ful that it had worn down Centre and
other teams, facing inevitable defeat
IN the last few minutes of play un-
less it admitted that forward passing
was responsible for it's position on the
short end of the score.
And SO, as the final score shows
Harvard did admit it. In fact. it
went step further by dropping the
ground attack and resorting entirely
to the aerial methods. Just as Ohio
state did in its game with Wisconsin
two weeks ago, Harvard launched
into the forward pass and turned
Princeton's apparent victory into a
tie in the last few minutes of play
OF the fourth and final quarter.
Deadliness of Weapon Proved.
Those who, like the writer. have
know the effectiveness Of the for
ward pass. but it remained for the
Harvard-Princeto game to demon
strate beyond peradventure of a
doubt how deadly and overpowering
this weapon is when properly handled;
team were few. Tolbert performed
the lions share of the work, although
Havemeyer, the Harvard center, as
sisted ably. Both Churchill and Owen
showed bursts of speed, but did not
maintain their rapid action for any
length of time.
Princeton, on the other hand, gave
evidence of more individual dash and
possessed two veritable stars in the
persons of Stanley Keck at tackle and
Lourie in the backfield. keck,
especially. stood out as bulwark OF
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many holes in Harvard's line. In
addition. he repeatedly beat his own
ends down field under kicks in spite
of the fact that he carries more than
200 pounds of weight. Then. he
crowned his glory by blocking the
touchdown. That was quite enough
for any man in a single afternoon.
In the last month the writer has seen
some star tackles, both in the east
and west, but none as thoroughly use
full to his team as keck.
Aerial Defense Faulty.
Neither team, though. was quite up
to the mark in providing a defense
against the forward pass. Short
long ones were defended by altogeth-
er too shallow depth. The lines of
both elevens showed a defense to rum
ming plays of sturdler character
than that seen in the middle west, but
lust about on par with that adj
vanced by Pittsburgh. Syracuse, Penn
State and Notre Dame. The backs,
save at intervals, did not strike as
speedily as men like Haines of Penn
State, Davies and Hewitt of Pitt or
Gipp of Notre Dame. The handling
of punts was good-more certain, de-
spite difficulties, than in many games
in other sections, but the tackling
was not as positive as 1t should have
been.
Princeton. to be sure, went in as
usual with ferocity. with an excess OF
energy. that later was tempered by
some blood letting in the shape of
penalties. In fact, the Criinson's first
penalties imposed upon the Tigers.
Yet this fierceness of charge had an
undoubted effect upon Harvard.
Some coaches even contend that
overzealousness is good fault rather
than a bad one. but when it brings
punishment in the form of thirty to
forty yard losses it is rather eXpen-
Sive.
Dobie Has Done Well.
Dartmouth proved too much for Cor
nell even though Dobie has done much
for the Ithacans. He brought the
Navy up to a high point last year.
He had far more promising material
at Annapolis. and so far as this year
is concerned. he certainly is to be
congratulated upon having made
good bit out of rather mediocre men.
Yale squeezed through her Brown