Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-07
Score ON Forward Pass.

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Score on Forward Pass.
The play was l6 yards from the
ilgers goal when Buell.. slight of
puild. called out the signals. With
the Key number Macomber slipped
past the Princeton defenders and
raced behind their goal. The Grim
son quarterback. who had received
In, Inc ball. turned to evade a hostile
niger forward, then shot the pigskin
IN rinlng throw over the Princeton
goal Macomber had to run for il,
out reached out, got to it almost on
MS hnger tips and brought it to the
ground. with Princeton players on
Top OF MIN. FaXon. maintaining his
record OF never missing a goal from
louc hdown, supplied the point b.
when the Crimson tied the game.
For daring in strategy and perfec-
tion OF execution this series OF plays
VIII long stand rs memorabl: to fol-
lowers Of the college gridiron game.
There We're $4,000 of those follow
ers within the walls of the stadium
today They filed every available
or crimson color on the west side
racing the orange and black of
Princeton on the east. They gave
lively singing and shouting support
TO their respective teams, but the
princeton adherents. after Macomb
NoSaS0 tucii hOpeS u NlClOTy.
their silence only to cheer Capt. Call
Iahan, tawny-haired leader Of the
Tiger team. as he was assisted off the
held after a slight injury sustained in
a scrimmage. The game ended with
Clarity intercepting Harvard tor
ward pass. almost without sound
from the Princeton stands.
Harvard scores Early.
The Crimson established an early
lead when. taking advantage of two
penalties of Is yards each imposed on
Princeton, Capt Horween made
touchdown with six minutes Of play
Owen contributed % yards advance
on rushes that were almost consecu-
tive. The Tiger line three times
threw off the attack of Horween on
the threshold Of its goal. but on the
next attempt the Crimson captain
broke through.
Princeton rallied and, beginning
with punt run-back by Lourie,
forward pass and rush were used to
go forward. and the Crimson defense
to confuse the Harvard line by scat
tering it's forwards on the Colgate
scheme of deploynent were mega
tive, and he lost ground as a net
result. But he managed to turn a
Crimson end for a gain of 20 yards.
at a time by plays on-tackle or
through hole opened by q delayed
pass. and, with q Harvard penalty
of Is yards for holding. Princeton
brought the ball to Harvard's 10-yard
line. AT this point the first period
ended.
AS the first play of the second
period, Princeton sprung a surprise
when Lourie essayed forward pass
across the Harvard goal line. But
l<,rk u A~s~r
all Tiger players who might have re-
trieved the bali, So that the pigskin
fell dead.
The Tigers efforts rose again to
scoring possibilities after Stinson re-
covered a fumbie by Owen and
Princeton rushed and forward passed
eighteen yards Murray. who had re-
placed Scherer in the Princeton back
field. attempted fir'd goal. but his
line men waTeT"d. the Harvard for
ried kick barely bobbed over the line
of scrimmage before il was gathered
in by Owen. An eighteen-yard run
by Churchill and successive short
gains by Horween and Owen trans
ferred play to Princeton territory
where the period closed.
L0urie Crosses Geal.
In the third period, after an ex-
change of punts. the Tigers started
p drive for the Crimson goal from
their forty-two-yard line. Gilroy and
Tately spilled each other in line as
saults for small gains, and after one
forward pass attempt had been de-
feated. Lourie called for another.
He deployed his team again. called
the signals and let the ball go by him
to Murray, while he sped down the
field. Twelve yards away he turned
plucked Murray's toss out OF the air
and evaded Tolbert and FaXon to run
3S yards for a touchdown. With
keck goal the score WAS tied
Another punting exchange followed.
Then the giant Keck broke through
the Crimson line. blocked owens punt
and made it possible for McManmon 10
recover it on Harvard's 4-yard line.
Clarity was sent against the Grim
son line twice at the opening OF the
last period. and Or the second rush
made the touchdown which the Tiger
stands hailed as the measure of a
gists. under Coach Fisher. then dug
deep into their foot ball bag of tricks.
and called on Buell., Fits and Ma
comber to go out and relieve regular
advances by the air followed. with
touchdown as its climax.
Prove Evenly Matched.
In rush, forward pass and kick
Harvard and Princeton were almost
as evenly matched as the tie sco.e
indicates. Lourie's punts Travelled "a
total of 2S3 yards and those of Owen
and Fits aggregated 299 yards. Harvard
gained 119 yards by rushing; Princeton
most entirely in the fourth period. made
an advance Of IS yards, while Prince
toms passes during the game aggre
gated So yards. Leurie's agility in
the ball back from punt or
KICKOFF gave the Tigers an advantage
a. wards TO II