New-York tribune., 1920-01-02
Church Scores Only Touch.
down of Game for Grim.
son in Second Period
of Spectacular Struggle
West Kicks Two Goals
Greatest Contest Ever Seen
ON Pacific Coast Fea.
lures Festival of Roses
Special Corresnond-n..

harvard defeated the University of
Oregon in dramatic, intersectional
gridiron battle by the score of Z to 6.
1t was whirlwind game from start to
finish, but the fasteners had the more
versatile attack and crashed through
the yellow jacketcd limo Of the
Oregonians.
Harvard was forced to use every bit
of its versatility, for the men from the
Northwest played with a vigor that
made the fasteners realize that
they were in battle.
1t was Church, substituting for
Ralph Horween, who carried the ball
across the Oregon line for the only
touchdown. The oval was brought to
striking distance of the line by some
beautiful passing, in which Eddie Casey
starred. Church completed the work
with dash around the end after the
yellow jackets had punched and braced
to rcpel a drive at center. Arnold
Horween kicked the goal.
Oregon Kicks Two Goals
The Oregonans scored two field
goals. One of them was kicked by "Bad
Bill" Steers and the other by Mancrud,
who replaced Steers after he had been
taken out because of injuries. All of
the scoring took place in the second
period, which was marked by some of
the hardest and swiftest play that ever
has been seen here.
But the great splurge Of melodrama
came in the last period, when the long
shadows lay across the field, The
more toward the Oregon goal line.
Against the beautifully directed attack
OF Harvard the Yellow Jackets wilted
and fell back. Straight to the line
came the Crimson food and then the
Yellow Jackets swarmed and found
their sting.
Three times the Harvard backs were
hurled against the Oregon line, but
they made as much impression on it al
though they had been driving against
a concrete wall. Not an inch would
Che Yellow Jackets yield. There was
less than hands breadth to go-a bare
three inches-but the Oregon line held
and the Yellow Jackets recovered the
ball on downs Just as the whistle blew
and the game was over.
Something like $4,000 persons saw
the battle through the haze which COW
cred the playing field. From the start
the Oregonians put up fighting game,
and in the first half they were rushing
and battering the Fasteners until it
seemed they would sweep them off
their feet. The little Crimson army
was forced to call time frequently.
Oregon Scores First
In the second half The West had its
chance to gloat when Steers kicked the
first goal from the field. Then the
Harvard team seemed to pull itself
together and made it's march to the
goal line OF the Yellow Jackets, not in
series of blind dashes, but with an
Class and experience told against this
stalwart Oregon team as they told
against the laundering bulldog ferocity
of Yale in the last Yale-Harvard game
at Cambridge.
The Crimson team was the heavier,
but it did not make Its gains because
Of superior weight and drive. For
when the Harvard men tried to smash
the Yellow Jackets by sheer driving
power they met a fighting opposition
that convinced them this style Of play
was not wise. Man to man. the lighter
Orcgonians could hold them and even
evenly matched, but Harvard had the
experience and the shade in gray mat
ter that told the story.
The Horweens and Eddie Casey did
most Of the ground gaining for the
Crimson, though it was Church, sub
stitute back, who shot the ball across
for the touchdown. For Oregon, Jacob
berger, Huntington and Manerud
shared honors with "Bad Bill" Steers
who fought like the buzzing, singing
Yellow Jacket that he is, until injuries
put him out of. the game.
Battle at the Finish
The battle in the last minutes Of play
always will be remembered, Harvard
throwing everything it had at the
lighter Oregon team and tho Yellow
Jackets standing like q wall. For
once the Crimson army seemed utterly
termined little army Of the West.
The weather favored Harvard. There
was no California sunshine to run the
mercury up into the seventies. The
day was comparatively cool for this
season and hint Of rain boosted the
Harvard stock. For the crowd the
weather was ideal. No sunshine to
make watching the game difficult from
the sunny side and not enough OF a
chill to make neaVy wraps necessary
The result was that the brilliant gowns
made the stands even more picturesque
At o'clock every seat was filled
more than $4,000 filtering in. On the
! west side of the field Harvard had two
sections Of rabid rooters, who arose en-
,nassc to greet Captain Billy Murray
and his cohorts as they ran onto the
| field The Oregon enthusiasts were
quartcred directly opposite tho Har'
ward contingent and gave their team
ehc glad hand.
At 2:15 o'clock an airplanc contain.
ing All St. John, the movie comedian
dropped toward tho gridiron and
dropped the pigskin, decorated with the
colors Of both teams, which was to be
used to start tho game. The south goa
was cntwincd with Oregon colors, Ann6
the stick on the other end Of tho hcld
swung the crimson Of Harvard.
Harvard wore numbers for the
first time In its football history--largt
white numerals, with Captain Murray
the No. II man and Eddie Casey
sporting No. 3. "Bad Bill" Steers, the
Oregon wonder worker. was tagged
Douglas Fairbanks and Charley Chap
lin met "Alkali Joe" Hughes, the Pull