The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07
FORWARD PASS
SAVES DAY FOR
CRIMSON TEAM
Harvard Forced to Resort
to Aerial Attack to Tie
Princeton.
SCORE ENDS IA TO IA
Penalties Prove Costly to the
Tiger Eleven in First
Half.
ny WILLIAM n. HANNA.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 6.--Honors,
well earned honors. were even be-
tween Harvard and the Princeton
elevens this afternoon in the sta dunn,
and these rugged and well matched
football teams played tie game of
two touchdowns each. Fourteen to
IA was the score, and 1t was the Sec
ond year in succession their gridiron
fight has resulted in a tie.
A tie in which the feeling OF 10000
spectators, or of the great part Of the
10000 who were partisans one way or
the other. ran the gauntlet from de-
lection to Joy, or the other way about;
o tie In which feelings and hope were
subjected to all sorts of wracking
strains; a tie the first part of which
was poorly played and a clear cut
disappointment, but with 4 trans-
formation setting in and lasting the
whole second half and redeeming
splendidly the game from the slough
of the commonplace into which it fell
at the start.
end of the first period and al the end
Of the second period. An intermis-
SION then, and on the field came two
teams who knew they could play bet
ter football md resolved to do II This
determination seized, or worked on.
Princeton first, and the Tigers. phys
ically and morally in far improved
state over the first half. were OH even
terms, to z, at the end Of the third
period
AS the third period closed the Mas
sau men, who had just blocked a kick
with a detonation like the thump of a
huge bass drum and a sound which ex-
allied the hopes OF the Princeton stands
to the stars, were crowding Harvard at
the latter's own goal line. In the open
ing minutes of the period the Tigers
threshed through the hard pressed Har-
ward line and made another touchdown.
The goal from that made them lead IA
to Z.
But still the game was not drained
Of dramatic turns. 1t was Harvard $
turn to unleash a rally. The Crimson,
forced to do so. called on forward
passing game. which It probably had
hoped to win without and for the first
time in the game revealed what 1t could
do in this aerial speciality. Swift, sharp
shot from man to man, surprisingly good
forward passing, inasmuch as IL had APP
peared the Crimson was but Ill equipped
with this weapon. swept the Cantabs
UP Princeton's way. and they swooped
to their second touchdown with a for
ward pass which crossed the goal line.
A Crimson flood burst forth in the
stands, one OF the most spontaneous and
heartfelt expressions of relief Harvard
students ever have had occasion to give.
That's the way 1t went In the second
half, transports of delight first on one
side of the amphitheatre. then on the
other. And after the game everybody
subsidized. Neither side could celebrate
anything save the negative achievement
OF not being beaten.
Yet each had reason TO take great
credit TO itself for a fine spirit which
swung the contestants from losing 70
a winning fight. These plucky and
abrupt braces, together with the marked
Improvement of the game as a spec
tacle; as well as football more IN keep
ing with the standing OF the contestants
in the football social scale. were the big
Developments of the crisp and wlnelike
autumn afternoon.
No game before ever had quite so
unusual first period. Princeton, too
eager. too scrappy. incurred two pennl-
ties soon after the opening kick off
which cost the Tigers dearly. cost them
the victory, perhaps First came PEN
atty for roughing the Harvard kicker.
then, only a moment later. a penalty for
plling up on tacsler and thrown rum
ner.
Staggering Penalties.
Thirty yards right In heap struck
thu Tigers full in the face--flfteen yards.
then fifteen yards more. The second OF
the two penalties took the scrimmage
to Princeton's 2 yard line. That was
staggering blow, Harvard with the ball
on Princeton's yard line and not from
superior playing by Harvard, but be-
cause Of Princeton's attractions OF the
rules. Severe penalties, but just ones.
One must obey the rules.
II was not through any terrestrial
drive or sustained rushing that any
touchdown was made. Neither team was
high grade In that respect. They were.
Ia fact, quite ordinary and rather dis
appointing. Every score followed some
nil Of sudden happening. In the third
period tho Tigers made a touchdown on
a forward pass and an attendant run
which netted all told forty-five yards.
They hadn't resumed play long before
princeton had another touchdown. Mas
pau blocked kick, a vigilant Princeto-
nian recovered the ball. for which there
was an intensely exciting scramble. on
7arvard's yard line. and there the
uuarter ended. On the second rush of
the fourth quarter the Tigers lanced the
Harvard line and crossed into the touch
down zone.
Harvard. compelled TO show what II
mad in forward passes. opened with work
Of that kind OF expert skill and be-
wildered the Tigers for a time with it.
long enough 20 whirl from midfeld TO
the "a yard line and so on forward
until they hurled the capshcaf forward
pars, which tied the score.
II would have been a dull sort OF n
game but for It's quick transitions. It's
work overhead and Its sudden happen
lngs. II would have been poor dull
sort OF game n II had had to depend
On excellence Of organized offence. Over
head football and unexpected twists and
Happenings made It a battle, not what
was accomplished In offence along the
ground.
Not up TO Standard.
In the way of clean thrusts and hard.
accurate punch both sides failed to come
10 to expectations and were below their
Continued on Third Po0e.