Evening star., 1920-01-02
HARVARD DEFEATS OREGON
IN GRUELING BATTLE, rs
Horween's Goal Following Touchdown b,
Church ODerbalances Field Goals in Strug-
gle Seen by 80, 900 People.

| fASADEN A, Cdlll, JAuudTE S-l Ht
| Harvard foot ball squad today began
the long return journey to Cambridge
! Mass, fully repaid for the twice trans
, continental trip by the to victory
gained here yesterday over the Univer-
! sity OF Oregon eleven. The Crimson
victory was the first scored by an east
| ern team in the annual intersectional
| here.
| Discussion today by critics of the
| game largely concerned the ability of
| Casey. Harvard's sensational back field
| man. in catching forward passes and
| freeing himself from taclllers. and A.
| Horween's line plunging during the final
period. Church was given credit for
much effective punting.
Little Manerude and Steers. whose
drop kicks brought the Oregon score to
| within one point of the seven Harvard s
touchdown by Church and goal by A.
Horween produced, also came in for
favorable mention.
No New Play. Uncovered.
That no new style OF play was un-
covered by either team also was com
mented upon. Both elevens relied main
ly upon the old staples. line plunging,
across tackle bucks, around end runs,
punts and a few forward passes.
Weight of the Harvard team, which
aggregated considerably more than
that of Oregon, played no part in the
victory. declared Robert Fisher, Grim
son coach. He ascribed the success to
! his players pluck. 1t was the first
scrimmagng Harvard had done since
! the close of the ca gtern season.
Coach Shy Huntington of Oregon
said his team would return home with
the knowledge that they had played as
hard and as clean game as they could
and convinced that they had maue q
| commendable showing.
"PIuck Triumphed,s F'isher.
In defeating Oregon Harvard played
the hardest game of the season, Coach
Fisher said
I'VE came 1000 miles to lick Oregon" ;"
Fisher said. "and we did it, We had the
better team. But Oregon had a better
team than ! expected. 1t was the first
scrimmage Harvard had since it's game
with Yale and naturally the men were
through the game largely on pluck.
II don't think the fact that we out
weighed Oregon had much to do with
the result. We would have beaten Ore
gon II the western men had been Har-
wards equal in weight.
Oregon played q hard, clean gamN."
Huge Crowd 10 Delitieus. "
During the tive hours and a half
from the time the teams took the
30 900 wildly. matly delirious foot ball
fans had eheered and shouted and
stood and stamped and yelled in the
greatest demonstration of enthusiasm
ever witnessed in the west. People
even wept.
The contest, the climax of the an
nual New Year day tournament of
roses. brought visitors to Pasadena
from far and near. and 1t was game
never to be forgotten. Three minutes
before the Anal pistol barked Harva rd
was within two yards of Oregon's goal
for another touchdokn. At the finish
the ball was just two inches short Of
being over the line. Some game.
Oregon's team fought like tigers and
lost fighting before Harvard's steady
driving line plunges of Arnold Hor-
driving line plunger of Arnold Hor-
ween. punctured by clocklike end run
dasheS of Casey or Church.
Oregon drew first blood in the
second quarter when Steers, the sen-
sational quarter. made beautiful
drop. kick over Harvard's goal from
the 1S-yard line. The big fireworks,
In fact. came in the second quarter,
though ii was anybody's game right
up to the last second.
Harvard quickly followed Oregon's
lead when Church.. who had gone in
in place OF Ralph Horween, who was
! injured, dashed fifteen yards around
Then Arnold Hofw cen kicked the goal.
That one little boot proved to be the
deciding factor that turned the scales
in the Crimson's favor. The score
stood Z to 8. Oregon, fighting mad, re-
sorted to open playing, and at the eli
max OF sensational see-saw line work
Manerude, who had gone In for Steers,
kicked a field goal from the 25-yard
line. This brought Oregons score up
to and ended the scoring for the day
Harvard's strategy in the first quar-
ter was almost altogether defensive,
with Steers, Huntington and Branden-
burg of Oregon hitting their line for
fair gains. but Harvard's goal was
never in imminent danger.
Bill Steers Shows PrOwesx.
In the second quarter Bill Steers, the
Oregon quarterback. who had been
expected to star for the Westerners,
showed some of the foot ball material
for which he is famed. Oregon worked
the ball well into Harvard's territory