Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-02
Pasadena, Calf, ia

Pasadena, Calf, Jan. 2.
HARVARD beat Oregon, to q. Two
L L little sections of Crimson rooters.
all there were in the huge crowd OF
30, 900 pop eyed fans at the Tournament
Of Roses annual grid battle between
the East and the West, tumbled out OF
the stands, swept up tho Harvard team
and went wild in midget parade
around the huge arena.
The sun set Crimson yesterday way
out hero, the first time that nm eastern
team had conquered the West since
Penn made its unsuccessful invasion.
Freddie Church, out Of the game
nearly the whole Of Harvard's season,
Ia the hero today out California way.
He it was who scored the touchdown
for Harvard. and Arnold Horwecn'
goal kick few seconds later proved to
be the winning point.
Oregon was not able to shove the
hall across the Crimson goal line. Two
field goals was the best that could be
done and the East won by the margin
Of one point.
Breaks Against Harvard
Though all the breaks seemed to go
against Harvard, the eastern team
which had arrived here less than a
week ago. put across its scoring punch
carly and then, playing on the ragged
edge of it's nerve alone, so IT seemed 10
the throng along the sidelines. out
generated the opposing team during the
final half.
The whole West present at the game.
writhed there, expecting the Harvard
team to 60 to pieces. Butt it didn't and
held Oregon safe.
All of the points were scored in the
second period, Harvard got a punt
ON the 40-yard line. The Crimson began
the same aerial attack that held Prince :
ton and beat Eli. The ball was carried
In two passes over eight of the white
lines and then, Church, circling vide
with Horween, Casey and Harvard S
captain, Billy Murray. taking OFF the
lemon yellow jerseyed Oregon tacklers,
beat it over the last few lines, 10 yards
for touchdown right plumb between
the goal posts.
Oregon Scores First
In the second play of the second
quarter, "Bad Bill" Steers made an
easy drop kick from the 25.yard line
for Oregon. Manerud made the other
Westerners score on kick from the
40 yard line, where the ball had been
advanced by Oregon on of tackle
bucking. .
. The huge crowd assembled for the
battle early. 1t was big holiday and
the boxlike structure seemed to be q
mass of gorgeous California flowers.
Shortly after 2 o'clock an airplane
swooped low over the field aud the ball
was dropped in the middle of the
gridiron. Harvard men, wearing mum
erals on the back Of their jerseys for
the first time in history, pounced on
the ball.
In defeating the University of Oregon
eleven, Harvard played the hardest
: game of the season, Coach Robert
: Fisher, Of Harvard, said today.
. 1--WE came 5000 miles to lick Ore
gon," Fisher said, 'and we did it.
: we had the better team. But Oregon
: had better team than I expected,
l 1t was the first scrimmage Harvard
had since its game with Yale and nat
'"n,ly the men were not in good con =
g dition. The boys went through the
' game largely on pluck.
~ don't think the fact that we
E o,tweighed Oregon had much to do with
i the result We would have beaten
Oregon if the western men had been
= Harvards equal in weight.
l "Oregon played hard, clean game. y
4 The Harvard team left for Cambridge
this morning, arriving there January
| Q. Fisher said.
t Shortly after the Oregon men left
the field, Coach "Shy" Huntington
said he had no comment except that
1--WE played as hard and as clean a
game as we knew how and / think we
de n good showing, Harvard has
! a great football team
- Captain Murray elected to take the
nf 1,r
i start that the Crimson players were
a nervous--too nervous, in fact, to play
. their best game-for Ralph Horweer
. fumbled on the very first play, dropping
, the ball as he crashed through the line
: Oregon showed that her players had
= been trained to follow the ball, for How
: ard recovered for Oregon on the Grim
? son 42-yard line. Hollis Huntington
I then lived up to his great reputation by
= crashing through Kane for 20.yart
4 run. 1t was a pretty play and sent
s Oregon stock booming.
e Drop Kick Fails
A 15-yard penalty for holding, how
ever, somewhat chilled Oregon's hope.
s for a touchdown, and, after failing tc
t make satisfactory gains through thC
S line, Steers tried u forward pass I,
r Jaccoberger, but the latter failed tC
o connect, so Steers attempted drol
s kick from the 34yard line and missed
. the goal posts.
e After an exchange of punts, Casey
d made beautiful 16-yard run arount
!. Howard only to fumb'e, and Jaccoberge,
= got the ball on his own 4G yard line
o Three plays, including ripping crasl
through the line by Huntington, brongh
the ball to Harvard's So yard line
where Steers fumbled, Arnold Hor
y. ween getting the ball for Harvard.
n The Crimson punted after one try a
e the line and Jaccoberger fumbled, Des
y. y. mond recovering the ball for Harvar,
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