Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-21
HARVARD DEFEATS
YALE IN PRESENCE
OF 10000 FANS
Crimson Eleven Triumphs
Over Rivals by Margin of
Three Field Goals.
FIGHTING SPIRIT DISPLAYED
BY BULLDOGS Is SURPRISING
Team Which Succumbed Be
fore Tigers Last Saturday
Stages Great Comeback.
DEFENSE DESERVES CREDIT
Crimson Advances Bull Within
Eight Yards OF Goal, but Is
Unnbi cto Score.
FIGHTING SPIRIT DISPLAYED
BY BULLDOGS Is SURPRISING
DEFENSE DESERVES CREDIT
Crimson Advances Bull Within
Eight Yards OF Goal, but Is
Unabi cto Score.
IHy Associa,ed press.l

NEW HAVEN. CONN, Nov. 60
licpulsed repeatedly In their attacks
At tho Yale goal line today. Harvard
rcsorted to n kicking ofrcnse, und
with thrco field goals defeated tho
ELLIS by score Of to 0 in the an
nual football combat In the Yale
bowl. The contest, witnessed by
nearly $4,000 spectators and tho
thirty-ninth between tho two univcr-
stiles since 1916. was Il remarkable
exposition Of the comparatively mod
ern opcn and aerial game. While
loosely played NJ times, i; fairly
bristied with thrilling forward
passes and sweeping runs.
The defeat OF Yale. while not uit-
expected. took - most unusua! turn.
'iue to tho ragged. but savage de-
iaRBe OF tho Ellis. who refused to be
awed by the Harvard Jugsernaut.
iurling their bodies IN front OF tn.
the Crimson charges. or lcapinS
lodging and squirinins runners. the
Vale players batt!ed so s;tvascly thai.
! although the Cambridge clan several
Ones drove tho ELS back TO the
shadow or their own goal posts, u
touchdown was beyond tho physical
.biiity or the Crimson.
III Niis - 'bls AFiI piCF
upou the kick. and three times out
~ hv. tries booted the ball between
tNe upriEhts, willie Ysle. defeated.
Lat not disgraccd. left the field with
~. satisfaction Of having partially
sh.ckcd its creates, rival In a
Triumph that was considered such a
Ioregonc conclusion that Harvard
cohorts were offering odds of to l
',cfore the game. with few takers.
Defense Stronger Than Attnt.k.
Both teams shoHed q stronger de-
isnss than attack fE.d this was par
t'cu!arly noticeable in the cnsaz OF
Yale. which apparently had nssimi-
lated the lesson of the Princeton de-
seat nnd followed the ball with COM
mcndablc zeal. Harvard found II rca-
sonably easy 10 gain ground between
the twcnty-five-yard line. but once
Il WITHIN striking distance OF touch
Gown. the Yale line and secondary
| defense stiGcncd and held their
! ,!ra!s' charges TO small gains. which
uecessitatcd kicking. The Blue.
However. failed to develop anything
il. the way Of 4 deceptive attack and
almost all it's line plunEes, end runs
and passes We're diagnosed and held
20 failure or small gains.
Considered entirely from q tcchni-
cal standpoint, Harvard ou,played
Val. in almost every particular as n
team. but the individual efforts Of
tho Eli eleven offset this team advan-
tasc 10 "A considerable extent. Had
tn. Blue offense been built upon q
wider and more deceptive basis II
Il possible that Yale might have
scored in some form. Against the
simple plays OF the home team. how
ever. Harvard hung compact or
wide defense as the attack required,
and seldom did the Ell ball carrier
find an avenue OF advance open for
moro than n second or two after the
scrimmagc began.
The very intensity with which the
Yale eleven made It's last stand added
Immensely TO the thrill and excite
ment of the play. So keen did the
rival players struggle for scores that
toward the close, of tho third period
The unusual spectacle OF two pIaye
cling retired Tor roughness from n
big Eastern football classic was wit
messed when Quarterback Kcmpton,
Of Yale. and Left End CASTOR, OF
Harvard, were sent to the side lines
after brief miSup near the Yale
goal.
Analysis of the game shows that
the Yale defense could not stand be-
.oro n Crimson machine that was
quick to shift Its oircnsc to meet un-
:;pected opposition. While Harvard
rnuld not cross the Yale goal line.
Il could and did more when necessity
OCCURRED. within striking distance OF
!, iield goal. During the sixty min
ties of play, Harvard gained o1o
yards In siAty-siX rushes. which gave
1--we opportunities for field goals.
three of which were successful. Yale
gained but sixty yards in thirty-two
bushes and never seriously threat
ened the Crimson goal, whilc Har-
ward was once within eight yards OF
a touchdown, but could not drive the
Eli eleven back at the crucial mo-
ment.
Harvard Uses Aerial Attack.
Harvard opened with an overhead
attack and threatened the Blue with
this method of ground gaining all
through the game. Sixteen forward
passes were. flung against tho Blue.
81 which nine were completed for n
,otal OF 40 yards, five were uncom-
p'sted and two Intercepted. Yale
lied eighteen forward passes. of
Which fourteen were hurled in the
tmal period. OF these, -four were
completed for. nifty yards gain. twelve
teil to the ground, and two were In
'crceptca. In punting, honors -wcro
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