New-York tribune., 1920-11-07

the Tiger nave been locked in deadly
embrace without decision. making su-
preme but vain efforts to break the dead
lock which must now go over to an
other fall Last fall at Princeton the
two elevens finished 10 and 10. This
afternoon in the big Stadium with
$4,000 peering intently upon the field
the same two ancient rivals each turned
brace of touchdowns and wound up a
spectacular afternoon with the final
score knotted at 14-l4. Both fought
with all they had to give, but the stand
off was so complete that neither had the
required power to put the winning drive
across.
In to-day's spicy contest Harvard
got the jump and scored quickly
through two costly penalties that
drove Princeton's machine into sudden
trouble.
Penalties Costly for Tigers
These two penalties gave Harvard 80
yards and the second offense left the
CRIMSON attack on the Tigers three
yard line with only stride to go. The
resulting score was inevtale, q gift
from Princeton's over eagerness
Emerging from the shadows in the last
two periods the Tiger offense broke
through with savage earnestness and
Through the double medium of long
forward pass and blocked kick left
Harvard trailing.
But Harvard, with some ten or
twelve minutes to play came back
Eamely with a series Of bewildering
passes and so left the situation as
badly knotted as it was this day wear
ago, when the big crowd fled out of
-Ae Palmer Stadium acclaiming the
;'o-y Of Trimble and Casey. Through
the first two periods the two bic
elevens houndered all over the lot. It
was a throw back to late September
with an epidemic of fumbles, poor
passes and mutfed throws. Harvard
had scored, but the touchdown was
git from Princeton. 1t was an un-
earned increment, arranged by fate to
round out another tie
The second half emerged from nesr
larce ano comedy into drama of the
most thrilling order. Shortly after the
third period opencd-shortly after the
plunglng Garrity in Tiger array had
carved his way for first downturn
rey, of Princeton, dropped back as Don
Lourie sprintcd forward. Murrev.
standing near midfeld. then whirled
and fired a 25yard pass to Lourie. who.
after taking the ball over his head to
the right Of the field, cut into the left
and raced the remaining distance over
the Crimson line with the touchdown
that soon tied the score.
Swap Line Plunges
For few minutes thereafter Garritv
swapped line plunges with Horween
and Owen, with the two big lines crack
ing each attack until Harvard was
forced to her 25-yard line. Here Hor-
ween dropped back to punt out of dan
ger. His intentions were excellent, but
his big right foot was a trile slow, for
the brilliant Keck stormed on through
and blocked the punt with his right
hand and portion of his right jaw.
With the ball bounding around the
field on Harvards 8 12-yard line and
with Keck still dazed from the impact
OF the ball against his jaw, some
Princeton hero (name unknown) took
the last Harvard man out of the play
by superb interference, and the alert
Legendre dived for the ball, which had
dribbled slowly and somberly out of
bounds.
From being beaten the Tiger was now
on his way to victory. Two mighty
plunges b. Garrity left the ball only
two yards from the Harvard line, and
on the next attempt Keck left such an
opening that Garrity catapulted
through and lit in the open on the
up. For the better part of four
periods her attack had been sluggish
and without effect.
It seemed as if the Crimson machine
had taken it for granted that victory
could be secured without uncoverlng a
play of later vintage than the second
Punic war. For these three periods
Harvard had plugged away at the line
with an occasional attempt to circle an
ta,,I
lacked any element of surprise.
But with Princeton leading and only
something like ten minutes left there
was sudden stir in the Crimson tent.
Buell. replaced fitzgerald at quarter
and Sedrwick followed Hubbard at
tackle Both were fresh and full of
FIRE and fight. A play or two followed
and then bueIl tossed forward pass
to Ftz, who carried the ball deep in
Princeton territory.
Two plays and then another forward
pass, Owen to Fitz, left Harvard on the
Tigers siXteen-yard line with another
tie in sight. Two pluNges failed to
gain, and then as Buell. ran back Ma
comber dashed over TO the right corner
Of the field, where he stood uncovered,
and Buell. turned and made the pass.
The ball started high and for moment
it looked TO be beyond reach, but Ma
Just why Harvard had kept her pass
ing game hidden until the last few
minutes of play is one of those autum-
nal mysteries that are never answered
in spite of the long debates that rea-
son out the why's and wherefores. Long
before this point had arrived both
elevens had proved beyond any doubt
that the two defensive lines were not
to be battered back and the defensive
ends were NOT ~ he turDpA
Yet Harvard especially insisted upon
trying to plug her way through when
Keck and Callahan were rolling her
big backs into the sod stopping them
abruptly at the line of scrimmage. Full
proof of this is shown by the fact that
in seventeen attempts at rushing in
the second half the Crimson onslaught
failed to make a solitary first down.
Harvard had Horween, Owen and
Churchill charging valiantly, but they
might as we'll have been charging into
sector of concrete and steel
In the game Harvards big line held
the Tiger attack at its mercy In the
first half Princeton made but three first