The Washington herald., 1921-11-13
Aldrich and O'Hearn Lead
81 Bulldogs, Winning Drive
Yale Captain Kicks Two Field Goals And
Quarterback Scores Touchdown Marshal
Foch Among $4,000 at Game.
By GRANTLAND RICE.

NEW HAVEN, conn., WV
= young bulldog. built along grey
hound lines. is frolicking in merry
fashion around New Haven tonight
With a large patch of Tiger hide
SUI dangling from his mighty
teeth.
: - He had waited and starved Tor
exactly five years for this banquet
upon Tiger meat, but now ne is
= eorEed to the final bite with every
Tiger bone licked clean.
htFur IL so happened that In one
OF the most desperate football bat
ties that ever ripped and tore up
the sod of any field a young Yale
team of speed. power and machine
ike play overturned Princetons
et,-9r-s nv the score of IS TO Z as
Marshal Ferdinand Foch and some
90, 600 others looked down from the
big bowl through a gray Novemoe'
afternoon.
N he had been interviewed BY
your correspondent the astonlsheo
marshal undoubtedly would have
admitted that the best team won
and in this conservative admission
he would have been exactly 100 per
cent correct
Better Team On Top.
The best team won through
modern football system built
around Capt Aldrich and Charles
OsHea-n. two of the greatest stars
that ever wore the Blue into vic
torious battle, outstanding heroes
tonight where Yale men meet TO
sing the praise OF a gallant young
machine that faced its first big test
without faltering At any turn oil
the long and rocky road
n was O'Hearn who scored iaies
touchdown in the hrst period oS
17-yard dash around princeton
right wing on a delayed pass and
when Princeton's lighting raAy hao
ttsd I'M the score IL was Aldrtch who
70 the rescue with two drop
kfcks that placed the Bulldog be-
vond ALL fear Of want and so broke
Sassau's grip upon an Eli throat
princeton fought with savage Bit
tsrneSs into the deep autumn
shadows that blanketed the field
upon the final play. but Yale had
charxed in through the second hall
wftb too much IRE and dash. speed
skin and courage TO be held IN
check by anything the battered
TIGER team had to give in return
II was in the two closing periods
that Yale rose to her greatest
heights and swept Nassau from the
neld with a series Of drives that
took the big toe of Aldrich twice
within easy scoring distance OF the
waiting crossbar-
In the wake Of the smashing
marches the greatest November
crowd since 1916 stood and watched
the field, heralding the end OF the
tonz blue drouth which Tad Jones
and his game young team had al
last brought to a wonderful finish
Foeh Given Big welcome.
The scene was set for imposing
Drama from the start. Twenty min
utes before game time Marshal
Foch and his stan crossed the held
TO a welcome roar, the gallant
French marshal saluting with all
the rapidity OF a machine gun in
action at a busy sector along the
front. For this brief moment the
conuueror Of HiDdenburg was the
towering figure of the day, but even
the greatest hero of the worlds
greatest war vas soon only one of
50. 900, largest OF all football crowds
In American history, as Capt. Aid
= rich and Capt. Keck stood In the
center Of the 'neld and looked upon
the falling coin that gave Yale q
chance to start With a favoring
wind
Far across the field we could not
see the marshals expression. but
eandor compels the admission that
As Garrity's kick-off sailed IS yards
Into O'Hearn's arms we even for
got to look the marshars way. For
the moment there was a new war
under way which gave advance
promise Of football greatness that
later on was to be proved. In the
proof Of this Yale won through
supremacy In every part of the
game, except the forward pass.
with Aldrich, O'Hearn and Jordan
leading various assaults that were
an well conceived, and for the most
part sxcellently put through, the
BuIldog gained almost 2 yards for ]
by rushing as he piled up a total
OF thirteen first downs against
Princeton's nine.
Tiger Game to Last.
Princeton used spectacular
passing game to gain her only
touchdown. and even in the last
few seconds of play a 50-yard pass
suddenly left Snively's accurate
right hand to sail far up the field,
where Giiroy waited for the ball
Gilroy was In the open, with q
clean sweep ahead. As the LONG,
looping pass settled In his arms,
but Sturm, OF Yale, was only a
stride away, and as the star Of
the Harvard battle started for the
Yale goal line and victory Sturm
left his feet with such impetus that
Gilroy, driven to earth, let the hall
hutter from his arms, and through
this costly tumble Nassau's last
chance was grayer than tho gather
ing dusk This closing Princeton
bid for victory L. mentioned here to
show how gamely and how des-
peratsly the beaten Tiger strur-
gbsd against q better team to ths
closing line OF the piece.
Yale won not only through bet-
ter football. but through better
physical condition. as Stinson wenr
out early and Capt Keck was
forced from the field a few mo-
ments after the second period
opened mp. But, for all that n
was Yale's day. and the tide started
IN her direction soon aftsr the
ZANE began.
After the klckof Capt. Aldricb
lost no time IN attempting 10 drive
the ball up the field. using his right
toe for this purpose, but a short