The New York herald., 1921-10-09
HARVARD'S KICKING
MAJOR FACTOR IN
DEFEATING INDIANA
Crimson Scores Two Touch
downs and a Pair of
Field Goals.
WESTERN PUNTER WEAK
Capt. Kyle's Failure Handicaps
H0Osiers-Buell's Boot
Is Busy.
WESTERN PUNTER WEAK

Special Despatch 10 THE NEW YoRT rRALp.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Oct. s. ing up
another Western football scalp for
Harvard The Crimson's gridiron eff
ficiency and the weather man to-day
combined to send Indiana's eleven
back to Bloomington with a 10 to
reverse. 1t was the twelfth time that
Harvard had opposed a team from
Western fields and rounded out an
even dozen victories for the Crimson.
Two touchdowns and two field goals
separated the teams at the finish. A pair
of discoura ging breaks" counted heav-
lily against the Hoosier band. Kicking
wGs the fundamental weakness of the
Western team. and If Capt John Kyle
had been at all consistent the encounter
might have been very close.
Charley Buell.. Harvard quarter, drop
kicked a field goal from the 50 yard
line in the first quarter. He had tried
another a bit earlier and had a third
shot at the bars in the second quar-
ter, but both failed. Blocked kicks and
an adverse wind put the Indians out
fit back on it's goal line in the second
period, and Erwin Gehrke grabbed a
partly blocked kicn on the Indiana
10 yard line and skidded over for a
touch down. Buell. added the l3th
point that competed the scoring for
the first half.
owen In Injured.
Roscoe Fits was shot into the breach
when George Owen twisted an ankle
in the opening period and the star left
footed kicker got off some wonderful
spirals. They had height and distance
and figured in keeping the Westerners
on the defensive. Fits also contributed
the last score. rs yard run for a
touchdown.
Three plays before Harvard's final
tally John Leonard. star Indiana tackle.
broke right in and blocked kick from
Roscoe's left toe. The half-back was
not on the job and the ball was mighty
! slippery so Fits was not wholly to
blame. He took Il so to heart. however.
that he intercepted an Indiana forward
pass on Harvards u yard line and
| quickly romped away for an additional
| six points No goal was registered after
| this score.
! Indiana was a disappointment The
| cerise ierseyed Westerners played con-
servative football at the outset. kick
/ lns at every tic
| first quarter when they had the wind
at their backs. But Kyle's kicks did
/ not measure up with Owens's. and
against the visitors. IT seemed certain
/ slowly but surely the tide turned
when the first half ended that the
| visitors were saving their power for
the closing quarters.
Now Comes the Rain.
But the unkind weather man broks
open some lowering clouds as the play
ers rested. and upon returning to the
stadium they were greeted with blind
ing sheets of rain. This dampened tho
matches and spoiled promised fire.
works The visitors attempted only
three forward passes, one of which
was of the boomerang order.
To the credit OF the Westerners II
must be said that they made such
good defensive stand in the opening
quarters that the 5000 spectators
waited through the driving rain in nope
ward threw in the reserves. who were
better mud horses than the Hoosiers.
Frank Hanny. right end for In
diana, crashed into Buell. with such
force in the opening period that the
back fumblcd the bali. Captain Kane
recovered it. however but Hanny's
right shoulder was dislocated He re-
NAMED IN for nearly the whole game
and punted once. but practically was
useless. Kyie's plunging late in the
game. when the issue had been de-
cided. was noteworthy. The lineup: