The New York herald., 1921-10-23
HARVARD SAVED BY
DESPERATE RALLY
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mark. first down and Harvard took


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mark. first down and Harvard took a
breather.
Coburn was called on to try the line,
and he crashed through for seven yards.
Harvard hopes mounted to the skies.
Harvard cheers roared through that
stadium in one thunderouS wave after
another. A Harvard eleven was rally.
ing down there. and Harvard supporters
sensed that tie.
Coburn followed with another gain,
and another first down. Again he went
hurtling into the black mass, which was
the Penn State team, and this time
furious foe stopped him. The Lion was
making a great stand and Harvard
feared to take another chance at the
line. Harvard also figured that State
was set for another blow at It's line. and
Harvard was right
AS States fianks were sucked in tight
to ward Off a. plunge, Harvard once more
had recourse to the forward pass. How
they managed to see the ball we do not
know. BY this time the gridlronrlay dn
semi-darkness. Men who had been funl-
bling in broad daylight now became
sure and accurate. They were guided by
that instinct which is called nose for
the ball.
Bedlam Breaks Loose.
There was sharp feint at the line,
then Buell. ran back and hurled the ball
to the eager Churchill, who ran few
strides and crossed the goal line. Bedlam
broke loose, but soon 1t subsided. Buell.
! carried the ball to the e-little mound while
Johnson lay prone to hold 1t in place.
They placed II this way and they placed
1t that way. They fingered and fingered.
and finally Buell. had to kick that goal
and he did. AS the darkness became
mixer Penn State came back with a
great rally of it's own. Taking Har-
wards kickoff on its own 10 yard line,
the Lion began a steady march. 1t was
roaring, gnashing lion, but there was
only two minutes to go. Time were
against State. The great Wilson ripped
off nine yards, a forward pass netted
twelve yards. another pass gained
eighteen.
Soon Killinger got of twenty-five
yard run. One plunge after another
brought State up to the Harvard goal
line. Then a forward pass failed on
the fourth down, and the ANAL whistle
sent the crowd cropping its way down
through the stadium and across the
shadowy fields to the Jammed subway
cars.
The shining hero of the day was a
young man by the name of Wilson. Adj
vance dope had not heralded him as
one Of Homeric mold. A lot had been
made of the illness of Capt. Smell,
States stellar back. But this man Will
son, down in the list Of substitutes, was
just a back.
Great was the anguish OF Penn State
when the frst rush sent MADEIRA, their
200 pound tackle, Off the field on a
stretcher with q broken thigh. Great
was the anguish of State when Hess.
Snelrs understudy, suffered some sort of
fracture and also had to be carried off
the turf. It was a torrid scrap. and
personal contact was not gentle.
But Wilson was to outdo Hess and
rise to q glory which has come to few
visiting players in the stadium. vii a
behaved like dozen mixed metaphors,
now like resistless pile driver. then
like bounding antelope, and soon like
slippery eel
subs Startling Feat.
His most startling feat was a dash Of
So yards in the third period. This put
Penn State only a few yards from a
touchdown. and 10 soon got It, Lightner
going over. Killinger, one of the great
est III the country WAS all
other great carrier. and Lightner was
another star. His forte was making
short gains through n tightly punched
mass fighting in the last ditch. His was
tho role OF the catapult, and he had his
part down to nicely.
On the Penn State line there were
many quiet heroes who were overlooked
by the crowd In the stands. The line
played a bang up game, crashed great
gaps through the Crimson bulwark and
| did itself proud. In the matter OF line
! play Harvard was very much In the sec
| ondary role.
For Harvard there were several he
roes The Crimson used up one and
rushed in another. First there came
Owen, who was crashed through for nine
| gains which totalled 26 yards and were
| the major factors In Harvard's getting
its touchdown In the first period. After
owen came Gratwick. who was rushed
and rushed until Harvard scored Its
second touchdown in the second period.
Buell. also did well all through the
game, handled himself like a star and
| made the most of his opportunities as a
| field general. From time to time he
| cast adrift theories of zone play and
| tradition and relied on sheer daring.
| He did this particularly with the for
ward pass deep In Harvard territory
and he did II we'll
| Penn states fight was game, up
| hin one, in which II was Handicapped
! greatly by ~ ysstchsd hsndltns ~ the