New-York tribune., 1921-11-20
Eli, Unbeaten This Sea-
son, Falls Before Ter
rife Attack by Fishers
Men in Final Quarter
Fits and Owen
Rescue Crimson
Brilliant Punt and Great
Dash of 43 Yards Send
Blue Eleven to Defeat
By Grantland Rice

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. 19.-Har-
yard came out of the dark shadows to-
day and lifted her beaten but unbowed
head to the sun once more by crushing
Yale. 10 to 5, in a Crimson masterpiece
that will never be forgotten. Let Cen
tire College celebrate and Princeton
light her bonfres over again, for these
two Harvard defeats became merely
gray ghosts of medieval history when
the bull-like rush of George Owen tore
the Yale line wide open in the final
quarter for the winning touchdown, as
battered Blue tacklers were hurled
aside by headlong, smashing power
that could not be stopped.
The first shall be last and the last
shall be first. Yale, unbeaten before,
fell with terrific crash where the
Bulldog most hoped to win, as Fishers
great Harvard machine, reborn and re-
vitalized, came bounding through with
one of the greatest victories in fifty
years of football play. Long estab-
lished habit again proved master of the
puny destinies of mankind. Beating
Yale had become an old, old Cambridge
story. So before $4,000 persons this
afternoon Harvard lifted the main
jewel from. the toad's head of defeat by
meeting Yale's superior speed with SUI
perior brain, backed UP by an indomit-
able will that refused to acknowledge
the possibility of New Haven
triumph
Crushing Attack Triumphs
Yale was 2 to l in the betting. Yale
was outrushing two yards to one. Yale
was making most of the first downs.
And Vale was leading with the final
quarter left, but against these endless
and increasing odds little Charley
Buell. and big George Owen, with the
help Of many valiant mates. suddenly
turned upon the Yale defense with
such savage skill and power that MOTH
ing the wavering Blue team had to
offer could hold the Crimson charge in
check
Yale with all her rushing power, was
making too many mistakes to swap
points with this keen. alert machine
that was on top of the job every min
ute of the afternoon. And while Yale
had her Aldrich, Harvard had her Owen
and her Buell., and the brilliant Blue
captain found the combination more
than he could hold at bay.
Early in the first period Aldrich
drove the Crimson into deadly pocket
with seventy~yard punt that rolled
across the goal line. From her 2O-yard
line. with the wind against her, Har-
yard could make no headway, and final
" Aldrich kicked field goal over the
bar from the 41yard line for a most
suspicious start. With this precious
lead back of her, Yale went rushing
pell nell into the third quarter with a
smashing attack that came near sweep
ing Harvard off her collective feet. On
ner way to possible touchdown deep
IN Harvard territory, after a twenty
yard run by Aldrich, Owen leaped high
TO intercept OHearn's forward pass,
and moment later Fits, with the ac-
curacy of rifeman, booted the ball
out OF bounds upon Yale's 14-yard line
with punt that sailed and twisted for
nfty-elght yards before it finally
crossed the line.
Great Kick Dooms Eli
This was the great kick of the game
.ha. started Yale along the bitter road
20 defeat. 1t was one of the great eff
aor1s OF the day, combining brain,
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