The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Buell. Dashes a Yards;
OMEN DriveS Touchdown,
Kicks 81 Yard Field Goal
Yale Leads to on Kick by Capt. Aldrich for Three
quarters of Game, but Gives Way to Crimson
Smashes Near End, Harvard Gaining
Steadily in Power

rush might have been -ried without
harm-and Yale just then was doing big
business with the rushing game Har-
ward outplayed Yale the rest of the
tussle. but spoiled touchdown cha nces b..
holding.
Owen kicked his field goal from the
81 yard line after his team had been
held for downs.
The teams came TO grips ON soft
held to-day, q gridiron softer on the
bare spaces than on the grassy areas
near the side lines. The footing stopped
numerous runs. but there were many
long ones just the same. The first half
was largely n question of the wind.
Whichever side had the gale at it's back
had the better of it and made full use
Of the advantage.
Battle Begins on Second.
Tn the second half the real battle
began and each side unfurled all It had.
Ths pace quickened and each side cut
loose to its fullest extent with the run
ming game and the forward pass. Be it
said IN that connection that Yale ex-
ceiled Harvard in running, that the for.
ward pass work Of both was crude and
hardly more than an apology for for
ward passing.
Yale in the aggregate gained A0 yards
to Harvard's ITO, but Harvard was moro
alert in taking advantage of the en-
emy's slips and Yale made errors Of ex-
ecution and Judgment which Harvard
avoided. Harvard's natural and ac-
quired resources. hardly as good as
Yale's, were used to more intelligent
purposes. The Crimson ran its cam
paign better without as good an engine.
The terraced multitude, from those
m 10 = ha
on the lofty promenade. saw a game
which was crunch and grind In the
first half. interspersed with copious
kicking and an abundance of scrimmag-
ing on the 20 yard lines. Yale excelled
in this half. The second half was more
slap-bang and more exciting; of real
high calibre product. In which neither
did anything startling. Yale's sustained
advances were the best development.
Day Hot, Light Uncertain.
The players steamed in the warmth.
Fur coats we're uncomfortable, but IL
must be they are INDIGENOUS to football
or else their owners are poor at guess
ing the weather, for there were many
OF them. IT was not fur coat or shawl
or robe day. as It was altogether too
warm and soggy. Before the game was
over rain clouds had been driven away
and the amph!theatre. dark betimes
was cheered In the final minutes by the
sun so long as II was above the horizon
to furnish light
A bobbing parade packed the wild
bridge over the Charles from noon to
game time. and the stadium, after the
manner of stadiums on such days, was
half empty one moment and filled the
next. One moment with the thick clouds
overhead, one side was just an indis-
tinguishable throng to the other, the
next, with the sun shedding it's radiant
light. the blur disintegrated into clearly
limned individuals sitting by thousands
The Yale band on one side, in sweaters
of blue and bareheaded the Harvard
band on the other with crimson toggery
and white duck hats. were as vividly
pictures in the sunlight as bits from a
stained glass window.
Bands Exchange Airs.
The Crimson band before the game,
marching in the shape of an II, did the
Ellis the nice courtesy of playing "Boola,"
at which Yale cheered nightly, and the
Yale band played Harvard airs. Great
though the temptation Of each may have
been to murder the others song. each air
was rendered as nearly musically perfect
as the musicians knew how. Yet the
music did not soothe the savage--but with
the game at all times fairly waged-
breasts Of the warriors who soon tool,
the field for their yearly combat.
Yale was on the field for the game
fifteen minutes before the Crimson.
After Captain Aldrich's men had run
through their signal work they sat 10
their little coop and watched three Har-
ward teams run through theirs. Har-
ward is great on psychological tricks or
perhaps thinks she Is. and maybe
thought with such an array to show
that she was not weak in substitutes
as had been proclaimed. Harvard was
not totteringly weak In anything so far
as the afternoon divulged. and as has
been said. the spirit of the Crimson
never shone more brilliantly.
Yale Failed in Pinchcs.
Harvard had her one great her one
supreme chance and realized on It.
Yale had chances. good ones. admirable
ones. and failed TO follow them up. As
opportunist5 the Ellis were deficient. To
sec so capable a leader as Captain AL
drich Of Yale and so fine a player go
down TO defeat in his last chance at the
Crimson was a source of deep regret to
most everybody. and this valiant player
was cheered more than once by the Har-
ward side.
Aldrich did more ground gaining than
anybody else. He kicked. he made his
fifth field goal OF the season. he in
tercepted forward passes he took the
hardest tackles OF the Crimson horde,
always after him; he made savage
tackles in the back field. he led his men
with a spirit that was unqucnchable.
He was a brilliant figure though on q
losing cause.
Aldrich. Mallory. Into. Landis. Hull
man and sturm for Yale; owen. Buell..
Fits. Brown and Macomber for Harvard
played hard all the time and well most
OF the time. The Yale line met its
match. and each side was noticeably
good on ia defensive charge. What good
line play there was on either side was
carried on by Yale for longer periods.
The Yale line for three periods at least
did better sustained work on offence.
Harvard had not the punch of Yale, but
in the last period had the stamina TO
make 1t appear that she had better
punch.