Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-21

ihalf OF the game gave Harvard its
heroes and its victory. In the early
periods the advantage was Yale's and
the heroes were of the Blue. Through
out the game the individual brilliance
of Captain Mac" Aldrich, whether in
slashing run, in carrying kick or in
overhauling tackle, caught in the eye
and the applause of spectators on
both sides. O'Hearn, too, was a
strong offensive power. although he
was involved in several incidents, a
fall with the ball almost on his own
goal line and juggling of an at
tempted field goal close to the last
line that put his team at temporary
disadvantage. Jordan's bludgeon-like
rushing blows were considerable fac
tors in Yale's offensive. Sturm, at
Yale's right flank, played the best
end position of the game and went off
the field crying, because injured. in
the last period.
! The story of the early periods is
one of the field goal that Captain
Aldrich kicked from the 12-yard
mark, when Harvard held the Blues
rushes; of another attempt at field
goal in which he failed; of Yale's lost
opportunity to get the ball when. on
a Harvard tumble on the Crimson 90
yard line, three Yale players milled
about the ball. wondered where it
was going and what to do about it,
and allowed Brown to slip in and save
it for Harvard; of three attempts by
1 n IN, hn ~ tc1y
field goals, twice from placement and
again from a dropped ball, and of
I O'Hearn's failure in the closing mo-
ments of play in the second period in
an ambitious effort to boot the ball
over from midfield.
| The result of the game turned on
| no fluke, nor did the forward passing
| of either side develop anything to
! influence the result. Both Harvard
| and Yale showed they had been well
drilled in defense against the over
head game and neither made any
considerable gains in this manner.
interruptions cost each the ball at
| times
| Yale's early advantage probably
was due to large extent to Captain
Aldrich's correct call of the coin toss.
| enabling him to put the brisk south
west wind at his back for kick
ing advantage that was obvious.
In figures the forward passing rec
ord of the game was: Harvard, four
passes completed out of eight at
tempts; two uncompleted and two
los$ by Yale interccption. gross ad
vantage. eight yards. Yale, four
passes completed out of 10 attempts;
three uncompleted and three lost to
Z Harvard by interception; gross gain
two yards. To this summary may be
| added an advance of 20 yards by Yale
on a lateral pass play.
| In running back punts Yale far eX-
| celled Harvard. The vigilance of the
Yale ends cut down with one or two
| exceptions Crimson run backs, but
F! the Harvard ends usually were not
able to stop the rushing returns of
! OHcarn and Aldrich until they had
gone from five to 80 yards.
I Yale outrushed Harvard, both in
the aggregate and in the average.
The Blue went forward approx
| mately 250 yards from scrimmage
formations: Harvard's rushing ad-
vance totalled 100 yards. Penalties
l.were about equal, although Har
wards were the more costly in the
Importance of the moment.
Lineup and summary:
HARVARD 1O YALE (3>
Macomaer, lie .......... lie, Human
Kane (CaptD, 1t .......... 1t, Into
Drown l.r 10 C'yI1iiS Sb n nix
! Clark, C .......... c, Lands
| Hubbard, re- .......... rg, Guernsey
| rierney, TT ............ TT, Diller
| Buell., oh .............. qb, O'Hearn
! INiftc In III Aldrich (CaOt }