New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
Blue Plows Through, for
Ill First Downs to 3
for Rivals, but Lacks
>Power to Cross Line
Owens Long Rum
Wins for Crimson
Veteran Back Goes Over
for Touchdown After
Brilliant 57-Yard Dash
By Grantland Rice

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 25.-Yaie,
kene day in the dim and distant future,
viii discover that mind is still above
kter and that the conquering drive
PSheer. raw power belongs back in
fhe vanished glory of Neolithic days
when the cave man ruled the world.
The. cave man now belongs to the
forgotten ages and Yale took another
step in theS same direction this after
noon when $4,000 souls saw Harvard
win by the score of 10 Go in thrill
Ing battle, where Yale got the first
downs and Harvard got the points,
where Yale had the power and Harvard
bad the mind.
Yale made eleven first downs to Har-
&yard's three and Harvard made ten
&rroints to Yale's three. And therein
have most of the story of another
&Bulldog defeat, closing out the bitter
est year the Blue has ever known.
OWENS Run Beats Bulldog
and crimson there was one Harvard
man who carried the victorious tide in
Harvard's favor by one of the great
est runs of the year. For, after all,
above all technique and strategy, it
was the fifty-seven-yard dash of George
Owen, brilliant star in his final bat
tie, that lifted the conquering Crimson
cut of the dark valley and dumped the
battered Bulldog into the grotto of
despair
The first period had been under way
only few minutes when Charley
oHearn deep IN Vale territory, lifted
long spiral against the wind, q spiral
| that sailed on beyond midtield until it
finally fiutt4red into Hammond's out
stretched hands. But the ball bounded
away OIL Iarvart's d0-yasa line and
swung out across tho field George
0Ren,s quick of brain and quick of
foot, one of the greatest natural COM
pctitors of all time, swept UP the ball
and started on his way.
Two Blue tacklers dived for him at
Aaryard's A5-yard line, but both lost
the fast-running, swerving Harvard
back, who picked each opening with
watchfui eyes as he swept on by mid
Il
slightly to the left, eluding another
| quiyering grip as he finally cleared the
last defensive line with only O'Hearu
/ in the road. Owen rushed forward
l with the speed of track star. straight
! for the waiting O'Hearn as if he
meant to run him down. But at Yale's
S0-yard line he suddenly halted, zig
Jagged for a brief moment, side
stepped first to the right and then 10
5afI ~. NS<,I,r
thrown off guard the fast Crimson back
4 without u Yale man in front of his
march. For moment it seemed as If
n Owen was to cross the goal line in
~ this one long march, but at the last
Nmoment HUMAN, of Yale, cut in and
nailed him on the threeyard line.
For ffty-seven yards the Crimson
star had worked his way through the
scattered Blue defense. and while he
was halted only stride from, the
had more than Offset Yale's total driy-
ing power for the rest of the game.
Crimson Horde Scents Victory
As Owen, closing out great career,
1 passed mid-field the entire Harvard
delegation came to its collective feet
1 with greater racket than Bedlam ever
1 knew in it's noisiest hodr. And as he
finally planted the ball within brief
stride of Yale's goal line and it be-
4 came evident then and there that Har-
ward once more was moving to the up
4 land country. the din became so ter
fihc that an artillery blast would have
passed unnoticed. Two Harvard plunges
4 netted only yard, but at this criti-
cal moment Charley Buell., the Har-
T1d captain, was rushed to the field
| lSSpiase of Lee.
Buell. has developed the habit of
sending Owen through the Yale de-
Tense. For him this was no new story.
4 was an old, old tale and force of
habit is one of the winning factors of
4 the competitive field. As the little
q quarterback stepped into the job there
was no longer any question as to what
j might happen. On the first play he
sent Owen through, just as he sent
II am through year ago on Cambridge
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