New-York tribune., 1922-11-26
Ovens Long Rum Places Ball
i'm Scoring Distance for
Crimson; Foe Outwitted
tceniinusd from paso oae)
By GrantIand Rice

By Gsrantland Rice
sod, and when Owen put the bal
across, Yale, in spite of all her speed
and power, was beaten team. Later
on, in Athe fourth quarter Carl Pfaff-
man lifted field goal across the bar
but those three extra points were
merely adorning figures that never
were needed.
Yale had scored but ono touchdown
on Harvard In fifteen gears, and YET
when Yale again had her chance there
was the cid immediate reyersion to
force and power with strategy and de-
ception thrown to the high winds that
roistered across the field. Yale again
had the stuff to win with, but Yale
again had no commander to bring her
through In the hour Of trial, no keen
eyed knight of chance to lead her away
from the old, old patha that for 80
many years have led only to defeat.
Harvard AIertness Wins
Harvard had nothing in the way OF
an offense, nothing but the alertness to
carry them on through. The Crimson
attack, outside Of Owens's one mighty
rush to victory, was smothered and
beaten back at almost every play. But
against this Yale, with all her drive
and speed, was aa helpless at critical
moments as if some one had attached
ball and chain to every member of
the squad.
For Harvard had barely scored her
seven points when the Bulldog drew
his chance, chance handed over by
the hand Of fate. On the following
kickoff Hammond funbled again on
Harvard's 32-yard line, and Huffman, in
a quick dive, WAS on top of the ball,
1t was now Yale's chance to start 3
vocalistic racket. 1t was Yale's chance
TO tie the score, chance handed ever
without ay waste of power or energy, q
chance possibly to win the game il
Yale had anything approaching q goal
line attack 1t was here that the far
ranging Yale chorus doomed across the
field as Harvard sat silent and waiting,
knowing the crushing impetus Of the
Bulldog assault if it was to be used
with any strategy at all.
On three running plays O'Hearn and
Jordan made first down and the ball
was now on Harvard's 20.yard line. On
two more running plays, all affairs of
drive and power, Yale again gathered
in her first down upon the Crimson To-
yard line. For the moment ct least
matter was fighting its way through
mind-game, courageous matter that
was making heedway by sheer physical
force. But ali this while the Harvard
defense was growing more and more
compact, gradually drawing closer and
closer into a Crimson wall. This de-
fense had evidently made up its mind
that Yale had no idea Of using ali over
head attack, of trying anything beyond
the old hammer-and-tongs onslaught.
Old Tactics Again Fail
AT this point habit again came to
Harvard's rescue. The Crimson had
been throwing back these Blue goal
line attacks for fifteen years. Only once
since 1907 has Yale back crossed the
Harvard line, although on numerous
occasions Yale backs had fought their
way to within yard Or two of the
promised land. Habit, the winning
factor, came to Harvards aid.
Harvard decided as Princeton did a
week ago that Yale was to fight out
these last few yards in the way of q
Stornlng party ana AFTER three ruSheS
by O'Hearn and Jordan, the Blue was
still five yards away--fve yards that
were just as far as fifty miles, in so far
as touchdown was concerned. Here,
standing squarely in front of the goal
posts, O'Hearn tried field goal and
failed by at least eight feet, the bali
swinging we'll over to the left. And
when that field goal went astray one
could almost tell from the dismal sag
ging of the Yale stands that only a
miracle new would ever give Yale such
another hand-picked chance.
Opportunity can knock only so often.
1t is not supposed to stand in front
of anyone's door and hammer away
with an unlimited drum fire. Oppor-
tunity gave Yale far more chances to
win week ago than it gave Prince
ton. But Princeton was waiting for