The New York herald., 1922-11-26
Harvard defeats Yale, 10 to 8,
After Omen Makes 81 Yard Run

go in as halfbaek. The Yale system that
was TO be used against. Harvard was
built around O'Hearn. He was made to
feel that he was the factor upon which
depended Yale victory. He did his
best. At one point he dashed through
the first and second Lire of Crimson
jerseys and seemed on his way to a
touchdown. But the last line got him
and bore him down. He played cleverly
and courageously but that opportunity
that came to owen did not come to
him. This is hardly fair to owen. who
made his own opportunity. Let us view
1t that the opportunity TO make an op-
portunity did not come to O'Hearn.
While the Harvard men were doing
their snake dance through the swiftly
falling twilight, tile Yale players were
slumped dejectedly into the tables in
their dressing room. Tad Jones was
pacing the floor. In corner OHearn
was sitting in a chair sobbing.
There is nothing at all to say" Jones
declared. THE team was a good team.
1t certainly did its best
Defeat n Tragedy to o'Hearn.
To an outsider that would seem about
all that was to be said 1t was only a
football game and the Yale team lost
But to O'Hearn. who had been made to
feel that the world was resting this aft
ernoon on his shoulders under the Blue
jersey, II was a life tragedy.
O'Hearn had not failed the Yale
team. Nobody on the Yale team had
failed The men were good men, but
the team lacked coordination and that
always is a fatal defect You can have
the perfect cogs for the perfect team
but it will not run right until it is
properly assembled.
In the case OF O'Hearn. this young
ster had not been fitted into this ma
will recall that when he was sud
denly called upon during the Prince
ton game he appeared to be bit stiff
and stale as an athlete will get from
long watching on the sidelines. Also
O'Hearn has not been in the best of
health through this season. The fact
that he lasted in this game as he did
is proof or his grit and stamina. The
brilliant manner in which he played
| showed that he had his head with him
always.
Again Yale seemed to have plenty of
plays to win. They had some better
passing teicRs than Harvard They
threw their passes better. but somehow
they. frequently went just wide of
reaching distance of the receiver.
With all the facilities for diversifyfng
them to the best advantage
This is enough of trying to diagnose
the faults that prevented Yale from win
ming. The brilliant feat of Owens run
Is the story and the reality. For those
few seconds the youngster from Newton
Mass, looked as formidable a broken
! field runner as Jim Thorpe, the Sac and
| Fox Indian, who was as hard to hold
once he started as an armful of cells.
owen Ran with Head Up.
It was no tumble and no fault OF
Yale that gave him his start He had
one Of these inspired moments which
sometimes come to an athlete, and once
he started he gained momentum with
every leap. lie ran with his head up.
watching the threatening blue jerseys.
At the start some OF his hurriedly or
ganized interference took off two OF the
Yale men. But the other owen lodged
or swept aside with well directed
! thrust.
Only Huffman he didn't lose. This
quick eyed Yale end saw him when he
scooped up the ball. but had been
hthrown aside by the Harvard interfer-
ence. Instantly he was after owen. and
] he pressed closer and closerFto him ~