The Washington herald., 1922-11-12
Fumbling by Crimson Men
Give Tigers Their Chance
Touchdown and Goal for Nassau When Cam
Bridge Players Let Ball Slip Harvard
Decided Disappointment.
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Today the Towers Of Ilium fell,
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
went to seed and the Leaning
Tower of Pisa turned a somersault
in mid-air. For a Harvard machine.
upon its own field. contributed
largely to the final result by bad
Football. spotty generalship and
long series OF fumbling episodes
that in each instance gave the Tiger
its chance to strike with speed and
power for the winning points Har-
wards butter-fingered grip upon the
battling ovel led to her collapse.
but when these mistakes occurred
IN each instance IL was Tiger alert
ness and cunning Tiger assault
that finally carried the day.
stirred by Dropping Hint.
Princeton went upon the field with
Lothrow withington's hint from the
night before that Nassau might be
dropped from the Crimson sched-
uIe. This wilmington address had
all the effect of a Tiger battle cry.
for u aroused Princeton to even
greater efforts as her line and backs
broke down the Harvard assault on
play after play.
Neither team had an offensive
worthy of the name. Neither could
gain ground enough in which to
plant a football. so it all game down
at the final count to a matter of err
rors. and here Princeton played the
safer, surer, firmer game from be-
ginning to end.
II was a Princeton tumble by
NAA l. a n -
score in the first quarter-a field
goal by George Owen. But the
big break OF the day came early
in the second quarter. Princeton
at this stirring moment had the
ball on her own 20-yard line.
Cleaves let fly a long kick. and
Stout, by a great tackle. brought
his man to earth in deep Crimson
territory. On the next play Half
back Gehrke. of Harvard. playing
deep took a pass from Esky
Clarke at center. For a moment
Gehrke held the ball. but as he
attempted to swing around the
oval flew out of his grip and
bounded in open territory up and
dnwn the 1s-yard line.
Recover Fumblc.
Charging through were. Pink
Baker Sand a Tiger mate. Both
had q clan pickup in sight. but
neither srpk advantage of the big
opening frr a gallop over the line.
However. after a second or two
OF sparrfu=. Baker dived upon the
la. with aarvard's goal line only
IS y'aris Iway.
Trinceton's side of the stadium
was sonnet ming terrific. The Tiger
attack hSd been feeble enough.
bur here at last was a striking
chSnce- Ighteen yards Is a long.
long way in modern football un-
less you ave a surprise in stock
for al. rompact defense. Dins-
more. ". had followed wingate
and was rlaying brilliantly every
way. hurI-I big Crum at the Grim
son wall md he fell. huddled and
choked without a yard to show.
And then the bomb went of with
a roar that Is still reverberating
in Harvard ears
Awaiting another line attack the
ball came whirling to C1eaves, the
big. hard-plunging back. Cleaves
started for the. line and passed the
ball to Dinsmore. Dinsmore
started for the right flank and on
his way slipped the ball to Howdy
Gray. With this triple pass COM
pleted the fieet-footed Gray swept
out around Harvard's left end.
where Percy Jenkins and the rest
of his mates had been completely
fooled Gray ran like a deer for
the right corner of the field and
when only a stride from goal,
George Owen. by a desperate dive,
drove the. Tiger out of bounds.
Crum PIunges Over.
But that was nothing. \ Tiger
attack at a critical moment had
turned the Harvard offense inside
out and upside down by one of
the smartest plays of the year. a
play not only called with admir-
able Judgment but executed with
lawless skill. ,And here was
Princeton on the 2-yard line. first
down. and the big Crum waiting
to go. He was the same Crum
that rammed his way through
Chicago's wall. And today. on the
first play. he tore at guard as IL
everlasting happiness waited only
two yards beyond. and in this one
assault fought his way across the
line for the play that planted the
conquering Orange and Black far
above the conquered Crimson flag.
AS Crum went over the vocal
istic uproaring from the Tiger
stands came near rocking the vast
stadium off its concrete base.
Princeton was in the lead and.
what was still more important.
Harvard was making no headway
down the field. showing nothing
worthy of winning score for
periods Just ahead. This turn of
the tide left Princeton ahead at
the end of the first half. where
the intermission on Armistice Day
wore the most impressive garment
ever shown at a football game.
Honor War Dead.
Shortly after the half ended the
Harvard band assembled in the
center Of the field. Then came a
salute Of twenty-one guns for
Americas dead. A moment later
a bugler. high up in the south
stands. played Taps" the requiem
of the hghting field. In conclu-
sion the band played the national
anthem as the $1,000 stood up
with uncovered heads. With the
gesture completed the two teams
came upon the field again as those
supporting Harvard waited ex-
pectantly for the winning charge.
But in some way there seemed
to be a hitch. Capt. Buell. had
left the battle early with an. in
Iured atrle and Phil Spaulding
took place. Buell. had done
MT irr. before retiring and
spauld.I- SO far had not achieved
much r-045. Yet. in spite of that.