The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-23
BULLDOGS WIN GAME
 ON SLOPPY FIELD
Pond And Kline Are Big Stars In Attack Of
 Yale's Great Team

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. % (By Associated l'ress.)-A blue tidal wave, gathering fury as it rolled on, surged through the Yale bowl this aft ernoon, submerged the gallant Crimson defenders and swept on to smashing victory.
 Out of the morasses of the Eli grid iron, churned into d sea of muck and mire by torrential downpour through out the game that beat dot,n upon. a vast but bedraggled crowd of 74,000 persons banked upon the slopes of the bowl, Yales mighty football machine rose to new heights of glory by con quering Harvard 10 to and capturing the Big Three crown for the second successive year.
 Outplayed and held scoreless in the first half of this mud battle ;n which Harvard showed surprising strength and scored twice on field goals through the brilliant kicking of Erwin Gehrke, halfback, who W the CrimsOn's out standing hero. Yale rallied in the second half and half-slid, halfsmashed it's way hibtions of driving DC 'er under seem ingly insurmountable odds ever wit messed.
 Playing Conditions Bad
 Undaunted by conditions even worse than those existing q year ago in the memorable fray in the mire of Har- wards gridiron, Yale came from behind from two touchdowns in the third period, both of which were Harvard fumbles, and to add third score in the final quarter on 75-yard march through the bogs and lagoons that dotted the field.
 Through the last half. Harvard was helpless, beaten back. but fighting stub bornly, while Yale, alert and irresisti- ble, drove on with a releI tless series of onslaughts in which "Ducky" Pond of Torrington. Conn.,. q hero of Iale's triumph at Cambridge a year ago, and Billy Kline of Duboise, Pa, his running mate, always were the spearheads.
 Together tl.is pair of slippery, eel like runners bore the brunt of the blue charge, Pond carry Eg the pigskin over for the touchdown that tied the score, while Kline took over the other two, all three coming on short line thrusts after Yale had steadily pounded her way into Crimson territory.
 Superior Play Wins
 Thus Yale'S superior, more resource full, attack turned tide that at the outset took on q Crimson hue and seemed likely to sweep on to complete the upsets that marked both previous Big Three" games this year. liar yard, going into the fray with for lorn hope, put up Il stubborn battle, but lost, because she did not have the sustaining power to hold the advantage which smart generalship and Gehrke's talented toe gave the Crimson through the early part of the game.
 It was crushing setback for Har- yard, despite her gallant fight, for the Crimson closed one of its most disap- pointing seasons by losing to both her nncient foes, the Tiger and Bulldog, for the first time in 8 years, after also dropping her other two major games, to Dartmouth and Brown. On the other hand, it was a great victory for Yale, which not only landed her sec ond straight "big three" title but closed second stragiht season with out defeat in manner which adds strength to the blues claim for east ern championship honOrs.
 Yale Great Team.
 Tie games with Dartmouth. another strong title contender, and the Army were the only interruptions in the tri- umphant march of Captain Lovejoys s eleven, whose closing performances against Princeton and Harvard stamp it among the greatest the Blue has ever boasted.
 The victory of the Ellis today, how ever, was gained against q sodden and