Princeton at Yale

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  Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 16, 1919, page 19

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  LEGGED YOUTH Wins CONTEST FOR PRINCETON Schcerer’s Twcnty-Five.Yard Run for Touchdown Causes Defeat OF Yale. HAILED AS NEXT GRID HERO with Score Tied in Second Hail. Trimblc’s Stellar Interference Aids Gawky Lad to Cinch Duel With Blue Lineup. ny DAMON RUNYoN. YALE BOWL, NEW HAVEN. COM. new football hero of the hour. Schecrcr. Of Princeton, is long legged. knock -kneed youth. who came men in The “t dusk Of this aftern S ~ snatchcd UP Il fumbled football and his isng’99S limbs a, on aoW yar ,wen.y-tnlve yards to CO. but no less time and certainly never in fever strides. Scheerer. OF Princeton. and shipped away the distance that meant victory TO the Jersey college In If one wanted to resort TO the low DrnGt,ce 90, OF PPunnng on name they those twenty-five yards. The fnal score was IL TO in favor It was tie when scheerer grabbed up the ball and made his run. Strubins. OF Princeton. kicked q goal from from the field early in the game that until the second ham. Then big Jim sraden. OF Yale. kicked brace Of “e!d goals. putting Yale ahead. 1’rimbIc saves Scheerer Murray was put in late. in the game ;ust long enough to kick a goal that t 2e me score for Princeton. and as hSCtoH h!Ckcu OIL after the Dlay Campbell OF Yale, ran the bali bacS’ Then Yale tried double pass and kempton who took the ball first made hall onward It was a sort Of tumble and and bad pass. and as the bail hi snatched it UP. A moment iater he Was Was across a the Yale goal line. There on Scheerer as The long Princetonian reached for the ball. This Yale man sna Just about TO bowl Scheerer over down had it not been for Trimbie, on. OIL me stars of the Princeton lineup I3b young men the game has ever seen nc was following the ball when he 5 Yaio S sol danger and he sent ,he him Trimbic Kicked the goal from 9checrers touchdown. ttnTiiiing occurrences that make foot, ~, oilo%ins what might be termed a, oa’tie or boots 1t looked very much – the game would end in tic. Yale Was Fnvorite. Princeton had come here as Prince Sol generally comes TO Yale the snort-ender in the betting. but the ee.m showed itself superior through They. certainly had great day for NE sriuiron soings on. II was cold as the violets on the Yale girls coats y wIntry breeze na,tened tho giant grange and black banner OF Prince ton out aEans, the sky on the east crn rim OF The rampant and stretched the huge blue pcnnon OF Yale ,aut i!9ns the wind on the opposite side. II was tough break TO the old Grads There were a lot OF them around peerinG into the ancien, haunts Of John Barley,corn. and sadly wasand the rusting foot rails. OF course Joho MI present TO some extent. at IL. nut ne was mere IN the bowl every time some persons moved you could hear light ripping sound az OF a hip poke, giving way 1T the seams under the strain. The first period Was mark cd By a spectacular march OF the Tigers that carried them over forty-two Yards Of goal from field by Strubing. Makes DImcult Kick. On the thir,y-yard line standing at rather a difficult: angle Strubing boot “a the r 6a afress sn Gaes posts ,oo i lots of time to the operation. He held the ball so long before dropping it tina. the blue sweatered players were almost on top OF him. Then he cut loose and the ball went twisting and turning nigh above the white sticks. while the Princeton cheering section let 30 tremendous demon ‘r,geks’ march would fnish with a ]. they move along under shelter of Trimble’s mighty passing. OF the ball. In tho late stages of the period, Yale made twenty. yards by straight rushing. 1t was the first real offense the Blue had opened UP. Neville car ried the ball during the greater part OF the advance. “iike, Knocked Out But REEVES. Tho Princeton Callahan was laid out in scrimmage and Thomas began warming up on the Princeton side; ayF se him onG Shoop for his r gamcness 1t was not recorded who laid him out, though thoughtful 70, hsarl throb by attributing il to Broth “ In the second half Yale suddenly loosed an attack tack that had its sup forced Yale to kick, however The kick grounded I’d and Princeton OF Princetonts twenty-fiveSt,rd line Trimble tried to kick out of trouble and Walker. the Yale tackle. who al count of injury; broke through and covered by a Yale man: Big James Braden dropped back to front r,oIt,,o Of the Princeton posts and n,d lars with, a beautiful boot. Later: the New Haven men crowded the ball to ePIinceton’s twenty-yard hammerinG with Neville and Kempton and Lay packing the leather. They mace! Iiant,r tnreee downs in rapid succession ing to tell. Lay tried to vary the attack with a continued on Twentieth PageD

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  New Britain herald, November 15, 1919, page 1

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  PRINCETON DEFEATS YALE WARRIORS BY SCORE OF 13–⁠6 IN ANNUAL BAIT Tiger Bull Eli Back6ed Rips Princeton Second Fails TDBraden Goals in Third, SecondE and ThenG GoesO Ovn for rTouchdow ing the ball on PrinCeton’S ten yard line and running it back 15 yards be- fore he was thrown. Lourie found a hole outside of Dickens and gained a first down on Princeton’s 37 yard line before he was thrown by Neville. A straight line plunge through cen- ter by Garrity made another first down for Princeton on the Tigers 47 yard line and here the third period ended. Score, Yale 6, Princeton 3. Braden In As IIaIfback. Here Braden replaced Lay at right half and Galt returned to his position at right guard. Garrity brought the ball to exact Trimble’s long forward pass ground cd. Trimble kicked to Kempton on Yale’s 20 yard line and the latter ran the ball back five yards before Me Graw spilled him. Braden battered his way past McGraw for six yards. Neville punted to Princeton’s 35-yard line where Lourie caught and raced back yards before he was thrown. IIourie lost six yards when Dickens clean tackle upset him. Scheerer replaced Wittmer as full back for Princeton and on the first lineup the new player fumbled the pass for a loss of ten yards. Scheercr kicked to Neville who was downed on Yale’s 4S-yard line. Neville failed to gain around Davis end Pass Is Intercepted. A forward pass by Neville was in- tercepted by Trimblc on Princeton’s 40 yard line and the latter ran the ball back to Yale’s 40 yard line before he was downed by Campbell. Louric failed to gain around Yales right end. A forward pass, TrimbIc to Louric put the ball on Yale’S 31 yard line. Nun ger fell for a first down on YalC’S 2S yard line. Trimble could find no one to recover his forward pass and at tempted to turn it into a run. He was thrown without gain and his second attempt grounded. Louries lateral run was without gain but moved the ball in front of the goal posts. Score is Now Tied. Murrey replaced Williams as right end for the Princeton team and kick ed a field goal from Yales 35-yard line, tieing the score. The play in this particular was the most sensational in many years of the Princeton series. All the points having been cornercd by field goals. Before the kickoff Raymond re- placed Murrey at right end for Princeton, the latter having done his bit in kicking the field goal. Princeton Gets Touchdown. Io,in Li off tn who ran it back to Yales 32-yard line before he was thrown. Princeton scores a touchdown. On the first line up Braden after short run made d lateral pass to Kempton. The ball was hastily thrown and Yale’s quarterback fum- bled it. Captain McGraw dashed through the rushing players, scooped it up and ran down the field 31 yards for a touchdown evading two Yale players. The goal was kicked by Trimble. Hubbard replaced Galt as right guard for Yale. Princeton players were off side and Princeton was pen alized five yards. Trimble was unable to gain in a cross the field run. Sidenburg replaved Acosta as left guard for Yale, Trimbl attempted field goal went as a tOuchback. From Yale’s 20 yard line Kempton made yards around Raymond. Wells re- placed Reinhardt as left end for Yale. l kempton’s forward pass grounded. Campbell punted to Princeton’s 40 yard line. Alvin took Captain Calla- ! hans place as Yale’s center. Clarity was forced out of bounds ] after a three yard gain. Laroche took ] kempton’s place as Yalo’S quarter 1 back. Another plunge at center gave l Princeton a first down at midfield. Two line plunges with Trimble car 1 rying the ball around completed the :! play with the fourth quarter ending 1 with the ball in Princetons possess 1 sion on Yale’s AS yard line. Final ! score, Princeton 13, Yale 6.

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  Norwich bulletin, Connecticut, November 17, 1919, page 3

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  THE TIGER HUMBLEs THE MIGHTY BULLDOG A substitute fullback. who few even thought would get into the game long enough to make his letter, snatched victory out of the hands of Yale Sat urday afternoon at the Bowl before one of the largest crowds that has ever attended a gridiron contest in the enormous football enclosure and enabled Princeton to win it’s first game in eight years against the Bull dog by the score of 13 to 6. Jim Scheerer, the 20-year- sec ond string Tiger backfield player, is today the favorite son of old Nassau and his name will go down in Prince ton gridiron linked with that of the immortal Sam White for having taken advantage of Yale mishap and turn ed it into score for the Orange and Black. The touchdown which proved to be Princeton’s margin >of victory came with only four more minutes to play in the last quarter. Previously Princeton had drawn first blood with field goal in the initial quarter and after frantic struggle Yale had been able to drive it’s way sufficiently close to the Tigers goal to allow the re- doubtable Braden to boot two drops that gave Eli three-point margin. Snarling and snapping like the fight ing cat it swears by. the Princeton machine had come back with every available ounce of energy in the last half and Murrey. the sure fire kicker of the visitors had been injected into the fray just long enough to even the count. This was the setting for Schee- Ier’s accomplishment. Garrity had just kicked off to Yale and Old Eli had it’s first down on the 31 yard line. On the initial rush the sure-footed Neville started on an end run but when Bigler dived towards him Joe turned and tossed the oval over to Kempton whom he thought was fol- lowing in his tracks. The peg was far out of iFTdo’s reach. however, and as the Yale quarter wildly lunged at the ball Scheerer shouldered hi into one side. eagerly gathered the bouncing pigskin to his bosom. and raced 20 ! wards for a touchdown with not sin gle Yale tackler between him and the Blue uprights. Trimble further in- creased the count by a goal as the Orange and Black adherents wildly applauded. Thus was Yale beaten in a game that will always stand as one of the hardest fought combats in which these two rival colleges have engaged in. To and fro the advantage shifted with Princeton on top and looking like a certain victor one minute only to have the Blue turn and fight it’s way to the front the next minute. Seasoned foot bah followers who have seen gridiror | games since the inception of the spor’ freely admitted that yesterdays con- test was in a class by itself flor pro- viding heart breaking and pulse quick | eninC passages. The lineup: Vale. Princeton. lSelnhdraL OdN4a Left End.

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  Harrisburg telegraph, Harrisburg, Pa., November 19, 1919, page 15

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  Harvard May Be the Leading Team Philadelphia, Nov. 19.-Harvard may yet finish the football year the only undefeated eleven in the East. PRINCETON did the somewhat unexpected on Saturday by defeating Yale, 13 to 6. If the Crimson can win the decision from the Blue when thee play their final game next Sat urday, Harvard will have gone through the season the only un- Harvard is the 10 to 10 tie game with Princeton. If Harvard should win there will, of course, be many persons to claim that the Crimson, in view of the light schedule it has played and the fact that 1t has not met half a dozen of the leading teams in this section, would not be entitled to, the championship. But, as was pointed out a few weeks ago, all Harvard has to do is to complete the season undefeated and public opinion will award the mythical championship to the Crimson on the ground that a defeated team cannot argue with an undefeated combination. The record is the thing that counts. Post mortems do not change the record. Dartmouth Falls Dartmouth was the last big team to fall by the wayside. 1t was a bitter blow to Dartmouth because the trick was turned by Brown, a team that was beaten by both Harward and Yale. 1t is true that Brown won by only a single point. the diff ference between a goal after touch down that was kicked and one that was not kicked. Dartmouth lost to Brown just as Pennsylvania lost to Dartmouth a week before. Perhaps it will have some effect on the cam paign now under way to have the football rule makers eliminate the try for goal after touchdown. If every team that has been beaten by the play this season votes for the change it will probably be made. Here is the way the leading teams compare as the result of last Saturdays games:

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.