Chicago at Princeton

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 23, 1921, page 28

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  9 to 0 and thus gained one scored against a frSt-class team. A goal from field and toucht the score. About $4,000 persons sa ever earned against<the so-called western team. gave the Chicago cont rejoicing by the followers OF the M game was blown. The western triumph was not eXpected by the followers of the Tiger team, for they looked for a Princeton come from the west that Alonzo Stagg, head coach of the Chicago squad, had great team and would carry victory back with him TO the shores of Lake Michigan. but the stories were not taken seriously. chi caso PLAYED great game, seldom being on the defensive, and her goal line never was in danger. Romney tfovs-. . star. While the whole Chicago eleven PLAYED magnificent foot ball, Sererai OF the men stood out, and among these Utah. was the bright particular star. 1t was his unerring toe that gave the western boys their three points in the second period. and his sure eaten OF a forward pass in the final quarter that added six points to the score-all that were made in the game. He was giant in attack. sure on defense, ana when it came to delivering the punch he did not fail. Judged in the eyes of the cold. ana lytical expert. the game did not produce anything radically new in foot ball. 1t was straight. orthodox stun from end to end. If Chicago had any startling. bewildering plays she did not reveal them. In fact, to some OF the experts it appeared that Prince ton, looking for tricks and dazzling stunts was really fooled by the sim pleness of the Chicago attack. When Chicago actually did try an unusual variation the Tigers usually OWNED 1t and broke it up. One of these was the whirling around of the backteld men an instant before the ball was put IN play. 1t didn’t bewilder the Prince tonians, for they were looking for II. Game Dull at Times. At times the game was dull because of the absence of any amount or open play, and the frequency with which substitutes and to fix up the injured. There was comparatively little open play and not many forward passes were attempted. disappointment to it’s followers. They had hoped the team would take brace after its defeat by the Navy week ago. but they were doomed 10 disappointment before the first half was over. The team, as a whole, seemed to lack the spirit and dash usually shown by Tiger elevens in a big game Nothing of the character of the unexpected was pulled and when opportunities presented them selves to show what the Tigers had in their repertoire of plays the team cont ented itself with punting and keeping on the defense. The team earned comparatively few hrst Gowns, which made the players look as though they did not have the sustaining power to advance the ball. On the other hand. Chicago showed wonderful strength. opening up holes anywhere along the Princeton line where 1t chose to go through. Penalty Aids Chicago. Chicagos first score came near the close of the second period. The ball was worked from the Maroon ter the Princeton goal. Romney made about Is yards of the distance by stirring run around Princeton’s left end. and a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness by Baker. VINO period, was inflicted against the Tigers. Princeton also suffered a 2 yard penalty for asking for more time than the rules allow. This brought the ball to Princeton’s 5-yard booted a field goal from the 13-yard mark. tnhe second score came in the last period. when Halfback Robert M. tiful forward pass from the Princeton a5-yard line to Romney near the 5-yard line. No one was near the salt Lake City boy as he made the catch and there was tremendous cheering from the Chicago rooters as he went over the goal line for a touchdown. Capt. Mcclure failed at goal. With this score in the last minutes of play all hope of Princeton winning Tigers played to score even Few points, they were unable to make much of an impression. for chicago always was equal to whatever Prince gan to fall In the great concrete horseshoe lair Of. the Tiger, Chicago.s star of victory rose. 1t was well earned triumph. Victory Sweet to Stage. princeton played courageous game” said the veteran Stagg. Even when things were going badly they kept their, their s heads. hs.n Gsnerw,se }srssrH the Victory was particularly sweet to the Chicago coach. Years before any member of either team was born Stagg played against princeton as q member of the Yale team. and it was one of the ambitions Of his foot bal! career to lead team that would beat Tiger eleven. That it was great satisfaction to the University of Chicago to beat representative eastern team was shown in the brief comment made by Cant Mcclure. “Glad to have played Princeton as representative OF the east” ,,r, capt. Keck of Princeton said: “The best team won, but we fought hard Aside from Romney. Chicago men who played star games. were Thomas, who replaced Time; Hurlburt. who went in for Bryan and Cole. Thomas nut up a strong game. much the same as Maulbetsch of Michigan played against Harvard in an intersectional game wears ago. He and the other fwo were constantly used for line plunsing and could not be stopped by princeton forwards. In fact. II 1t had not been for Princetons secondary defense the score of the western team might have been larger. Tigers Excel Only In PuntinE. For Princeton Capt. Keck. Euwer a nd van Gerbig showed to advantage. Van Gerbig’s punttng was better than that of Romney or Cole, and was the only department of the game IN which Princeton appeared to excel Chicago. terback, who was injured early in the season. did not play, and Garrity, the brilliant halfback. also on the in iured list, was sent into the game IN The last period to help stem the tide Of defeat. 1t was evident he was not

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  The New York herald, New York, October 22, 1921, page 12

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  YALE-ARMY. From What we saw at Yale last week and from reports of the condition Of the Army team we gain the impression that the Ellis viii win by q couple Of touch downs. 1t Is bound to be hot scrap. and 1t Is hlghjy probable that the Cadets will score. Neither eleven has met a foe which could force it to show its best wares and its top speed. 1t is true that the Army’s record shows a defeat by New Hampshire, 10 to z, but that was suffered by a team Of substitutes in a double header. The game has considerable historic and dramatic interest. 1t will be the twenty-first meeting OF the old rivals their first since 1912, when the Ellis won ON flooded field at the; Point by to O.. Yale has beaten the Army thirteen times. the Army has won thrice, and four games developed ties. So the Army. over q stretch Of years beginning with 1898. has not been oversuccessful against the Ellis. Between 1912 and 1921 Yale suffered many football vicissitudes-but this az ternoon 1t is the intention Of Tad Jones’s men to give notice to the world that Old Eli is back with bells on. Yale’s Great Threat. Practically nothing has come down from West Point about French, but it n safe to say that the former Rutgers flash Will be among those present today. French embod!ss the big threat of the Cadets. He Is their star runner and their star kicker. He can throw the ball far and accurately, too. However, Yale will dazzle the Army with an array OF backs such as the Blue has not had In many years. The most striking feature of the work OF the Yale backs is their great versa tility. The triple threat is brought to high state OF development and the running attack strengthened beyond the form which the Ellis showed last season or the year before. Aldrich who was great last season. is greater still. He has SETS more mature in every way. He Is a more expert runner thar was Kempton. who was brilliant bu, had his faults. Aldrich Is a thrower punter and drop kiclzer-we think ar even more useful back than was Harry Legore. who suffered no little from over exploitation in the public prints. O’Iearn. the quarterback. makes a remarkable companion carrier for AID rich. OHearn can do about everything that Aldrich can do. and do Il brilliantly. He is wonder through broken field, fast. and remarkable for his ability to keep his footing. He also is kicker of no mean versatility. Stellar Backaeld Array. Mallory. Speiden. Wight and Neidlinger are the other backs Tad Jones finds himself endowed o’ith so much class In the backfield that he is stumped as to who is a regular and who is a substitute. Beckett has been doing very well at quarterback and it may he that O’Hearn will be used as halfback. but the chances are against such change Last Saturday wn wA,~ greatly i’m pressed with the work OF Wight. who knows a thing or two about lodging tacklers and staying or his feet Neidlnger and Speiden too showed a lot OF class. Mallory was away scouting so we were deprived os view of something new in the way Of defensive tactics at New Haven. Mallory has played in a couple Of games. but he has yet to carry ball. His work Is entirely defensive and with such great carriers in the other positions behind the line Jones can more than afford to assign one Of the backs to an altogether defensive role. PRINCEToN-CHICAGo. For the fifteenth time Chicago to-day meets an eleven from the East, but never before has 1t faced Princeton. Penn. Cornell. Brown. the Army and the Carlisle Indians faced the Maroon in other years-and taken all in all the East shows pretty good slate against the pupils OF Alonzo Stagg. Yale 1888. Only four times has Chicago beaten an Eastsrn team, and thrice that team was Cornell. - Chicago comes to Nassau at a most opportune time--for Chicago. The Tigers had only a few days to rally from the stunning defeat at Annapolis. The fact stands out that Princeton already has been beaten--and Chicago figures that what one team has done Is within the pale OF the possible. in 80 far as It is concerned. Chicago played fne football when Il swamped Northwestern. Al TO 0, but II slumped badly In the game with Purdue. which held the Maroon TO 9 to 0. Purdue is not regarded as even the second cousin OF a contender in the middle West. The chances are that Princeton will win by something like ~ to Z. Stagg has enjoyed marked success as n coach at Chicago--that without build ing up anything which could be called the Chicago system. The old ELI Is what ihtsHt pe otyleu coaching Opportunist-a man who builds his attack TO suit his material. This year they say that StaEg has the finest material which has come to him since 1892. when he became coach at the newly opened University of Chicago. Stage himsef--never very optimistic says that his material Is pretty fair. and that Princeton will know that IT has been In fight Likes the Open Game. Stage is a great believer In open foot baU--partcularly in the forward pass, which has been brought to a finer stage Of development in the Conference than Il has In the East. However, bis rock

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  The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., October 23, 1921, page 9

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  HEAVY HILLTOP MACHINE BEATS HOLY CROSS, 2S-7 CONTINUED FROM PAGE EIGHT. SON llNDLD Eluhl the Tiger outpost, and through their main defense. They gave the ball to eIilt ROM ney the Mormon State zephyr” and Romney. racing the length Of the Tiger front. suddenly swung through an opening and gained fifteen yards before Wittner laid him by his heels. Hurlburt took the ball, but was stopped by Wittmer. Thomas made three yards before Wittmer, the rock of the Tiger defense, grabbed him. The ball was on Princeton’s 5-yard line, and Romney dropped back to the 15-yard line. The ball came swirling up out OF the Maroon mass, back and straight and true to the waiting Romney, and “biff,” came the i’m pact of his foot. The ball seemed to stop suddenly in midair, then whirl and turn the other way. Ii shot over the Princeton posts at the open end of the horseshoe al most into the tier of empty pine seats beyond. Then Chicago let go. As the quarter ended, Bell Roper. ing to Don Lourie and Hank Gar rity on the side lines. When the final period opened they were still on the side lines, however. A fake play netted a gain of 3 yards for the Tigers, then the whole Tiger section lifted in onto the field, and Hank Clarity rea. k,aI al went in, replacing Euwer. They gave the ball to Clarity right away. and he ripped off eight yards through the Maroon barri- Cade. CIeaves dropped back as II to Cleaves dropped h. kick, but raced with the ball down the Chicago rampant. He was breach. ter taking a kick and picked up some ground. Clarity Drops Pass. Won Gerbig tossed forward pass ! to Clarity which landed right in / Hanks arms but he dropped it. Won ! Gerbig then booted the ball to Chi Cages 30-yard line. Thomas, the top of the Maroon assault. pounded through the Princeton time for big gains in two smashes. Romnev kicked to Won Gerhig on Princeton’s 14-yard line and GarrIty gained yards through center. He took another smash at the same SPOT and gained 4 yards Clarity muffed a forward pass and Princeton booted. That three on the score board was looking big ger to Princetonians than Bill Wrigley’s building ever looked to a Chi ca-oan. Zorn went into the game and knocked off 9 yards around right tackle. Hurlburt grabbed yards around left tackle. and now the ball was on Princeton’s 1S-yard line. Then, with Princeton probably expecting anything but what nap pened. Coles arm suddenly dashed out, and he flipped the ball over the heads of the Tiger players into the arms of Milf Romney, playing far over on the end, and in motion even as the ball left Coles hand. 1t was difficult to catch, as Rom ney had to take the ball at an angle, as an outfielder takes a fly ball in front of him, but having made the catch. the Utah Flash” had little more to do than merely step on over the goal line for a touchdown. Score: Chicago 9; Princeton 0.

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  Bisbee daily review, Arizona, October 23, 1921, page 1

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  TIGERS DOWNED IN Sensational GRID STRUGGLE Visitors Score Touchdown And Field Goal; Play is Along Old Methods PRINCETON, n. j.. Oct. %. - The University of Chicago defeated the Princeton football team in Palmer Stadium today 9 to 0. gaining one of the greatest victories it has scor. ed against an eastern teams A goal from field and 4 touchdown on for ward pass represented the score. The victory, the first earned against an eastern shrdlu shrd shrd against the so-called big Three” of the east by middle western team. gave the Chicago contingent great joy. The western triumph had not been looked for by Princeton follow ers. While the whole Chicago eleven played magnificent football, several men stood out, and among these Mil ton A. Romney of Salt Lake City, was the particular s,ar II was MS toe that gave the westerners their three points in the second period and his catch of a forward pass in the final quarter that added Six more points. He was a giant in attack, sure on defense, and when it came to delivering the punch, he did not fail. The game was AN exhibition of straight orthodox stuff. When Chi cago actually did try an unusual va ration, the Tigers usually broke il up. The Princeton team was a disappointment to its followers. The team as u whole seemed to lack the spirit and dash usually shown by Tiger elevens in a big game. Chicago’s. first score came late IN the second period The ball was worked TO within striking distance of the Princeton goal. Romney made about Is yards by run around left end, and a 15-yard pena:;y for rough ness was inflicted agaist the Tigers. Princeton also suffered a two-yard penalty for asking for more time than the rules allow. This brought the ball to Princeton’s five-yard line. The Tigers held and then Romney boot ed field goal from the 13-yard mark. The second score came in the last period when Halt Back Cole tossed q forward pass from Princeton’s 10 yard line TO Romney near the five yard line. No one was near the Salt Lake City boy and he went over for touchdown. Capital Mcclure failed at goal Yale IA, Army 7. NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. %. - Yale defeated United States Military Academy in a brilliant game today, II TO Z, before a crowd of 10000. Spectacular plays were crowded in to the final period, in which each team scored touchdown.

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Tied 2–⁠2–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.