Navy at Princeton

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  San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., October 29, 1923, page 11

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  NAVY AND TIGERS BETTER. Show Improvement in Their Great g. all Battle at Baltimore. Copyright. by The San Antonio Light New York. Oct. 29.-Baltimore staged its first sat home” star football game Saturday and got herself into football history right off the bat. Foot ball sharps for years TO come will be talking about that 3–⁠3 tie between Princeton and Navy. played in the huge earthen bowl of Ven lie stadium out in the Baltimore hills. The game Saturday was the third between Princeton and Navy since the war and was in the nature of rub Der. The Tigers defeated the Navy quite frequently before the war. But all football nowadays date from the armistice. Now the rubber has to go over to 1924. In Saturdays contest each eleven made field goal. And each team has substitute quarterback 10 thank for its score. Dinsmore kicked Prince toms and Ballinger Nays. When the game was over the Middies picked Bal. linger from the ground in their most enthusiastic manner with some danger TO his ribs and toted him from the field while 300 of them babbled his name and told him what grand fellow he was. He had saved the Navy from being licked-saved it by about five minutes. And on the train back TO Princeton young Mr.. Dinsmore learned some very personal things about who is “all right” The biggest thing about the game was Princeton’s defense in the last period of ply. In fact. that defense was one of tre biggest things ever seen on an eastern gridiron. Three times in succession the Tiger players turned the Navy back when the bold. sailors were within less than ten yards of n touchdown and once when they were ready to take the final step. The captious- minded may say that it was the lack of punch on Nays part which made such thing possible. Have il that way il you want to be cynical. But the ia, remains that Nays attack was just as severe and just as concerted as any old attack that ever was generated. The defense of the Tigers was super-human. The Princetons were about one-fifth better than they were against Notre Dame. The Navy was some better than against Penn State. SO Prince ton, with another fortnight of i’m provement. will meet Harvard at least one-fifth better than it has been this year, and perhaps two-fifths better. In any event. judging by the improve ment they have been making, If they manage TO get their forward pass at tack to meaning something, they will stand n mighty good chance to defeat | Harvard.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 28, 1923, page 15

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  PRINCETON PLAYS NAVY TO 3–⁠3 TIE Substitute Quarterback Saves Navy By Field Goal From .17-Yard Line BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 27.-(By Associated Press. .)-Princeton and the Navy battled desperately in the Stadium here today. only to find to 3. Red” Ballinger. a substitute quarterback, saved the midshipmen from defeat by kicking a field goal from the 17-yard mark in the last minute of play. It was a dramatic ending to q game replete with thrills. Three times had the Navy host battered at Princeton’s goal and as many times had the Tigers hurled them back Dust was settled over the field as the Annapolis team began its fourth charge to the coveted chalk mark, and they appeared destined to lose. But they quickly swept the Tigers before them to point within the 10-yard line, and after determined efforts for a touchdown and victory had failed, Ballinger dropped back to send the ball sailing between the Goal posts. ! The little quarterback thus dupli- cated the feat of Linsmore, also a substitute quarterback, in the second period. Kicking from his 27-yard line, Lfnsmore turned one of the Tigers four threats into a score. Smith earlier had failed in an at- tempt at a field goal and later the Navy blocked a second effort. In the crowd which filled the great bowl were many notables, in- cluding Mrs. Coolidge, wife of the President, who watched the first half from the Navy side and viewed the final two periods from a box di- rectly in front of the Princeton cheering section. Secretary Denby was absent. but the navy was offi- cially represented by Admiral Eberle, chief of operations. and other high officers. The lineup and summary: Princeton (3)-Smith left end; Emery, left tackle; Buckner, left guard; L. Bergen. center: Hills, right guard; Booth. right tackle; Stout, right end; Caulkins. quarterback; Snively, left halfback; Beattie, right halfback; Van Gerbig, fullback. Navy (3)-Taylor, left end; Clyde, left tackle; Carney, left guard; Mathews, center; Levensky, right guard; Walker, right tackle; Brown, right end; Mckee, fullback; Devens. left halfback; Cullen, right halfback; ,Barchet, fullback. M Score by periods: Princeton ............. O-3 Navy ................. 0 o 3–⁠3 Princeton scoring: Goal from field.

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  , October 28, 1923

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  PRINCETON AND NAVY MEN TIE Single Field Goal Is Scored by Each in Tight Battle. vENABLE STADIUM. BALTI. MORE, Mo-, Oct. 27.-CUnited Press) Navy and Princeton battled to a 3–⁠3 tie here today before more than 10000 football fans in one Of the most spectacular games OF the sea son. A field goal by Dinsmore of Princeton from the 20-yard line, and n by Bollinger of the Navy from the II yard line. accounted for the scores. Spectacular runs by Beattie for 25 and so yards and dashes for 20 yards by Van Gerblg and Barchet brought the crowd to its feet. Navy lost its best chance to score when they had the ball only a few inches from the Tiger goal in the second period. Princeton was never with. in the Navy 15-yard line.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1923, page 59

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  BALLINCER’S LATE BOOT MATCHES TIGERS SCORE Midshipmen’s Sub Quarterback Kicks l7-Yard Goal in Last Minute of Struggle-Dinsmore Gets Jerseymen’s Points in Second Period. ALTMORE 2-Two dropkickd drives opposite goal . is the 1923 record the annals of gridiron warfare be- - Princeton and Navy Red Bang substitute Navy quarterback booted his Hyard field the Tigers became of a 3–⁠3 Booth Dmsmore, quarter Princons maker His three made ne had the fray from the middle of the period although to Tiperq line for

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Princeton leads 18–⁠12–⁠6 in 36 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.