Princeton at Harvard

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  Evening star, November 7, 1926, page 1

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  PRINCETON CLIPS HARvARD’S HOPES Old Nassau, Trimming Grim. son, 1870, in Gridiron Fray, Meets Yale Saturday. CAMBRIDGE. Mass, November s. -Harvard’s dream of a return to big three” championship heights this year was shattered today by Princeton’s alert. aggressive eleven in a bitterly fought and raggedly played battle. The Tigers. staging come back. clawed their way to victory by taking advantage of the Crimson’s misplays and rolling up a margin of IL to o that was composed of a touchdown, a safety and field goal. Most of the vast and colorful crowd of IS, 900 spectators jamming Harvard Stadium came in expectation OF seeing the rejuvenated Crimson forces avenge the sting of two overwhelming set backs at the hands of Old Nassau. Instead they saw the Cambridge eleven, in spite of a gallant stand. beaten largely by its own mistakes breaks” which fiercely charging Tiger attack was quick to capitalize. Tigers To Meet Yale. It wasn’t a rout, as Harvard’s S last two games against Princeton have been. but it was a stunning setback, nevertheless, to the forward surge OF Crimson hopes of return to grldlron greatness. For Princeton it was sensational return to winning form, a victory that starts the Tigers on the road to successful defense OF the big three crown, with Yale to be met next Saturday in the decisive test. The Tiger stars. who have been out of action most of the season, Dan Caulkins and Jake Slagle. returned to play leading roles in bringing about the downfall of the Crimson. Caulkins, on a brilliant 13yard end run, scored the touchdown that put Prince ton in front in the second quarter, while Slagle, constantly triple threat as he ran. passed and kicked with dazzling skill, booted a field goal in the final quarter for the concluding Tiger points. A safety in the second quarter. gained when Clem Cody. Harvard cap tain, was tackled behind his own goal as he recovered a bad pass. gave Princeton it’s remaining two points. but the Tigers threatened on several other occasions with versatile drives into Harvard territory, led by Slagle. Battle With Bluecoats. Inc lDNdueIS were OU Ild1 u . 7.yard line. threatening another blew and sent a frenzied throng of Tiger rooters into a wild demonstraton on the gridiron. This demonstration. an outburst that resulted in the tearing down Of the goal posts after a pitched battle with squads of police. was one of the most exuberant in Big Three” annals. The details of bluecoats, forming quickly about the uprights as the game ended. at first deferred the vanguard of on rushing Tiger sympathizers, but bolder spirits soon overcame this hesitancy. The protecting Gordon. If anything. urged the crowd on and the police were quickly overwhelmed in the surge. With the bars down at one end of the field and broken to bits. the crowd, several thousand strong, swept to the other end OF the field, where another. but desultory engagement, ensued. The police were again over come and the posts wrested from their mooring. Feeling Runs High. The demonstration was the result of an exhibition of almost unprecedented feeling on the part of rival sympathizers as they watched the ebb and flow of fiercely fought game. Partisan feeling ran high and on one occasion In the final quarter when Miller, Harward back. was knocked cold” from a tackle. booes and jeers came from the Crimson stands. 1t may have been due to earlier season talk Of Harvard dropping Princeton from its schedule or it may have been due to The unusually keen rivalry existing between the colleges, but it seemed to observers as If the two teams were clashing in a charged atmosphere. Harvard fought desperately to check the Tiger tide that now has rolled over the Crimson for three straight years. but the team evidently was over-anxious and too keenly on edge.

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 12, 1926, page 6

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  YALE SQUAD DISAPr0INTS COACH JONES Blue Must Beat Princeton and Harvard or Jones viii Lose His Prestige s, Wy ASsby h1V 0Sso1 The Yale football team Of 1925 80 far has been a distinct disappoipt. ment to Coach Tad Jones. Its poor showing has been an even ‘reater shock to the alumni and ,un. dergraduates, who were confident this would be big year. : The fact that Yale beat Dartmouth lent strength to the opinion that Jones had the material to turn out ar eleven that would be classed among the countries greatest. Not So Important As a matter of fact, the victory over Dartmouth was not nearly 40 imp0r. tant as it seemed. While the experts rated yarmouth as just about the best in the east, the Green team failed to live up to the advance dope. After being beaten by Yale. Dart. mouth va. whipped by Harvard in the tast minute OF play. and also sue. cumbed to Brown. ialc’s confidence in itself, strength. ened By its victory over Dartmo uth, was considerably joltcd when Brown came along and beat the Blue 30 while the Army ran wild to q $40 triumph. The defeat ut the hands Of the Army was bad enough. but the man. ncr’ IN VIII ich it was accomplished, by making what was believed to be q great Yale team look rather foolish, was the blow that hurt. As usually is the case, it brought about clamQr for the resignation of Tad Jones by some of the fair weather sailors who don’t relish rough going. Never has Yale team been 80 disgraced in its annual clash with the Army. Prior to this years annihil. alton, tho West Pointers had only three victories to their credit over Yale and these by low scores, ll-8, 9–⁠3, 60. Must Beat Princeton and Harvard But two things are left for Tad Jones il he is to retain his prestige with the supporters of the Blue and make the season success. He must beat Princeton and Hazard. No matter what has gone before AZ Yale, the season is an artistic success il Princeton and Harvard arc handed trimming. All Is we’ll II such q thing happens. Tad Jones is now pointing his eleven with that objective In mind. He knows Yale Is much better team than it showed against the Army On the other hand, Yale will face much improved teams in the Tiger and Crimson. Both Princeton and Harvard were away to bad start but each has shown gradual improvement, Harvard in particular. Regardless Of the outcome Of the Games Of this year, Yale holds & fairly comfortable margin over its ancient rivals. In 81 years Of play with Princeton Yale has 81 victories against 10 fol Princeton, with three games ending in a tie. Against Harvard over a period oil g years, the margin Of victory fol Yale is much closer. The statistica show Is wins for Yale, IL for Har. ward, and five ties.

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 66 since this game.