Princeton at Yale

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  Evening star, November 13, 1927, page 1

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  YALE TEAM BEATS PRINCETON, 14–⁠6, BY CLOSING RALLY Eli Eleven, Before 10000 Gets Two TouchdoWns in Last Quarter. BRUCE CALDWELL SEES GAME FROM S|DELINES Wilmer Is Star for Losers-Fishwick Snares Pass From Hoben to Clinch Game. SPECIAL Dispatch 10 The star. NEW HAVEN, November 12.-Yale beat Princeton II to 6 this afternoon in one of the greatest games even witnessed in the Yale Bowl, but the win spoiled TIE makings of a perfect foot ball tragedy. On the bench at the bottom of the bowl sat Bruce Caldwell, Yale star halfback, disqualified on the eve of the big Princeton game because he had played freshman foot ball al Brown University four years ago. He was not in foot ball togs, not on the players bench, He sat. bare headed resigned figure, muffied in ar overcoat beside the coaches and old grads. Garyey Plays the Game. Half of the bowl full of people, 80 900 of them. who had payed 100000 for the privilege, looked at Caldwell and groaned. In CaIdwell’s f.niliaf place at left halfback was Johnny Garvey. trying to live up to another mans reputation. Garvey played like a man. Twice he helped his team march dow n the field to the Tigers goal line. But there Yale’s rushes failed, for Garvey. nor anybody else, could punch through Princeton’s line, which stood like brick and mortar. For that scoring punch, the COLI steel stamina of Caldwell was plainly indispensable. Therefore the Yale stands groan-d Princeton was playing a close. con serVative, thrusting game, with Wittmer carrying the ball reliably for short gains. until they had marched 60 yards down the field towards Yale’s white posts. At the opening of the second period. Wittmer went through , yards for a touchdown, Fishwick the subsequent kickoff. so that the extra point was not made. The score was to for Prince ton but that was enough, and Caldwells face was blank as he looked on, The Yale blue was blue. 1t was blue as hlazes. as blue as a corpse. as an old nose on frosty day To tell the truth as blue as only Yale can he when n big three game is tied up in the. bag against them. Eight Minutes Left. The sun was shining like Spring above hut nothing could warm the heart of Yale Over on the Princeton side, they were singing “Wo, Wow, CONTINUED on Page 2. Column A.

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.