Princeton at Harvard

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 8, 1896, page 3

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  HARVARD THE TIGERS PREY. IT WAS GREAT FOOTBALL AND THE VIC TORY WAS WELL WON. NO SCORING IN THE FIRST HALF. BUT IL POINTS WENT TO PRINCETON THE SECOND PICTURE OF BRILLIANT SCENE PICTURE OF A BRILLIANT SCENE AND BATTLE OF GIANTS fnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl Cambridge Mass, Nov. THE game between p-,nceton and Harvard. which was played this of.arnoon on Soldiers Field. resulted in a victory for the Tigers by score OF u TO 0. 1t was one of he most stubbornly contested battles ever fought ont on the football gridiron. Superior team work =, the part OF Princeton. coupled with the mag niscent playing of Baird. the fullback placed the game TO the credit of the sturdy sons OF Old Nassau. Tho dav was ideal. Not a cloud dotted the sky. and the sun shone with its brightest smile on the struggling mass of players, and the host gathered from all parts of the country to cheer for their favorites The air. which was crisp and nvigorai- ,pg during the morning. became in the afternoon almost too warm 10 be Just what football players call perfect. but from the point of view OF the spectator. obliged TO sit for three hours In the open air II was just right The management In anticipation OF big rush for seats had made arrangements for seating 1900 uersons and the number present when play began was not far from that figure. BY Friday night Il uas given out that 1900 tickets had been Sold and what remained disposed OF this morning by eneculators at prices ranging from g 30 10 - apiece Boston went football mad to-day. All through the morning in the stores. in the hotels. on the streets nothing was talked OF but the great match II was the first time in seven years that princeton eleven had come TO Cambridge 10 Try lor HOhoiS with Harvard. The last time Princeton and Har- YARD met in Massachusetts was In 1882 at when time Princeton won by Al to 10 Princeton was represented at the game to-day by a delegation of 300 students. who were massed IN section F OF the last stand A large number OF friends helped TO swell their number, and the vocal support given TO the Tigers was Of vociferous nature The legions of Harvard occupied the whole west stand. and when X came to cheering volume of sound rent the air OF such gigantic proportions that 1t almost seemed as If Harvard could not help winning But cheering alone will not win = football match as events proved. The betting on the game light. Princeton had big wads 10 place on her al odds OF TO 4. bu; Harvard money for once was scarce. Harvard men asked ? and l. but were refused. so the Tigers are not taking back much spoil 10 their Jersey lair THE COMING OF THE CROWD The crowds began TO arrive al the gate OF SOL ders’ Field two hours ahead OF time. The gate opened at a little before O’Clock, and from then until the time the game opened a steady stream OF pushing humanity poured over the grandstands until there was no room for more. The crimson OF Harvard and the orange and black Of Princeton waved in all directions The Harvard players arrived at the grounds from AuburndaIe in two bargcs. and at once went TO the locker-room The Tigers came up shortly AFTER in omnibusses from the Hotel Nendcme where they had been staying. The facts that neither side able to in than u 10 o. show that Princeton did not have the easy thing she expected. Harvard’s game was Il surprise to her most devoted admirers At centre she was almost impregnable and back OF the line she developed strength which at times carried everything before it. AS for Princeton the game this afternoon shows her team 10 be the best all round on the gridron up TO date. Her defensive and offensive play strong. steady ana sure throughout the entire contest Her line was YER table stone wall and only rarely were gains made through the centre In the kicking Baird out classed Brown completely. Bairds work to-day places him far above any fullback in the country. Nothing like his kicking has been on Prince ton team since the days OF Alexander Morat Brown did well in the first half. but weakened greatly in the second AT exactly 2C5 p. m. amid cheers that MADE the earth tremble. the Princeton players trotted into the Enclosure The college band which was sta toned in the stand began playing. and pandernonium reigned. Five minutes later the Harvard men made their appearance, and the tumuituous cheering that greeted them must have been heard way down at the old State Building. The Harvard players were preceded by a mascot In the shape OF collie led by a colored boy crowd OF Yale men in Section c. east stand. gave the Yale cheer add ing Princeton and Harvard at the end strong breeze blew from tho southwest and affected the play in the first half Harvard having an advantage from IL. BEGINNING OF THE GAME. Harvard with the wind at her back. The game begins Baird kicks of Brown catches and kicks back 70 the hfty-yar6 line. Kelley plunges through Harwards line for FIVE yards. Captain Cochrane Is hurt He resumes play amid cheers from the Princeton cohorts Two more tries at the harvard line and Princeton loses the ball on downs Brown kicks 10 smith who is do vned in his tracks Smith re.s around the line for FIVE yards and is downec heavily by Dunlop and injured. When play Is resumed Smith is cheered. Then Barnard gets hVe Yards through right tackle. and still another hve Kelley reels off five yards around right END ano Barnard does the same through Lee and Moulton. one or Two more scrimmages take place. and Their Kelley makes a brilliant dash through Lee ano Noulton for fifteen yards, being downed by Brown me only Harvard man between him and the Har ward goal At this time Harvard is warned Nv ‘h’ uupire not 10 pile onto Princeton men wheh thes are down The ball is Princetons on mar wards thirty-hve-y yard line Church jumps past Lee for three wards Princeton tries double pass, an’ Smith is down for the loss Of one yard. hene’ fails 70 gain and the ball IS Harvards Princeton is beginning TO open her eyes. reaiz.h’ that she has caught Tartar. Prodigous cheerin’ l. heard Brown kicks 10 Pr.nceion’s twenty-five yard line Princeton lines up, and Kelley. Baird AM Church take turns banging against the Harvard Inc Harvard gets the ball on Princetons foriy-yard INV Dunlop makes a beautiful gain OF twelve yaros De tween Cochrane and Hillebrand. The play Is fast an furious Brown resorts 20 a kick, which oHi’ catches and starting TO run, is down on princeton nf,een-yard line BAIRD pun,s to Princeton’s forty ave-yard line. Brown returns the KICK. ana me ia Is Princeton’s again on her nfteen-yaru ‘‘ne’ N1’ is hurt and time Is taken out. Harvard mas been getting the best OF II, the VIII ,avoring her in the exchange OF KICKS balro “o’ kicks out Of bounds a; Princeton’s thrty-nve-ya-

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 8, 1896, page 1

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  TRIUMPH OF TIGERS TEAM Princeton Defeats Harvard il Hard Cane q; Cambridge. COULD NOT STAND The Rush Terrific Tandem PlunEes of the Vie tore co Easily Through the Harward Line. Despite It, Des- pernte Resistance. UGhNLtA AL f.af8afls aa---faaa- e-e.--@s heavy odds. the crippled team Of Harvard EEL before the provess Of ole Nassau this afternoon AID tonight the Tiger is tr.umplant IN victory Twelve 10 vas the score o, the mem orAbls contest but it does no. tell o. ne plucl,y. stubborn stand the crimson made against Prlncetous relentless assaults. nor OF the terrific battle thar was vEEed for two hours back and form across the white lined Erld-on. And al the end, II TIE dim twilight the two battle lines swung shoulder 10 shoulder IN uidfeld sway ing mass o. struggling muscle Princeton, Joyful IN certain victory. and Harvard. bowed down and detected but stn fighting gAmely TO the bitter end The pace a. times had been terrific There had been many fierce assault that left the young glad ets-s stretched out silent ana no;ionless on the sod like 60 many dead legs. Delay after delay came from TIE successive in :urles but with grim determination and grit PLAYER after player struggled pluck fly and faithfully INTO the game i was clean. manly foot ball, however, such as 20 delight the Tremendous crowds present There was no end q brilliant puntinE plenty o. hBir-rHisinE encounters and eEciting moments, but from scientific foot ball Ftnudpuiu; the game lacked the splendid organization o. force and the brilliant tactics which have characterized 50 many memorable battles on Haupdeu PARK ana Mauhelm field The game in miniature. shows how Harvard started to playing entirely on the defensive. They repulsed the TIGERS fierce attacks and hardly ever attempted 70 advance the ball themselves They played more strongly than they knew ans the first hal in which neither team crossed the coveted goal line. WIS 3 superb battle The second hair saw . change o. tactics Harvard started out OF the o. fensive and Princeton took W the task O. defending its territory. with such good effect that aided materially 10y Bairi’z splendid kicking. its goal w&E never placed 81 Jeopardy HAD PAYING ATTENDANCE. : The weather vas IDEAL for foot ball There were u pah people present The big stands were packed solI1ly from TOP 20 bottom Each stand vas mass o! solid color. and the black and orange banner o! Old Mas Sau wed vigorously with the more numerous buf no more lively peuuEuts and etreEu1ers o. the crimson Princeton sent big con tinEe1; % rooters who occupied Z section on tie east side and cheered their team on 70 victory. Princeton played Z compact interference close 20 her line chiefly in The shape Of E turtlehack which revolved on tackle or driving tandem mass play b. the same direction. Their interference ran suo1thly and clearly and from HH-vsrd’s was Far superior IN form and organization. The Harvard backs played some distance from the line and often with a guard or 4 tackle il the formation with them. il was not until the second half thai they began 70 rush the ball and then worn out and badly shattered. The in te-ference lacked the essential speed in getting away. as well as steady formation. Bgirds spleudid kicking was q potent factor in the resuit de punted IN superb form Brown on the other hand. with the exception o. several fine long punts in the first ten min ufes OF play proved a great disappointment. On the victorious eleven Church was the bright star OF the line On The Harvard team Norman Cabot PLAYED q splendid game uull he was forced TO Quit The two fresh men tackles showed NJ surprisingly strong Behind tie line Dunlop played 4 hard rlueky game Though injured IN the frs; few minutes OF play, he kept doing brilliant defensive work 10 the very last, when, we’ll nigh completely used W. be gave way & CuEzeny. Harvard won the toss and chose the wind Princeton kicking OF toward the southern goal. A: the outset Harvard forced the play For q few PUSHES Kelly and Barnard ripped through HErvsrd’s tGCEles for short gains but the crimson soon had the ball Wen into - 9-iucetuns territory. The story FOR some ~ES.uu1es WAS much the same King Kelly al the head o. tandem team would plunge into left tackle Tor few yards gain ani then Barnard would carry the ball uuCt IATsItF hA-tEA Oh me bt-4rl sue a-lat-l Gher tandem was plunged inc the Harvsr. tackles with The force Of pile driver. JUST LIKE LEONIDAS a Slowly but surely The Tigers walked The ,San down toward the Harvard goal. Each rush brought Il nearer. until the Tigers had son goal johnny Dunlop shouted n ‘sEold sheu boys ana threw himself against the Princeton interference Twice Harvard was impreEnabe. third time the Tigers attempted 70 force the Harvard line but the crimson were equal &c the mo- -neni and Ike LeonidHs ana his little band al Thermcpylae johnny DualUp and the Harvard line held the Tigers ana the goal was saved. The Harvard goal was no, 10 danger again during The trz. half In The second half Harvard started cut 20 force The Princeton line and advance the ball but failed sirualy For the hrsi dime n the game the Ct5clElE began Il pe-al4ze ne teams for interference with putting the ball IN play ana fCr ofsiae play 3Dr. E--h teams suffered several times il this respect Princeton scored its FIRST touchdown iron the fifteen yard line. Cabot was injured and Frosty Brewer took his place Young Smith tossed he ban 10 Barnard and the ln tertergnce uassinE about him sailed azy for HaTvHTCE night. like herd o. stgupele5 buffalo Harvard’s ex-gHptair wHs easily pocketed and easily put ou OF he PLAY Away went Barnard outs.l, q Swim. dodEIng cleveIly again and again Dunlop made 4 fYinE leap Al him as ht raced down the field. bur missed him. and shaking on Brown. young Barnard crossst the goal line amid q thunder q enthusiasm Baird slDt the oval clear and through be, tween y r posts Within TIE next fifteen minutes by zlrnos q duplication O! the play. BroEEw WAS sen across for second touchdown. and zh goal was again kicked by Baird The gam ended with the bah almost IN the ceuter o the feld. Harvard fighting desperately. Princeton had won. - 10 o. as in the few remaining minutes nothing everrful trans pired Lineup. Prince ou-l9 Positions Harvard TsrollaW left end. CaDo i-I5rewer-I ~ wi Chufe7--- ,.git tackle. u & Crowds .....-.-..leit IsuuvI nFFhnF long my throat was kH ktkkE = filed with sores, large

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  The San Francisco call, November 8, 1896, page 2

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  The First Half Holly Contested Without Either Side Scoring. BUT HARVARD WAS WEAKENED Princeton’s Irresistible Rushes Quickly Win the Gam in the Second Half-I2 too BOSTON, MASS, Nov. 7-Princeton defeated Harvard on Soldiers field this Afternoon by score OF IL to o. the story OF the game being the record OF crippled eleven lighting desperately but in vain against opponents in good condition. The day was perfect, there being little or no wind. Attendance about 10000. In the first half neither side scored Princeton directed her mass plays against Haryard’s sub tackles, and they held their opponents nobly. Several times Princeton had to relinouish the ball on DOWNS and it was then kicked immediately out of danger. The nearest Prince ton came to scoring in this hall was when she got down to Harvard’s seyen-yard line. and was there held by gallant rally on Harvard’s part. Harvard’s policy in the half seemed to be defensive one purely, and on this style of play Prince tons goal was never threatened except once, when Brown attempted goal from the field from the thirty-yard line, and that was lamentable failure. At the end of the first half the Harvard men were jubilant and they hoped that a change OF tactics from the defensive to offensive might perhaps win score. The game was really decided about five min. utes after the opening of the second half. Harvard seemed so tagged out from the efforts OF her first hall that she could not put her offensive plays through. With the ball on Harvard’s yard line, Brewer having just replaced Cabot, Princeton directed the play at his end By an irresistible r1sh the whole Princeton eleven seemed to go between Swain and Bre wer and down the held for touchdown. 1t was all done in minute, and seemed to paralye the whole Harvard eleven. Baird easily kicked the goal. Harvard then started in to retrieve her self. but could not hold together. Several brilliant gains were made, but for the most part Princeton, already elated with hopes of victory, tore up the slow interference and forced Brown to kick. Brown 8 punting in the second half weakened perceptibly and Baird gained several yards for Princeton on each interchange. Three times Baird tried for goals from the field (once from center on a place kick and at two other times from shorter distancesl, but at no time came very near the goal. The outcome of the game was definitely settled about ten minutes before the close. Princeton by her long punts was grad ually forcing Harvard back 10 her goal line, yard line. Brown was sent back to kick, but Harvard’s weakened tackles could n t hold and Church broke through and blocked the ball. 1t rolled back of the line and Reiter fell on it for the second touch down. Baird easily made the goal. Time was finally called with the ball in Princeton’s possession on Harvard’s 30 yard line. Although defeated, Harvard must be given credit for her defensive points. Sew eral times Princeton lost the ball on downs, while Harvard did so but once although often forced to kick. A blocked kick and grand rush between tackle and end tells the story OF Princeton’s twelve points, while slow, weak interference and a lack of aggressive offense explains Harwards inability 20 score. Several changes were necessary in both elevens, owing to injuries, most of which were on the siae of Princeton, though none were serious. The game was free from Objectionable features. The. team lined up as follows:

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  The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., November 8, 1896, page 19

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  Baird .......... Full Back. 49,. Brown, Dibble Princeton 12 Harvard 0; touchdowns, Ban nard, Brokawa; goals, Baird 2; umpire Paul Dashiul, of Leigh; referee. W. o. Hickok, Of Yale; lnesman, H. G. Wyckof, of Cornell; time 80 minute halves

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.