Princeton at Harvard

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1936, page 1

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  CRIMSON, |NRALLY, ENDS BATTLE, 14–⁠14 Scores in Last 4 Minutes of Upset-TaIIies First Over Tiger Since 1920. - AMBRIDGE, Mass, october 31.-Harvard’s gallant foot ball youngsters. jumped ~ Princeton’s great veteran team at the start, gave ground against vastly superior odds and then put On a heart-stirring finish to gain glori- Gus l4-l4 tie today before $4,000 fren- Eied spectators at the stadium. AS was the case 16 years ago, when the last Harvard touchdowns were scored against Princeton in a game that ended in a similar deadlock, the amazingly improved Crimson forces waged brilliant aerial battle to fin ish on even terms. Battered to its knees by Army and Dartmouth, Harvard was forced to start four sophomores, including a sub center with only five minutes of game experience. But this revamped and inexperienced eleven fought the sluggishly starting Tigers tooth and nail and drew first blood in the second period. First Blood for Crimson. THREE long overheads, from George – Roberts, an early backfield replacement, to Don Daughters, moved Harvard 40 yards to PTinceton’s j. yard line. From there Nal McTernen scored on tricky end run that caught the Princeton secondaries fiat-footed. The Tigers lost little time tying the score on a 25-yard end sweep by Bill Lynch, sub fullback, after Jack White had returned Harvard punt Is yards and Ken Sandbach had passed to Bill Rawls. for about 20 more. Another Sandbach Rawls pass, which worked for IS yards, gave Princeton a first down on Harvard’s 3-yard line in the third session and the Tigers appeared to have the game under control, when Dick White, who replaced Charlie Kaufman at right half, plunged over for the second touchdown.

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.