Princeton at Columbia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1939, page 24

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  A||erdice Leads In Princeton 5 14–⁠7 Victory Passes to One Score, Drives to Another Over Columbia NEW YORK, Oct. 21-Dave Allerdice whipped his Princeton Tigers into a fury with slingshot passing exhibition today and stormed over the Columbia Lions, IA to 7, before a crowd of 10000 wild-eyed fans. The 2O-year-old junior from Noblesville. Ind, shot a pass good for SO yards to Howie Stanley for one touchdown in the first period and scored the other himself in the second period on a 4-yard off-tackle stab after passing the ball into position. Altogether the gallant back threw four passes good for 1T yards for greater gain than the net running and passing attack of the entire Co. lumbia team. It was a revivified Princeton eleven that rocketed to touchdown on the third play of the game, with long Bob Peters returning the OPEN ing kickoff to his own As and ,Allerdice then passing to Stanley. who caught. the ball on Columbia’s 10 and lodged over. Lions Tie Quickly. The Lions battled courageously all the way and tied the score before the first chapter was half done. An exchange of punts. in which Les Stanczyk quick-kicked to Prince tons /, gave Columbia the ball on the IS and Stanczyk first passed to the 9 and then raced through right tackle from the for touchdown. Princeton’s winning touchdown came early in the second period after another exchange of punts and a similar trade in fumbles gave the Tigers the ball on Columbia’s 81. Allerdice stabbed a short pass to Thacher Longstreth for first down on the and then swept through his left tackle for the score on the next play. Jim Aubrey, towering left end, dropped back to placekick both points after touchdown for Prince ton. The fight was as fierce as the scrap Of any jungle cats and Prince tons mighty line, outweighing Co. lumbia 200 to 1876, was called upon to make heroic stands no less than three times. Columbia Threatens Often. Late In the first period Gus De Augustinis ripped OIL a 55-yard reverse to Princeton’s 5 only to have the attack bog. A few minutes later a placement field goal try failed from the IS. In the third period the Lions fought their way first to the Tigers IA and again to the 8. A nose injury that forced Stanczyk out Of the game In this quarter seemed to doom Columbia’s chances, but the Lions managed to stave OF Princeton’s final invasion to the s. yard stripe In the fourth. The Tigers. who outdowned Co. lumbia 8 to 6, collected 106 Of the 1T yards from passing In the f1rst half and In the second showed powerful ground offensive for the frst time this year. It was their second victory In three games. while ths Lions have yst to win.

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Princeton leads 61–⁠12–⁠1 in 74 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.