Yale at Princeton

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  Evening star, November 13, 1949, page 45

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  Fighting Yale Downed By Kazmaier-SeIIa Aerial Team, 21–⁠13 PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. H. The Dick Kazmaier- tot George Sella aerial team boosted Prince. ton to a third straight Big Three title today with a 21–⁠13 victory lover Yale. Princeton barely sur. vived a desperate second-half Ell passing attack. Three touchdown underdogs after a poor season, Yale played the favored Princetons off then feet in the final quarter. But the pitching of Stu Tisdale and Lev Jackson couldn’t quite make the grade. Kazmaier-to;Sella passes &C. counted for two Princeton touch. downs and Fullback Jack Dawson bulled across for the other in what was supposed to have been a lopsided contest. There was nothing lopsided about the fierce second half which ended with Fullback Jim Fuchs churning for yardage deep in Tiger territory on the IA. ,-Tisdale, who sneaked over from the for the first Yale score in the second quarter, engineered the second score with a bullseye g. yard pass to jackson just before the end of the third quarter. Yale Threat to Finish. All through the closing minutes, with early darkness settling on the numbed $4,000 spectators at Palmer Stadium, Tisdale and Jackson were throwing at the enbattled Princeton defense. Once they got to the 16 before alert Center Dave Hickok intercepted a pass by Jackson. Although Princeton’s surging ends. Jack McKenna and Cliff Kurrus, time and again smothcred Tisdale for staggering losses, the Eli quarterback kept getting up to throw some more. In all, Tisdale completed 9 of 16 for 1913 yards, most of them in the second half. Kazmaier hit his mark with 6 of 10 for 1T yards and two IDS. It looked like walkover in the early minutes as Princeton took the opening kickoff and marched right down the field. So yards in 13 plays. Although they used only two passes in the drive. the pay off pitch was a Kazmaier-to-Sella toss from the IS which Sella caught on the 10sand rambled over unmolested. -.s Tigers Slash Back. Frank Reichel. who booted all three placements. added a point that seemed all-important afte. Yale broke through for a touch down at 1:41 of the second period Jackson. the Blues captain, churned up most of the yardage, but Tisdale slipped over from the l on second try. Joe Palmer’s placement was wide and Prince ton held q slim 7–⁠6 edge. The Tigers slashed back. driving 73 yards only to lose the ball on downs on the !. They continued to apply pressure after Jackson’s short punt. A Kazmaierto-Ed Reed pass set it up fol Dawson to smash across from the J.. Kazmaier went to the air at thu start of the third quarter, con. Meeting with John Emery for al 18-yard gamer. The score came on a beautiful play that almost was disastrous. Kazmaier. Princeton’s brilliant triple-threat sophomore, fumble6 the center pass on his finger tips but dropped back to throw te Sella, who stood just over the scrimmage line. screened by three men. He caught the short pass

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.