Princeton at Yale

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  The Montgomery advertiser, November 17, 1901, page 1

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  Tigers of Old Nassau Go Down in Defeat. THE SCORE WAS i2 TO 0 Absence of Unfair Tactics a Pleasing Feature. nell Clips the Wings of the Fledglings from Morningside Heights-The Columbia Boys Were outgeneralled. New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. lS.-fale de- feated Princeton in the annual football contest at Yale field this afternoon by the score of l2 to 0. The score, accord ing to the experts who witnessed the game, represents accurately the supe- riority of the Sons of Ell over the Tigers of Old Nassau. Aside from the general excellence of the Yale team the feature of the play was to be found In the entre absence of unfair tactics. Probably no game has ever been played on the Yale field where there was less roughing, slugging and off side play. During the game, lasting nearly two hours. fnclud- ing the intermlssion and the time taken out by delays resulting from injuries, but two penalties were imposed, the avai teams being equally guilty. In the first half Princeton was the offender ana Yale was awarded ten yards distance. In the second half Yale’s anxiety cost her the same distance and honors were even. On two occasions players were warned by the umpire for tactics unnec- essarily rough but on these occasions. as in the instances of off side play, Prince ton and Yale were alike guilty once each. There was nothing of the spectacular in the contest The game was won by Yale as a result of the simplest kind of oid-fashIoned football rendered effective by entire consistency in team play and a physical condition which enabled the Sons of Eli to last” through a gruelling contest Princeton, on the other hand, displayed tendencysto go to pieces at times and throughout the game her men required frequent nursing. Yale played throughout the seventy minutes of ac- tuai time with single change when Captain Ktniftz of the ‘TaFsity boat crew took the place of Goss at left tackle. Princeton found 1t necessary to call upon seven substitutes and the introduction of this half dozen fresh men enabled her to make superb finish of the con test which had been altogether uphill. Yale’s goal line was never endangered. Indeed, the Princeton players never reached a point nearer Yales goal than the thirty-yard line. Yale scored one touchdown in each half and each of these scores were converted cleverly into goal by Olcott Yale’s touchdowns came as a result of a superbly developed system of line plunging in which the famous tackles back formations in all their variations netted the greatest gains. Yale’s backs, assisted by as sprightly a set of forwards as could be asked for found holes in the Princeton line which enabled them to make consistent gains when once they found their pace and touchdowns were inevitable with the magnificent team work displayed by Yale when the l occasion demanded it. Yale’s first touch- | down was made after about fifteen min ntes of play. tumble by Princeton at the center field gave Yale her chance | and seizing the ball on Princetons twen- | ty-yard line the Yale men in ten plays 1 forced the ball over for the first score. 1 The rest of the first half witnessed many exchanges of kicks, and in this department of the game little Desaulles, the Yale quarterback surprised his ad- mirers by holding his own fairly well with Dewitt. Yale required about twen- ty minutes of play in the second half to score the second and last touchdown oi | the game This score, like its predeces- sor, came as a result of straight foot l ball. made possible by great strength and superior team play. Honors were evenly divided as to kicking. Desaulles holding his own amazingly well with De Witt In the handling of kicks, Princeton excelled perhaps a trifie. In the matter of scrimmages, however, Yale’s play was impressively cleaner Princeton time and again losing the ball i on deplorabIe tumbles. Throughout the game the play was largely in Princeton’s 1 territory. 1 From the kickoff at the start of the game, Yale did not let up until tho first | touchdown had been made. Then she resorted to the kicking game and the 1 scrimmages were confined to the middle of the field. So, too, in the second half the New Haven boys clung to the ball amazingly and confined the play to the Tigers territory until another six points had been added to the Yale score. When the score was 12 to 0 against them, the Princetonians disclosed that never say die” spirit which so often has won great victories in the past and gave superb exhibition of last ditch fighting. Unquestionably beaten, and with seven elevenths of the men on the team sub stitutes, the heroes of Old Nassau went at it and fairly lifted the Yale men from ] their feet. Then 1t was for the first time in the second half that the Princeton men forced the play into Yale’s territory and the last fifteen minutes of the game ! Yale was decidedly on the defense. Barn door holes were torn in the hitherto in- vincible Yale line and amazing distances were gained by the New Jersey men. | Their brace had come too late, however. and time was called for the end of the game. No player was seriously injured and there seemed to be no disposition on the part of Princeton men to question Yale’s aIl-around superiority. Lineup: | Yale. Position. Frlnceton Gould. e. e. ......Left end. .DaVld Goss, Kunzing. Left tackle... ..... Pell Olcott.. ........Left guard. Dana. snort Holt. e. e. ........Centre.. .:.Flsher Hamlin.. ....... Right guard Miles, 1 BotkiewicZ Rogan.. e. ... Right tackle. .,..... De Witt ] Swan ,, ,,,,,,,,,. Right end. Henry, Roper

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  The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., November 17, 1901, page 1

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  gers so that Davis fell on the ball on the EDWARD line. gers so that Davis fell on the ball on the 20-yard line. Dewitt managed to get only 80 yards on the next and Desaulles catching IT | on the 50-yard line made beautiful run of 20 yards, lodging over half the Princeton team. With the ball on | Princeton’s 25-yard line Yale began an other series of rushes for score, and nine plays carried the ball over fol the second and last touchdown of the | game, little Hart getting the honor | Olcott kicked an easy goal and the score was Yale IL, Princeton 0. For the next 10 minutes there was 9 series Of kicks by both sides, with nc | gain by either side. Dewitt’s kick was blocked so that Princeton lost all the ground gained by a run, which Poe made and Yale’s next kick sent it back to the Tigers 20 yards line. Here came the finest rally of the day, and Princeton showed some of the brilliant work which other Tiger teams have displayed with defeat staring them in the face. Yale’s left tackle was found particularly vulnerable, and Captain Pell tore through that end of the line for repeated gains. Eleven rusheS by Princeton carried the ball So yards straight down the field to Yale’s 90 NdTu lluG vi OI6 VI lDebE uSAANo ny Pell, being over 80 yards. The Prince ton crowd now began to shout for a touchdown, but miserable tumble dashed their hopes and, Yale getting the ball, Desaulles quickly sent it back into the Tigers territory. There was only a few minutes of play left and Princeton began rushing and managed to land the ball in the mid die Of the field when time was called, and fhn game was over A summary of the game showed Yale to be far superior to Princeton in rushing, and only slightly weaker in the kicking department. In the whole game Yale rushed rs times for 239 yards and kicked 70 times for 415 yards. On the other hand Princeton rushed 80 times for 106 yards and kicked Is times for 507 yards Yale ran back Princetons kicks for 1O2 yards, while Princeton ran back Yale’s kicks for 81 yards SYale made q first downs and Princeton sew en-. Yale made only one change during the entire game, Kunzig going in for Goss in the second half, just after the second touchdown was made On the other hand, Princeton began to send in her substitutes in the very first half, Short taking Dana’s place at right guard, after % minutes of play. In the second half, six Princeton men took the place of their worn out fell low players. First McClave went out, Stevens taking his place. Then Pearson went in for Foulke at left half back; Mills was the next to succumb to the fierce onslaught of the Yale line, Butkiewiez going in at left guard. Ro per supplanted Henry and McCord went for Sheffield at fullback, while 10 min utes before the game ended little Gresham Poe, one of the famous Poe family, was substituted for Freeman at quarterback. There was one or two of Yale’s men who were pretty well exhausted along toward the end, but they managed to hold out. YALE-12 0-PRINCETON Gould. /. e. l. e., Davis Goss (Kunzig), l. t. ]. t., Pell Olcott, |. g. l. g., DANA Short Holt, c. C., Flsher Hamlin, r. g. r. g., Mnls) Butkiewicz Hogan, r. t. r. t., Dewitt Swan, r. e. r. e., CHenry) Roper Desaulles, q. b. q. b..sFreeman) Poe Hart, l. h. b. ]. h. b., Foulke) Pierson Chadwick, r h. b. r. h. b., C1dcClave) Stevens Weymouth f. b. f. b., (SheffieldD McCOrd Umpire, Paul Dashiel. Lehigh; ref cree, Edgar r. Wrightington, Harvard; linemen-Yale, Talcott B, Hull: Princeton, C. u. Smith. Touchdowns, Weymouth and Hart. Goals, Olcott 2. Total score, Yale u, Princeton 0. Time, S5 minute halves. Timer, J. A. Minds, Pennsylvania

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  The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, November 18, 1901, page 3

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  YALE DOWNS PRINCETON. Tigers Defeated Saturday by the Score of 12 to 0-Other Games. The Yale football team came out vic- torious in the annual game with Princeton Saturday at the Yale field, the score being 12 to O. Princeton came here with team not in as good condi- ton as the Yale team, yet all through the contest played one of the pluckiest games ever seen in New Haven. The fierce formations of the Yale backs and tackles were the cause of sending seven of the original eleven Tigers off the field before the referees whistle blew at the close of the scond half. The freshmen on the Princeton team began to show their worth toward the end of the second half, for during the last ten minutes they outplayed Yale, the only time they did this during the game. Yale’s men on the other hand were in good condition and their alleged serious injuries amounted to nothing. Goss was the only Yale man that left the field, not because he played poor game, for he didn’t, but because he was tiring and Captain Gould thought it best to give him rest Princeton fumbled more than Yale and her line from tackle to tackle was not as strong as the Blue line. The Tiger ends, Davis and Henry, were in a class by themselves, their work being phenomenal They got down under De Wits punts and nailed the Yale backs before they could gain foot, they were always where they were wanted and tb air. q II r,1a riy,o Wa ha the field. The first touchdown was made in the first half by Weymouth and the goal was kicked by Olcott Hart made the other touchdown in the second half and both were the result of steady plunges through the Princeton tackles. Olcott kicked a goal from Hart’s touchdown, making the score 12 to 0. A crowd of 1S,0o0 people saw the game. During the first half fire was discovered under the Princeton stand. It was caused by match from one of the spectators, setting fire to some brush. It was quickly extinguished by Sergeant Gibson Following is the lineup: Yale. Princeton 1Ouiu, CdpldlIl DdF IS Left end. Goss, Kunzfg ............ Pell, captain Leet tackle. Olcott ................ Mills, Buckiawtz Left guard. 11out .’...’...... .................. f1Sner l Center Hamlin .................... Dana, Short ! Right guard. IlUSdH De w ltt l Right tackle. Swan ..................... Henry, Roper | Right end DeSaulles ................ Freeman, Poe Quarterback. Hart .................. Foulke, Pearson Left halfback. Chadwick ............ McClave, Stevens Right halfback. Weymouth .......... Sheffield, McCord Fullhack. Score--Yale 12, Princeton 0. Touch downs-Weymouth, Hart. Goals from touchdowns-Olcott 2. Referee-Edgar N. Wrightington, Harvard. Umpire Paul Dashiell, Lehigh. Timer-John Minds, University of Pennsylvania Linesmen-Messrs Hull of Yale and Brokaw of Princeton.

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  The watchman and southron, Sumter, S.C., November 20, 1901, page 6

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  PRINCETON FALLS BEFORE Yale. Old Time Football Played by Both Teams. New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 16.-Yale defeated Princeton in the annual foot ball contest at Yale field this after noon by score of 12 to 0. The score, according to the experts who witness ed the game, represents accurately the superiority of the Sons of Eli over the Tigers of old Nassau. Aside from the general excellence of the Yale team the feature of the play was to be found in the absence of unfair tactics. Probably no game has ever been played on the Yale field where there was less of roughing, singing and off-side play, During the game, last. ing nearly two hours, including the intermission and the time taken out by delays resulting from injuries, but two penalties we’re imposed, the rival teams being equally guilty. In the first half Princeton was the offender and Yale was awarded 10 yards Of dis tance. In the second half Yale’s anxiety cost ber some distance and honors were even. On two occasions, play ers were warned by the umpire foltactics unnecessarily rough, but on these occasions as in the instances Of off-side play the dishonors were even and Princeton and Yale were alike guilty once each.

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 99 since this game.