Lehigh at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 5, 1902, page 11

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  FOOTBALL. LEHIGH GIVES PRINCETON A HARD STRUGGLE IN FIRST HALF, But is DEFEATED N SECOND. Ivy IAIFSRAPH TO IRE TEIBrNEl J.rinreton n j oct with the score standing 70 a. the end u nrst hall, the Tigers pulled Themselves together ID the second haf and defeated Lehigh here to-day by the score 81 3 20 o an a game OF which the feature was ssnsauonsl ninety-yard run. In the hrst haf both teams fought desperately for supremacy. ana Not Hhul within five minutes 81 the whistle were The Tigers hacks able 10 forse through their opponents me on the other hand Princeton’s defence was 50 I’M preCnable that the repeated attempts 81 Lehlsh $ tackles back formation failed and not once oid the visitors gain thor first down. De witt kicked on 20 the 4-yard line, and Lohigh advanced the ball tea yards, and then began her bsttertne ram tackles backplay. nut forced 20 punt Repeated attempts OF both teams 10 tear up the others line failed until near the close 81 the half when Foukc. Hart and McClave hit tho tackles and centre for good gains and carried the hall twenty yards 10 the 2-yard mark. where confusion Of signals had a costly result, McClaVc being thrown hack for a loss OF three yards. The ban went 10 Lehigh and Butler punted out OF danger The halt ended with the bah IN the middle Of the field. soon after the second half was on, Princeton sent her hacks into Lehighs line for good gains. but al times De Witt forced 20 punt on Lehigh’s i5-yard line Butler fumbled on Farabaugh’s high pass and Davis fen on the bah the S-yard line Hart plunged through right tackle FOR touch down. lie Witt kicked the goal Three minutes after the next kickoff tho sensa- 10 Burke, who, protected by Browns splendid IN reference and that Of Davis and Henry, ran ninety yards for touchdown II was the greatest run on Princeton’s g1diron since Arthur Poe’s famous run IN 1883. several changes then occurred IN Prineeeton,s line Moore and Kafer going in al the halves. Leigh shifted Doruin 10 quarter sna put Brush N ~ night emo: A short bunting exhibition followed the next kickoff and then hy series OF line at tacks Princeton brought the bah 20 the 6yard lire end Kafer plunged throu~h rlgh’ tackle for an other touchdown. Two minutes before the half ended. Netterleiu. the freshman quarter, kicked a pretty goal from The Gyard line. PrinceOu’s defence held unusually well to-day, as shown by the fact that Iehieh secured her fret doNG only once. The teams appeared 70 he evenly matched 81 team play ia the nrst half. but Prince away with the visitors IN the second. The best individual work was done by Dornin and Orth. for Lehigh and by Burke, Brown and Davis FOR Princeton The lineup.

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  The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 5, 1902, page 6

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  YALE DUPLICATES THE SCORE DEFEATS AMHERST BY THE AGGRE- GATE Of 23 TO o. Harvard Beats Bates in the Same Ratio-Other Results in Yesterdays Football Contests. Princeton ..23-Lehigh Yale 5000. .23-Amherst -. Harvard ....23-Bntes ....... PRINCETON, n. J.. Oct 4.-After raining to score against Lehigh in the hrst half Princeton defeated the visitors at football here to-day % to 0, three touchdowns and goal from the field being made In the Sec ond half before time was called. Lehigh started in aggressively immediately after the first kick off, but failed repeatedly to gain through Princeton’s line or around the ends Neither could Prince ton find Lehigh’s line or get by her ends until the first half was well on and then the ball was carried straight down the field to the three-yard line. Lehigh made desperate stand. and with the ball on her one yard line Princeton got her signals mixed and lost two yards. which gave the ball to Lehigh. Butler kicked out to the forty five-yard line and two minutes later the half was finished. The features of the second-half were Princetons heavy line pounding, sensational ninety-yard run by Burke and a goal from the field by Vetterlein. Lehigh kicked OFF. and after exchanging couple of punts Princeton settled down TO hard line DUCK ing. Butler fumb,sd on Frabaugh’s high pass and Henry fell on the ball on the eighty-yard line Hart carried 1t by right end for a touchdown. Soon after the next kick of Burke caught Buffers punt and behind good interference ninety yards for a touchdown. Several changes Were then made in Princetons team. Attacks on Lehigh were resumed and four minutes later Kafer smashed through right tackle for another touchdown. Near the end of the half, with the score IS to o. Vetterlein dropped a goal from the twenty-five-yard line. Lehigh Sc cured her first down but once during the

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  The Washington times, October 5, 1902, page 9

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  Columbia. TIGERS DEFEAT LEHIGH IN A DRILLING RAIN Burke, Princeton’s Little Quarterback Makes Phenomenal Run of o5 Yards. PRINCETON, N j., Oct 4.-The Tigers defeated the Lehigh eleven hero in a drizzing rain this afternoon. % to 0. All the points were made in the sec ond half In the first half Princeton 2 offensive work was ragged. In the sec ond Princeton pounded out three touch downs and a goal from the field. The first five points were scored by Hart, after Princeton had got the leather on Lehighs 5-yard line as a resuit of poor pass by Barnard, the Wis itors’ center. Burke. Princeton’s little quarterback. made the second touch down on one of the most phenomenal runs seen here since Arthur s. Poe accomplished his victorious feat against Yale in 1898. He covered ninety-fivo yards. The Princeton coaches. at that point sent out an entire set of new backs. and the substitutes worked together in fine style, scoring touchdown in short or der. De Witt kicked all the goals. Five more points were added two minutes before time was called. by Vetterlein, a freshman, who succeeded Burke at quarter. He dropped clever goal from the field on the 25-yard line.

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Princeton leads 40–⁠10–⁠2 in 52 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.