Brown at Princeton

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1956, page 1

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  Tiley broke a collar bone early in the Cornell game and Agnew, who was relegated to the junior varsity a year ago because Of frequent injuries, had to handle the job alone. He just scored four touchdowns. MOTLEY Opens Up Game Last Saturday an Unexpectedly stubborn Brown line held the Tigers to one touchdown in the first half and was making them look bad. Then Motley came in, loosened it up with some sharp passes. slithered through some slim holes and Princeton came out ahead 21–⁠7. Danforth, a sub for Hewes Agnew’s brother Bill last season, and Nelson, a senior with an undistinguished record before this year, haven’t had any big scoring days. Their job is to catch passes, serve as decoys and occasionally run a reverse to keep the defense honest. Nelson made one superb catch at an important stage in the Brown game. The No. / reason why this makeshift collection of backs has done so we’ll Is Quarterback John Sapoch, the one real vet eran. He’s a superb blocker and defensive player who not only calls the plays but makes them work. Caldwell converted Lee Weber from fullback into am other capable blocking back. In the line Bob Casicola has developed at tackle to displace last years regular, Fred Melges, and Capt. Mike Bowman and Dave Grub are a pair of solid guards. They and all the other ‘linemen, block with the precision demanded by Caldwell, who doesn’t claim much credit for developing players but somehow comes up with winners.

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Princeton leads 49–⁠22 in 71 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.