Yale at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 16, 1902, page 1

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  PRICE FIVE CENTS LINE WINS FOR YALE. PRINCETON BEATEN BY A SCORE OF 19 TO ). DE Wits PHENOMENAL GOAL FROM THE FIELD-CHADwICK MAKES ELLIS TWO TOUCHDOWNS. OF which was not decided until the referees whistle had blown for the last time. Yale’s foot ball heroes trotted of the field here this after noon victorious the Tigers by a score OF II to D Twice in the course of that long and breathless struggle had a Yale player dashed over Princeton’s line with the pigskin cIasped in his arms. and twice had the toe Of a Yale boot sent the ball between Princeton’s goalposts for a goal from touchdown Prineeton’s only score was due to a phenomenal goal from the field scored by the giant guard. De Witt who was easily the star of the Princeton eleven and is the best kicker seen on any American eleven in many years. The game was witnessed by twenty thou sand spectators. the great majority OF whom were partisans of the most enthusiastic and demonstrattve sort, and who came to cheer for Yale OF for Princeton win or lose; and certainly, If the game proper was hard fought. the cheering contest one of the most in spiriting ever heard Over the heads Of the struggling players the two armies Of their friends hurled their battIe-cries all the after noon They cheered for those in distress as II they would crack their lungs doing il. and OF course they cheered when their favorites were achieving feats of prowess. Consequently they cheered most of the time, and when they were not cheering they were singing battle songs | composed by various undergraduates and alum nal poets Of credit and renown. Early in the morning the fernent began at Princeton that always marks the day OF ths Yale game. A good many Princeton alumni make point OF getting back to college the night before the Yale game and last night was by no means an exception, so that Princeton Inn was the scene Of merrymakings and football gossip and representation until an early hour this morning Out Of town delegations began to pour in by the first trains this morning and from o’clock on every train was crowded to its limit The Pennsylvania Railroad had made extraordinary arrangements for accommodating the rush. and the fine. mild weather taxed these arrangements to their utmost. Twelve special trains went out OF Jersey City in the course OF the forenoon and nearly as many from PhiIadelphia. Thousands of the visitors who arrived early spent an hour or two in looking about the old university town and inspecting the buildings on the campus. MULTITUDE AT THE FIELD | At the field the multitude was late in arrlv- Ing. As every seat was reserved. there was no reason for hurry. and il was therefore not until 1870 o’clock that the real thrush began. | A section of seats had been added one / being erected over the baseball diamond and | another at the south OF the gridiron. so that | when the spectators arrived they found IN. field completely surrounded in true arena style on all four sides Il was estimated that there were 1900 seats IN all and not one was va cant. while hundreds stood up TO see the | game and almost every housetop with / in eyesight added its quota to the throng / To accommodate the rush a special set OF / tracks had been laid for the arrival and de- parture Of the New-York trains the PhIadeI- phia trains leaving from the regular station Many OF the spectators came to Princeton in automobiles. but all the pink pests and spur- pie assassins’ had TO be stabbed away from the I coaches and other vehicles like the one that used 10 form such an attractive feature Of the games at the Polo Grounds / There is no occasion like football game for calling out display OF rosy checked heaIrhfuI and high spirited femininity. and the friends sis ters and sweethearts of the collegians were out in full force yesterday. Nearly every one OF / them displayed either the Blue or the Orange and Black in some form or other. vioIets worth hundreds of dollars were worn to the field. while the yellow chrysanthemum retained all it’s ancient popularity. The game being at Princeton. naturally the Princetonians were in strongest force. and banked the eastern tiers of seats high with a solid mass of color To / Yale assigned the western grandstand. | with the sun at the rear, and four thousand or ! five thousand Yale partisans assembled there to- / obey the orders Of the cheer captains These were scarcely up TO the Yale average and / seemed OutdOne IN ardOr and zeal by the commonly efficient and jealous conductors OF / the Princeton chorus. one Of whom dOffed his coat and wRistcoat the better TO direct the vocal dOings. This young man. whose surname is / Tillinghast. won the admiration OF all behOlders ( and without doubt had the benefit OF Jim RobinsOns training He could not otherwise have endured the fatigue incident to his Iabors. which would compare favorably with those OF the most agile of Wagnerian conductors. ! The game itself was won by clean, straight forward football, and the best team won. The total scarcely shows the exact measure Of YaIe’s superiority As had been hoped by Yale and feared by Princeton. the heavy rush line OF the New-Haven eleven was too much for the strength of Princeton’s forwards, and when after gain by sending the runner crashing through the line. Yale’s most effective pIay was tandem formation This was peculiarly hard to stop. because 1t was something new 10 Prince ton. The tandem itself is no new thing buf Yale had a variation of 1t. The comuosition OF the tandem was seldom twice alike The play the same. but the men composing the thurderbolt differed almost every time. Consequent ly Princeton’s forwards never knew lust whom to try hardest TO stop. Sometimes the first man of the tandem had the ball and sometimes the second. and sometimes the third. and the only way to make sure that the play was stopped was TO stop every Identical man involved in the play. When Princeton began TO get after this play little better Yale varied il with a revolving tandem which also good for many yards. All told. the Yale teams game was the result of careful study and most efficient coach ing, and Rockwell at quarterback handled the plays with consummate skill

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 16, 1902, page 1

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  YALE DEFEATS PRINCETON Proves Victorious by Twelve to Five After Exciting Match. TERRIBLE PlUNeEs WIN THE BIG GAME Losers Excel on KickinE, However, Thus Making Their sole score OF Day, but otherwise Are OutpIayed. EftAINCb iONs ~ De- WV ~ ‘NN”J defeated Princeton in their annual foot ball game by ~ TO .. All the scoring was lone in the first half. Yale twice played the ball over the Tigers goal line and De witt, for Prince ton, dropped a beautiful field goal from Yale’s forty-hve-yard line. II was an in glorious ending for an otherwise brilliant season. The score does not adequately show Yale’s superiority over Princeton. Princeton was really outclassed at all points except In kicking. Here De Witt easily held the honors, but his beautiful %puntlDg was mini mized by the clever work Of the Yale back field. No matter who caught De Wits skyscraping spirits. whether 1t was Chad wick, Bowman OF Metcalf, the ball was in variably brought back from ten to twenty yards by a lodging. wriggling blue player before he could be knocked of his pins. Fierce Game waEed. The game was one Of the hercest ever won on a gTidiron, yet Il was free from unnecessary roughness. Yale played like hends, and Princeton was but a trife less reckless. Yale men tackled hercely and threw themselves under Princeton’s at tempted mass plays. Princeton also played hercely, but its attempts we’re futile before the quick charging Yale line. When the Tiger Iinemen went low the Yale men would jump over and when they stood up Yale would brush them aside. Princeton’s defense had been its main stay during the season. but the wonderful holding ability Of its line was seldom mani tested during the game. Early in the Sec ond half Yale secured the ball on its fifty yard line and by hard, straight foot ball carried II to within two feet Of Prince tons goal. Here the Orange and Black line held like a rock, and Yale lost what looked like a sure touchdown. On two other occasions Yale had the ball within striking distance of Princeton’s goal. Once 1t lost IL for holding and again on a tumble. Princeton did not seem to be at its best, while Yale played the game OF its life. To illustrate Princeton’s work, in the first half the team gained only seven yards, kicks excepted. Time and time again Yale’s heavy forwards bent Princeton’s line back before the play was started, and sew eral times Glass broke through De Witt, Princeton’s star guard. and tackled the Princeton runner back Of the lines. Yale’s offense was a revelation to Prince ton, and the ~latter’s much vaunted defense was crumbled before the crushing line Gays Of Yale. It is a remarkable fact ESlt Yale rarely attempted an end run, de- Binding almost entirely on line plunges bp mass on tackle. Chadwick Plays Remarkably. CC0tain Chadwick played a remarkable Ru9, scoring both touchdowns after SEN sattonal runs OF fifty yards each. The battle between Glass and De witt. who are recognized as the leading men in their positions, was interesting. The former had the better Of the big Princetonian. De Wits kicking was little short of marvellous. He was always hurried by the Yale forwards, but In spite Of this handicap his punts averaged about fifty yards. There is no tell ing what the score would have been had Princeton been without his services. Princeton was supposed to excel in the back field, but was really lamentably weak, and not till the close OF the second half, when an almost new set OF men had been put behind the line did 1t show any agrees sive line bucking. Yale’s men appeared in better physical condition than Princeton, despite the fact that the latter had had a two weeks rest. Yale was penallZed three times for holding and twice for of side, while Princeton was penalized only twice. both times for of side. The fumbling OF the two teams was about equal. Once princeton secured the ball on Yale’s twenty-hve-yard line when a Yale man dropped II, and almost everybody expected another field goal by De witt, but Yale secured the ball and kicked out Of danger. Both elevens played straight foot ball With the exception OF a few fakes, in one Of which De Witt gained Ave yards, and In another Bowman went through Princeton,s center for ten yards. Aside from this there was no ground gained on fakes. The crowd was the largest that ever wit messed a foot ball contest in this citK AS early as 2 it began moving toward Nassau field, and standing room was soon at a pre- MUM, about $4,000 persons being within the big smphitheater. Contrary to Yale’s custom, the blue eleven was the first to make its appearance. As Captain Chadwick led his young giants on the field a mighty roar went up from the west stand. This was outdone by the demonstration which greeted the Princeton boys behind Captain Davis. Princeton wins Toss. After running through signals for several minutes, the two captains tossed. Davis called the turn, choosing the south goal, giving Yale the ball. The referees whistle sounded and Bow man kicked TO Princeton’s ten yard line. d Witt returned the kick and Yale fumbled

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  The Minneapolis journal, November 15, 1902, page 1

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  sixty yards for touchdown. Score: Yale, sixty yards for touchdown. Score: Yale, H.; Princeton, s. Bowman kicked tn egoal. Score: Yale, 12; Princeton, 5. Dewitt kicked off to Yale’s fve-yard line. The ball was carried back 20 yards. Line plunges advanced. the ball to the center of the field, Princeton not being able to withstand the heavy rushes of her opponent. :. 49,. -..- - An injury to B. McClaVe caused a delay Of several minutes. When play was resumed Princeton held better and forced Yale to kick. Pearson caught. the ball for Princeton and was downed on Princeton’s 8 25-yard line. Princeton returned the KICK and it was Yale’s ball in mid-feld. + +s..5 !. First half over at 322 p. m. Yale tried an end run and lost four yards. This forces kick and .at this moment the first half ended with the ball in Princeton’s s possession on her own 20 yard line. Score, first half, Yale IL, Princeton 5. During the first half Yale completely outplayed her opponentsaS IoWafd ,tne close of the half Yale’s heavy line worked the tackle back formations and not a point in Princeton’s line seemed able to withstand the terrible plunges. The only point of the game Princeton excelled in was kicking. But Dewitts: long punts were minim1zed by Yales lodging back field players, who almost invariably brought the ball back from ten to fifteen yards. Princeton’s offense was lamentably weak her players making only two first downs in the half. -. ~ r. -.s@ r.. .srs Both teams fumbled to marked degree. The Yale players were penalized four times and Princeton twice -. .’ H.. = = III The Second Half. “a The teams lined up for the second half at 1886 o’clock. Tooler replaced Henry at right. end for Princeton. There was no change in Yales lineup. Dewitt kicked and Yale got the ball on her 25-yard line. On an exchange Of kicks Yale had the ball on her 43-yard line and gained four yards on the next play. Chadwick went through Prince toms center for 12 yards, getting the ball to Princeton’s 5O-yard line. S. MeClayer replaced Hart at left back for Prince ton. Yale lost the ball for holding. Prince ton getting it on her 35-yard line. Princeton gained a first down, and made five yards more on an end play.

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 15, 1902, page 1

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  carry the ball % yards by straight line plunges. With the ball in Yaless possession on Prfnceton’s As yard line. there was a respite while the damage inflicted on two or three players was repaired Then they went at it again and Yale lost the ball for holding on Princeton’s 40 yard line fake kick gained five yards for Princeton. This advantage was almost entirely lost on the next lfae-up and Dewitt was called upon for a punt. Metcalfe caught the ball on Yale’s 25 yard line and car ried it back 18 yards before he was downed. Chadwick, however. got through and carried the ball 60 yards for a touch down. Bowman kicked goal. Score, Yale 12; Princeton 5. Yale tried an end run and lost four yards. This forced a KICK and at this moment the first half ended with the ball in Princeton’s possession on her own 20 yard line. First half-Yaie II; Princeton, 5. Dewitt kicked off to Yale’s 5 yard line. The ball was carried back 20 yards. Line plunges advanced the ball to the center Of the field. Princeton not being able to withstand the steady rushes of her OpponentS.

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 98 since this game.