Harvard at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, November 14, 1886, page 16

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  PRINCETON BEATS HARVARD. AN rxcrrINc GAME AT FOOTBALL. AN EXCITING GAME AT FOOTBALL. mn PRINCETON TEAM COMPOSED OF THE HEAVIER ~,w-rur sport Nor SPOILED BY AN INcLEM xNT DAY. Pn,NcEroN, N. j., Nov. 13.-The Princeton Solsee students arc . happy crowd tonight. Their esotbsa team defeated Harvard University team TINS afxsrueou on tho college football Held by score OF swslve points to nothing. and has climbed an ether notch toward tho college championsn’n The Princeton rnshers virtually won the game by their blocking They stood IN the way OF the Hsrvsra rushsrs like walls a aud their opponents could get through TO tackle Prncetons agile ha backs who ran like dcers aud almost equalled Lamar and Monat Prince,on’s famous half-backs An their brilliant playing. But Harvard played a magnificent game 1t an entirev nav team. Two years ago. when INC Harvaras In practice. Princeton deeateo ‘nen’ ~ Cambridge by score OF SO toe They had to play Oh unfamiliar grounds to-day. and Princeton had 10 WORK desperately to w,n The bsst Of feeling prevailed ana M one was badly hurt Is usual. The day Was bitter eold and a high wind that swept over the Held nearly froze the $500 spectators VINO Nooo for two long hours In the enclosure 10 Witness the “battle OF the nineteenth century, frhceto”s eolors In every part OF the had ana some parts OF the neld looked IKE zcpras gone inau “” Princeton scored. A large number OF ladies braved the cold and wore the orange and black. Fifty patriotic Harvard men postcd themselves lower end OF the HELD ana sup ported their team loyalty whenever Prncetons skyroc ret cheer did not take up the air entirely. captain f.rviu OF Yale and ex-Captsin Peters were Interested spectators OF the game Shortly before 2:30 r. IN. tho two eevens ned out on tho field and greeted with a tornado OF cheers The Princeton men looked heavier and older thsn ‘he Crimson players But Brooks, Burgess. Butler and Remington OF Harvard Variety crew looked as n they had muscle, and they had 1t, too. Tho average weight OF the New-Jersey players was 165 pounds. while the Harvard men averaged 16l pounds Prucetons rush line aver AGED l72 pounds and included CowaD Cook. Moore ana George. small giants who weigh each over leo POUNDS Harvard’s rush line averaged l65 pounds. A2;3o o’clock Walter c. Camp OF Yale the referee, placed the cgg-shsped ball on the ground aud ordered the men to limo up The teams were 1ormed as follows: Harvard: Rushers-Iolden. Butler Burgess. Brooks captain ana centre rusD. woodman. Remngton ard Harding quarter beck-Fetcher; halfDacks- Porter and Sears: mllback-Peabody. Princeton; Rushers-H. Hodge, Cook, Cowan. George, irvine Moore and wagenhurst Quarter-back-R Hodge half backs-Price and Ames fu-back and captain Savage Harvard the toss and took tho north end OF the field That was an choice for Harvard. “a heavy wind sprang up favorng Princeton. play J. shouted Mr. Camp, aud Captain Brooks picked up the ball and tossed 1t to . crimson rusher, who lodged and twisted his way through the Princeton sushers until he close to Princetons twenty-five yard line There stopped as he could not carry tho entire Princeton rush line any further By neat pass Burgess got the ball and poughed his way through the Princeton to within ton yards OF their goal line Another “down” gave the ball to Princeton; X Hodge, the quarter back Princeton, fumbled the ball. hut Ames dropped 1t aud saved 1t for his side TDings looKcd blno for the ZebrGuniformed players but Ames all at sent the ball spinning TO she lower part Of the field with tremendous low punt and Peabody, Harvsris fu-back mufed and did not recover 1t In time send It back Princeton cheered wildly and IL proved to DO the turning point OF the Hsrva c0utd her and In few moments Princeton had the ball. The big lined up thirty yards from Hsrvards goal stood like granite walls, aud the ball was snapped back to Ames, who ran like a deer twhc the Harvard wildly trying to break through their opponents rush lnc) straight through the Harvard team and placed tho ball behind the goal aposs scored . touch In fifteen minutes for Prince ton. Pandemonium reigned supreme for moment. and 1t was renewed q second later when K. Hodge kicked goal making the score to III favor OF Princeton. 1t was now Harvard’s turn to have the ball. Sears “punted” 1t way up the field. and Prince. Gn roas cnnne. eorn nma maaad psse in Princeton. big rushes had all they could the ball under his and tried his duck. Half In reckless manner Irvine had better luck aud he the ball close to iiarvards goal line arms and % legs were lying IN ali directions, K Hodge skilfuly extracted the ball from the mass of players fash. lie lodged the harvard rushers, anI twisted and squlrned himself out OF the haf backs a second time behind Barvard’s goal line, Hats ana eaps went up IN aae ar snP Ie iendcry held ball while r. Hodge calmly surveyed rquareiy the posts maSing he score II to for Princeton. aud winning the game beyond all doubt In rested for dfecn minutes while the big crowd stamped the secoG s began the teams reyersng positions Harvard braced up surprisingly. PRINCETON had the KICK Oh. Brooks, Burgess ana magnncenty sd no, IKE o,ns ,Imaw,ndSn. m ge5 5n, Gown ,hs ns field. but Savage deity sent It pack on the ground Price got the hall and twisted his way through the Harvard rusher’s stomach before he was ‘pps Seeon Sy caas the S and part ‘SG OF Marvarss eleven on his back & to Haryard. 25-ysra s”yoOaS am” D’ on Vi the Held and they soon got .se ball s. sn%s snaos, DoS, ssr’ near Princeton’s line. savage got the base bat Dc SsiS5s Sa threw a @ and the p”cS little captain found his sprained ankle In bad shape Then .S%ss’d1 S: @ stepped kept iSs pna s Holden. who had Deen doing splendid running and dodC rashers. Fletcher ,iea to- tackle r. Hodge. from the small n.rvard rus1er aid Fletcher wen, on tho ned with closed eye. and Dudley had to supply TIE iia.varG’‘ I.gt the bah bal in in Prince Prince three quarters aud might have scored goal if they Ground eS nss SSy fGSs dHSp S Sr nss could do much fast running Sears tired long kicks again and Anes, and Price, Prince toh’s half backs tried rnnning and success fully, too. First one ana then the other would dodge through the into POrters Peabodys cving embrace Princeton gained ground but could not again. Harvard fought desperately TO score aud Princeton had enough 10 do to prevent Harvard from scoring without trying to score again in the last OF the game thong CowaD Price and Amos made runs. The game eBdeI with the ball in the middle OF the Held, and when II was the Princeton men rushed field and carried their victorious players of he grounds with shouts and cheers that could be heard blocks away. YALE BEATS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA NEw.HAvRs Nov. l3 (Speciall.-The Yale football team defeated the University OF Pennsylvania eleven at the Yale field this afternoon, seventy nine points 10

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.