Princeton at Army

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1904, page 1

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  SPORTS OF ALL SORTS Latest Reports From the Foot Ball World. BIG TEAMS RESTING YALE MUST SCORE QUICK IF AT ALL AGAINST PRINCETON. Gossip of the Racetrack-Many Bowl ing Battles – Demand for Army Navy Boxes-Basket Ball. BIG TEAMS RESTIN g In the Princeton-Annapolis foot ball game, when the score was 10 to o In favor OF the middies. the contest nearing it’s end and the spectators holding their breath lest Princeton score again, watches were consuited nervousy and often by the Navy sympathizers. The linesman was seen to go out and notify the teams that time was nearly up, and somehow or other the mistaken impression got about that there were only two minutes more to play. Then the watches came out from many pockets one eye on the minute hand, the other on the teams. One, two, three, four minutes went by, and the anxious ones could not under stand why the game did not end In reality there were seven minutes to play when the linesman informed the captains, and the time following his announcement was the longest two minutes on record. Familiar ity. with the rules would have saved the onlookerS some worry. Not more than ten minutes and not less than five minutes before the half ends is the rule regarding notification. Douglass, the crack Navy full back, whose leg was broken in the Princeton game, Is not only a fine punter but can kick from close to the line, after the man. ner which Sharpe and Mitchell of Yale had down so fine. This kick puzzled the Tigers not a little, and was factor in the Nays victory. When Douglass was injured he refused to be carried off the field He had not come on the field that way and was not going off that way. So, broken leg and all. he crawled over the chalk marks and beyond the side lines, and not until then would he consent to the use of the stretcher in taking him to the hospital. Use Many Foot Balls. A big college team uses as many as a hundred foot balls in one season. This is good many considering the shortness of the season and the durab ility of the balls. But there is morning and afternoon practice with numerous members of the squad kicking, falling on the ball, passing it around and otherwise buffeting it. so that foot ball is good for the hide and leather business. Foot balls are made of cowhide and the cowhide comes from England. One big concern has an agent in England to select the best grade of hides. The hides are tanned and pebbled-that is, given the slightly. roughened surface-in England. then shipped here The making of the balls is all done here. Julian Curtiss went to England and studied foot ball making Now” he says, I’VE can beat them all to pieces Great pains have to be used in making foot balls, in order that they go true when kicked. When De Witt kicked his winning goal from placement at New Haven last year the ball went true as bullet, although 1t had gone through long, hard game. The home team furnishes three or four new balls for it’s big games, and the referee and suggestions that the lacing on the balls be lowered beneath the surface, but players object to this, for the reason that the lacing gives a better grip on the ball. There are times. after fumbles, when they wish for handles.

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  The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, November 6, 1904, page 12

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  THE CADETS ARE BEATEN. West Point Goes Down Before the Princeton Tigers. West Point Goes Down Before the Princeton Tigers. West Point, N. Y. Nov. 5.-ln one of the fiercest football games ever seer here. Princeton University defeated the West Point Cadets here today, the final score being 12 to 6. Over lO,Oso persons witnessed the contest. The Cadets more than held their own against the heavy attacks of the Princeton men during the first half. scoring a touchdown and goal on a tumble by Burke. Princeton’s half back The second half of the game was ffercely contested, Princeton’s rushing and smashing attacks. moving down the Cadet line time and again for con sidrabl and continuous gains. which resulted in two touchdowns and two

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 6, 1904, page 11

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  Princeton f2. West Point 6. West Point, N. r., November 5.-In one of the fiercest football games ever seen here, Princeton university defeated the West Point cadets today, the finally score being 12 to 6. Over 10000 persons wit messed the contest. The cadets more than held their own against the heavy attacks of the Princeton men during the first half, scoring a touchdown and goal on a tumble by Burke, Priuceton’s halfback. The second half of the game was fiercely contested, Princeton’s rushing and smash ing attacks moving down the cadet fine time and again for considerable and con-

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Princeton leads 6–⁠4–⁠3 in 13 meetings, counting the seven since this game.