Princeton at Yale

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  The Jersey City news, Jersey City [N.J.], November 21, 1905, page 1

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  Game Between the Princeton and New Haven Teams Analysed. JERSEY BOYS DID WELL YALE MEN ARE NOT SO MUCH STRONGER THAN THOSE THEY s DEFEATED. But this score does not always represent the real comparative strength An in stance of this is the Princeton Yale ton-. test Of Saturday last. i q The 23–⁠4 score does the Tigers an in ! justice. Yale is not that much stronger rhan Princeton. Princeton had all the / III luck that enters in all football com tests and Yale had her proyerbial good fortune in full measure. There is no question that the superior team won. But that Yale is four touchdowns better | than the Tigers is disputed by most of the newspaper critics who saw the contest. Princeton should have crossed the Blues goal line. She demonstrated pow er enough TO do it. but at the critical moment there was tumble or d poor selection of play or bit of misfortune These elements are part of the fortunes of a game, but they also enter into any critical analysis Of the contest. Just how far-reachi2g in the result | the crippled condition Of the Tiger team was. only those who have been in the confidence of the coaches can tell. Ger tainly Captain Coohey did not hit the / line with the sureness and the power he | did last year at Princeton. Cerrain, too, f.he stopped plays aimed at him better then than now In fact, there was a lack of get together and ierceness in / this years Tiger team that was notice able and the poor condition OF the play ers might be the cause. Time and again I Daub, Hard. Mum, Simons and MeCormick would jump through outside the Yale tackles for four to twelve yards. I But they were usually alone. Had there a m n Or q could have been added to the gain. for | itswas usually. the Yale end or full-back that stopped the runner. Yale,s second I airy defense is poor, and if the Tigers { had been a-slittle more helpful and aggressiye their gains, instead of being | spasmodic. would have been continuous. I They demonstrated clearly that fale’s defense is not particularly strong and that plays sent outside tackle are usually good for gain, particularly on the left side. Princeton should have crossed over for “a touchdown. The Tigers were sevel! yards distant at one time. It was third ball was fumbied in the snapback and the chance lost Before that fast downs | had been made with q yard or two to | spare. Yale made no perceptible brace. / And Princeton had seemed to get together better, Thus it iss not fair to Prince L | that they have not the power to cross + the goal line. Despite the score it would + seem that Yale is no more than two touehdowns better than Princeton and that Princeton is strong enough to score I a touchdown. sTooker. Of Princeton, showed not only good drop-kicking ability, but he dis pended on that enc kick. The ayerag ge team would have tried place kick. Bus Princeton had faith III Tooker. One / thing he did that showed his mastery of the drop- kick:s Would-he kickers keep shifting their glanees fromsthe ball to the | than they kick. Tucker looked but once Fat the posts. pointed the ball and gave his attention TO its bounce and his toe. The kick couldn’t have been tTuer or Isprettier. And the name .of Tooker can be handed down to future teams along !awith the Pees and others who have scored for the Tigers by, such kick. And not be forgotten, for it WAS his Ii ead-work and sure catching first gave Took er his opportunity 81 AT end. Bra showed up second only to ShevIin.. He was down the field well and was in the thick Of every play. |. He Gould not stand the punishment he | got and was forced to retire Yale did l. | very mulch. 1t was not because Rafferty, and Herring were thought to be stronger. but because they had picked elrt Cooney from the start TO hammer. The Tiger I ca ptain, was supposed to be the relia Bile ground gamer of the team. and Yale.de- | termined the. best way to stop hs1n was ( to wear him out hy sending plays in on him. 1t may be that Gooney wax trying TO save himself. and played high for that !, reason but it is very true had lie shot under the Yale tandem and broken ii and left his end and the backs to get the man with the ball. Yale’s ends would | have been for shorter dietanees and first / Y Yale’s right guard and tackle. respective lily, are undoubtedly their best h0le-mak- i ers, and that is an, added l-ea son why the |. plays We’re put on them. / In the quarterback p0sition Yale had | tlie .ihetfer of it in all ways. Tad” / Jones. the Blues regular; for this posi- / tion, sat on the side lines. He is said to be superior. to the whiteshaired Hutch inson in driving the team. If he can + excel his understudy id tackling aud in running back kicks he should make A name for himself NEXT Saturday for / Hufehjnson shone brilliantly against | Princeton a His seyenfy-yard run after catching a II quarterback kick was as pretty piece / nf work IS one would wish to see. In. I dodging and ability to slip from the grip ( Of tackles he approache very nearly the 1 class Of Stevenson. Of Penn. and Mount + Pleasant of the Carlisle Indians Hutch inson displayed great ability as q | general. 1t was NOT needed. Had he NOT / heth successful then it would have been I mp tn him to do something. Bnt t,on rhe 6dher hand. he tli,ln’f make mistskes 1 Both Hutchinson and Dillon fnmh ed T catches and both made spectacular ruu-

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 19, 1905, page 11

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  QLD ELI WALLOPS SONS IF MESSIAH Spectacular Plays Are Made at New Haven YALE USES THE OPEN PLAY Long Runs Around Ends and Much Kicking Add Interest to Otherwise Dull contest--Yale 2S, Princeton 4. YALE USES THE OPEN PLAY New Haven, Conn. November 1s.-Fol- lowing the old fashioned style of football, Yale today gave Princeton a 2S to beat ing. the worst in many years. but the Princeton team ha1 the satisfaction of breaking Yale’s clean record by beauti- full forty-yard drop kick by Tooker. But after all the blue can still point to goal line that has not been crossed by an opponent this season. The game was relieved from positive dullness by Yale’s adoption in the sec ond half of the much-longed for ‘open play when long runs around the ends, much kicking. and the quarter backs did their share, and two brilliant dashes by Quarterback Hutchinson of Yale repeated ly brought the so.00o spectators to their feet. Singing Was Inspiring. The singing at the game was inspiring as it always is. Princeton had more tongue power and had the courage to hurl their catchy songs across the field, Yales reply becoming enfeebled as inter- est In the game increased The weather was delightfully.”- mild. Of the game as a football story 1t was the old story of we’ll learned lesson on the part of Yale. But she did not show a diversified attack. not even the variety used in last weeks stubborn game with Brown. She scored in the first half by straight plunging line plays. which began to have the desired effect after a muff of punt on Dillon’s part. Yale was in bet ter shape in the second half, and by adopting open play she was able to wear down her opponents and at the same time make matters interesting. So fast did Hutchison rush his men that 1t looked as though half the orange was surely going to lose it’s feet. and required Prince toms hymn For Old Nassau” to bring about some of the stonewall defense for which Old Nassau is cd few min utes before the end Princeton rallied and carried the ball to the Yale lO-yard line, there to lose 1t on a tumble. Yale to get out of danger resorted to a kick, but 1t covered only thirty-three yards, and fair catch gave Tooker his opportunity to win glory and for the Princeton side to score. Find a Weak Spot. The visitors found the weak spot to be Forbes. on the left side until | ale’s secon- dary defense stopped up the hole and helped out. The same end was Prince tons weak place and the quick starting Yale backs seemed to be able to get through with considerable ease, although not for long distances. In all the game Yale used but on cross buck. and one double pass, tackle and guard plays being apparently all that was required as ground gathers against the line. Yales guard formed instantly and always knew where to go. The power of Yale’s offen- sive was shown unmistakably in the sec- ond half. Princeton had good ends, but they were frequently boxed and It took Yale’s ability to make short runs. Princeton had good attack. although Captain Cooney had to used much Of tho time and late in the game he appeared we’ll tired out. Substitutes were many In the lineup while Yale had none to put in so trained were Yale’s men. The fea- lures of the game were the dashes Of Hutchinson, who has never played better The first time he made twenty-eight yards during which he made flying leap over a Princeton tackler and the second time he covered seventy yards and was only pulled down when twenty-five yards from Princetons goal. In eleven rushes after this Yale had touch down. Flanders, the big Yale center. also made a good run when he caught bounding ball and covered twenty-three yards from the broken field of players. Morse had an end run of twenty-elght yards and Rome another of flfteen There was plenty of kicking and Yale easily lead. Penalties were frequent.

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  The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, November 20, 1905, page 5

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  YALE 23;; PRINCETON 4. TOOKER’S GREAT FIELD GOAL FOR TIGERS, Hutchinson at Quarterback, Yale’s Brightest Individual star-Princeton Puts Up Game COntest-One TOuch- down in First Half and Three in the Second – Hutchinson Hurdles More Than Five Feet Over Princeton Tackle. liant football contests that has been seen on Yale field in a great many years Yale defeated Princeton in the first of its championship games 23 to 4. For the first time this season Cap tain Shevlin’s eleven was scored on, out the Tigers were unable to achieve a score from a touchdown, a field goal by Tooker being the only tally. From the spectators standpoint, and there were nearly S0,000 of them to have their opinions, the game was a splendid one. The close formations and consequent dullness that have characterized so many games of late playing being open and spectacular. Despite the fact that Yale rolled up four touchdowns the game was a stub- bornly contested one and the Eli war riors had to fight for every inch of ground gained, with the exception of the latter part of the second half when with substitutes in and the team worn down Princeton’s defense weakened considerably. During the first half Princeton out rushed Yale, gaining ninety yards to seventy for the Blue, Practically all the gains were sent between Erwin and Forbes, where Princeton seemed to find @ weak spot in the Yale de- fense. In the second half the defense on that side of the line stiffened, and Princeton could not make so much cap ital of it’s tandem play on that side. In the second half Yale gained 15O yards and Princeton 90, totaIing 22O for Yale against 180 for Princeton. In running back punts Yale easily dem onstrated superiority, getting 1SO yards in this way, whereas Princeton gain ed only 40. The most spectacular individual fea- lures of the game were the marvellous runs of Hutchinson and the field goal of Tooker Hutchinson’s first run has probably never had it’s equal on Yale field. The quarterback started through broken field, lodging one man, elud- ing another, and finally, to cap the cli- max, making the greatest hurdle re- corded in football history a beautiful,

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  Perth Amboy evening news, New Jersey, November 21, 1905, page 1

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  IN The FIELD OF SPORTS YALE AND PRINCETON. 4 Record Of Their Thirty Contests Shows Yale ia Wav Ahead. The Yale and Princeton football teams have met in thirty matches, of which Yale has won twenty to 10 for the Tigers. 1S76-Yale, . goals: Princeton. 0. 1S77--Yalc 2 touchdowns: Prince ton, 0. WASHINGTON l goal; Yale 0. s1S79-Yale, 9 safeties; Princeton, 3 safeties. 1SSO-Yale, ) safetics: Prince ton, IL safeties. 1SS1-Yale, 0; Princeton, 0. 1SS2-Yale. 2 goals, ! safety; Princeton, ! goal, l safety. 1SS3--Ysle. / goal; Princeton, 0. lSS4--Yalc. 1 goal; Princeton. ! touchdown. 1SS5-Prlnceton. l goal from touchdown; Yale, | goal fro field. 1SS6-Yale, l touchdown; Prince ton, O.. 1SS7-Yale, 2 goals; Princeton, 0. 1SS9-Princeton, l goal. l touch down; Yale, 0. 1Sso--Yale, 90 Points; Prince ton, 0. 1Ssl-Yale. . goals. . touch downs; Princeton. o. 1S92--Yale, 2 goals; Princeton, 0, 1S93-Princeton, l goal; Yale, 0. 1894-Yale, “a; Princeton, 0. 1S95-Yale, 20; Princeton, 10. 1S96-Princeton, “a; Yale, c. 1S97--Yale, 6; Princeton, 0. 1S9S-Princeton, 6; Yale, 0. 1S99-Princeton. II; Yale, 10. l9OO--Yale, 20; Princeton, D. 1901-Yale. -; Princeton, 0. 1902-Yale, ~; Princeton. 8. 19O3-Princeton. II; Yale, 6. 1904-Yale, 10; Princeton, 0. 19O5--Yale, 23; Princeton, 4.

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.