Rutgers at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 4, 1911, page 1

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  ON COLLEGE GR|DIR0NS Yale Varsity and Scrub Play to a Tie in Hard SCrimmage. RUTGERS TO FACE TIGERS Brown Replaces Mccormick at Tackle In the Princeton Line for Game. New Haven, Oct. S.-The Yale coaches or dered a stiff scrimmage lasting thirty min utes to-day. following the thorough fun damental drill in handling the ball. which is more OF feature in the Yale practice this season than ever a few OF the first men were excused from the work, including Captain Howe Scully and Reilly, but the other regulars were pitted against the scrub in the toughest scrimmage 10 date. The final score ended in tie at 5 to s. although the varsity forced the play and kept the ball most OF the time. The touchdown for the regulars came soon after the start OF play and was the result Of a most effective attack Taking the ball In midheld, new forward pass, tried for the first time. from Spalding 10 Merritt was good for thirty IVA yards. The failure Of the forward pass heretofore caused a change to-day, and it was an I’M provement in every way and worked well frequently Philbln plunged through for FIVE yards and on another pass, Spalding to Merritt, the latter wriggled through the second eleven for ten yards more. TWO plunges by Philbin and Merritt carried the ball over, McDevitt missing the goal. The scrub started poorly. but a long punt r Merritt on the ‘varsitys 5-yard line, and recovered by Coates, end on the second Botn teams were lighting mad at this point out on three line bucks the varsity deIence yielded only three yards. II was the Sc verest defensive test of the year and the coaches were pleased. Anderson then punted from behind the varsity goal line, but the ball went hlsh’ and Anderson recovered his own KICK ana went to midfeld. The ball went to the scrub. however. under the rule prohibiting the offensive team TO touch the ball within the twenty-yard zone. Church tuHoacK o” the second. then plunged over between Perry and W. Howe IN one smash. MltcheA missed the goal. The varsity kept possession OF the pd4i in the scrub territory the remainder OF the time but failed 70 get beyond the twenty p ward line. The forward pass worked We’ll as did plunging football the varsity seuorally losing possession by fumbles or on side kicks. -. The work Of Ed Freeman in yesterday scr;mmage resulted in his getting a ‘Ilal vi. the varsity as fullback to-day, and be did well. The first team lined up as IoHo”s’ Dawson. left end; Warren, left tackle Francis. left guard; Ketcham’ centre Nc Dewitt. right guard; Perry right tackle w Howe. right end; Merritt, quarterback An darson. left halfback; spalding, right haIfback: Philbin. fullback The hospital list is now small faul’ +acEla. Read. centre. and Camp end, were an on the field in suits, and took light work. Baker. the only ~ man Of the backheld, win be out for two weeks with a wrenched knee. ,.o Catins. the star freshman back ana IONS distance punter Of last year. IS not expected n return TO college Only the regular slAil of coaches reported to-day.

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  Newark evening star and Newark advertiser, Newark, N.J., October 5, 1911, page 1

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  PRINCETON’S SPEED BRINGS JOY TO CAMP Rutgers Fairly Smothered After the First Period of Play. The irresistible dash and speed of the Princeton eleven that swept the heavy Rutgers line to he tune of 81 to 0 was the joy of Princeton today. The New Brunswick team showed n much better knowledge of the game than Stevens, who opposed the Tigers last Saturday, but they were lacking In a suitable defense for Princeton’s style of play During the first period the visitors kept the Orange and Black from scoring, although it was due more to poor g~eneralship on Pendleton’s part tina anything else, for twice the ball was brought within Rutgers’s ten-yard line, only to be lost on downs on futile at tempts to poerce Rutgers’s line. The Tigers showed improvement in line pInnging, but were still none too strong in this department n were forced to depend on the open game for most OF their gains. / In the second period the Princeton eleven let loose and scored two touch downs within about three minutes of actual playing before a thirty-yard ruin outside of tackle by Dewitt and a brilliant end run by Sawyer brought the ball to Rutgers’s vineyard line, from where Penfield plunged over for the first touchdown. On the next Kickoff Pendleton, standing squarelV on his own goal line, raced through the entire Rutgers team for a run of 10 yards and a touchdown.

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  The Bridgeport evening farmer, October 5, 1911, page 7

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  PRINCETON WAlI0PS FAST RUTGERS ELEVEN Princeton, N. J., Oct 5-Princeton met her old rival Rutgers for the first time in fifteen years yesterday after noon and came out victorious by the score of 37 to 0. The Tigers put up a much better game than against Stew ems, the line especially showing inn provement. Rutgers played a good game during the first half and held the Nassau team down to Is to O. but weakened in the second half and al- lowed what was practically the scrub eleven to roll up q points more. In the first period there was no scoring and it looked as though the game would be close one. but at the end of the second period the Ti- gers had forged ahead. Open field play and long end runs rather than than straight line plunging were re- sponsible for the scoring De Witt pulled off two long runs early in the period and Penfield carried the ball over. Pendleton missed the goal. On the following kickoff Pendleton started from his own goal line and ran through the entire Rutgers team for the second touchdown He again missed the goal. few minutes lat CT, after bringing the ball to Rutgers’s yard line only to lose it by for ward pass, Sawyer ran from scrim- mage from Rutgers’s 45 yard line for a touchdown.

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Princeton leads 53–⁠17–⁠1 in 71 meetings, counting the 45 since this game.