Bucknell at Princeton

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 12, 1913, page 59

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  SCORES ON TIGERS BuckneII Crosses Princeton’s Goal Line. JUNGALEERS WIN EASILY STREET. and Bakers Play Once More the Days Feature-Forward Passes Used by Bucknell. PRINCETON, n. j.. October 11.--Usine a maze of forward passes. which in most cases were unsuccessful, but in one in stance proved good for 40 yards and a touchdown. Bucknell crossed the Prince ton goal line this afternoon for the first time this season. Topham failed to kick the goal. The final score was Princeton, %; Bucknell; 6. Princeton had no difficulty in blowing through the visitors line for three touch downs. to which STREET. added another on a 6O-yard run, II. A. H. Baker kicking four goals from the touchdowns. The manipulation of line formations by the Tigers with STREET carrying the ball most OF the time was the feature of the game. while the defensive playing of the Orange and Black was also good. Capt. Baker went through the Bucknell line many times for good gains. When the visitors found the Tiger line impregnable for line formations they turned to the forward pass and attempted it for 80 per cent of their plays. Cruikshank, Bucknell’s quarterback. proved himself tho cieverest master Of throwing the ball seen here this season, his pass to Sturgis for 80 yards being almost perfect. The lineup:

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 12, 1913, page 5

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  TIGERS WIN FROM BUCKNELL ELEVEN Princeton Team Romps Away with Game by Is to 6 Score on Rain Soaked Field. Princeton, Oct. 1.-THE Tigers defeated the BUcknell eleven. 2S TO s, here today on a heavy, rain-soaked field which made end runs almost impossible and impeded the playing OF both teams. STREET. at full back for Princeton was the individual star OF the game. He and ‘HObey” Baker divided the four touch downs made by their team equally be tween them. In the first period Streit broke through the Bucknell line and ran 60 yards for a touchdown and in the second and third period he made ccnsistent gains whenever called upon. In the final quarter Baker made a brilliant run OF thirty-five and Click one of thirty yards. The work Of the Tigers was steady and consistent at this stage.

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Princeton leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.