Williams at Princeton

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 6, 1914, page 8

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  Tie with Princeton Eleven Has Its Effect on the Williams Students. TEAM BUBBLlNG OVER WITH WINNING SPIRIT Eleven Not Heavy One, but Coach Is Rarely Blessed with More Aggressive Men. nv Wi6amstown. Mass. Nov. ;. Fred DAILY is % Williamstown what Johnny Evcrs is 20 Troy. The undergraduates look up TO him with the respect de serving Of a man who so equipped the football eleven that It played Prince ton 10 a Z 10 : tie last Saturday. The eNhilarstion induced by the showing in that game has not worn or. one is reminded Of by the way the fellows walk about with their heads in the air and the general at mospherc Of satisfied contentmcnt. The college bell has stopped ring ing Even freshmen are human, and anyway. the bell was needed for other purposes. That’s what the dean says Ring Lsrdner said last week in The Tribune that nobody met him when he arrived in Ann Arbor. was more fortunate when wheezy train landed mo here at noon to-day. thirty-five minutes late A man met me in motor bus and charged only % cents 10 drive me a mile and half from the station 20 the heart of this college town. Once there most everybody wanted me TO eat or sleep in about eighteen different places. and. of course. a whole lot of people had 10 be disappointed. ] only wanted three meals and one bed. About the first man l met was Jimmy Rogerson, quarterback on the football team one day way back when came over here for the first time from Schonectsdy with the Union College eleven. RogerSon insisted upon talking about the score. but that struck me as purely immaterisl. Anyway. he was here, TO meet me, he said. but | guess, if the truth was known. 10 get little rest from the rush and excitement Of Wall Street these days. Among others who tried 10 make me feel that Williamstown was the most hospitsble place in all this wide world was Alfred Shriver. q neighbOr of mine on Staten Island when he isn’t running cross country or getting ads for The Williams Record most progressive little paper, which comes out three times week, without much fuss either. Meets Old Friends Then there were J. W. Gilchrist. the mouthpiece Of Williams undergraduates TO the readers of The Tribune; q. G.. Ernst. managing editor. and Fred . Winston, editor in chief Of The Rec ord; Fred Daily. the former Yale cap tain. who can build football teams al most as easily as Grantland Rice builds verse: doc” Barrett. who trains the New York Yankees when he isn’t busy with Williams men up here in the Berkshres; Dr. OldS who divides his time between the Coming Tower and fulfilling his duties a. chairman of the athletic advisory committee; Charlie Hall. who thinks he’s pretty lucky to be manager Of such good football team, and Eddie Dempsey. who sells milk shakes and proudly exposes IN the win dow Of his shop that rather new look ing football which Princeton turned over TO Williams last Saturday. This Is quite a mutton country. saw six or eight Aocks Of sheep as we came winding up the valley this morn ing and only two cows. still. we had milk TO wash down our mutton at the AlDha Delta Phi House, where ! enjoyed q most excellent luncheon and also plenty TO wash down more mutton ~ the football training table where Fred Daily insisted on taking me TO dinner | wish ! could have dinner at training table every night, If they are all like those at Union and Will Jams. Getting down to football. because that’s why came here. IL is important 10 emphasize that the realization OF why Williams played Princeton TO q tie last Saturday came 70 me strongly this afternoon. 4 lot of good fellow Hre just bubbling over with the con centrated essence OF the kind OF fight ing spirit which helped the Braves beat tho Athletics. The team is not a heavy one in fact. IL is on the light side. with an average L. Lov Ie hut rarely blessed with faster or more . aggressive lot of men. After watching the players put on their toys, go through their work and take their showers and rub under the direction Of doc” Barrett. ] was impressed with the feeling that much Of this spirit was due 10 the way they were handled. trained and coached. Fred Daily Enthusiastic. Il was almost dark when word was given 10 run TO the gymnas um, and ono Of the freshmen was heard 10 remark: as that al ~ When this play spirit can be injected only good can come, even from such strenuous sport as football. Babe” Driscoll insisted on singing when the water was running coolest and when the waiter told him that q third dish Of ice cream was absolutely out Of the question. The same high spirits ran through the whole squad. I’m speaking Of the team Fred DAILY said: you couldn’t asl, for better lot OF men 10 work with It’s easy for a coach TO handle players who have got the lighting spirit so we’ll deyelopet that they never know when they are beaten. We have come from behind iu

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  Albuquerque morning journal, Albuquerque, N.M., November 2, 1914, page 1

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  BIG TEAMS BEGIN TO SHOW CLASS; BUT ONE UPSET Williams Holding Strong Princeton Team TO Tie Only Reversal Of Dope in Last Weeks Football Games. New York. Nov. THE largest eastern college football teams began ! 10 move with late-scasen smoothness Saturday and as result imposing double-flgure score victories were prominent. Yale. Pennsylvania, Cor NELL Dartmouth. syracuse and The Army between Them rolled up total Of 2si points 10 their opponents 10. The day did not pass however, With out the customary form upset, for the powerful Princeton eleven was held to 4 ~ tie b. Williams chief interest In the eastern week end games was centered In the fIaryard Michigan contest. the most important inter-seetional struggle Of the year. Playing true 70 tradition. the Crimson team defeated the western university eleven for the fourth con secutive time since 1881. One touch down aud the resultant goal was the margin VI victory which Just about maintained the superiority shown by Harvard teams over the Wolverines IN previous games Princeton and Harvard Next. Princeton. which viii be Harvard’s next opponent. furnished the surpris- Ing upset Of the day by coming within | an ace 81 defeat at the hands Of Williams. But for a tumble “ viii / llams In the last two minutes the Massachusetts collegians would have left the field victorious. Az IL was they had 10 be satisfied with 10 I tie. each team scoring one touchdown and goal The Wllliamstown team scored lis touchdown az the very beginning OF play. covering seventy-five yards on a long run and a successful forward pass. With this lead TO encourage them they held the Tigers safe until the disastrous tumble gave Princeton a chance 10 strike close to Williams goal line. Princeton will have to play far better ali-around game to win from Harvard next Saturday and the prob abilities are that having safely scratched throasi, she slump. II will. Yale Ascngcs Defeat. With the 1918 defeat by Colgate TO avenge, Yale tore into the strong team that came down from Hamilton. n. r.. with victory over Cornell 10 lis credit and literally riddled the New Workers defense. winning. ~ 10 T. The score. the largest run up by the Blue IN several seasons, came as a result Of q powerful and bewlIdcring attask that Colgate could not fathom. The results Of the two games In which the Army and Navy teams par Iicipafed brought Joy 10 West Point md disappointment 60 Annapolis. The cadets played rings around villa Nova. scoring almost at will while the North Carolina AggIcs team forced he Middles 70 play their hardest to Yin. ls To H.

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  The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 1, 1914, page 14

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  TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS IN GAME AGAINST COLGATE Yale So Far Outclasses Opponents That Coach Hinkey Sends In En- tire Second.String Squad. PRINCETON AND WILLIAMS TIE Open Football Featured Mt Philadelpllia-Hopkins. Quarterback, Seriously Injured--Cornell BurieS Holy Cross-Big Score for Pittsburgh. NEW HAVEN. CONN, October 81 Yale used twenty-five men to-day against Colgate. and ran up n score OF ~ to Z, the visitors getting their lone touchdown and goal in the third period. when Coach Hinkey had folthe entire Yale second eleven against the 9utclassed Colgate team. football. smashing through Yalcs rush line until the six-yard limo was reached. and then pushing Robinson through alomst AZ will In the first period, and after piling up lead OF twenty eight points rushed small army Of subs,itutes into the fray fourth period to prevent another Col g Rsi, touchdown po1 Ins lineup: o,r,o (Biodsett, Gould) Belts. loft tackle. Brooks co 1hosshnria ser, guard. Weber tFarrar) White. .,..... centre ...... Ryan w9 e. she,aoa ;risht guard icsnassse esod G. sheldon. right tackle. :Horning. ;. tWhittiesy) stillma. right end. 80. Seton seovil. -: quarter back. =. Anderson Ainsworil, left half back. Robinson Knowles .righ, half back. West. tWhitc, CorneeD Summary: Touehdowns-Lesore d, knowles u), Guernsey ~. Scovil CD. from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES t5l. Brooks Evans Williams. Umpire, DR.. vii. Head linesman. i. S. Berrin (Prince, toni. Field judge, y. r. Ciillinder University of Pennsylvania) Time Of periods. IL minutes. Tigers BADLY Scared. wilkins hIHi5MeEToM n ,io j. ,r oe,one, si and held them to a { TO tie Tho visitors scored in the first few and P psed ah held T’ the Princeton eleven without a tally until the last four minutes of the game. the latter seemed butter-angered. The game abounded in old-styie foot SR Inc re pIanses and open field runs runs Pp,n ,ssr’nn p POI, lion williqms b kSys; left left s taSn,s eara siIa NhuStoI hHo lSelS He orr ,iyS Seh ea I’d nr Eerns Balm. right tackle $50. Brown Brown; g. right end -. .LaPlante (H!ghiey) .tmcs. ...... quarter hack ... Jones (Gllck and Ames) Trcnkman. left half back 80. .Toolin Moore. right half back .Ovcrton tDickernap and Moore.J briggs. ..... full back .Tompkins claw, holland and Driggs) s u III m AIRY: TouchdownS-Oyer Click. Goals from touchdown-Eels, Law. Time OF periods. IL minutes Referee. Pendleton. OF Bowoin. Head linesman,-Plummer, OF Cornell. UNI

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 1, 1914, page 64

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  TIGERS IN TIE GAME Princeton Saves Defeat in Last Two Minutes of Play. WILLIAMS PROVES STRONG Toolan Makes 55-Yard Run and Adds Forward Pass of Fourteen Yards. PROVES STRONG PRINCETON. N. J.. October 81 Princeton and Williams met in foot ball here today and the game resulted in a 7-to-7 tie, the Tigers scoring their touchdown and goal with only two minutes to play. Toolan of Williams was the star of the game. His run of SIS yards from a scrimmage formation being beauty. His forward pass of IA yards to Over ton on the next play resulted In the Williams touchdown, Overton running yards after catching the ball. The Princetonians’ tackling and in reference was poor. while Williams had a sterling defense and a crashing attack. Princeton scored her touchdown when Gennert recovered Tompkins tumble on Williams 15-yard line. Click advanced it yards and a penalty help ed e little. briggs rounded the end for 5 yards. and Click carried the ball over off tackle. Law kicked the goal that tied the score. The lineup:

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Princeton leads 9–⁠1–⁠1 in 11 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.