Harvard at Princeton

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 7, 1915, page 59

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  HARVARD OUTPlAYS PRINCETON ELEVEN { Crimson BUSHES and Kicks Better Than Tigers at All Times, Winning, 10 to 6. MAHAN PROVES THE STAR OF WELL PLAYED GAME Tibbott Scores All Points Against Cambridge Team With Two Field Goals. PRINCETON, N. J., Novem- Der 6.-Harvard University foot ball team defeated the Princeton eleven here this afternoon, 10 to 6. 1t was the fourth consecutive vic tory fo- the Crimson over the Tiger since 1912, and the defeat shattered all hopes of the Orange and Black to any claim to the eastern foot ball championship of the present season: Notwithstanding the apparent cl3seness OF the score, the honors OF victory belong chiefly to Harward, for the contest, considered as a whole, was between the Crimson team as a combination and the individual scoring ability OF 1ibbott’s goal kicking toe. Not once during the entire sixty min utes OF play was Princeton, with its Wanted attack, able to batter the Harvard eleven back across the Crimson goal line. Twice during the struggle the Tiger plunged and sprinted through the Harvard team for more than two thirds the length of the gridiron, only to be held when touch down appeared imminent by the superior defense OF the Cambridge players. 1t was then that Capt: Click called upon Tibbott to do what the Princeton team as a whole was unable TO accomplish, and both times the Tigers scored a Clearly kicked field goal. Harvard’s Attack Better. Against this one-man attack Harvard showed a better roundabout campaign, which netted the Crimson a touch down and goal and field goal, kicked by Capt. Mahan. to prove that Prince ton did not monopoIize the dropkicking honors of the day. No foot ball game in recent years has been played under better weather conditions- An Indian summer sun shone on the great gray Princeton stadium. tempering the November air and makings wraps just comfortable for the spectators and the jerseys of the play ers sufScient protection for them. The turf was green and firm, enabling line piungers and sprinters to keep their footing at all times. s Between $4,000 and 10000 spectators filed both sides of the Palmer Memortal Stadium, while the overflow >fewung around well into the horseshoe end of the structure. Clad in bright autumn gowns. thousands of feminine spectators furnished a brilliant back ground to the Crimson of Harvard and the Orange and Black of Princeton. Many OF the women and girls Joined in the almost incessant singing and cheer ing throughout the game. The play, while thrilling at times, did hot equal in either brilliancy or in tensity big foot ball games in which Princeton and Harvard have been fac tors in other years. The contest as a whole. was slow and sometimes dull. Princeton failed to live up to her repu- LdI1On gained the carrier contests of the fall, while Harvard, show ing marked Improvement over the form of two weeks ago, was still far from the finished gridiTon machine which Coach Percy Houghton turned out at Cambridge year ago. Mahan Outkicks Princeton. Harvard gained a decided advantage over Princeton in the opening period ~ 81, her only touchdown of the contest. Both teams began the play in a slow and rather deliberate manner from which they hardly departed at any time. With the benefit of what wind there was at her back, Harvard proceeded to punt Immediately Mahan gained from eight to twelve yards on peyery exchange OF kicks with Tibbott. With the ball finally in her pos session on Princeton’s 45-yard line Mahan hurled a perfect forward pass Ato Hartc on Princeton’s % yard line Two short gains were fol- ! which King swept through q great l hole between Mclean and Nourse ard Mover tho line for Z touchdown, which Eiahan quickly converted into a goal. There was no further scoring IL the first period. but Mahan and Tibkest each added drop kick field goal IN the Sec ond session of the play Harvard’s bet ter conceived and more puzziing attack brought her within five yards of the Princeton goal line. Here the Tigers gave a demonstration of he-traditional defense for which the Orange and Black elevens of former years have been noted. -Four time they hurled the Crimson-t erseyed line and backfield toward the latter’s own goal and, by repuising this savage attack, regained possession of the ball within a few inches of their goal line. briggs, stand. ing behind the goal posts, kicked to his own 40-yard line, where Watson made a fair catch. from which Mahan kicked placement goal, completing Haryard’s scoring for.the day. Tigers Show orenss. Stung by the unexpected strength and power of Haryard’s attack and defense Coach Rush’s players turped loose or the Crimson the full force of the Tigers onense- From inside her so-yard line princeton swept up the field toward the Harvard goal with series of bril-. Continued on Second Paee)

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  Norwich bulletin, November 8, 1915, page 3

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  HARVARD TRoUNcEs PRINCETON TIGERS. Crimson Eleven Shows Up in Good Form-Mahan is Big Star-seore 10 to 6. With everything in it’s favor on past performances, with a team that was considered the best that Prince ton had been able to put in the field here was an eleven that was invincible as far as the other teams went, Princeton felt the first shock of the year when 1t went down to defeat on Saturday before the Crimson by a score of 10 to 6. The Harvard men had tasted the dregs of defeat, but the men. from Old Nassau has known nothing but vic- tory The home team went into the Palmer Stadium confident that it would come out on top. Everything was in it’s favor, but in the space of time since the day when Cornell team Set them, Haughton’s pupils had gathered their forces together and they played a game that made them look just about one of the best teams in this section of the country. As Harvard team played Saturday afternoon it was the same old jugger- naut that has been flattering out the aspirations of the other side these many years. It looked as if a lot had been learned in the Cornell and Penn State games, and all of that was put into use Saturday afternoon. he team that wore the crimson Saturday play ed football There was none of the fumbling that was seen in early sea- son games. Every one was on the ball and whenever Princeton made a mistake it was usually turned into s|nething for Harvard. There was Vo question but that the better team won. - They have been saying for long time back that the Harvard combina- tfon was a one man team. Maybe N was. At any rate Mahan seemed to be the whole show. He was the man who seemed to be able, to drift around and through the Tiger defence like a will O the wisp. Whenever 1t was necessary to carry the ball along by a straight plunge he was right in the thick of things, and when he caught the ball after a punt it was seldom that he did not come back twenty yards or more. Time after time he refused to play safe and take a touch back when the ball was kicked over his goal line, but he raced away from behind the final chalk line out into the open as if to challenge the Tigers.a

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 6, 1915, page 1

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  HARVARD WON II Princeton Lost to Crimson by a Score of 10 to 6. Field Goal and Touchdown Toe Much for Tigers. Palmer Memorial Stadium, Prince ton, N. J., Nov. 6.-Harvard won the toss and decided to take the north goal with the wind at their back, Civ ing Princeton the kickoff. This choice proved to be wise one for the first part Of the first period was composed mostly of punting and Harvard had the advantage. Captain Mahan tried field goal from the 45-yard line but the ball missed by inches. This was a signal for a Harvard rush and after a punt by briggs of Princeton. the Crimson backs started down the field. King sprinted around Princeton’s left wing for the first touchdown of the game. Mahan kicked goal Score-Harvard Z; Princeton O. The first period ended with Prince ton in possession of the ball on her 26-yard line. Second Period. In the second period Harvard rushed the ball to within three inches of the Princeton goal but was unable to take it over. Princeton kicked out of danger and then Mahan kicked a yard line. after Watson had made a fair catch. Score-Harvard 10; Princeton 0. The Princeton backs rushed the ball to Harvard’s 10 yard line. Tibbott then dropped back and kicked a field goal from the 2s yard line. Score at the end of the first half was-Harvard 10; Princeton 8. Third Period. Late in the third period the Prince ton backs put the ball in position for Tibbott to kick an easy field goal from the “a yard line. Score-Harvard 10; Princeton 6. The largest crowd that ever saw Harvard–Princeton game in this town was on hand today. The demands for tickets was SO great that the supply of 41000 was exhausted. The lineup Drf- pnSifinr, 10 ar-d

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  The Washington herald, District of Columbia, November 7, 1915, page 1

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  Harvard Scores Unexpected Victory Over Princeton yards and a touchdown. Mahan then kicked an easy goal. making the score I to In Harvard’s favor. Second period-Harvard lost the ball on downs when Il carried IL to within four inches or the Princeton goal line. briggs punted from back of his own line to Watson, who made a fair catch on Princeton’s 42-yard line. Mahan then kicked a goal from placement from that mark. Score: Harvard. 10: Princeton, O. Princeton got the ball on its own 30 yard line and then rushed II down the field to Harvard’s 20-yard line. Harvard threw back the Princeton plunges there and Tibbott then dropped back and kicked a field goal from Harvard’s 30 yard line. Score: Harvard. 10: Prince ton. z Third period-Princeton rushed the ball down the field from its own 30-yard line. but Harvard held on its own 2O-yard line. and Tibbott then dropped back to the 2-yard line and kicked a field goal Score: Harvard. 10: Princeton, 6. Fourth period-No scoring. The line

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Princeton leads 51–⁠37–⁠7 in 95 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.