Lafayette at Princeton

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  Norwich bulletin, October 23, 1916, page 3

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  PRINCETON EASILY DEFEATS LAFAYETTE, Tigers Show Great Improvement in Offensive Work. The Princeton football team experi- enced little difficulty in disposing of Lafayette at Princeton Saturday by the score of 33 to 0. Coach Rush of Prince ton put in a string of substitutes in the last two periods. David Ti’bbott, who defeated Tufts last Saturday with a drop kick, scored twice on field goals. one of which was from the 43 yard line and against the wind. Jack Eddy did most of Prince tons ground gaining in the time he was in the game and scored three of the touchdow3s for Princeton. There was a noticeable improvement in the offense play of Princeton, the result of a weeks hard work in this depart ment. The lineup and summary: Princeton 33. Lafayette 0. HlghIey LoWden Left end. Mclean .......-... ........... Bell Left tackle. HOgg .................. Gulick Left guard. GennefL ......,-.- GallatIy NeHIeI. Nourse ..................., Ernest Right guard. MCGfaW Lehman Right tackle. Wilson ....-......... ..... Woodruff Right end. Eddy .-................ Taylor Quarterback. Brown ......-........ Weldon Left haifback Tibbott ....-............. Mcdonnell Right halfbaCk- DflSgS Diamond F’ullback Score by periods: Prlnceton ....-... ID 7–⁠32 Lafayett ... w 0 0 O. 0 Referee, Langford, Trinity: umpire Williams, Pennsylvania; head lines man, Cosgrove, Cornell; time of peri ods, 12 minutes. Princeton scoring: Touchdowns, Ed dy 3, Ames: goals from touchdowns Tibbott 2, Ernest; goals from field Tibbott. Substitutions: Princeton-Funk for Wilson, Winn for HighIey, Eberstadt for Brown, A1nes for Eddy, Rahil for Vim, SchmaIz for Gennert, Foster for McGraw, Georgi for Briggs, Haaren for Tibbott, Bryan for Nourse, Giles pie for RahilI, Warden for Hogg Comey for Georgi, Wilson for Funk Heating for Wilson, Kirkland for Me- Lean. Lafayette-Pardee for Lowden, Low den for Pardee. Baxton for Woodruff Brands for Lowden, Ritter for Ernest

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  The sun, New York, October 22, 1916, page 1

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  TIGERS TRIUMPH IN OLD STYLE GRIDIR0N REVEL Princeton Wales Through Lafayette Eleven for Victory by 33 to u. TIBBOT’T KICKS TWO GOALS; EDDY A rGlNcEruN. y. j.. oct ?l.-Irinceton’s football team this afternoon comportcd tse.f along strictly orthodox lines ard Old no >cyrcts IN It’s defeat uf tho I.a:aysc eleven. OF University ‘ield. by SO 30 The Tigers waded through Inc ,oileeiaus from across :hc Della ware in ,siher Unconditional and u~naensat!onal STYLE. scoring four ~touchdowns, three Goals ‘herefrom and two iiell -oaly. The first period bro,r,h Int a ioichd,wn W Jack Eddy after “A “ntvr, II – IDS, md the second quartz” i-aiu..d another touchdown by Eddy. imm ,dla;ely after ne mad run 90 y.Hs In tina. sam. ,cri”d Dave Tibboit kicl;ed a goal from The ~ t.rd mark. Eddy got a third touchdown IN the third period. after Eddie T. .gcs had intc”ceptcd a Laraycite forWird pass ard had Stopped 4; .nto the hands Of Rudy Eberstadt. Tibholt follow ed with mother nc,d goal. from To-. 20 yard mark. forward pass. Tbbott to Young Snake Ames. after the Tigers mad advanced TO the II yard mark. gave Princeton its last score. IN ‘‘e fourth quarter Princeton adhered vcty S’o.e,y To- the old fashioned limo bu’S. and even the rurnitg came and dasl,es nroInd the : ends were given scnnt consideration, ON only four occasions did SPEEDY Rush ‘eam fisI u slay that relieved tho tao zeal monotory OF its eN thric. with forward passes. W uf which were completed. and once with q line shif, wnch ‘esembled hat SHOWN by T,if’s tefc .as; week.

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  The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., October 22, 1916, page 14

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  LAFAYETTE FAILS TO TWIST TIGERS TAIL Princeton Puts Up Great Exhibition and Wins Out Over Opponents BY 33 TO 0 Score, Princeton, “. J. October s1.-Scouts laboring in the interests OF Yale. Harward and Dartmouth were said to be thick In the stands here this after noon when the Tigers met Lafaye ~ But little did they learn. 1t required no special stuff for Coach Rush’s tribe to bury the Eastonians beneath s. 80 TO score Good old-fashioned football. consisting of line smashes and tackles drives with an occasional forward pass of simple nature made up Prineetons game extensively. The punting of briggs and the drop-kick ing OF Tibhott featured. Both young sters were in great form with their specialties and were big factors in the Tigers victory. The work of the entire Princeton line was great. Time and again on offensive the Nassau for : wards bent the Pennsylvanian’s back like so many reeds. The work of Nc Graw, who started the game at tackle instead of Latrobe. was especially brilliant The big fellow shone es peoaally at getting down to field I’M der punts lie was down on everyone of briggs Iong spirals frequently ahead OF thsYends. The visitors were -classed at all stages. but put up game fight Weldon. Diamond and Taylor did very effective work for them The Hne.up.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 22, 1916, page 49

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  EASY FOR PRINCETON Lafayette Goes Down to De. feat by Score of 80 to o. MANY SUBSTITUTES USED PRINCETON. N. J., October 21.-The Princeton foot ball team experienced lit tie difficulty in disposing of Lafayette here today by the score of SO to o. If Coach John Rush Of the Princeton ma chine had kept his regulars in through out the game the score probably would have been larger. He rushed in a string OF substitutes in the last two periods Dave Tibbott, who defeated Tufts last Saturday with dropkick. was again in the limelight and scored twice on field goals, one Of which was from the 43-yard line and against the wind. Jack Eddy did most Of Princeton’s ground gaining In the time he was in the game and scored three of the touchdowns for Princeton There was noticeable i’m ton. the result of a weeks hard work in this department

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Princeton leads 39–⁠3–⁠3 in 45 meetings, counting the 21 since this game.