New-York tribune., 1886-11-14
PRINCETON BEATS HARVARD.
AN rxcrrINc GAME AT FOOTBALL.


AN EXCITING GAME AT FOOTBALL.
mn PRINCETON TEAM COMPOSED OF THE HEAVIER
~,w-rur sport Nor SPOILED BY AN INcLEM
xNT DAY.
Pn,NcEroN, N. j., Nov. 13.-The Princeton
Solsee students arc . happy crowd tonight. Their
esotbsa team defeated Harvard University team TINS
afxsrueou on tho college football Held by score OF
swslve points to nothing. and has climbed an
ether notch toward tho college championsn'n
The Princeton rnshers virtually won the game
by their blocking They stood IN the way OF the Hsr-
vsra rushsrs like walls a aud their opponents
could get through TO tackle Prncetons agile ha
backs who ran like dcers aud almost equalled Lamar
and Monat Prince,on's famous half-backs
An their brilliant playing. But Harvard played
a magnificent game 1t an entirev
nav team. Two years ago. when INC
Harvaras In practice. Princeton deeateo 'nen' ~
Cambridge by score OF SO toe They had to play Oh
unfamiliar grounds to-day. and Princeton had 10 WORK
desperately to w,n The bsst Of feeling prevailed ana
M one was badly hurt Is usual. The day Was bitter
eold and a high wind that swept over the Held
nearly froze the $500 spectators VINO Nooo
for two long hours In the enclosure 10 Witness
the "battle OF the nineteenth century, frhceto"s
eolors In every part OF the had ana some
parts OF the neld looked IKE zcpras gone inau ""
Princeton scored.
A large number OF ladies braved the cold and wore
the orange and black. Fifty patriotic Harvard men
postcd themselves lower end OF the HELD ana sup
ported their team loyalty whenever Prncetons skyroc
ret cheer did not take up the air entirely. captain
f.rviu OF Yale and ex-Captsin Peters were Interested
spectators OF the game
Shortly before 2:30 r. IN. tho two eevens ned out on
tho field and greeted with a tornado OF cheers
The Princeton men looked heavier and older thsn 'he
Crimson players But Brooks, Burgess. Butler and
Remington OF Harvard Variety crew looked as
n they had muscle, and they had 1t, too.
Tho average weight OF the New-Jersey
players was 165 pounds. while the Harvard
men averaged 16l pounds Prucetons rush line aver
AGED l72 pounds and included CowaD Cook. Moore ana
George. small giants who weigh each over leo POUNDS
Harvard's rush line averaged l65 pounds. A2;3o
o'clock Walter c. Camp OF Yale the referee, placed
the cgg-shsped ball on the ground aud ordered
the men to limo up The teams were 1ormed as
follows: Harvard: Rushers-Iolden. Butler Burgess.
Brooks captain ana centre rusD. woodman. Remng-
ton ard Harding quarter beck-Fetcher; halfDacks-
Porter and Sears: mllback-Peabody. Princeton;
Rushers-H. Hodge, Cook, Cowan. George, irvine
Moore and wagenhurst Quarter-back-R Hodge half
backs-Price and Ames fu-back and captain Savage
Harvard the toss and took tho north end OF the
field That was an choice for Harvard. "a
heavy wind sprang up favorng Princeton. play J.
shouted Mr. Camp, aud Captain Brooks picked up the
ball and tossed 1t to . crimson rusher, who lodged
and twisted his way through the Princeton
sushers until he close to Princetons twenty-five
yard line There stopped as he could not carry tho
entire Princeton rush line any further By neat pass
Burgess got the ball and poughed his way through the
Princeton to within ton yards OF their goal line
Another "down" gave the ball to Princeton; X Hodge,
the quarter back Princeton, fumbled the ball. hut
Ames dropped 1t aud saved 1t for his side
TDings looKcd blno for the ZebrGuniformed
players but Ames all at sent the ball spinning TO
she lower part Of the field with tremendous low punt
and Peabody, Harvsris fu-back mufed and did not
recover 1t In time send It back Princeton cheered
wildly and IL proved to DO the turning point OF the
Hsrva c0utd her
and In few moments Princeton had the ball.
The big lined up thirty yards from Hsrvards
goal stood like granite walls, aud the ball was
snapped back to Ames, who ran like a deer twhc the
Harvard wildly trying to break through their
opponents rush lnc) straight through the Harvard
team and placed tho ball behind the goal aposs scored
. touch In fifteen minutes for Prince
ton. Pandemonium reigned supreme for
moment. and 1t was renewed q second later when K.
Hodge kicked goal making the score to III favor OF
Princeton.
1t was now Harvard's turn to have the ball. Sears
"punted" 1t way up the field. and Prince.
Gn roas cnnne. eorn nma maaad psse
in Princeton. big rushes had all they could
the ball under his and tried his duck. Half
In reckless manner Irvine had better luck aud he
the ball close to iiarvards goal line
arms and % legs were lying IN ali directions, K Hodge
skilfuly extracted the ball from the mass of players
fash. lie lodged the harvard rushers, anI
twisted and squlrned himself out OF the haf backs
a second time behind Barvard's goal line,
Hats ana eaps went up IN aae ar snP Ie
iendcry held ball while r. Hodge calmly surveyed
rquareiy the posts maSing he score II to for
Princeton. aud winning the game beyond all doubt In
rested for dfecn minutes while the big crowd stamped
the secoG s began the teams re-
yersng positions Harvard braced up surprisingly.
PRINCETON had the KICK Oh. Brooks, Burgess ana
magnncenty
sd no, IKE o,ns ,Imaw,ndSn. m ge5 5n, Gown ,hs ns
field. but Savage deity sent It pack on the ground
Price got the hall and twisted his way through the
Harvard rusher's stomach before he was
'pps Seeon Sy caas the S and part 'SG OF
Marvarss eleven on his back & to Haryard. 25-ysra
s"yoOaS am" D' on Vi the Held and they soon got .se
ball s. sn%s snaos, DoS, ssr' near
Princeton's line. savage got the base bat
Dc SsiS5s Sa threw a @ and the p"cS little
captain found his sprained ankle In bad shape Then
.S%ss'd1 S: @ stepped kept iSs pna s
Holden. who had Deen doing splendid running and dodC
rashers. Fletcher ,iea to- tackle r. Hodge.
from the small n.rvard rus1er aid Fletcher wen,
on tho ned with closed eye. and Dudley had to supply
TIE iia.varG'' I.gt the bah bal in in Prince Prince
three quarters aud might have scored goal if they
Ground eS nss SSy fGSs dHSp S Sr nss
could do much fast running Sears tired
long kicks again and Anes, and Price, Prince
toh's half backs tried rnnning and success
fully, too. First one ana then the other would dodge
through the into POrters Peabodys
cving embrace Princeton gained ground but could not
again. Harvard fought desperately TO score aud
Princeton had enough 10 do to prevent Harvard from
scoring without trying to score again in the last OF the
game thong CowaD Price and Amos made runs.
The game eBdeI with the ball in the middle OF the
Held, and when II was the Princeton men rushed
field and carried their victorious players of he
grounds with shouts and cheers that could be heard
blocks away.
YALE BEATS UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
NEw.HAvRs Nov. l3 (Speciall.-The Yale football team
defeated the University OF Pennsylvania eleven at the
Yale field this afternoon, seventy nine points 10