Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-18
FOOTB ALL.

Latter Ahead UP TO she Last Part o
the Game-ScOres Al to Is.
There was no red fire in Cambridge Satur
day night, no cheering or merry making
The football team on which Harvard stu
dents had built fond hopes of victory wa
defeated by the sturdy players from Prince
ton, and this lost all hopes of winning tn,
championship, but it was mighty struggle
| that the crimson Glad athletes made befor,
they succumbed to the superior prowess O
the Princeton team.
1t was strange combination of strength
and weakness. In the first half they forced
the play and cut out winning pace, stop
ping for rest with the score Is to 10 II
their favor. When they resumed play they
| were different men. Their courage and
strength were gone, and they made only q
weak opposition to the terrible rushes o,
their opponents. The latter scored thirty
one points in the second half with compare
tive ease, while Harvard added nothing te
her score.
The game was remarkable exhibition
No Harvard eleven has ever shown 40 much
knowledge and skill In the game before as
Captain Cumnock's players in the first hour
y
completely and showed such disappointing
weakening as these same Harvard kickerf
when Princeton jumped to the front.
Walter Camp told the whole story in this
concise summary. Said he: "The playing
of Harvard In the first three. quarters was
beautiful. The rush.line work was wonder.
full, and the whole Harvard team astonished
me with the brilliant work. But when Ames
dropped that goal from the field early In the
second three-quarters there was change In.
stantly. That kick took all the nerve out OF
Harvard and settled the game"
The Princeton men brought more than ST.
600, but could only place about 81 900 of it.
They offered odds of 5 to A, but the Harvard
men wanted for /. These odds were too
Princeton had not had such heavy mortgage
on the game.
The two teams lined up at 2:45 O'Clock as
follows:
Priuceton-Rushers, Donnelly. Cowen, Jareway.
George. Riggs. Cash, Warren; quarter hack Poe;
Harvard Rushers Cumnock, Upton, Cranston,
Tilton p Trafford Stickney, Crosby; quarter back,
for an nai'-0a'kS' Lee and Sa1'' 'a0''k' Siraf-
The substitutes for Princeton were:
Thomas and Jones rushers, Casmet quarter
back, Romans half back. For Harvard,
Blanchard and Hallowell rushers, Hendricks
sen quarterback, Fearing full-back. The
u.
Mr.. Woodruff acted as umpire.
Ten Thousand people saw the game.
Donnelly took the ball at the start and
gained five yards before he was landed on his
head. Crosby made the first touchdown for
Harvard. Trafford failed to hick goal.
Charming tied the score, but Ames failed in
his kick. At the end of thirty minutes of
fierce fighting Trafford kicked goal from
touchdown. Then Lee got q touch. down
and Trafford kicked goal. When time was
called the score was 10 to 10 in Harvard's
favor.
When play began again for ten minutes the
ball was kept in the center of the field, but
soon Harvard was forced back to her thirty
Eve yard line. On trying to return q long
punt Trafford kicked the ball against
Princeton rasher and as it bounded back to
him he had to make safety touchdown,
giving Princeton two points. Still the ball
remained in Harvard's territory and Ave min
utes later Ames kicked goal from the field
Princeton II, Harvard Is. That kick
did the business for Princeton. Cowan,
Ames and Charming were then sent
against Hsrvard's rush-line, which was
weakening. Very soon Ames ran completely
around II by marvellous lodging. made a
touchdown and kicked the goal Score, Prince
one to score, but Ames failed to kick the
goal. 1t was then question of how badly
Harvard would be beaten. Charming and
Ames continued to make wonderful runs,
going through Harvards team like snakes.
1t was almost dark when Referee Woodward
ended the agony for Harvard by calling time,
with the ecore Al to Is in Princeton's favor.
Two or three of the Harvard men were 30
utterly helpless that the rumor spread to the
effect that they had been dragged. There is
probably no truth in the rumor, but 1t serves
to show how strong was the contrast be-
tween the play In the first and second halves.