Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-06
H0MANS FAILS AT GOAL,
And the Only chance he Had to Tie
the Score Is Lost
THE YEARS GREAT SENSATION.
High teen thousand People See the Orange
and Black 10 rown.
GREAT WORK By THE RED AND THE BLUE

INV. thS III Se
time in the history of intercollegiate foot
ball the red and blue tonight floats above
the orange and black. After . magnificent
struggle of nearly two hours and a half
Princeton was defeated this afternoon in
the opening game of the intercollegiate
championship season by the University of
Pennsylvania by a score of to 4. The
closeness of the score shows the despera-
tion with which the game was played, and
had not Homans failed to kick the goal
from Princeton's touchdown the two teams
would have come off the field with victory
belonging to neither
The yearly football game between Prince
ton and Pennsylvania has become as much
of recognized athletic event in this city
as the Thanksgiving Day game is in New
York. Society has taken up the game, and
the attendance at the match is made up of
all the leaders of fashion circles in Phila-
delphia, with thousands of other people
who take a good, genuine pleasure in watch
ing a struggle of strength and science COM
bined.
The game was PLAYED at Mannheim, a short
distance out in the suburbs The rain of
yesterday threatened to continue to-day,
but many thousands who anticipated going
to the match welcomed a clear skv and
crisp cold air when they awoke this morn
ing. The streets in the central portion of
tie city this morning were crowded with
wcarers of the red, blue and orange and
black Bands of students paraded up and
down Haunting the colors of their favorite
college. Nearly every girl wore or carried
the orange an black of old Nassau or the
red and blue of Pennsylvania
The Two EIevens Line Up.
BY 2:3O fully TO- 600 people were present
at the grounds and most of them, at least
the male portion, were doing their level
best TO add TO the din that was prevailing.
-hout awaS down at the southeast corner
4 the field, that gathered strength and grew
into a mighty volume of sound heralded the
coming of the Pennsylvania With Cap
tain Schoff at their head the team ran upon
the field and Immediately began to kick
footballs around and fall down on the
ground in a way that spoke volumes for the
sturdiness of their bodies. A second veil
from the crowd announced the approach of
the Princetous, and Captain King and his
men came upon the & Id and proceeded to
also kick footballs around and tail down on
the ground.
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Captains King and Schotf then tossed for
right OF goal or ball and luck favored the
dark haired Pennsylvania. The wind
rs blowing almost 8 gale down the field
m west to east and Captain Schoff chose
west goal and gave Princeton the ball
S,,-h Bailiett al their head the Tigers
formed into a "V," with the PennsyI-
vanians opposite to them.
At j'play bali''wa called and Balliett
touched the bail upon the ground and the
Princeton wedge started its onward rush for
Pennsylvania goal For five yards the
wedge vent, through Pennsylvania's line
and then stopped. As the two teams now
lined up opposite each other the superior
weight of the Pennsylvania was apparent
With an average weight of 18 pounds
against them it was predicted that Prince
ton would have great difficulty in holding
their opponents line. This prediction was
more than verified. The ball was snapped
back to Quarterback Morse, who passed it
70 King. King made no gain and in q few
seconds Princeton lost the ball on tumble.
Pennsylvania Gets the Ball.
AS soon as the ball came in Pennsylva-
MAS possession the tactics it intended to
pursue were disclosed Its heavy rush line
was hurled against Princeton's center, and
q fatal weakness at that point was at once
disclosed. Again and again the Pennsyl-
vari- rGshers made openings for their backs
between Center Balliett and Left Guard
FiScus Slowly but surely Princeton was
borne back. Finally Tnayer punted and
Poe got the ball. He was downed by
Mackev, and Pennsylvania gained posses
sion of the ball on four downs. Again did
PENNSYLVANIA pursue their rushing game.
The ball approached within perilous prox-
unity of Prlnoeton's goal. With the pres
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Princeton fought desperately. King and
Poe again and again dowued the Pennsyl-
vania backs as they broke through the line.
The steady forward rush OF the Pennsyl-
vanians could not be checked, however At
the ten-vard line Pennsylvania lost the ball
on q tumble, but almost Immediately re-
gained it from the same cause. The ball
had now been in play IL minutes Vail
passed it back to Camp, and aided by the
interference of Schof, Thornton and Reese,
the veteran half back dashed around the
right end and scored touchdown. When
the crowd realized what had happened
pandemonium of yells, cheers, howls and
cries broke loose and the two stands looked
like q waving crowd of red and blue. The
touchdown was away to one side and
Thsver punted the ball TO Vail for q free
kick. The little quarter back caught it
and Thayer kicked the goal Again was
the same scene enscted by the crowd as
when the touchdown was made only with
renewed vigor thrown into the cheers.
The Tigers Fight Desperately.
With the score of to 0 against them the
Tigers brought the ball to the center of the
field and again started In q wedge for Penn
sylyania goal. Both sides lost and won the
ball several times, but fine runs by King
and Poe brought it to within 15 yards of
Pennsvlvania's goal. With chance to
score Captain King now made an error.
Both Poe and himself are very fast runners
and all Princeton's gains were made around
the ends by this pair
King. instead of following this play, now
hurled his men against the Pennsylvania
line. He might as well have sent them
AGAINST a stone wall, for, despite his own
desperate efforts to break through and those
of Hall, Lee and Trenchard, PENNSYLVANIA
rush line was impregnable Finally Prince
ton lost the ball during one OF Its rushes
and Oliver fell on It
From this time on during the first half
Pennsylvania goal was never in danger
The remainder Of the half was simply Sc
mes of fierce rushes by Pennsylvania which
Princeton could barely stop. Up TO this
hour several of the players had been
slightly hurt, but not seriously enough to
cause them to leave the field. Captain
Schoff has suffered especially, being twice
kicked In the head during the rusnes he
had been playing grand game at left and
Princeton men had gotten beyond him. len
minutes before time was called Pennsyl-