The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-03
CRIMSON IN THE DUST.
Princeton's Big Football Play
ers Do Up Harvard.
The GROUND IN BAD CONDITION
Score. IL 70 s-No smuggling. Though
Play by suffer and Brewer.

Princeton, y. J.. Nov 1.-The crimson
OF Harvard was trailed in the thick Jer-
sey dust this afternoon BY the Tigers. and
TIE orange and black OF Nassau aoated iri-
umphantiy in the evening breeze. For two
long hours the two elevens Swayed across
the grid!ron. lighting every inch ot the
ground siub5oruly and bitterly. The score
was l. TO (. Princeton scored three touch
downs. and Harvaro's four points were
made 6y clever blocking. Neither team
showed well IN the developed team play.
and f1mbled blocked kicks marked the
play. A drilling rain made the field
heavy and sogEy. The players could not
get 4 solid footing, and Princet0n's heavy
team, averaging ten pounds more than
Harvard, told on the Cambridge boys
When the teams appeared on the reld fully
1000 eager spectators were gathered
around the grldIron- II was dictinctIy
kicking game, both backs exchanging
puuts repeatedly. and three OF the four
t0uchdowns scored resulted directly from
kicks. G. Brewer easily exeeiled Baird
in punting during the first half. Prince
ton won the game through the failure
OF the Harvard followers 20 hold where
Brewer dropped for kick in the first half.
Both elevens were very strong on the de-
fensive. II the last half Harvard had the
ball well in Princeton's territory most OF
the time. but their offensive play was not
strong enough 10 carry the ball over.
1t Was At this sage o. the game that the
sensational play of the contest dropped out
Harvard had the ball On Prince-ons six
yard line. when Jack Fsirciaild was sent
70 the center. He made gain OF a yard,
and then fumbled. Little Suffer. Prince
toms plucky quarter hack picked up the
bah and raced away down the field for the
upper goal c. Brewer was close behind
him. Rhodes made vain effort to block
off the little Harvard runner. but the
Boston boy got away clear and then raced
after Suffer For fifty yards not an inch
could he gain. Then he slowly overhauled
the Princeton man. finally catching him
by a splendid drive at the fourteen yard
line. II was a hair-raising play, ana the
crowd were fairly thrilled by Suffers bril-
liant run Of sevenry-fiVe yards and Brew
er's wonderful tackle. In The last Part OF
the half. Harvard began 10 hit up the
Princeton line with telling effect. Their
tandem interference went laundering in
20 tackle and center for good gains. but
the Interference was not steady enough
20 punch the ball across the Tigers goal
line.
In the second half there was a marked
difference ia Harvsrd's play. The men
went at II as If they knew they were
beaten. Their snap was gone, their line
work ragged Rhodes and Riggs broke
through the line and blocked half the
kicks. Cochran and Hearn tackled into
the interferepce repeatedly. The defen-
sive work Of both teams was away ahead
Of their aggressive play. and neither side
had any good interference. number OF
players on both sides We're forced TO re-
tire. but their injuries were not serious.
The contest was free from smuggling.
though a little trouble cropped out. In a
punt out Of the bounds Wrightington ran
10 the fence TO fall on the ball Baird the
Princeton fullback. gave him a bad push
into the fence. forcing him under the
press seats and jamming his face into
them