Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-08
TRIUMPH OF TIGERS TEAM
Princeton Defeats Harvard il Hard Cane
q; Cambridge.
COULD NOT STAND The Rush
Terrific Tandem PlunEes of the Vie
tore co Easily Through the Har-
ward Line. Despite It, Des-
pernte Resistance.

UGhNLtA AL f.af8afls aa---faaa- e-e.--@s
heavy odds. the crippled team Of Harvard
EEL before the provess Of ole Nassau this
afternoon AID tonight the Tiger is tr.um-
plant IN victory
Twelve 10 vas the score o, the mem
orAbls contest but it does no. tell o. ne
plucl,y. stubborn stand the crimson made
against Prlncetous relentless assaults. nor
OF the terrific battle thar was vEEed for
two hours back and form across the white
lined Erld-on. And al the end, II TIE
dim twilight the two battle lines swung
shoulder 10 shoulder IN uidfeld sway
ing mass o. struggling muscle Princeton,
Joyful IN certain victory. and Harvard.
bowed down and detected but stn fighting
gAmely TO the bitter end The pace a. times
had been terrific There had been many
fierce assault that left the young glad
ets-s stretched out silent ana no;ionless
on the sod like 60 many dead legs. Delay
after delay came from TIE successive in
:urles but with grim determination and
grit PLAYER after player struggled pluck
fly and faithfully INTO the game i was
clean. manly foot ball, however, such as 20
delight the Tremendous crowds present
There was no end q brilliant puntinE
plenty o. hBir-rHisinE encounters and eEcit-
ing moments, but from scientific foot
ball Ftnudpuiu; the game lacked the splen-
did organization o. force and the brilliant
tactics which have characterized 50 many
memorable battles on Haupdeu PARK ana
Mauhelm field The game in miniature.
shows how Harvard started to playing en-
tirely on the defensive. They repulsed
the TIGERS fierce attacks and hardly ever
attempted 70 advance the ball themselves
They played more strongly than they knew
ans the first hal in which neither team
crossed the coveted goal line. WIS 3 superb
battle The second hair saw . change o.
tactics Harvard started out OF the o.
fensive and Princeton took W the task
O. defending its territory. with such good
effect that aided materially 10y Bairi'z
splendid kicking. its goal w&E never placed
81 Jeopardy
HAD PAYING ATTENDANCE.
: The weather vas IDEAL for foot ball There
were u pah people present The big stands
were packed solI1ly from TOP 20 bottom
Each stand vas mass o! solid color. and
the black and orange banner o! Old Mas
Sau wed vigorously with the more numerous
buf no more lively peuuEuts and etreEu1ers
o. the crimson Princeton sent big con
tinEe1; % rooters who occupied Z section on
tie east side and cheered their team on 70
victory.
Princeton played Z compact interference
close 20 her line chiefly in The shape Of E
turtlehack which revolved on tackle or
driving tandem mass play b. the
same direction. Their interference
ran suo1thly and clearly and
from HH-vsrd's was Far superior IN form
and organization. The Harvard backs played
some distance from the line and often with
a guard or 4 tackle il the formation with
them. il was not until the second half thai
they began 70 rush the ball and then worn
out and badly shattered. The in te-ference
lacked the essential speed in getting away.
as well as steady formation. Bgirds spleu-
did kicking was q potent factor in the re-
suit de punted IN superb form Brown
on the other hand. with the exception o.
several fine long punts in the first ten min
ufes OF play proved a great disappointment.
On the victorious eleven Church was the
bright star OF the line On The Harvard
team Norman Cabot PLAYED q splendid game
uull he was forced TO Quit The two fresh
men tackles showed NJ surprisingly strong
Behind tie line Dunlop played 4 hard
rlueky game Though injured IN the frs;
few minutes OF play, he kept doing brilliant
defensive work 10 the very last, when, we'll
nigh completely used W. be gave way &
CuEzeny.
Harvard won the toss and chose the wind
Princeton kicking OF toward the southern
goal. A: the outset Harvard forced the play
For q few PUSHES Kelly and Barnard ripped
through HErvsrd's tGCEles for short gains
but the crimson soon had the ball Wen into
- 9-iucetuns territory. The story FOR some
~ES.uu1es WAS much the same King Kelly
al the head o. tandem team would plunge
into left tackle Tor few yards gain ani
then Barnard would carry the ball uuCt
IATsItF hA-tEA Oh me bt-4rl sue a-lat-l
Gher tandem was plunged inc the Harvsr.
tackles with The force Of pile driver.
JUST LIKE LEONIDAS
a Slowly but surely The Tigers walked The
,San down toward the Harvard goal. Each
rush brought Il nearer. until the Tigers had
son goal johnny Dunlop shouted n
'sEold sheu boys ana threw himself
against the Princeton interference Twice
Harvard was impreEnabe. third time
the Tigers attempted 70 force the Harvard
line but the crimson were equal &c the mo-
-neni and Ike LeonidHs ana his little band
al Thermcpylae johnny DualUp and the
Harvard line held the Tigers ana the goal
was saved. The Harvard goal was no, 10
danger again during The trz. half
In The second half Harvard started cut
20 force The Princeton line and advance
the ball but failed sirualy For the hrsi
dime n the game the Ct5clElE began Il
pe-al4ze ne teams for interference with
putting the ball IN play ana fCr ofsiae play
3Dr. E--h teams suffered several times il
this respect
Princeton scored its FIRST touchdown iron
the fifteen yard line. Cabot was injured
and Frosty Brewer took his place Young
Smith tossed he ban 10 Barnard and the ln
tertergnce uassinE about him sailed azy
for HaTvHTCE night. like herd o.
stgupele5 buffalo Harvard's ex-gHptair
wHs easily pocketed and easily put ou
OF he PLAY Away went Barnard outs.l,
q Swim. dodEIng cleveIly again and again
Dunlop made 4 fYinE leap Al him as ht
raced down the field. bur missed him. and
shaking on Brown. young Barnard crossst
the goal line amid q thunder q enthusiasm
Baird slDt the oval clear and through be,
tween y r posts
Within TIE next fifteen minutes by zlrnos
q duplication O! the play. BroEEw WAS sen
across for second touchdown. and zh
goal was again kicked by Baird The gam
ended with the bah almost IN the ceuter o
the feld. Harvard fighting desperately.
Princeton had won. - 10 o. as in the few
remaining minutes nothing everrful trans
pired Lineup.
Prince ou-l9 Positions Harvard
TsrollaW left end. CaDo i-I5rewer-I ~ wi
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