The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-08
IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME
NEITHER SIDE WAS ABLE TO
~ SCORE.
HARVARD HoPELEssLY CRIPPLED.
In the Second Mixup Princeton Piled
Up Twelve Points and Shut the
CrimsOns Out

contest, but it does not tell of the
plucky, stubborn stand that the GRIM
son made against Princeton's relent-
less assault, nor of the terrific battle
that was waged for two hours back
and forth across the white-lined grid
iron. And at the end in the dim twi-
light the two battle lines swung shout
der to shoulder in mid-field, a swaying
mass Of struggling muscle, Princeton
joyful in certain victory and Harvard
bowed down and detected but still
fighting gameIy to the bitter end. The
pace at times had been terrific. There
had been many a fierce assault that
left the young gladiators stretched out
silent and motionless on the sod, like
so many dead logs thrown shoreward
in a storm. Delay after delay came
from the successive injuries but with
grim determination and grit, player af-
ter player struggled pluckily and
faithfully back into the game.
1t was clean, manly football, such as
to delight the tremendous crowd pres
ent There was no end Of brilliant
punting, plenty of hair-raising encoun-
ters and exciting moments, but from
scientific football standpoint the
game lacked the splendid organization
of forces and the brilliant tactics which
have characterized so many memora-
BILE battles on Hampden park and Man
helm field. The game, in miniature,
shows that Harvard started in playing
entirely on the defensive. They re-
pulsed the Tigers fierce attacks and
hardly ever attempted to advance the
ball themselves. They played more
strongly than they knew, and the first
half, in which neither team crossed the
coveted goal line, was a superb battle
The second half saw a change of tact
les. Harvard started out on the Of
fensive and Princeton took up the task
good effect that, aided materially by
Baird's splendid kicking, their goal
was never placed in jeopardy.
The day, with faultless weather and
the bluest Of skies, was an ideal one
for football. 1t was clear and cool,
but sunny enough to keep the spec
tators comfortable without being too
warm for the players. There were 49,
600 people present. For. two hours be-
fore the game the immense crowd had
been fltering through the entrances,
and when the teams arrived on the
field, the big stands along the sides
were packed solidly from top to bot
tom. On each side rose mighty wall
of humanity. Each stand was a mass
of solid color, and the black and orange
banners Of old Nassau We'd vigorously
with the more numerous, but no more
lively remnants and streamers Of the
crimson.
Princeton sent a big contingent of
rooters who occupied a section on the
east side, and cheered their team on TIC
victory. One pleasing feature was the
cheering Of Dunlop by the Princeton
crowd when Harvard's plucky little
half back was injured. The Tigers
came to Cambridge in splendid phys
1cal condition and not one man in a
thousand predicted other than a clean
victory for them. Before the game had
progressed ten minutes, however, every
one realized that there was to be a
fight, and it was not until the second
half. when the crimson eleven was
HOPELESSLY CRIPPLED,
that the Tigers carried the ball
across the goal line. Princeton played
a compact Interference, close to her
line, chiefly in the shape of a turtle
back which revolved on tackle. or a
driving, tandem, mass play in the same
direction. Their interference ran
smoothly and clearly, and though OF
an entirely different type from Har-
| wards, was far superior in form and
organization. The Harvard backs
| played some distance from the line, and
| often with a guard or a tackle in the
| formation with them. It was until the
second half that they began to rush
the ball and then, worn out and badly
| shattered, the interference lacked the
essential speed in getting away as well
! as steady formation. Baird's splendid
! kicking was potent factor in the re-
suit. He punted in superb form
| Brown, on the other hand with the ex-
| ception Of several fine, long punts in
the first ten minutes 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
| a splendid game until he was forced
to quit. The two freshmen tackles
showed up surprisingly strong. Be
hind the. line, Dunlop played hard,
| plucky game. Though injured in the
first few minutes of play, he kept do
| ing brilliant defensive work to the
very last, when. well nigh completely
used up, he gave way to Cozzens.
Harvard won, the toss and chose the
wind, Princeton kicking off toward
the southern goal At the outset Har-
ward forced the play. For few rushes
| Kelly and Barnard ripped through
Harvard's tackles for short gains, but
| the crimson soon had the ball well IL;
Princeton's territory. The story for
| some minutes was much the same.
king Kelly, at the head of a tan
dem, would plunge into left tackle for
q few yards gain, and then Barnard
would carry the ball as much farther
ahead on the other side Tandem after
tandem was plunged into the Harvard.
tackles with the force of a pile driver.
Slowly but surely the Tigers walked.
the ball down toward the Harvard
goal. Each rush brought it nearer, the
| Tigers had their first down eight yards
from the crimson goal
Johnny Dunlop shouted to '.hold
! them boys" and threw himself against
the Princeton interference. Twice
Harvard was impregnable A third
time the Tigers attempted to force the
Harvard line. but the crimson were
equal to the movement and like Leoni-
6as and his little band at Thermopy-
lac, Johnny" Dunlop and the Har-
ward line held the Tigers, and the goal
was saved The Harvard goal was
not in danger again during the first
half
In the second half. Harvard started
cut to force the Princeton line and adj
vance the ball, but she failed For
! the first time in the game the officials
began to penaliZe the teams for inter
ference with putting the ball in play
and for off-Side playing. Roth teams
suffered several times in this respect.
Princeton scored their first touchdown