New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
HARVARD THE TIGERS PREY.
IT WAS GREAT FOOTBALL AND THE VIC
TORY WAS WELL WON.
NO SCORING IN THE FIRST HALF. BUT IL POINTS
WENT TO PRINCETON THE SECOND
PICTURE OF BRILLIANT SCENE

PICTURE OF A BRILLIANT SCENE
AND BATTLE OF GIANTS
fnY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNEl
Cambridge Mass, Nov. THE game between
p-,nceton and Harvard. which was played this
of.arnoon on Soldiers Field. resulted in a victory
for the Tigers by score OF u TO 0. 1t was one of
he most stubbornly contested battles ever fought
ont on the football gridiron. Superior team work
=, the part OF Princeton. coupled with the mag
niscent playing of Baird. the fullback placed the
game TO the credit of the sturdy sons OF Old
Nassau.
Tho dav was ideal. Not a cloud dotted the sky.
and the sun shone with its brightest smile on the
struggling mass of players, and the host gathered
from all parts of the country to cheer for their
favorites The air. which was crisp and nvigorai-
,pg during the morning. became in the afternoon
almost too warm 10 be Just what football players
call perfect. but from the point of view OF the
spectator. obliged TO sit for three hours In the
open air II was just right
The management In anticipation OF big rush for
seats had made arrangements for seating 1900
uersons and the number present when play began
was not far from that figure. BY Friday night Il
uas given out that 1900 tickets had been Sold and
what remained disposed OF this morning by
eneculators at prices ranging from g 30 10 - apiece
Boston went football mad to-day. All through
the morning in the stores. in the hotels. on the
streets nothing was talked OF but the great match
II was the first time in seven years that princeton
eleven had come TO Cambridge 10 Try lor HOhoiS
with Harvard. The last time Princeton and Har-
YARD met in Massachusetts was In 1882 at when
time Princeton won by Al to 10
Princeton was represented at the game to-day by
a delegation of 300 students. who were massed IN
section F OF the last stand A large number OF
friends helped TO swell their number, and the vocal
support given TO the Tigers was Of vociferous
nature The legions of Harvard occupied the
whole west stand. and when X came to cheering
volume of sound rent the air OF such gigantic pro-
portions that 1t almost seemed as If Harvard could
not help winning But cheering alone will not win
= football match as events proved. The betting
on the game light. Princeton had big wads
10 place on her al odds OF TO 4. bu; Harvard
money for once was scarce. Harvard men asked
? and l. but were refused. so the Tigers are
not taking back much spoil 10 their Jersey lair
THE COMING OF THE CROWD
The crowds began TO arrive al the gate OF SOL
ders' Field two hours ahead OF time. The gate
opened at a little before O'Clock, and from then
until the time the game opened a steady stream OF
pushing humanity poured over the grandstands
until there was no room for more. The crimson OF
Harvard and the orange and black Of Princeton
waved in all directions
The Harvard players arrived at the grounds from
AuburndaIe in two bargcs. and at once went TO
the locker-room The Tigers came up shortly AFTER
in omnibusses from the Hotel Nendcme where they
had been staying.
The facts that neither side able to in
than u 10 o. show that Princeton did not have the
easy thing she expected. Harvard's game was Il
surprise to her most devoted admirers At centre
she was almost impregnable and back OF the line
she developed strength which at times carried
everything before it. AS for Princeton the game
this afternoon shows her team 10 be the best all
round on the gridron up TO date. Her defensive
and offensive play strong. steady ana sure
throughout the entire contest Her line was YER
table stone wall and only rarely were gains made
through the centre In the kicking Baird out
classed Brown completely. Bairds work to-day
places him far above any fullback in the country.
Nothing like his kicking has been on Prince
ton team since the days OF Alexander Morat
Brown did well in the first half. but weakened
greatly in the second
AT exactly 2C5 p. m. amid cheers that MADE the
earth tremble. the Princeton players trotted into
the Enclosure The college band which was sta
toned in the stand began playing. and pande-
rnonium reigned. Five minutes later the Harvard
men made their appearance, and the tumuituous
cheering that greeted them must have been heard
way down at the old State Building. The Harvard
players were preceded by a mascot In the shape OF
collie led by a colored boy crowd OF Yale men
in Section c. east stand. gave the Yale cheer add
ing Princeton and Harvard at the end strong
breeze blew from tho southwest and affected the
play in the first half Harvard having an advantage
from IL.
BEGINNING OF THE GAME.
Harvard
with the wind at her back. The game begins
Baird kicks of Brown catches and kicks back 70
the hfty-yar6 line. Kelley plunges through Har-
wards line for FIVE yards. Captain Cochrane Is
hurt He resumes play amid cheers from the
Princeton cohorts Two more tries at the harvard
line and Princeton loses the ball on downs Brown
kicks 10 smith who is do vned in his tracks Smith
re.s around the line for FIVE yards and is downec
heavily by Dunlop and injured. When play Is re-
sumed Smith is cheered. Then Barnard gets hVe
Yards through right tackle. and still another hve
Kelley reels off five yards around right END ano
Barnard does the same through Lee and Moulton.
one or Two more scrimmages take place. and Their
Kelley makes a brilliant dash through Lee ano
Noulton for fifteen yards, being downed by Brown
me only Harvard man between him and the Har
ward goal At this time Harvard is warned Nv 'h'
uupire not 10 pile onto Princeton men wheh thes
are down The ball is Princetons on mar
wards thirty-hve-y yard line Church jumps past Lee
for three wards Princeton tries double pass, an'
Smith is down for the loss Of one yard. hene'
fails 70 gain and the ball IS Harvards
Princeton is beginning TO open her eyes. reaiz.h'
that she has caught Tartar. Prodigous cheerin'
l. heard Brown kicks 10 Pr.nceion's twenty-five
yard line Princeton lines up, and Kelley. Baird AM
Church take turns banging against the Harvard Inc
Harvard gets the ball on Princetons foriy-yard INV
Dunlop makes a beautiful gain OF twelve yaros De
tween Cochrane and Hillebrand. The play Is fast an
furious Brown resorts 20 a kick, which oHi'
catches and starting TO run, is down on princeton
nf,een-yard line BAIRD pun,s to Princeton's forty
ave-yard line. Brown returns the KICK. ana me ia
Is Princeton's again on her nfteen-yaru ''ne' N1'
is hurt and time Is taken out.
Harvard mas been getting the best OF II, the VIII
,avoring her in the exchange OF KICKS balro "o'
kicks out Of bounds a; Princeton's thrty-nve-ya-