The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

msnIJ. II. nscchuIey. frincston. Time Of halves
30 minutes.
PRINCETON, 81; LAFAYETTE o.
PRINCETON. Nov. 6.-The unanimous opinion
among Nnssau's studchte, alumni, and followers
here tonight is that Princeton's varsity foot
sS}rs SliSep 1o q SnpTfIs1 THOSE 70 Of 'S SO I Io,n,r,IsIlo ,n psn n;
mind who saw the Tigers do no Lafayette this
afternoon, arc also inclined TO place the Jersey.
really wonderful football. The iaf"yetto men
came upon the lold in sp!endld physical condi.
orally admitted that Princeton had played fully
rs powerful "a game as Transatlantic did when
the LITTER NJ T,S boat IL n1 ,so rs, by ~ to Q; The tSes
up 81 points will DO used ms another argument
in favor o. putting Princeton. ahead OF the
Of Tho rivals cannot be tested this year, tho
question, which Is tho betlor football team, ia
q mattcr for conjecture, Mt least until tho other
BIZ games have been played.
During the first hall OF the gamo. whom Lafay.
etc WAS PLAYING yd so q ssdToHn S, d q n FEEmo and
man asked Capt. Walbridgc what he Thought
Of tho comparison between Pennsylvania and
There's really no comparison, :" was his reply,
for | believe that Pennsylvania. has the grolt.
though, when tho Tigers were cutting their at,
line to pieces, Capt. Wsl6ridgo h""d no opinion
undcrcstimated tho Jersey players.
Princeton played y hundrci per cont. better
rush line, which has been moulded into a fine
engine OF warfare. was like q stone wall at every
s1as. Q. Tho ,EaqmSS me F All Gs 5 aH5Hay ,S.ssfsrS mass
were unsuccessful when directed against the
centre OF the limo, and the only material gain OF
by WnlbridRc, when he got tho ball on n good
"criss'cToss~ play, which Melted about thirty
s,smped pF Kin pl ns the = e Gniy man at l'f e 'H III 'h fSs
place IN the Zig Fams with Yale. He
bic tackling. Holt showed a big Improvement
in his work at left guard, especially In following
the ball and in breaking through the line. His
on the ball after 1t had crossed Tho goal line for
n touchdown. Crowds handled ltinohart. La
f~ayettc's star guard. in a manner that indicates
his increasing strength. Booth at centre was q
power and played BY long odds his best game OF
the season ~ spite OF n troublesome ankle. Ed.
fine style. Although the heaviest man on the
team he distinguished himself once by mailing
onS Of the D0n Laf aye had backs .tsr,o Th % h hna
back with the ball. That play showed
that the big fellow vas NJ 70 snuff and
nlficent game at right tackle, his best achieve.
ment being n tfty-yard run for n touchdown.
always does. and when he LETT the tic!d in favor
Of Lathrop he received wild cheers.
The star e II? day; though was Baird eniT at at
every move agreed that they had not seen such
superb work by any PLAYER in years. Not only
ground gaining and Kicking that reminded, the
experts OF Brooke, the eN-IennSylVnnln klCKer,
/, his palmiest days. Baird 8 puntinK was mar:
and against 1t. His goal kicking was done with
attempts after touchdowns being a miss by
about six inches. He kicked one goal from n
missed another from the .thirty.yard line, by. a
couple of feet because tho wind turned tho
course Of the ball. Baird also made seversl long
runs and tackled like n flend. The backs. Bar
did football, and were simply Irresistible in
line bucking md end running.
Princeton played a careful game In the first
half. tho different plays being made MS though
there e 'I Yer s NO h%rd ba fsc,, ling, t 4Wra had ddabf" eyse rs.
ceived of the Indians success in scoring against
PENNSYLVANIA; the Tigers cut loose and played
the record Of the Quakers. which was. hitherto.
the best made by any of the big Four. Then
strength Of Princeton, and !" those who saw saw the
way the points were rolled up were convinced
that Yale will be again conquered.
Princeton coaches. but when we meet Yale
our eleven viii be able to play the strongest
played to-day Yale viii surely suffer-.
The Lafayette men wero game to the end.
They started out bravely; but toward the close
less famed by the terrific onslnughts OF the
Tigers; yet they faced the music and fought
exception of Rinehart, weidenmeyer. and
y, %S Srtsnss snd ,l their n . rnsh IIne TS rs nI %es5
ciev"riy at 1mI back t"S but the other Shcp'i back s' We're re-
helpless when they attempted to hit Princeton's
line. Bray did we'll in his kicking. when 1t is
considered that his leg troubled him necessarily.
but he wasn't in 1t when 1t came to nm exchange
of punts with Baird. In a word. the Lafayette
eleven was outclasscd at all stages. especially
in science and staying qualities. although it was
generally conceded that the mon cxcelled their
work against Pennsylvania and Cornell.
The officials, Llngford of Trinity and Dash
ion Of Annapolis. handled, the game in the most
side play. and penalized Lafayette frequently
for that offence. But In no instance wcrc his
rulings unsatisfactory.
Princeton scored % points in the first half.
After eleven minutes play Rciter made the
first touchdown. and Baird goaled. Rciter also
made another touchdown eight minutes later,
from which n second goal was kicked. Wheeler
scored the third touchdown. and Baird was
once more successful. 4 few minutes after that
Baird made a fair catch OF a punt on ,Lafayette's
5o.yara line, ana rom Q place. he kicked a
score. In the second half the touchdowns were
made very rapidly, and when Pennsylvania
score Of 40 points was finally exeelled the 1000
entire playing time Lafayette did not get nearer
than twenty-five yards from Princeton's goal
line. The summary:
Princrfon posffions IoIou.tt.