The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-22
YALEsPRlNCET0N.
Freshman Dudley Makes the Only
Touchdown.

Freshman Dudley Makes the Only
Touchdown.
The story of the New Haven game
is summed UP by the New York Sun
as follows:
New Haven, Nov. 2O.-Eleven Yale heroes
won one Of the most sensational football
games on record here this afternoon. Re
Earded as inferior by experts everywhere,
by their own followers. and by the great
crowd in general that saw the game,
this wonderful band of kickers demon
strated the uncertainty of the greatest
of American pastimes by defeating
Princeton's vaunted Tigers by points
TO 0. Two months ago Yales football
prospects were about as dim as they ever
could be. Princetons crushing triumph
of a year ago was enough to break the
old Yale spirit, and when Frank Butter
worth took hold of a green lot of ma
terial there were misstatements on the
part of many old graduates and coachers,
who believed 1t would be impossible to
mould q winner out of an unknown
quantity.
But there IS such a thing as Yale
pluck and Yale endurance, and both of
these qualities were called upon in the
emergency, with the result that, in spite
of the most serious obstacles, in the
shape Of injuries to the players, faculty
conditions, diScouraging games with the
Indians, Brown, West Point and Chicago,
and a draw with Harvard, the Blue is
magnificently triumphant tonight.
Such football as this remarkable eleven
played this afternoon is seldom seen. 1t
consisted principally of physical strength
that was perfection and a determna-
ton to win in the face of what seemed
terrible odds. With the Tigers reputed
TO be in their best trim, with their
crack end rushers, half backs and punt
ers I'm splendid fettle and the prestige of
viptnr Co. Vn1,
to triumph, and only those who were
carried away with enthusiasm could fig
ure out such happy event. But the
game had not been under way five min
utes when football sharps realized that
the Yale men were doing a hundred per
cent. better work than they did at Cam
bridge last Saturday. Their physique
seemed even better than on that occa-
sion, when not single Yale player was
hurt, and this was eventually proved,
for the Blue men went through today's
contest, too, without so much as having
one of their number limp off the battle-
field when it was over.
When the first half was at an end
Yales playing had convinced everybody
but Princeton partisans that there was
trouble in store for the Tigers. Still it
was difficult to believe that Princeton
would be defeated, and brace on the
part of the Jerseymen was universally
looked for. Even Yale supporters did not
dare to hope for victory, but We're pray
ing for draw. so that when, in the sec
ond half, Dudley the freshman half back,
was shot over the Tigers line for a
touchdown, which brought with it a goal
and victory, there was burst of feel
ing that will never be forgotten by those
who witnessed it.
Yale. Positions. Princeton
HaZen.............left nd..............C Craig
Rodgers (Capt) left tackle. Holt
Chadwick.........left guard ....... Crowds
Cadwalader.. center. Booth, Dickey
Brown..........right tackle. Hillebrand
Hall. right end. Cochran (Capt), Lathrop
De Saulles... quarter back. Baird, Burke
Dudley....left half back. Barnard, Ayres
Benjamin, right half back. .Keiter, Kelly
Mcbride. back. Wheeler
Score-Yale, 6: Princeton, 0. Touch
down-Dudley. Goal from touchdown
Cadwalader. Referee-Langford of Trim
ity. Umpre-Dashiel of Lehigh. Time
Two 35-minute halves.