The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-14
NOTABLE VICTORY
FOR PRINCETON
DEFEATED YALE IN A VERY
SPIRITED CONTEST.


Sons Of Old Eli Were Unable to
Score-Poe's Run During the
First Half Was the Most Sens
tional Seen on Foot Bali Field
For Some Time--Condensed His
tory of the Game-Pennsy Defeat
ed the Indians-Results of Other
Games Played Saturday.
Princeton. y. j., NOV. l3.--Thc val
urous lads who yesterday so success
:uily upheld the Colors of Old Nassau
against Yale are the heroes OF Prince
ton, and even the respect for sunday
which is traditional here couit not pr"-
vent the students for doing certain
amount Of deCOrous honor to their he
iucs Of the gridiron.
The scenes on Brokawlield after yes
terday's game will not soon L. forgot
ten 1t was a memorable contest. on"
that will live lone i'm the history of
foot ball The scOs" was to o, a
solitary touchdown and goal nadh by
the Orange and Black after Il s2nsa-
tional + IN of hundrrl vardS by littl"
Poe Yale lads who came here yester-
day afternoon, fully determined to
make history by beating Princeton for
the first time in football on her own
field, were surprised and dismayed
and the New Haven contingent wendcd
it's way sorruwfully and dejectedly New
sHaVcnwards. leaving as mementocs in
the hands Of tn" Princeton youths sun
dry crisp bills and banlinotCs, enough
surely To- make this staid Old college
town liVpliCr than it has been for many
day.
In paragraph the history of the
Earlr runs like this: After the first five
minutes Yale forced the play and got
to Princeton's l2-yard line. There she
fumblcd the ball and little Poe. quick
as a flash. picked it up. cluded two
Yale backs and ran the length OF the
field for touchdown. That was the
play that spelled victory for Princeton.
Yale kept her foe on the defensive all
the rest of the half. In the next half
Yale started in To get touchdown
right off, but lost the ball. The fight
waged in midfeld till toward the end.
when Princeton forced the pace close
to Yale's goal line, but could not score
again.
The game was "a heartrending one
for the Yale cuachers and the Yale
"roOters" generally. for they were
forced to watch their strong attacks.
well planned and brilliantly executed
up to the last moment, fade away into
nuthingness through one loose play af-
ter another. A week ago the Quakers
met defeat largely because on the de-
.ensve they couldn't catch Dunts. To-
day Yals downfall was due. too, 10
slippery fingers when on the offensive
Her backs dropped the bail at critical
moments.
Princeton's careful coaches had been
counting on some of the very weak
nesses that Yale displayed, and had
taught all the Tigers, big and little
to take unerring advantage of them
The New Jersey men had no doubt felt
confident that the lack Of practice OF
the part Of one or two Of Yale'S stars
would show early in the game, anC
that these were just the things to take
advantage of. And the Princeton
rushers took advantage of them to IN,
fun
Two or three times the Yale lever
worked no the field with the ball
right through the Princeton line
ON the other hand Princeton rush,
ers were rather weak Her back,
could not make much impression ~
Nale's line, and twice when close {,
the New Haven goal the Tigers attach
petered out. and they could not score
Had PrinCetOus interference been a!
compact as Yale's the Orange anC
Black would be rejoicing in an Is To-
victory rather than a 6 to one
But six points on the right side ar,
just as good as sixty, and Princeton
deserves TO the fun her hard and bril-
liantly won victory. The New Jerse,
youths started the season under rathc
disCouraGing circumstances, beatel
last year and With their baCktield fo
the coming season badly broken uT
But with characteristic courage tn
Princeton men set to work, and i'm tn
face of many setbacks developed
team that for snappy, eager play /
would be hard To equal. The coache
have worked early and late, and de
serve the reward that they have gain
ed. Old Nassau has produced a rae
of football heroes, and the member
uf yesterdays victorious team will de
serve to be numbered among them.
VICTORY FOR PENNSY.
Philadelphia Nuv. l%.--Thr guards
back formation of PENNSYLVANIA wa
brought into play yesterday in the foot
ball game at Franklin Field. betwee
Pennsylvania and the Indians frol
Carlisle school, and won victory fu
the team by the score of 81 to :.
Before the mighty rushes of red an
blue in their' faVOrie play, the line q
Indian braves waVered ana broke frol
time to time, allowing the Quaker
steady consecutive gains. until IA t0tG
of six touchdowns and five goals frul
touchdoWns gave Ia PENNSYLVANIA TN
top score of 81.
The Redskins only score was gui
from the field by WheelOCk i'm the frs
half. Wheeock tried for another guf
from the field in the second half IN
failed. At no other stage of the gam
was the PENNSYLVANIA goal i'm DANCE
although most of the battle in the SOC
ond half was in the Quakers' territOr,
HARVARD AND BROWN.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. l3--IIaryal
defeated Brown on Soldiers Field yes
terday in game that at any 9th,
time in the season would uaye bee
called an exciting one The visitor
scored 8 points To HarVard's Il, an
came So near scoring second tim
that only a disputed decision save
the Harvard goal line.
The game was fun Of long rur
and brilliant individual plays, but, 4