Omaha daily bee., 1898-11-13
ORANGE AND BLACK WIN OUT
Princeton Tigers Defeat Cons Of Old Ely
Six to Nothing.
TOUCHDOWN ON A MISERABLE TUMBLE
Right End roc Sets the Immense
Crowd Frantic by His Great
Dash Of N~incty-Fivc Yards
to the Good.

PRINCETON. N. j.. Nov. 12.-The Prince
ton Tigers defeated the Sons OF Old Ell on
P-orr'v feld his afternoon by the score
Of 6 to 0. While 1t was one OF the most
bittoi,y contested games ever witnessed on
a foot ball field, 1t was at the same line
one of the most unsatisfactory. not alone to
che Yale team and their supporters. but
also to the wearers Of the orange and black
and those who cheered them on to victory.
The solitary touchdown was made on a
miserable tumble by Right Halfback Benja-
min when the ball was within fifteen yards
Of Princeton's goal. The ball had been car
ried down the field by the Yale team by
steady plunges into the Princeton line, varied
by an occasional end run, until 1t lay be-
tween Princeton's twenty and twenty-five
yard line.
The teams lined UP and Desaulles signaled
for Benjamin to go through left tackle, a
position in Princeton's line which was aw-
fully weak. The ball was passed and Benja-
min dived into the mass OF human flesh. a
second later the ball was seen to roll clear
Of the bunch Of players and advance a rev
feet toward Princeton's goal line. Quick as
q flash little Poe, the Tigers right end,
had gathered UP the pigskin and was sprint
ing down the field with Chamberlin, Still
man anu IteuJduulu III "
Their he ran the greater was his lead, until,
in less time than 1t takes to write it, he
had planted the ball s~quarely between the
posts of the much-coveted goal OF Yale.
Crnuks Scream for Poe and Princeton.
When Poe started or his ninety-fve-yard
run up the field the scene which followed
beggars description. The entire stands which
surround the field were one surging, yelling
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and women threw dignity aside for
the time being and Joined with
| the younger, but none the less enthusiastic,
| foot ball cranks in their cheers for Poe
| and Princeton. 1t was several minutes be-
| fore the game could proceed because OF the
| jubilant Tiger supporters crowding onto the
field. Later in the anne when the excite
| ment ran high spectators who had seats IN
| tie srandstand left their places and surged
on the side lines, the management making
| no effort to clear the field so as to enable
| the working newspaper men to witness Sue
ceeding plays. .
Today's game was almost a repetition OF
| the game at Cambridge on last Saturday be-
tween the University of Pennsylvania and
Harvard. In the latter game the wearers
Of the red and blue gained almost three
\ times as much distance on line bucking as
did their opponents, while Harvard scored
on a tumble. The same can he said Of 20
days contest. Yale would carry the ball
down the field toward the Tigers goal,
only to lose it on an exasperating tumble.
The game was not what could be called
brilliant. scientific foot ball. AT times both
teams played a mastery game, 3rt at other
times many Of the players seemed to have
forgotten the first rudiments OF the game
and some Of their plays would have Put to
shame the foot ball team OF a preparatory
school.
Yale's Fierce Play.
Before Benjamin's disastrous tumble,
Yale's play had been fierce. After the touch
down the men grew more desperate. IN
every man there was that bulldog deter
mination and grit that have won many a
hard fought game for the wearers OF the
dark blue. Time and again they would rush
ths ball down the ield toward the Tigers
goal, only to lose it on a tumble. On one
occasion they carried the ball, by plunges
into the line, seventy-fve yards, finally
losing it on a tumble within twenty yards
Of the Princeton goal.
Princeton was content to play on the de-
f~ensive until within about fifteen Minutes
before the game was called and 1t looked
as though they had been instructed in this
point by their coaches. Their entire effor
at line-bucking during the frs: half and
for twenty minutes of the second half net
ted them all told about fifty yards, while
their opponents had carried the ball foul
times this distance.
There was not, however, that variety Of
attack and good runs behind beautiful in
reference which are appreciated so much by
the unadulerated foot ball crank. Yale'i
play in the main was directed against
Princeton's left tackle. the one weak spo
in the Tigers line.
The reports that had been sent out from
New Haven to the effect that the Yale team
was in G badly crippled condition had blu
little effect on the betting on today's game
Before the game there were several bet'
made at even money, but a majority OF thu
money was placed at 4 to S in favor Of Yale
Stars of h Teams.
For the Princeton team the bright particu
lar stars were Palmer. Poe, Edwards, Ayre'
and Hillcbrand, while Durston, Townsend
Brown, Ely and Coy did the best work TO
Yale.
When the teams lined up the attendant,
was about $4,000 with the adherents o
Princeton naturally in the majority. Tn
Princeton shouters were banked in q soil,
mass In the east stand opposite the Yal
contingent and they kept up an untirinI
shout for three hours, varied only occasion
ally by O college song. Visitors from Ne,
York, Philadelphia, New Haven and els
where were homeward bound soon afte
nightfall.
I. The teams lined up as follows:
Princeton. Position. Yal
= Palmer. ........... left end ......"..-.:Ed
Crowdish-M Mills left guard Brow
. Booth. center .............Cutte