New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13
HOW THE BATTLE RACED.


This is the way the battle was fought:
Avres kicked off for Princeton but big Brown
Ieared into the air and blocked the leather. On
galcs first down Princeton's off side play lost her
1--WE yards But Yale's line held poorly. and so on
the third down Mcbride punted. Princeton re-
turned the bah at once. but made poor punt.
luckily securil G the leather on her own twenty
yard line on the second down Ayres kicked Nc
Bride made clear muff. but saved the ball The
play vas Yae's Cutter got nervous and snapped
the ball back too hard. The tumble prevented any
gain but again Princeton had yield up five yards
of her territory for off-sidc play. Yale fumbled
once more and this time Princeton took the pig
skin on her own forty-hve-yard line
Thus early in the game the Princeton backs
showed that they could gain little by rushing. and
had to resort to punts. The ball came straight at
De Saulles who started of. There he goes.
sighed Princeton. remembering the prowess OF the
Yale quarterback In running through broken field
But n was whacked down hard after five yards.
and Yale kicked. on the lineup Hlebrand dropped
the leather. and moment later Yale blocked
Ayress punt and got the ball on Princeton's hf-
teen-yard line.
YALEs FORWARD MARCH.
mighty shout went up from the Yale bleachers.
The Ellis had not struck their gait but this looked
more like II. RIP EN- up. Yale" yelled the
crowd and Yale started in.
But the play was slow at centre while Princeton
was steadfast as the Rock of Gibraltar.
Fourth down: Princeton's ball" yelled the
referee, and sigh of relief escaped from the
orange bedecked crowd On her first down Prince
ton punted the ball out of danger Then Yale
started in with rush Durston used con-
stantly and was hurled through a yawning chasm
which Chamberlain opened up for him. Steadily
forward went the play. and Princeton grew un-
comfortable again.
II was Yale's ball the Tigers twelve yard line.
one down Here the Ellis chance, touch
down was only a few yards away. The Yale
coaches looked complacent, and the Princeton ad-
herents grew anxious browed. DE Saulles's signal
for the play, the ends-back formation sounded
clear the field. STEADY Yale" he added.
and stopped to receive the ball.
POE'S REMARKABLE RUN.
There was a rush. when suddenly the yellow pig
skin dropped from Benjamins grasp and shot out
Of the Of players. A dive at the slippery
couple OF clever dodges and a shout went up as a
down the feld. The whole Yale eleven was In hot
pursuit the instant But the little end-rusher
increased his lead and covered the hundred yards
that led 10 the Yale goal line in pretty record
time. A few seconds and the OF Poe had
again become immortal for II was this dashing
player that had made the touchdown.
The Princeton grandstand went wild with JOY,
and old time graduates behaved in shocking fash
Ion. quite throwing their dignity and their silk
hats TO the winds II a most sensational play
almost unprecedented for a championship game
Perhaps the nearest approach 10 II was the sixty
yard run that Dean made for Harvard in the Yale
game In 1890 when he broke through something as