The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-13

PRINCETON. y. j.. Nov. 1a.--Ths
Princeton Tigers defeated tho sons OF old
Ell on Brokaw field this afternoon by the
score OF 10 O. While IL was one Of the
most bitterly contested games ever wit
messed on a football field, 1t was at tho
same time one of the most unsatisfactory
not alone TO the Yale team and their sup
porters, but also 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
Iiaifbaek Benjamin. when the ball was
within fifteen yards of Princetons goal.
The ball had been carried down the field
by the Yale team by steady nlunges iato
the Princeton line. varied by an occa-
sional end run. until 1t lay between
PrInceton's twenty and twenty-five-yard
line The teams lined up and Desaulles
signaled for benjamin to go through left
tackle In Princeton's line, which was aw-
fully weak. The ball was passed and Ben
samin diyed into the mass OF humanity.
A second later the ball was seen to roll
clear or the bunch of players and advance
ii few feet towards Prince toi's goal line.
Quick a fash Poe. the Tigers right end.
had gathered up the ball and was spr.nting
man end BENJAMIN in hot pursuit The
further he ran the greater was he is the
lead, and in less time than 1t takes to
Write Il, he had plarted the bail squaroly
between the posts of the much coveted
goal Of Yale. When Poe started on his
ninety-yard run UP the field. the scene
which followed beggare1 description Tho
entire stands which surrounded the field
- f,er -.ff
i'y In an instant. Old men and women
threw dignity aside for the time being.
and Joined with The younger. but none the
less enthus.a site. football cranks In their
cheers for Poe and Princeton
II WIS several minutes before the game
could proceed. on account of the iubilant
Tigers supporters crowdlng on 10 the neld.
Later IN the game. when the excitement
ran hisn. spectators vino had seats in ths
grand stand lett their places and surgel
on the side lines. the management making
no effort TO clear The field
Today's game WAS almost a repetition OF
the game at Cambridge on last Thursday.
between the University of Pennsylvania
and Harvard. In the latter game the
wearefs Of the fsd and blue gained almost
three times as much distance on bucklng
as dtd their opponents while Harvard
scored on a s4Enb!e. Tie same can be- sad
OF t09ay's contest Yale would carry tina
bail down the field towards the Tigers
goal oaly 70 lose Il on an exnsperat.ng
fumb bic. On ore occasion Yale carried the
bah hy p.unges into the l.ne fifteen yards.
finally losing Il On "a funble within twenty
yards os the Princeton goal
Princeton Was content 20 play on the de-
fensive. unti within about fifteen minutes
before the game wan called, ard /; looked
az Il tnsy hsi bern instructed on this
Ioi1t by the.r coaches. Their entire effort
AZ Inc-b4lrAirg the first ha'f and for %
minutes of the sccond half netted them all
told. about fifty yards while their oppo-
nents had carried the oali four times this
distance.
Yal>s play IN the main was directed
agaius, I'rl0cetOn's left tackle. the ous
weak spot IN the Tigers hne 1-he reports
,ast had been seu: out from New York :,
she effect ma. ths Yale ,earn was IN a bad
Is crippled condition had but ntfle effect
on the betting on sofAy's game. The or
ange and b5ack had been up against YaI.'s
''crlpp,es" and their spending money had
gore towards paying FOR the tuition Of
susEe Yale student. Before the game chers
ware several bets made AZ even money. but
the majority Of the money was placed xs
10 s IN favor Of Yale
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