New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

DROP KICK FOR YALE.
NewHaven. Conn, Nov % (SpecaD-1n the
closest most exciting and most spectacular game
that the two oldtime foes have ever played
Princeton defeated Yale at football to-day by
score OF II 10 10
The figures are enough TO indicate the lhteh-
sity and desperation with which the batte was
vased First one side and then the other was
ahead. and Princeton turned an apparently Ger
tain defeat into glorious victory only In the last
minute Of play And as spectacle no'hi"e
like this football game had ever been seen oe-
fore. with its two sensational field goals. one OF
them from the 4S-yard line. making the recoru
for this PLAY in a championship game.
BRIEF STORY OF THE FRAY
The tide Of battle swept and swayed with
determination the part Of both eleNehs 'i'"'
was superb. and the story OF their s'ruse'e !"
brief is this: After the first Ave minutes OF pay
the Tigers forced matters and by STEADY inc
bucking. followed by sensational run OF 'hlr''-
I'VE wards. brought the ball to Yale's line anu
scored a touchdown and goal Then fale 'ooA
advantage Of the strong wind and punted fire.
ouently, keeping the ball in Princeton 'ef'T
tory. At one Of these times close to the nassau
goa, Yale blocked Princeton punt and scored
touchdown but no goal. few moments la'er
Yale almost at the centre Of the field ana IN
able to gain by rushing, gave the ball TO Sharpe
who dropped field goal from the 4s-yard line
a wonderful piece of work. that brought the
score 10 10 10 g for the Blue Princeton endeo
the half strong but, owing to fumDes ano loose
interference in the second half, could not get
close TO Yale's goal Yale. playing on the oe-
fensive kept her line free from danger almost 10
the last moment. The Blue looked sure Victor
and the game was all but over Then suddenly
with hardly sixty seconds left TO play niue roe
Of Princeton kicked field goal from the oo'!aIu
line. and the Tigers had won This amazing
turn OF affairs simply dumfounded the 1aie
men. who left the field hardly realizing that they
bah actually been defeated by margin of one
point And tonight in the Tiger lars ana IN
every spot where orange and black are upper
most little Poe is double hero. Last year MS
long run gave Princeton a touchdown and vic
tory. and this year 1t was his wonderful and uh-
expected drop kick that gained the triumph
YALE RECORDS BROKEN.
Hearts are sore in this old town tonight, but
the disappointment would not be so keen had
II not been that Yale had the game apparently
won and had no thought OF defeat. The sud-
den upset OF her triumph has dazed her men,
and they cannot forgive the fates that sna'cneo
en- dearly won a victory from their grasp and
turned their fruit 10 ashes Yale men, too, re-
yret that the Tiger victory to-day has served 10
shatter several fondly cherished Yale traditions
One OF these is that Princeton can never beat
her two years in succession. Another is that
Princeton can never win from her on fales
own grounds. These ideals now have to be
abandoned History not infrequently has
habit OF repeating itself. and Yale men firmly
believed that after the tie game with Harvard
their eleven was to defeat Princeton, as II had
done under similar circumstances In 1871 But
the parallel between the two seasons was not
carried out. and happy Princeton men. who are
also IN the habit Of quoting history. declare
that this victory Of theirs to-day is like the re-
nowned triumph gained fourteen years ago,
when the score was to for Yale up to within
two or three minutes Of the close OF the game
and then Lamar ran through the whole Yale
team, scored a touchdown and goal. and made
Princeton's victory e to 5. by just the same
one point that won the struggle to-day.
TEAMS VERY EVENLY MATCHED.
AS the element OF luck apparently favored
one side little more than the other to-day. the
score is fairly good indication Of the close
ness with which the Yale and Princeton teams
game. one Of the scores on either side being
made by clean cut drop kicks. So on that one
point honors were about divided. though
Shapes Performance from near the middle Of
the field was the more remarkable. AS for the
other departments of the game Princeton GER
tainly excelled in running with the ball and In
advancing it by steady. bulldog rushes. Yale,
on the other hand. excelled in punting, and had
great advantage in that respect Mcbride
gave beautiful exhibition Of punting, and won
many yards for his team, while Wheeler, OF
Princeton managed to get in some equally long
kicks but did not use such good Judgment
Mcbride placed his punts so that with the wind
they were carried down close 10 Princeton's line
but not across IT, Wheeler. on the other hand
punted over the enemy's line several times. and
thus gave Yale chance for an open kick on tht
bring-out. The one point In kicking however
where Yale fell down was in her place kcl
try for goal. and this falling lost her the game
for had Brown kicked the goal from touchdown
the score would have been IL all and the gam
q tie.
NAssAU's HONORS FAIRLY WON.
But a failure like this is just one OF thos
things that go to make up the game OF foot
hall and IL was no case of hard luck that los
Yale the game on the contrary, Princeton mel
may fairly claim that on the whole they out
played their rivals. Never did Yale seriousl!
menace the Tiger goal with touchdown D.
rushing, and the Blues scored their touchdown
on blocked kick. Yale is deserving of grea
amount Of credit for securing blocked kick
but any element OF luck certainly enters NOR
into that play than into the series Of runs Will
which Princeton steadily carried the ball owe
Yale's line. In offensive tactics Princeton wa
much stronger than the Blue. and in the frs
half especially the Jerseymen's interference
formed like machinery and irresistible. /
gained through every part OF the Yale line anc
made some startling runs around the Yale ends
In the second half. however Princeton's inter
ference seemed TO take a slump like Harvard