Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-27
AGAIN POE SAVED PRINCETON.
Sensational DrOp-kfck That. Defeated
Yale SATURDAY..

|. once more the annual foot ball game
between elevens representing Yale and
Princeton was brought to a sensational
conclusion and again the name of Poe is
pushed TO the front the chief figure in
adding to Princeton's glory. Fully 10000
spectators gathered around the gridiron AT
New Haven Saturday afternoon to witness
the game between Princeton and Yale,
and after a series of sensational and heart
breaking plays little Arthur Poe kicked a
goal from the field that made Princeton a
winner by the score of IL to 10.
With but fifty seconds remaining of play
and the score standing 10 20 6 in favor
OF I ale, a last desperate chance was takp,
roe mad never figured as an expert drop
kicker. but chance kick would prove
Wonderously effective and, like the pro-
verbal drowning man catching at a straw.
the Dali was passed back to the little Bal
timore lad and with a clear eve and nerves
OF steer ne made the sensational kick that
sent Princeton to the fore and set the
spectators wild with enthusiasm
Last year this same Arthur Poe puIled
on play more sensational, as ii lasted
longer and was equally as effective as 1t
won the game for Princeton over Yale
Ihat time the game was being PLAYED at
old Nassau, and in the last few minutes of
play with the ball close to Princeton's goal
the little Marylander grabbed the pigskin
after tumble by one of the Yale men and
NetSiiNu ouSI the opposition, running al
most the entire length of the field scoring
the touchdown that won the game for
Princeton.
saturdays game was a great game, a
sensational, beautiful contest. 1t was
straight foot ball, with practically no fake
Kicks or trick plays. 1t was also a kicking
game McBr1des work for Yale being SUI
peflor 10 Wheeler's because of its accu-
racS, Yale won the toss and chose the
west goal with a stiff wind at its back In
spite of that, Princeton was the first TO
score, twelve minutes after play began
chiefly through a fine run of thirty-two
yards by Reiter, the other Princeton hero
of the day. Wheeler with a clear eye and
steady foot kicked the goal and bv lust
that one point did the tigers win. 1t was
about ten minutes later when Yale also
scored through Brown getting by the line
aided by McBrides punting but he failed
to KICK goal from the touchdown, the ball
being at an awkward angle from the posts
leaving Princeton one to the good.
Then continued the struggle of the giants
for the mastery. Princeton naturally felt
fairly safe with its small margin, but when
Sharpe, 1ale's half back, taking advan-
tage of a tumble by Hutchinson, brought
the thousands of Gale's admirers to their
feet by ore of the most spectacular goals
ever kicked on a foot ball field, sending the
pan between the Princeton goal posts from
back of the forty-five-yard line, dismay
fllled the ranks of the wearers of the
orange and black. The score was 10 to 6.
and thus II stayed until Poe in the last
iillS SeCOIiuS Vi play changed the score
and once more landed his team victors over
Yale.
Expert criticism Of the game places
Prfnceton's interference the best dis
play of defensive work that has ever been
seen on foot ball field. For week or
more prior to the game the Tigers had
been drilled in defensive play. and the
shrewdness Of the tactics was forcibly
demonstrated In Saturdays game. When
Reiter made his sensational run of thirty
five yards the defensive work of the Tigers
was beautifully illustrated as one Yale play
er after another were pocketed and downed
in trying to reach the flying half back. The
ball was in Hale's territory the greater
part of the game. showing the aggressive
work of the Tigers at all timees. When
the last few minutes of play remained il
was seen that but three of the original
Princeton eleven were in their places.
while Yale had lost but two on account
of injuries. one of Prncetons three was
Arthur Poe and he proved the right man in
the place