The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
THE GAME IN DETAIL
How the Ball Travelled I'D and Down the
Field ut New Haven,

New HAVEN. Nov. 25.-As the coin wa,
| fipped into the air Capt. Mcbride cried
| Heads" Miss Liberty looked up at him fro m
the turf and It was Yals's privilege TO solect
either goal to defend or take the kickoff. A,
the wind was blowing quite stifiy from the
northwest. Mcbride chose tho north goal 10 de.
fend and gave the ball to Princeton to kick of
Then the Yale brass band broke randemo
mum loose and 1t never was quiet for mo.
| ment after that
| Wheeler kicked the ball straight aovr
| against the wind and the game was under wal
| with vengeance. Fincko caught the ball anC
passed It back to Mcbride. who. from his owr
1O-yard line. got in n terrific punt. 1t was such
long drive that Wheeler had to take IL on the
| run. with the result that he made square mum
Hutchinson was on hand. however. and fell or
the ball on Prnceton's 30-yard line, Franci,
| leaplng on him like greyhound. On the next
| play Hutchinson mbled the snap back. bu,
| recovered tho ball right out OF tho clutches O,
Brown, who was through and on top OF him In
| q lily. Reiter tried Stillman and made two
yards. Then Wheeler punted. IL was an In.
| ferior kick. for Sharpe caught the oval In the
J centre OF the field.
Yale began an attack that did not last min
ute. for Sharpe on the first plunge into the line
| dropped the ball. Palmer was awake and fell
smashed into Olcott and was beaten or Then
he tried Francis for two and It was the third
down with three yards to gain. On don BILE
pass Hutchinson was superbly tackled By
snitEer and carried back single handed for a
loss OF ten yards. II was Yale's ball on
downs because OF this retreat and Sharpe
dashed on to the Princeton's 40-yard line.
Keane made two through Hillebrand, but Il
was hard WORK. and when Mcbride was forced
TO loose yard In two successive tries the ball
went to the Tigers on downs.
Then tho Princeton backs once more
discovered that Yaes line was power
ful enough to stop centre plays and
Wheeler puntei while he was on his own
5O-yard line. Sharpe. after catching tho ball,
was downed 80 quickly by the Tiger ends on
Yaes 2O-yard line that the crowd laughed
But Yale was ofTside when this play wa,
begun and the ball was called back. tho Blue
being penalized ten yards. The teams were
lined up on iale's 50-yard mark at this stage
and the Tigers began an attack that proved To
be Irresistible.
McCord lowered his head and bowled Francis
over for four Then he got one through Brown
and Hale who were proving strong in dsfenoe
Wheeler followed with a mighty smash be-
tween Olcott and Stillman for total o., six
yards and the two factions In the stands were
yelling like Comanches. Suddenly there was
an uprising on tho Princeton side OF the field
for Reiter. his face and head encased In a
black helmet. took tho hall and dashed
or toward Yass right end. Ahead OF
him ran a wall OF interfrrers who COM
!etely blocked otf Yalc's tackItr.. including the
backs. As Reiter raced along past each five
yarl mark. and 1t was seen that he was almost
to have clear run to tho goal line, the Yale
men cried out in alarm while the Princeton
shouters were blazing with excitement
Mcbride managed to get past an interferer, but
he was too late and missed Reter's waist by q
foot in a headlong flying tackle
HALE's surURB TACKLE.
Ten yards from tho goal limo It looked like
sure touch lown for Princeton. But ike n
Jumpingjack Hale bobbed up from somowhsr,
and dashed a. Rclter full tilt. He got on hand
on his arm and although the flying Tiger lid
his best 10 shake HIM OF II was of no use.
Hale hung on like grim death and Relter was
finally dragged to earth one yard from the goal
line. mighty cheer greeted this splendId
tackle and run and the Princeton shouters
were sight TO behold. They were screaming
aud singing until the Princeton players asked
them to please keep quiet moment. But
such thing was OUT OF the question.
The Tigers lined up and the Yale men vera
ready for the same kind Of n brace that baked
Harvard on tho three-yari line week ago.
McCord hit the centre with the other backs
pushing him ami big Edwards dragging him
forward by the collar. He met a fierce re-
sistance and when he was buried under tho
two teams he was Just one foot from the line
Refers turn was futile and the Yale crowd
began to yell encouragement. 1t was the third
down and IL was Necessary to cross tho GOAL
line or lose the ball on downs, Reiter had been