The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
His Superb Field Goal Turns
Defeat Into Victory.
ONLY so SECONDS TO PLAY.
Yale's Co!ors Lowered by a Sen.
sational Drop Kick.

Twenty Thouaand Persons witness q Re-
msrkabi. Football Game at Now Haven
In which Yale Displays Fine Gsnsrsl-
ship but 10 Outpisysd by Prinoeton-Ths
Blues In the Better Physical Condition
and tho Tigers Are Badly Used Up To-
ward the Close of the Game-sharpe's
Field Goal From the <5-Yard Line in tho
First Half IL Ono OF tho Best Ever Seen
and Enables Yale to Begin tho Second
Half with the Score 10 to o In Her Pa
vor-But Poo's Unexpected Play JUST
Before the Gnuo Ends Upsets All Cal.
cuiations and the Tigers win BIZ N scor.
of II to io-very Little Betting Done.
New HAVEN. Nov. 25.-with about nifty sec.
onds to play. the score 10 to 9 In Yal-'s favor
and the Princeton eleven apparently horelessly
beaten and made IN chiefly Of substitutes,
Arthur Poe immortaliEed himself thi. after
noon BY kicking superb goal from the 81
yard line. which won one OF the most sensa-
tional games on record for the colors OF old
Nassau. II was Arthur Poe who. by his phe-
nomenal run almost the length ~ the gridiron
on Brokaw Field last year, defeated Yale, and
1t was again his good fortune to carry of menu
orable honors to-day. landing his team a vim
ner by the score OF IL TO TO-
Poe's unexpected drop kick came at a time
when the Orange and Black flags were hang
Ing limp aud the hearts OF the Princeton root
ers were as heavy as lead. II was such msr.
nihcient achievement that a. the ball sailed
over the goal posts as straight as II 1t had beeu
hrei out OF a riaed cannon the crowd for IN,
moment was dazed. Then o scene followed
that has seldom be n witnessed on football
Held. The thousands OF Princetonians. men
and women. leaped onto the Geld and Poe was
Rugged and kissed until he was almost
smothered. The battered Princeton regulars
who had left the field Il few moments before
crying and lighting with the coaches who had
kindly urged them to give wsy to fresher men
forgot their bruises and leaped into the air for
Joy. The thousands OF Yale flags that mad been
Tutoring with increasing holiness az the
game drew to close were lost sight OF In the
whirlpool OF humanity that swept down from
the lofty stands and engulfed the victorious
sleven. All the way In from the scene OF this
wonderful encounter II was an inces.art
Princeton celebration and even Yale men In
some instances Joined In the praise bestowed
upon Poe and his mover. say-die companions
Strange TO say. while Poe's field goal won thu
game. II was superb drop kick by Albert
Sharpe. Yales half back. In the first half. that
made Princeton's chances for victory look slim.
From the 45-yard line Sharpe kicked one OF
the finest goals ever seen BY veteran critics. at
time when Princeton had a six to Ave adj
vantage. That made the score 10 to 8 and it
hung there In tho balance until Poe's toe did
the work Had Brown kicked q goal from Nc
Brides touchdown. which was due to blocked
kick. the nnal score would have been tie IL
to IL. Browns attempt at goal trial was from
difficult angle and his failure was excusabl
Princeton's first six points were the result OF
q touchdown by Reiter inside OF twelve min
~ asn nj NAV whinh hi
easy goal.
YALE oUTPLAYEp IN BOTH HALVES.
In straiRhtaway hard football. Yale was out
played In both halves. The Princeton backs
gained plenty OF ground and II was only FUN
bling and remarkable defensive tactics on tho
part OF the Blue that prevented more than one
touchdown Yaie's ends were so vulnerable
that the Princeton backs found their best
gains were to be made around them. But the
wonderful tacklinR OF the Yale backs. partic-
ularly Mcbride. cut short many advances Of
this sort
Yale's Judgment and generalshlp wers
superb. The same tactics were used as in the
Harvard game. PrincetoR's defence was fully
as strong as Harvards and because Of this fact
the Yale backs made comparatively NAL gains.
The Tigers had tho ball in the Blues terri
tory a greater part OF the time. especially In
the second half. while on the other hand Yale
never put the Princeton men on their hardest
defence except once. and then the New Haven
eleven lost the hall on downs when within
striking distance OF the goal line.
II was In physical condition. however. that
Yale exceled and was therefore enabled to
make such a great fight. But two changes
were made In the Yale lineup. whereas tho
Tigers were cut to pieces In the latter part OF
the second half. 30 fierce was the play that one
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