The San Francisco call., 1899-11-26

ton and Yale. little Arthur Poe.
Princeton's right end. q member OF the
famous Poe family. dropped a beautiful
goal from the nold and won the game for
the Tigers 10y the narrow margin OF II 10
TO- AL the more remarkable Is the fact
that Poe never before IN practice or in
game attempted 10 kick a goal from
The field.
aay t4.a1 f8ig was surprised, dunn
founded and chagr1ned by that kick Is
10 put IL very mildly. Tor up 70 that time
the Blue was seemingly u sure winner.
Princeton had scored previously, after
twelve minutes OF play. mainly through
= grand thirty-two yard run By Reiter.
who carried the BAH nearly 10 the Yale
goal line, wheEe. after a brave battle by
Yale, IL was pushed over for touch
down. Fortunately for Princeton. the
goal was Kicked and six points scored,
Tor ten minutes later Yale had pushed
the Tigers back 10 their goa. through
McBrices great punuLg. and d block KICK
save Yale touchdown Although
Browns lightning work n setung
through the line was responsible Tor the
blocked kick the failure Ot me goal i'm
meolately after stlA gave Princeton The
lead, 10 s.
The Tigers felt fairly easy with this
small margin until i've minutes later,
when Sharpe, Gsle's halIbacK, brought
x Tie ulOsI spectacular SoaIs ever kio44ed
- football nGlG, sen1lnG lav Dali De-
tween The Princeton goa posts from DdCh
u Tie rorty -lTs-yaFo line -,
h3Lh the score ~ ~ "a ner thNof, ale
played LAG second Aai almost enilrsly
"a the cefenslNe. ner line Elano4As ~
EranaIy against Tie Ons4sUgnls u The
41gers.
! ae play WAS almost entirely N Hs4e's
territory "a inns nS4t. a-tAO Aen Princeton
never wa able - gst ths DSli Beg @ond LEI
HAIaH aHHaHHIH THHsHHH Huah al 1
lie wonder, therefore, LlAt fce hlch.
which WILL probably I've forever IL Prince
IONS football annals, coming when the
entire Tiger crowd had almost gwen ~
nope. should have electg1ned Tie Prince
Ton cohorts 10 such q degree tAat The!
went fairly crazy wlth JOY. and this
pent-up enthusiasm burst forth with re-
slewed energy sixty seconds lsIer, when
The referees whistle ended the oalue IL
one oI the greatest demons lrat9Rs ever
seen on the fa-e uelo. The Princeton
rOoters were comparatively lew II mum
bcrs, but Is they charged over tie fence
surrounded the gT1Glro0 ana surged on
10 the neld the volume OF eAultant sound
sent skywarG would have done credit 10
a mighty h0eL
IL Mas emiusntly a kicking game Rno
The kicking Won. although a strong breeze
which bleM almost directly down The neld
uld great tAlgs Tor Yale IA the nrst half
and really minated against Princeton IN
The second, Tor Wheeler long punts were
carried over Nales gOal line, which gave
The blue number OI tree yards.
r
sending the ball with q steady, sure act
10 just the right spOts. Wheeler. on the
usner hanQ, while kicking almost as
strong as his rival, USED poor judgment
and was unfortunate enough 10 nave one
ot his punts blocked, allowing lale 10
score.
But while the punting was excellent on
both sides. The lWO Held goals were The
sensations Ot the afternoon. When the
odds were plainly IL Aa-es Favor IN the
5'lnung department the Princeton for
TIE stronger, especially IN the nrst halt.
McCOro seemed 70 have no uifpculty in
Ettung through amy part OF the Yale line.
while he4tef numerous canteTs around
The ends, the right une especially, were
ihe features ot the running game.
snitjer. 1ale's right emo. found himself
gOlktted time ana again by Princeton =
interference, and his inability 10 nail his
man Was responsible Tor Refers long
Jun and The subsequent touchdown.
Aale me suucncd materially IL the
second ha4t. and Gould, taking SnitjeT's
place, stopped many ot the END runs. This
was all the more cOmmendable when IL
s. realized that while almost. the entire
Princeton team was changed before The
game was finished the fresh men could
line.
Both teams played straight football
THROUGHOUT, Few Trick plays being tried
There were nO fake kicks, guardsback or
quarterback kicks. IL was pluuging al
the Inc. runs around the ends with a well
started interference, and both teams
showed marvellous speed IN getting the
Princeton, II anything. exceiled in start
Ing her backs into the play, but the speed
shown in she nrst half was lacking IN the
second. The Princeton defense. however
Vas the feature OF her game. Except
when driven back 10 her goal line by Nc
Broe long punts the ball was almost
always ia her opponents territory, ana
especially 20 IN the second half OF the
game.
Five times Princeton held Yale on
downs and secured the ball, while her
forwards burst through the blue line
numoer OF pmes ana threw the Yale
backs Tor i've and ten yard losses
EDWARDS, PrlncetOn's big guard and can
tain or he victorious team. PLAYED bril-
liantly In this respect. getting through
his opponent, Gordon Brown. with the
greatest ease and tackling nercely. In fact
ali the Princeton team seemed 10 have
acquired me act OF not only mailing their
men, but OF throwing them back Two or
three yards The tackles on both sides
played nercely. but Hilebrand was forced
10 quit he game and pell was badly
used up, while the Yale tackles Stillrnan
ana FRANCIS, were quite fresh at the end
The fleet Princeton ends were much
TOO speedy Tor their Yale opponents. and
Poes work from start 10 finish puts him
at the head OF the ends Of the country
hls partner, ltalmer, was not far be-
hind, and the brilliant work OF the pair
81 getting down the field, as well as break-
ing up the Yale interference, was highly
sensational
There was some fumbling and three
times McBridet In bucking the line.
dropped The ball and a nun by Hutcl,in
son, Princeton's Quarterback. gave YaIe
Der chance 10 kick her goal from the
field.
The teams lined up es follows:
Yale Position Princeton
frHncis ........----ieft Pei
Brown ..---....---..left guard Craig Mills