The Portland daily press., 1899-11-27
TIGERS WON.
II was Blue Day for the SON. of old
Yale.


New Haven, Conn.,, November 25.-
Just enc short minute tef3re the oloss Of
ons Of the greatest football contests ever
played between Pri1ceton and Yale. lit.
tie Arthur Poe, Princeton's right end, q
member Of tho famous Poe family,
dropped beautiful goal from the field
and wen the game for the Tigers BY the
narrow margin of Il TO 10. An the mere
remarkable is the fact thai Poe never be.
fore. In practice or q game. attempted
to kick n goal from the field. 10 say
that Yale was surprised. dumb-foundsd
and chagrined by that kick, 10 TO put II
very mildly, for up TO that time, the
Blue was seemingly sure winner.
Princeton had indeed scored previously,
after IL minutes Of play. mainly through
a grand 3!-yard run by Better, who oar
ried the bail nearly to the Yale goal
where, after brave battle by Yale, 10
was pushed over for touchdown. Fortu-
nately for Princeton, the goal was kicked
and six points scored, for ten minutes
after Yale had pushed the Tigers back to
their goal, through MoBride's great punt
ing, and o blocked kick gave Yale a touch
down.
Although Browns lightning work in
getting through the line was responsi-
BILE for the block. his failure OF the goal
INN sdiately After still gave Princston
the lead, sig to five.
The Tigers felt fairly-eafy with this
small margin until i've minutes later,
when Sharp Ysle's baIfback. brought
the entire blue crowd to their feet, ty
one of the NEST spectacular goals every
K cked on football field, sending the
ball between the Princeton goal posts.
from back Of the 45 yard line.
With the score ten to six in her favor.
Yale played tire second half almost en-
tirely on tn, defensive. the line standing
up erandIy against the fierce onslaughts
of the Tigers.
The rlay was almost entirely In Yale's
territory in this half, although Princeton
neVer was able to get 10 beyond her oppo-
nsnt'sf 3 ysrd lins. 1t was little won.
der, therefore, that Poe's kick, which
will probably live forever In Prinoston's
football Annals, coming when the entire
crown nhu hituDSt kiNtu UP uOptt,
should have electrified the Orange and
Black cohorts to suoh q degrees that they
went fairly crazy with joy. And this
pent-up enthusiasm burst forth with
renewed energy 60 secones later when the
referees whistle ended the battle in one
of tho greatest demonir atoms ever seen
on Yale teld. The Princeton rooters were
comparatively few In numbers, but as
they charged over the fence surrounding
the gridiron and sprged onto the field.
the exultant sounds they sant ssyward
would have done credit to n mighty host,
1t was smineptly kicking game, and
the kicking won, although o strong
breeze which blew almost directly down
the field did great things for 1sis In the
first half, and really initiated against
Princeton In the second for Mheeler
long pants ware carried over Yale's goal
line, which gave the Blue q mum Der OF
free returns. Mcbride was easily the
star puntsr, sending the ball with Q
steady, sure aim, to ju.t the right spots
Wheeler, ON the other hand, while kiok-
ing almost as strong ~ his rival, ussd
rather poor Judgment and was uoforsu-
nsts enough to have one Of his points
blocked, allowing Yale to score.
but while the punting was sxcellent on
both sides, the two nsld goals were the
sensation OF this (. AFTERNOON and msde
the contest memorable In the history Of
the game.
Seldom Is football match won and
lost through field goals and, In addition.
to have this deciding one kicked with
so small = margin Of time, was fairly
thrilling. Wills the odds were plainly
In Yale's favor In the punting DEPART
mxnt, the Princeton forwards and run
ming bsoks proved much the stronger
especially In the hrst half Mo Cord
seemed to hNvs no difficulty In getting
through any part Il the Yale line, Wills
Rsiter's numerous cantsSs around the
ends, the right one especially. were the
features Of the running game.
Snitjsr, Yale's rixht-end, found him
self pocksted time and again by Prince
tons Interference aud his inability to
nail his man was Responsible Tor Heiter' s
long run. and the subsequent touchdown.
Ytls's line stiffened materially In the
second half. and Gould IN taking Snitjer's
place, stopred many OF tbs and runs.
This was all the more oommendabls
when 10 Is realized that while almost the
entire Princeton team was changed be-
fore the game was finished, the fresh men
could make but little impression on the
Yale line. Beth teams played straight
football throughout, few trick plays be-
ing tried from start to finish. There
were no fake kicks, guardsback or quar-
tt rbauk kicks. Ii was plungIng at the
line, runs or round the ends with well
started interference. and both teams
showed marvellous speed In getting the
play under way.
Princeton, II anything, excelled In
starting ner backs into the play. but the
speed shown In the first half was lack
ing IN the second. The Princeton defense
was, however, the feature of her game.
Except when driven back TO her goal
line by MoBride's long punts. the ball
was almost always in her opponents ter
ritory and practically entirely go In ths
second half Of the game.
Five times Prinoston held Yale on
downs and secured the ball, while her
forwards burst through the blue line a
number of times nn1 threw the Yale
backs hive and tsn-yard Losses. Edwards,
Prinoeton's big guard and captain OF the
victorious team, played brilliantly in
this respect, getting through his OPP
ponent Gordon Brown, with GREATEST
east and tsokling fercely. In fact, sll
the Princeton team seemed to have M :
CURED the act of not only mailing their
men. but of throwing them back two
or three yards.
The TACKLES on both sides played fierce
ly, but Hillebrsnd WAS forced to quit the
game and PelI was badly used up. willis
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