New-York tribune., 1900-11-18
YALETROUNCES THETIGERS
COMPLETELY OvERWHELMS PRINCE
TON BY THE SCORE OF % TO 5.
IT WAS SIMPLY CASE OF RUNNING Up
AND DOWN THE FIELD-HALES
GREAT WORK

score that the Blue has rolled up against a
Princeton football team since 1890 The final
score was 20 TO ). and Yale's ability TO make
touchdowns seemed 10 be limited only by dark
ness and time.
The result of the game is a bitter disappoint-
nent 10 Princeton. as she had fondly hoped that
the work Of the last two weeks had brought the
eleven up to formidable condition. But il was
soon apparent that the earlier reverses OF the
year were only a fair indication Of the Tiger
team for the season of 1900 for at not single
point in the game did the Jerseymen show any
improvement over their play against Columbia.
In fact. II was not simply defeat to-day. 1t
was an utter rout. Tale simply played havoc
with the Orange and Black line-broke it.
crushed il, buried it. and finally reduced II TO
such mass that il fell to pieces at the slightest
shock from the heavy Blue runners. Yale's vic
tory. which was won in impressive style, should
not be deprecated. but at the same time Prince
toms weakness was even more conspicuous than
YaIe's strength.
WEAK AT ATTACK AND DEFENCE.
Although the Tigers managed 10 score once, a
q goal from the field there was no period IN the
struggle at which they showed steady or con-
sistent work. Here are a few striking facts
that may emphasize this: Princeton only once
through the entire game gained her five-yard dis
tance by rushing except for a single dash around
right end for fifteen yards, which McClave made
late in the contest Neither by line bucking nor
by end circling, neither by tandem play nor
guards back. could the Tigers gain inch.
There vas. IN fact substance whatsoever TO
their attack. They had nc attack They had
few men running around in circles but nothing
that could be called interference. They
thus utterly weak on the offensive. but on the
defensive they were even worse. They failed 10
hold Yale for four downs a single time, and
there point in their line that not
perfectly vulnerable. 1t seemed to make little
difference who carried the ball for Yale; he had
trouble in making his distance almost every
time, and II seemed to take a half dozen Tigers
70 pull down one Yale rusher.
PRINCETON's LOYAL DEMONSTRATION.
Such a wofuI defeat may well dismay Prince
ton men, but after all. IL was so complete, with
no chance Of escape, that the Orange and Black
men seemed 10 be taking il more philosophically
than they would if YaIes score had been much
smaller. They recognize simply that the Prince
ton eleven Of 1900 is a poor team-one of the
kind that bound TO happen every few years
al all the big colleges-and there is therefore
Of mourning the inevitable. That
the undergraduates attribute their defeat to no
lack Of spirit the part of the eleven was
shown by the magnificent way il which they
cheered the weary players up the bitter end,
and then when the struggle was all over, broke
out again into cheering brave and loud as If
they had been victors. II splendidly loyal
demonstration on the part Of the undergradu-
ates. and just the sort OF thing that the
football men will remember and make good
when they gird up their loins for another sea-
sons work.
SOME OF YALE's GREAT PLAYS.
Yale really had chance TO show her mettle
against strong and formidable foe, but even
as il was she had opportunity enough to send
cold shivers chasing up and down the spnes
Of the Harvard men VINO were there to get
points on the play. Three members of the Har-
ward eleven. Lee and Barnard. guards, and Law
renee. tackle, We're on the side lines. as well as
Head Coach DibbIe of Harvard. and Cameron
Forbes. They all saw sights that are likely to
haunt their dreams unpleasantly from now until
the battle hour at New-Hayen next Saturday
Here are some OF the things that those Harvard
players and the thirteen thousand or more other
spectators witnessed: They saw. in the first
place, a team OF Yale giants. And these giants
were not slow sluggish and slothful as they
appeared in the game against Columbia. but
they were keen, MIN ble-footed and quick as a
fash They saw. secondly. Yale play tre-
nendously fast and snappy game 1t was not
simply that the individual players were fast
but the whole play moved off like a machine at
fuIl speed. The quarterback pulled the throttle
and the whole train started off at the rate of an
Empire State Express. That was the feature
that was most pleasing 10 the New-Haven
coaches. Another disturbing revelation which
was unfoloed 20 the gaze Of the Harvard on
lockers were some new and Irresistible forrna-
tions which Yale worked constantly They NAV
not prove invincible against Harvard but they
certainly looked as II nothing could touch them
One OF these was the tackles back" formation
which was sent crashing through Princetons
left wing all through the first half and which
knocked the other side of the line to snithereens
In the second half This formation took the
shape sometimes Of a powerful tandem at
others Of q revolving wedge which unrolled five
good yards at clip, and like clockwork Yale
tried little end running, contenting herself with
those steady onslaughts the Tiger rushers
which were so constant and so heavy that thew
finally reduced the Orange and Black line 70
about the yellowest thing at football ever seen
at Princeton.
WORK OF YALE'S STARS
Yale OF course. did not play a perfect game
but any game that is good enough TO roll up five
touchdowns against Princeton eleven is bound
to look about right But the players in Blue
for instance, did good deal more fumblins
than was on The schedule Wear in the back
field. in the early part Of the game made three
fumbles in rapid succession. and one Of then
gave Princeton her only chance to score. Their
another time Yale dropped the ball after work
ing IL up the field, and lost a sure chance tc
score again. Another point about Yale's play
which was not commendable was her too great
reliance on four great players that stand out
in the eleven-Hale. the fuIlback; Brown, lef,
guard and captain. and both tackles, stillmar
and Boomer. It seemed as If these men did
Just about nine-tenths OF the work of the whole