The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-16
THE TIGERS ARE BEATEN.
Sons of Old Eli are Victorious at
Princeton.

Princeton, Nov. 15.-Yale defeated
Princeton in the annual football game
70 to 5. All the scoring was done in the
first half. Yale twice placed the pali
over Princeton's goal and Dewitt lot
Princeton dropped beautiful held goai
from Yales forty-fve yard line. IL was
an inglorious ending for an otherwise
brilliant season. .
Princeton was really outclassed at all
points of the game except in the kick
ing department. Here Dewitt easily held
the honors. But his beautiful punting
was minimized by the very clever work
of the Yale back held. No matter who
caught Dewitt's skyscrapng spirals,
whether it was Chadwick, Bowman or
Metcalf, the ball was invariably brought
back from ten to tenty yards.
The game was one Of the fiercest ever
witnessed on football gridiron. yet it
was free from unnecessary roughness.
Yale men tackled hercely and threw
themselves daringly under Princeton's at
tempted mass plays. When the Princeton
line men went low, the Yale men would
iump over, and when they stood up Yale
would brush them aside. Princeton
holding ability was seldom manifest.
Early in the second half Yale secured
the ball on her fifty yard line and by
hard straight football carried 1t to with
in two feet of Princeton's goal. Here
Princeton held Ike a rock and Yale lost
what looked like sure touchdown. On
two other occasions Yale had the ball
within striking distance of Princeton's
goal Once she lost it for holding, and
again on a tumble. Princeton did not
seem to be at her best, while the Yale
team played the game of its life. During
the entire first half Princeton gained but
seven yards, kicks excepted. Time and
again Yale's heavy forwards would bend
Prncetons line back before the play was
started and several times Glass broke
through Dewitt's Prlncetons star guard
and tackled the Princeton runner back
of the line. Yale depended almost en-
tirely on line plunges.
Captain Chadwick played remarkable
game scoring both touchdowns after
sensational runs of fifty yards each.
At the kicking Dewitt'S work was little
short of marvellous. He was always hur-
ried by the Yale forwards, but his punts
averaged fifty yards. Princeton was la
mentally weak in the back field and not
until the close of the "econd half. when
almost an entire new set of men had
been put behind the line, did Princeton
show any aggressive line bucking.
vale was pcnalized hve times during the
game. three times for holding and twice
for off side. while Princeton was penal
lied only twice, both times for off side:
The fumbllng Of the two teams was about
equal.
Both elevens played straight football
with the exception of a few fake kicks,
on one of which Dewitt gained five yards
for Princeton and on another Bowman
went through Princeton's center for ten
yards. Aside from these there was no
ground gained on dukes.
The largest crowd that ever witnessed
football contest in TINS city sathered on
old Nassau Field today. AS early as II
o'clock the crowd began moving toward
the grounds and long before the two
teams appeared on the gridiron standing
room was at a premium, 1t is estimated
that about 1900 persons were within the
ha aronltheatre. The huge stands pre-
scented a beautiful scene with the thou
sands of orange and black flags and
rosettes and blue flags and steamers.
1t was 2 O'Clock when Yale came out