New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-02
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was used again for short, gains that got
the ball 10 the 7-yard line. Here Princeton held
like rock for three downs. and Cornelrs only
good chance to score was gone.
The giant De Witt promptly punted sixty
cla yards, and as Hunt fumbled the 'twiSter"
and Captain Davis fell on the leather. il was as
good a 6ab-yard by Princeton back
After exchange OF punts. by which the
Tigers gained slightly. Princeton took the ball
and Hart, Foulke and McClave rushed II stead
ly down the field TO Corne-ls 5-yard line. MOST
OF the gains were made around Cornell's right
end or between Tydeman and Smith: The at
tack consistently avoided Warmers side of the
line, with two disastrous exceptions
when the Cornell captain stopped the runners
with a loss. McClaVe hurdled the Cornell hne
in most spectacular fashion for a gain
of Eve yards his fellow backs Selling him as he
jumped and hurting him over the heads of the
opposing line.
Then came the play by which Princeton
mark, the Ithacans braced and held 10 the
third down Then Dewitt fell back and thou
sands held their breath for they knew IL was
TO be a try for a goal from the field Few eA-
pected success. for the angle was difficult one,
yet the ball flew straight and true, ana When
the Princeton subs began to dance for JOY
on the side lines the friends of the Tigers knew
that they had scored. and there was hVe MN
utes or so Of frantic cheering.
After the elevens had changed goals PEARSON
fumbled Brewster's kickoff. and II was cor
nel's ball once more. Then came mistake IN
signals. so that there was NOBODY 10 Iahe ti.t
ball from Brewster. and that little error COST
Cornell! eight yards A try for goal from the
3I-yard line then followed. 1t failed. because
the iTrepreSsible De Witt crashed through ana
blocked the kick. Warner got square an in
slant later for when De Witt tried 10 punt the
Cornell captain was upon him. and the blocked
ball rolled off for Purcell to fall on.
After an exchange of punts De Witt was just
in the act OF kicking when a Cornell man was
ofs:de. and that cost the lthacans ten yards
and De Witt had a chance to kick again when
the half ended with the ball in Cornell's pos
session in the middle of the field.
The second half opened with perfect fusil-
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nothing else for a time. despite the fact that
she constantly lost ground at that kind of
game. Brewster struggled manfuny, but his
distance and his accuracy steadily decreased
while the invincible De Witt continued TO pro-
duce 90 and 80 yard boots with discouragiAg
regularity. Warner and De Witt figured most
conspicuously in the running game shat fol
lowed. for the Princeton guard ran thirty yards
on a double pass and the Cornell captain got
up under 40-yard punt and dropped Prince
ton back the instant he caught the ball When
the pigskin at last touched the earth on Cor
neIl's 17-yard line directly in front of her goal
De Witt again fell back for a goal from the
field. II was an easier angle than the hTst,
but ne missed il for all that, and Brewster
kicked from the 25-yard line to Princeton's 40
yard mark Warner again squelched an attempt
at running with the leather. and there was m re
punting which De Witt so prohted by lnat
Princeton soon had the ball only thirty-hve
yards away from Cornells goal AS il was an
ca ~ angle Captain Davis ordered another try
for goal. and this time the big guard lifted the
ball straight between the goal posts, and the
score was 10 TO o.
rallied his men about him and they played the
fastest football of the game Seeing that they
could not hope TO score by puntDg they aban-
doned II altogether and gave exhibition of
rapid steady, clocklike formations worth going
a long distance to see. Had they adopted this
policy at the outset of the game and followed
IL steadily, there would probably have been
another story TO tell when the darkness fell upon
Princeton. AS il was the Ithacans outpayed
Princeton 80 per cent in the last ten minutes
of the game. Time after time the Cornell backs,
with Warner breaking way for them. ripped up
the Tigers line for FIVE, six and seven yard
gains. Then Princeton held and Dewitt re-
turned Brewster's punt At the forty-hve yard
line Coffin tried a place kick but it failed and
Dewitt took to puntng again. following this up
with try for forty-seven yard place kick for
goal that only just failed After that came the
play in which Dewitt punted and got up the
field in time TO tackle the man who caught his
punt Cornell had now practically given up
l.ope of scoring and the game ended with
few desultory exchanges of kicks. like an artil-
lery battle dying away with a few sporadic shots.
II is more than doubtful If Princeton could
have won without Dewitt just West Point
would probably have been beaten last year by
Annapolis but for DAILY. Henry did not play.
as IL was feared that he was bit stale and it is
desired to have aim in first class condition for
the Yale game.