The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
TWO FIELD GOALS BY DEWITT.
PRINCETON BEATS CORNELL ny
SCORE or 10 TO %.
Tigers Big Guard Pretty Much the whole
Thing for Old Nassau-NO Touch.
downs In the Game-Ithacaps Lose
HAN on Downs Close TO Opponents Line

PRINCETON. Nov. l.--frinCeton beat Cor
nell this afternoon by two field go1l-io 10
and both were kicked by Dewitt. the hig
guard Dewitt i, not the entire Princeton
team. hut lac was in solne respects big Part
OF II this afternoon and the Orange and Black
has to thank him for the victory. He put
up a gilt-cdgrd article OF football from start
To finish on the defensive he was ~ solid
a. a rock: on the attack he played Corners
giant captain to StandStill; in punting he
outdstanced Brewster in almost every ey.
change and all the time he stuck to the ball
like a beech once getting down the field on
his own kick after Il had been partially blocked
catching the leather and runniny twenty
yards before he was downed Princeton
supporters take their hats on to Dewitt.
Yet the Tigers won on their merits Cor
nell was completely outplayed Even the
most enthusiastic Ithaca rooter il willing TO
admit that
The figures of ground gained furnish proof
Of Priucoton's SUPER GRITTY IT. the first half
the 1ig'rS rushed tie ball in tcrlinnaCe
work llon" lol yards as compared with Cor
nclls iorty-four yards. making frat down
eight times 10 the lthacans' six, Princeton
in the first half kicked seven times for a total
OF 800 yards Cornell puntcd FIVE times with
an aggregate Of ls5 yards. In the second
half also the Tigers eNccll"d both In rushing
and kicking, gaining their first down nine
carrying the leather nincty-fye yards in
line puuCinc. more than twice the distance
Cornell gained. Cornell in the first half also
took a chance at field coal from placement
AZ the 3j-yard mark. but Brevst"r's attempt
was blocked This was one OF two chances
which the lthUctns had to score. TIE otler
was in the first hai,too, and II was Of SO serious
a nature than Prlncotons supporters were
really scared TIE attack began on Prince
tons 5'-yHrd line. alter cornell had aiken tie
leather on downs. Purcell Hunt and
Warner plugged their way down TO Prince
tons ?0-y1rd line. then tho Igct. began TO
their all on Warner. vice he took TIE ball
and plunged through the loft side of Nus
sam's line for gains which brought TIE play
70 PrlnCcton's s-yardn.. TIE ligcrs masscd
in fine slyl" and Cornell had to surrender the
ball. Princeton lost n fp" opIoTtu nity TO
score in the itrst half when Foulko carried tie
bali MY yards 20 the 5-yrrd mark. some
Orange and Black player WAS cs.uRnt holding
IN the next sCrimmogc and cornell took the
ball TIE deierc OF bot teulus WIS strong.
. Cornell. left tackl" was big factor in tho
through the Tigers line time and again and
-ma- ed ~" Interference. Br"wStor's roken
n"ld running MAS hrs' ciiss ailousn be a Often
Of the iueNp"ri"uCo of Brown, Princeton
ncut end. Capt. DAVIS; playing also was
not so brilliant aS It l. ordinarily. Princeton
depended for her gains largely on end runs
and quick openings past centre.
II was aluost 3 O'Clock wien Dewitt kicked
on TO Purcell on tie 2i-yard line. brewster
immediately returned ~" punt to the centre
of TIE nold, Then ~" Tigers took Glance
turned the west stand upside down win
excitement for Fouike, behind superb inter-
ference. sped like hg.tn!ng over TIE chalk
marks TO, the 5-yart line., where Brewster
forced hhu ont Of bounds \ Princeton
player was cauglt holding and u" ,orii'I
domonStrlo nHa BreTl,rP dd not Rav" 'my
time IN kicking ont, and the FirCrs began
! v"lr gtHCN again on tie visitors to-yari
Yards. tncn Cornell braccd ana Dewitt tried
a field goal from T." 3n-Eard ln". lie missed.
brewster Kicked ont 70 ne c"pir" Of tle nrid
S0-yard mark. several exchanges of puu's |
followed. and the Tigers got the Leather on |
Cornell's l5-yard line ON tumble, Hart, |
Fonlke and K Mctlave were sent against |
IN" lth1cans' line, but Il Wa firm, and Dewitt |
booted g." bail 20 Cornclls 3-rqrd mark
Brewster returned II on the next lineup to |
his 35-vard line princeton got i've yards
for on side play and foulkc gathered in four
changed hands Prrvs'or's Kick went out
of bounds AT pruc'ton'- iu-yUrd line. r. |
McClpve iumbl"d and Conin fell on the
10 10 this time Coru.ll lad boon LAYING
low and tie Rcd and Wit" Mct"r. BEGAN
Yards and Hgn, nude 1t INST down Purcell
added five wards morc and t''u clipped on
i,it'on past : orti Irih..ton's lcii tnck".
cries of Hold, Old. and g." II aruts called
on their. captain to advance the oval lie
JlU,1E "a no IlEt M 'l~t-tllr~ = We "a Inc
G-vprl Inc. hut then tio Orarrn and Blncl,
met rl- Eek hard and cornell had TO hand |
oy.r tie h,l Dewitt kicked to ne middle
was on TOP OF the lcatl,r like nash Foulkc
fail 1t to gain and Dewitt kicked ia Cor
rrli's 5-yard in".. Brewster returned TIE
x NCC1vo. on tHo plum c's, mad" TIE ncc's-
sary tlyc yards. lollkc gtt''r"d in FIVE
for three more urd H. M.Chvc hurdlcd tic
centre for seven yards. Cornell was i's ting
d"sncrately, but on a." nrNl sgr.mmasr
got nv" yrd- more
Foulkc and Hart advanced t'c ball to the
Princeton backs Tad gone in taiyo without
gain. kicted hts ir;t go9l from the neid,
man covered 1t on the Tigers seward line.
Coain clipped M four wards around Dalis's
yi.it6rs' signals Yer" conf '-od, and Brewster
tried q field goal from la'eWcut ~ tie 30
yard line. short blocked and fei! on I ne ball,
blocked. and i was ,Corucll'- bali IN Prince
tom so-yard line, Princeton lcld stanchly
line, aud there an unusual thing harroncd,
for Umpire Ia ,lcll, after awarding TIE
ltlaian, ten y%ld- tar N,idG pay ip,rg,er,od
I I"s i'T2'Gd SSa G c' OF E h HtSi 'ha
and na-hloIl a,kno wl. d Z d his ni-take. hi?
1. aid To be tho ir-t time he ha- ever reVerS,
de. sion in a big IA me-.
Rrew-tcr kicked of in the second half |
over tho goal Inc. Dewitt returned the
ban 10 the centre OF ~" glidiron. Princeton
rene wed tho attack on IN" 35-ynrd line, then
Dewitt got around faIkiu on a fake Kick
for thirty wards. : MctHvc was sent ont
in place o. Mart He put new life into the
Tigers hqckfold and the leather was rushed
to Corucll- coward lire whore Dewitt tried |
for coI from the field, which hc missed,
Dewitt and Brewster kicked several times |
md the Tigers settled down TO rushing
m me again when they cot the ball on torncll-
H5-vnrd Inc. = Mctlnyc made seven yards
around loft end ard Fouke added two more.
Then Cornell stcadicd down and Dewitt
scored lis second field goal from the 35-yard
line.
m of both toams After tive Tigers scored
their second goal the Gume devclorcd largely
into tiiniinC contest IN which Dewitt had
tho het'cr Of the ar ~uWont. \ few minutes
bc fore ino was called. N"'tcrloin made a free
catch on the lizard line but pcvtt'~ kick
fell short when the wn-tl" sounded for the
last tin,o. dnrln"-- was tullny over he field |
\ and I. was almost irro~S hlc 10 dist 'ncllish |
ono Waiver from nno'hor hut the Princeton
stands cmr'icd themselves Quickly Of tho |
cheering UNDERGRADUATES who Jumped over |
tho fcrco md surrounded the victorious |
eleven In tho mo0ntinlc 500 Cornell rootcrs
were STANDING with h1rcd heads singing
ovnllv tho Cornell anthem while thor do
Tcated team stood dc-ponIcntly silent before
HON.