The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
Tic OF O to @ Broken by Princeton's
Captain When He Sent the Ball over
the Goal at End of Second Half.
GREAT GAME OF FOOTBALL
MOST sTUBBoRNLY CONTESTED
EVER PLAYED AT NEW HAVEN.
YaIe's Defense Was Almost Perfect,
and but for FunabIfnx Neither Side
Might Have scored.

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OF IL to C.
The contest was one Of the most stub
born and spectacular ever Witnessed on
Yale's g~ridiron. Until the last five minutes
of play. when Dewitt, the Princeton cap
tain. kicked a marvellous goal from place
ment and broke the tied score of 6 to 6.
the result was IN doubt
Yale made one touchdown from which a
goal was kicked Princeton equaled YaIe's
record and added a goal from placement.
At the end Of the first half the score was
tied and close observers looked for a Yale
victory. but the New Haven men were
unable to get the pigskin over the line
again. while Dewitt's kicking ability gave
to his team the victory.
Princeton's scores were practically the d.
rect result of YaIe's fumbling. Yale's
small score, moreover. was due to fumbling
equally as fatal. Within fourteen minutes
from the time play began Yale had torn
through Prinoston's line consistently and
had sent Hogan across the line for a
touchdown. Princeton could not cope with
Yals's defense and the play was largely
IL Princeton's territory.
LONG RUN BY DEWITT.
Yale followed up her first advantage and
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A tumble gave the ball to Princeton. when
Yale was on the verge Of crossing the line
for another score. Again Yale pounded
Princeton's line for short, but consistent
gains and again Yale was within striking
distance. The Yale quarter back, with the
game well in hand, apparently decided to
save his men and signalsed for an attempt
at a goal from the field. Mitchell dropped
IN
twenty-yard line. The visitors broke
through. Dewitt snatched the ball from
the ground and. protected by fine inter-
ference. ran the length OF the field for a
touchdown. Vetterlein kicked the goal and
first half.
The players on both teams came out for
the second half in good physical condition.
Ysle's superiority OF ofense was apparent.
for the blue kept the play in Princeton's
half Of the field most OF the time. Twice
Captain Raferty's men rushed the ball
with Irresistible force toward Princetons
goal line and twice with touchdowns in
sight Yale fumbled. Again the backs hurled
themselves through the opposing line only
to lose their Last hope Of victory through
holding IN the line, which cost Yale twenty
yards and the surrender Of the ball.
The battle was waged furiously and the
Yale men were first to show the effects Of
the struggle. Princeton, meanwhile, never
wavered. Yale could not gain, but her for
wards were equally as sturdy on the de-
Tense and Princeton could not penetrate the
Yale line for gains at all substantial. Ac-
cordingly Princeton resorted to the kicking
game and with but five minutes to play
trouble near her wi goal line. Luckily for
Yale. one of her own men fell on the ball,
but Bowman, the Yale back, was forced to
kick from behind his own goal line. He
punted well to Yale's forty-two-yard line.
yetterlein. who was playing back for
princeton. caught the ball and heeled the
catch for q kick from placement.
with the score still at s to s the great
crowd was breathlesS while Dewitt pre-
pared to try for goal at a slight angle. The
distance was forbidding, but Dewitt shot
the ball between the goal posts in mastery
style. thereby insuring TO Princeton its
erst victory in football over Yale since 1899.
YALE THE BETTER GROUND GAMER.
Yale. though defeated. gained the greater
distance both in kicking and In rushing.
Mitchell, the Yale back, outDunted Dewitt
The play was clean throughout and no pen
alties for roughing were imposed. Prince
ton played thirteen men, while for Yale
three men gave way to substitutes.
The weather was all that could be de-
eired. Nearly 5000 spectators watched the
game.
A summary OF the work OF the two teams
showed plainly that Yale o~utplayed Prince
ton both at rushing and kicking. Prince
ton gained 6s yards on eighteen kicks, while
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80 yards IN nfty-four rushes to Yais's 24S
yards from sixty-ive rushes. all from
Towns On the other land Yale was penal
side play. while Princeton was not sub
3ected to q single penalty. Play ended with
the ball In Prlncetons possession on their
xorty-Iour-yard line.
TIL game. as has been said, ~abounded in
brilliant plays. In the first half, when it
Tas aaiss PAL IN the center OF the field,
several plunges which earned for Yale the
nrst points or the game. In one rush
Hogan covered twenty-five yards. to which
he added seven more. and after a short push
20 Princeton's fourteen-yard line Hogan fol-
lowed his magnificent work by fighting the
rest Of the way to the Princeton line fol
only touchdown. When Mitchell kicked the
goal the score was s TO 0 in favor OF Yale.
yards yards hnaiiy pisnted tho ber BAH anre on or Pr, four
tons seventeen-yard line. Big Dewitt
plunged through. blocked the bali and
kicked It back to the thirty-eight-yard line
up neatly and started down the field. He
had not gone twenty yards before one of his
ewn men caught up with him and by fine
interference the Princeton captain dropped
behind Yale's goal. After he had regained
bis breath Vetterlein kicked goal and the
score was a tie.
A WRETCHED TUMBLE.
After fifteen minutes OF play in the sec
end half. Yale got the ball on Princeton's
thirty-nve-yard line and Mitchell got
a-o~S U twenty yardS 10 RrfncetOn's
hfteen-yard line. Hogan fought his way
hve yards further, and two more rushcs
carried the ball to Princton's seven-yard
line. Just as a touchdown seemed almost
certain. a wretched tumble lost the ball to
Yale. Princeton soon after got the ball on
downs and Dewitt kicked il forty-eight
yards. Yale rushed II back to the middle
or the field. but a fake play lost the bal
hve yards and Mitchell was forced to kick
again. The ball rolled over the side lines
on Princeton's Vineyard line. a kick OF
tfty-1ye yards. and one of the longest In
the game. A feature Of the play soon after
WARD was a rush OF twenty-six yards by
Dewitt on a fake kick around Yale's Left
end. Dewitt kicked Immediately after and
another tumble gave Princeton the ball or
fales twenty-eight-yard line. Princeton
managed 10 carry IL TO the nfteen-yard
line, where Dewitt tried for a goal from
the field. but the ball went wide. Ther
Vefterlein. on the kick3ut. caught the bal
on faies forty-two-ynrd line. and amid
almost breathleas silence, Dewitt stepped
hack Tor r tFy At the RO4I from n ulaaa.