The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-15
Contest Was One Of the Most
Spectacular Ever Seen on
Yale Gridiron.
De Wits KICKING
SWUNG THE BALANCE.
Goal From Field Gave the Tigers
the Five Points Which Sent
the Yale Team From Field y
Beaten-Yale Stronger 4
Of the Two in the
Line.
(py Associated Press,

Thy Associated Press.)
NEW HAVEN. CONN. Nov. 1l~--Eale,
went down to defeat before the men g
Princeton to-day In the annual foot. ball
game on the Yale field, by, a score Of A.
to 6. ss
spectacular ever witnessed on Yale'As
gridiron. was stubbornly fought through.
out Until the last ave minutes OF play
when De Witt. the Princeton captain,
kicked marvellous goal from placement;
and broke the tied score Of s to 6. the
result was in doubt. ,,s s5ii Is
Yale made one touchdown from which
a goal was kicked, Princeton equalieds
Yale's record and added goal from
placement. 9fi 4, sss VI 81 t,s U NJ
At the end OF the hrst half, & the score
was tied and close observers looked foi
a Yale victory. but the New Haven men
were unable to get the pigskin over the
line again. while De Wits kicking abils
lily gave to his team. the victory,
YALE's FUMBL1NG. {;
While Princeton deserved to win. Yale
deserved to lose. for Princetons scored
were practically the sydirect results of
Yales fumbling.. r alc' ~. small s. score.
moreover. was due to fuUblinE equally
as fatal Ivy ylisS}}5s, 49, & sssS
Within fourteen minutes from the tins
play began, Yale had torn through Prince
toms line consistently and had sent Ho--
gan across the line for touchdo own:
Princeton could not cope with IYale's der
tense. and the play was largely ~
orange territory. .s
Ynle followed up her first advantage
and again pressed toward the Tigers goal
line A tumble came here. but a Yala
man fell on the ball. .,FliS
Yale again pounded Princeton's linoS
for short but consistent gains and again
Yale was In striking distance. The Yale
quarterback. with the game well in hand.
apparently decided to save his men and \
slgnalled for an attempt at a goal from
tile field. Mitchell dropped back and
fumhled the ball on Princetons twenty-gl
De witt snatched the ball from the ground
and protected by fine Interference. ran
the length OF the field for touchdown.
Vetterlein kicked the goal and the score
stood even at 6, at the end OF the first
half. The players on both teams scarne
out for the second half in good physical {
condition.
RATTLE FURIOUS.
In this period. as In the first, Yale'1j
Acuperiority of offense was apparent. for
the Blue kept the play in Prtnceton's
half Of the field most of the time. Twice
Captain Rafherty's men rushed the ball
with Irresistible force toward the Orange
goal line. and twice with touchdowns In
sight, the sons OF Yale's fumbled Rriev-
ously. Again. the backs hurled them-
selves 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 ths
ball. The battle was waged fur!ouslys
aud the Yale men were the first to show
the effects Of the struggle
Princeton. meanwhile. never wavero1
and the Orange and Black line becauso
stauncher.
Yale could not gain. but her forwards
were equally as sturdy on the defense.
and Princeton could not penetrate the
blue line for gains at all substantial
Accordingly. Princeton resorted to the
kicking game. and with but five minutes
to play, another Yah, tumble placed Yale
In serious trouble near her own goal line.
Luckily for Yale, one Of her own men
fell on the ball. but Bowman, tho Yale
back. was forced to kick from behind
Yale's forty-two yard line. Yetterlein.
who was playing back for Princeton.
caught the ball, and, with great pres.
ence of mind, heeled the catch for kick
from placement. With the score still
Mt six to six, the great crowd was breathe
less while Dewitt prepared TO try for
goal at slight angle, The distance
was forbdding. but Dewitt was superbly
equal to the occasion, and shot the ball
between the goal posts In mastery style.
thereby ensurng to Princeton Its first
victory In foot hall over Yale since 1880.
DEWITT ouTPuNTED.
The game afforded something OF an
anomaly. In view OF the fact that Yale.
the defeated team, gained the greater
distance, both In kicking and rushing.
MITCHELL the Yale back 0utpunted De-
witt Enthusiastically. Indeed. Princeton's
captain apparently had an Oft day.
thirty thousand people saw the gano.
The lineup:
Yale. POSITION. frlnceloh,
Rafferty...,,...,.le left nd............Dayis
Kinney, left tackle,.,,.... cooney
Batchelder. left uard........,.p Dillon
Rora bac k s..,.. center. .l........,., Shore
ploomer.. right guard,,..,.,, DeWttt
Miller.
Hogan ......,.,.right tackle, Reed
Sheylin. .,,......right apd.........,.. HenrN
Rockwell. -. quarter back...,., Vetteriein
A Burke
Mitchell, ..,,,,,lett half hapk-..-,.. Kafes
Bowman King.
Metcalf, right half back. Hsrt.4
yatterlelr-
Farmer. ..,.......f full hack.....,,,-,, aiillss
Owsley.