New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-06
TIGERS OUTCLASS ARMY
PRINCETON,S GAME, I2 TO 6
Jerseymen's Defence Impregnaote-
attack a WhrI1cind.
rn,-r,rcpApE TO THE rRIBuSE.l

the Orange and Black has team MT 10 COM
pare with any in the country. 1t WAS lar anu
away the best football played here this year anu
IN. crowd OF eight thousand who assembled to see
the match cheered themselves hoarse IN hohor VI
both the winners and the losers
Both winners and losers deserved all the cheers
they got the former for the way they fought an
uphill game through a triumphant concir2ioil'
and the latter for the pucky stand they mace
against the most perfect attack that any ELEVEN
has exhibited on Eastern gridiron TINS year.
There were OF course. present several emlsearles
from New-Haven. to spy cut the Tigers ana
report their strength and strategy to the coaches
OF Blue. It is safe to say that they Ie'uifoo
to Connecticut with very cheering intsiheehce'
for ,bev no. only saw Princeton emerge with VIC
tory where Harvard had been glad to get a draw
and where Yale had met defeat put ,ieS VII
messed exhibition of the game Which, wac
startling in its perfection.
Tbs riq.rs came TO West Point full of the re
rnembrance OF the unpleasant experiences OF iaie
and Harvard the hands OF the army mo
knew that the eyes Of the footbau "ori0 "0"iu VIC
upon them that only first class footbaii "ouio
avail 70 e.cape defeat and that perhaps even that
would not suffice
TIGER THRoNo CHEERS VICTORY.
with the team came army OF undergraduates
who arrived a special train from the Ne"-'efsey
home of enlightenment. and athletics ana NOISY
and enthusiastic throng they were. No such cheer
.ng has been heard here in any Of the big games OF
In. wear as the long line Of locomotives and
seicll which the inspired cheer leaders along she
eideiines coaxed from the throats OF the Prince
fonian multitude. How much 1t contributed to the
result is thing that the facilities of science are
not yet capable of estimating, but 1t undoubtedly
helped. and the playing helped the cheering. too
Yet IL is only fair to say that the Princetonan up
roar its height when, in the first half fort
rne was favoring the colors Of the Soldiers
Though the cadets put up the game and plucky
fight that they may invariably be depended on to
offer the score does represent fairly the true
measure of the Tigers superiority. In the first
h. Ypk'a ne
of 4 play that partook of the nature Of a nuke.
A huke a hard thing to define but 1t may be de-
scribed a play compounded of an error by one
side and skill IN taking advantage of that error by
the other side. Burke, the Princeton quarterback
sugxisd a pass, tackled and dropped the ball.
which WAS kicked over the line by an Army for
ward and fallen there by one of the military
end
Trtnoston's two Touchdown. on the contrary.
were both the result of straight, hard rushing tins
arrt of them being made after the ball had been
carried eighty yards without a halt The Tigers
slso narrowly escaped making TWO more Scores
onc. when Tooker missed easy goal from the
feid and again when the umpire set the Orange
and Black back fifteen yards just before the en-
ptraton OF the first half
ARMY MAKES ONLY ONE FIRST DOWN.
But one sees the excellence of Prnceton's game
most clearly by considering that only once in the
entire progress OF the match did the Army make
FIRST down by rushing. That was in the first half
near the middle the gridiron. At all other times
whenever the cadets tried TO pierce the Ilsers oe
fence their PUSHES were stood up with regularity
and they were compelled give up the ball on a
punt Had they been strong in this department OF
the game they might have made a better showing
but Torney. who called on to boot the leather
far from being equal TO the emergency. 1hree
ont Of four OF his kicks poor in distance ana
direction, of them losing much OF their effect
by going out OF bounds too soon
II may be unfair TO compare Yale's showing with
rfnceton's against West Point for the Tigers were
two weeks nearer their championship form than
YVES Yale when she met the soldiers All the same,
che defence that Princeton offered to the Army's
attack was very nearly perfect: and this was all
the more surprising, in view OF the fact that re-
,,orts had been coming out OF New-Jersey that the
weakness Of the defence had been giving the
coaches much concern. II Prnceton's defence is
rs good next Saturday ar II was to-day, even the
tremendously powerful onslaught OF Yales big for
wards will have trouble TO heat II down.
The Army not in quite the best condition. as
the line was weakened by the absence OF Captain
Graves who was hurt in the Yale game. but her
ell around game very nearly up to the best she
Ass shown this year. And yet that Princeton line
held. The Tiger attack. too. especially in the sec
ond half. when Princeton was smarting and sore
under the sting of West Points lucky touchdown
was fast lightning. and compact as a bullet
coouey and Gtanard, the tackles were the
ground gamers that attracted most attention, and
etanards bull-Iiks rushes especially reminded one
OF Hogan Cults at their best
BACK FIELD GOOD LINE BREAKERS.
The back field. though not remarkably heaVy,
proved itself an able lot at line breaking especial
iv Ritter and Rulon- Miller. The whole team got
into every play, and the runner was often dragged
ahead for yards after it seemed that his advance
had been stopped.
For the Army the best game was played by the
ends and Doe at tackle and Upton at centre. AS a
rule the Princeton backs had little success in
running back punts. for Gillespie or Hammond
was I'D under the kick like flash, and tackled in
unerrng fashion Tipton, the centre OF the line,
found himself up against the most terrific on
elsught that any centre this season. He
played himself fairly standstill, and was
finally knocked out badly that he had be
zied of OF g stretcher
There was considerable rough and ofrslde playing
fl tho match, and. far penalties
cernec Princeton got much the worst of it. while
short. her ground gaining guard was hurt so bad
u in the Play that gave the Army its touchdown
that he ca not appear for the second half.
Both teams got royal reception when they
out on the field. The Tigers squad
numerous the Yale sent here. nor did II
impress one being nearly heavy power
souad 10 equal In weight and height Kinney,
BlooGner and Roraback. OF the NewHaYen team.
The Tigers built closer TO the ground and. IL
should be added, they played that way to-day.
SOLDIERS WIN THE TOSS.
Acting Captain Doe the toss, and chose 10
defend the north goal from which the breeze was
blowing When the whistle blew Rulon- Miller.
the Princeton fullback. kicked off. For
scn the Army thought II punt the first
down. and Torney sent the ball out of bounds near
the centre OF the gridiron Then the two teams
lined up for the first time. II took the Orange and
Black three rushes 10 make their first down. Cap
tain Foulke tried an end run with such success
that he had covered yards before he was
brought 10 earth