The Washington herald., 1906-11-18
PRINCETONS HOPES
DASHED TO GROUND
CoNTINuEp FRoM FIRsT 80.

With few exceptions all efforts to use the
forward pass were penalized. the officials
detecting some infractiOn Of the rules
when the plays succeeded and netted
gains. The bail would be called back and
given 10 the opposite side. This was dis
heartening to the teams both CT which
suffered about equally at the hands OF the
field officials. and plays where no question
had been raised were resOrted TO.
Princeton played a kicking game to a
great extent, using Harlan 10 great ad-
vantage. The quickness Of the Tiger ends,
/ Wister and Hcaglan, in getting down the
held on Dunts made this form OF play ef-
fective- Time and again Harlan was
called on TO punt. even on the second
down, and not once did he fail. or was a
Kick blocked. Veeder. for Yale. did al
most equally well or punting He missed
two opportunities for drop kick goals.
however On one other occasion Yale had
an opportunity to score a field goal. but
( Bigiows attempt at a kick from place
ment wcs Iniserable failure
Tigers Weaken Toward End.
Toward the close Of the game Princeton
weakened somewhat. and Yale's backs
found great holes IN her line, averaging
nearly yards to the rush. TEE spurt
came too late 10 result in a score. and the
whistle sounded while Yale was I6 yards
from the coveted goal. after carrying the
ball for 80 yards by steady plays.
! In the first half both lines held like
stone walls. Line Dlunges. when tried
/ failed, the runner going down lust where
/ he struck the line. Quarter back kicks
were resorted to. but seldom could tire
ends get down the field to recover the ball
/ Then would come sort OF punting prog
ress. The BAH zigzagged back and forth.
/ first at Yales end Of the field. then 10 re-
/ turn into Princeton territory after one OF
Feedsr's lcng Dunts. Once in the first
/ half Princeton worked the ball inside the
Els 30yard line. Instead Of calling on
Harlan for drop kick, Dillon held to
straight playing, and Princetons posi-
bilty Of score vanished
Again in the second half Princeton re-
versed the order on Yale, who had been
showing to greater advantage. and on the
recovery OF one Of HarIans punts and
three good rushes through the Yale line.
carried the ball to the Els 30-yard line
forward pass netted i yards more, but
HacketJ got in lus work. carried the ball
back and gave il 10 Yale. Veedtr quick
I ly kicked Il out Of danger. Princeton s
last chance fed then
Bright, particular stars did not loom up
as prominently as had been expected
Harlan. in his puntinE displayed qualities,
and Lynn, who went in Knox's place at
right half for Yale in the last half. played
brilliantly I'm line bucking. Dillon and
Jones showed about equal generalship in
the management Of their teams.
With the exception OF the cloudy sky
it was an ideal day for football. cold
enough to favor the players, while not
incommoding the spectators. The field
was a triie wet. but not enough 10
seriously interfere with the playing
New Rules Approved.
In the immense throng that watched
the struggle were thousands who looked
upon the game under the new rules for
the first time. To say they waxed enthu-
siastic over the improved style of foot
ball now in vogue would not be exagger-
ating II a bit In fact. old football men
declared that the game is now mucH more
interesting and less injurious Probably
for the first time in the history of the
game the first half was played without
minute being taken out for injuries or
other delays. The second half, including
time taken out. lasted only forty minutes.
The whole time Of the game from the
first kiCk-Off, including intermissiOn and
the second half. was exactly one hour ard
twenty-five minutes. the shortest on
record. Not a man was injured. Several
were exhausted Tor a moment, and three
men gave way 10 substitutes, not because
they were seriously hurt, Dut for the rea-
son that fresh players were needed 10
carry on the fight There was TO sIugging.
no roughing 1t Of any account, and the
best Of good feeling prevailed. There
were various disputes over the new rules
and the referee had his hands full.
one point stood out conspicuously while
the game was under way. and that was
that under the 10-yard rule, where teams
are equally matched in defensive strength.
Il is practically impossible TO make q
Ions series of gains such as prevailed un-
der the old rules, when a team taking the
ball at one end of the field used TO drive
it forty. fifty. and sixty yards without
losing possession Of it, To those who
watched the game as il progressed to-
day, It appeared that the rule-makers
might make a change by which four
Downs, instead of three, would be re-
quired before the ball should be surren-
dered after n failure TO gain. but under
this contention it might be said a change
Of this sort would bring back the unpopu-
lar mass plays which caused so much
trouble and almost killed the game. AS
II was to-day. the mereSt novice with 2
keen eye was able TO follow the ball be-
cause Of the general open style Of play.
Spectacle Worth Seeing.
The forward passes, the on-side kicks.
the long punts. and runs through broken
fields without interference. the wide
passes. and the flying tackles combined
to make the spectacle so thrilling that the /
crowd went away emphatic in its praise /
of football up-to-date. There were many I
Instances where bluuders were made on |
both sides. There was holding in the line /
and in the interference, which was 4
promptly penalized. There were muffs and /
fumbles because Of the constant kicking. /
but all that sort of business added 10 the /
general excitement; and as 4 football I
crowd loves TO see Il thriller. there was /
feeling Of general satisfaction. although
definite result one way or the other would
have caused much more of a chance to
celebrate.
As it was, Princeton, with hopes dashed
TO the ground, felt as If a defeat had
been administered by the foxy young men
from New Haven: while Yale. prepared
Tor a setback, woke up 10 the fact that
the Blue eleven after all was remark
able combination, which at the last mo-
ment turned an almost certain defeat into
a partial victory.
Princeton had made preparations to
celebrate the expected triumph in royal
style. but tonight there was nothing but
gloom III Old NassaUs town, while YaIe's
happy followers flocked TO New York 10
have a good time in recognition of the
fact that the Tigers again had been sad
" lnnIed and now YaIn Is rnad.. g. |