The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
TIGERS VANQUEH CORNELL.
WIN ANNUAL FOOTBALL GAME
BY SCORE OF 10 TO 8,

Begins -Ithacans OutplSycd In Second
HaH-One PrlnCetOnIAn DlsQuAlined.
Folding themselves in reserve TO a large
s1tent IN the FIRST half Of their annual foot
ball game with Cornell At the Polo Grounds
yeserday afternoon, the Princeton Tigers
we're the stronger team in the second half
and defeated the big red team by a score
al II to 5. The score wa 9 TO s at the end
Of the first half and with Cornell playing
the better game In that period, despite
the margin Of one point in the Jerssymen's
favor. The generalship Of the Tigers In
the first half in not hitting up the pace.
while Cornell was doing that very thing,
told in the second installment OF the strife,
in which It was Cornell'S turn TO be out
played. Princeton, scoring in the first
half by quick seizure Of an opportunity,
was outplayed in the first half, Cornell in
the second
Even before the first half ended Prince
ton was beginning to put or mere steam
and pressging a more aggressive game
later on. However, Old Nassau crossed
Cornell's goal line but once in the second
p~eriod-two OF her points coming from a
~safety-and met with such spirited re-
sistence from the brawny boys up the State
that she did not realize In points in pro-
portion to yards gained. Cornell made
a splendid stand in the shadow of her goal
post, which forced a drop kick that missed
fire. This was repeated, and In the ensuing
scramble for the ball the safety by Cornell
was made
NEW RULES LIVELY WORK.
The 5000 persons who hemmed In the
gridiron saw the first real big game under
IL A-1 - AkAvn IL vuo alaQwlU
demonstrated that the fear was ~groundless
that the new rules with strong, evenly
matched elevens battling would reduce
scoring TO a minimum. Not only was the
scoring up to the average, but the chang
ing phases Of football as encouraged by
the 1905 code dovetailed the old and the
new smoothly in good ratio and with sharply
defined distinctions. keeping interest al
ways on edge, shifting the battle hither
and thither and yet not making science
and well defined policy subeervient to
luck and chance.
A premium was put on vigilance and
resourcefulness, yet team work and unity
of action did not go unrewarded. In short
there was greater variety than in big gamee
Of previous years, the ball was exposed
TO the stands a great deal by the open play
and the better team won by a natural mar
gin. This test the new rules survived.
why" was the comment OF a close OBJ
server, "this game is like baseball, they
throw the ball around 40 much"
The gridiron being laid out parallel 10
the grand stand, those in that more desirable
quarter had a better view than those in the
bleachers. but their view was not altogether
perfect. Coaches and heelers and attend
ants persisted in getting in the way on the
side lines, but fortunately there were not
many Of these and they did not shut on the
view except when the ball was in the middle
of the field. Barring the favored few
the standees we're kept on the east side OF the
field, and they were there several rows
deep. Both universities turned out all the
available students to attend to the cheering
and singing department, the Ithacans being
at the north end of the grand stand, those
who battle under the banner OF Old Nassau
at the south end. The usual repression Of
emotions that Immediately preCedes all big
games was in evidence, and everything
was subdued except colors until the teams
came on the field. Then the rival partisans
opened their vocal batteries and fntermit-
tently the we'll organized cheering and sing
ing punctuated the encounter.
BIG CRowD RECALLS OLD FOOTBALL DAYS.
The crowded stands and the row Of auto
mobiles back Of the centre field ropes re-
called the old Manhattan feld football
DAYS Of revered memory. The only differ
ence was that in those days coaches and
other equipages were drawn by horses.
Two whiteclad hospital doctors who sat
among the substitutes on the bench across
the gridiron attested to the fact that the
tussle about to taSe place was no ring
around-a-rosy affair.
With the orange Of Princeton and the
csrnelian of Cornell the color scheme
was in keeping with the season OF the year.
They blended in the background in a
manner BETTING the mellow tints OF fall.
There we're occasional splotohes Of blu
and violet. The time honored c~hrysanthe-
mum was the chief floral contribution.
Whipping br~avelyfrom the fagstafs around
the fences was Old Glory with the noblest
color device Of all. A partly barren grid
iron made the gam different from others
and it b brought the queryfrom a girl whether
the home plate Was the place from where
the ball was kicked OF.
Ethically the game was not without its
fsults. The Comedians played the cleaner
game. Princeton was penalized for
holding, but on the whole the penalties
we're few. Princeton also was penalized
once for tripping-an offence rare in foot
ball-and E. Dillon, the Princeton quarter
hack, was ruled out In h second half for
smuggling. There have beer cases Of rough
ing this year where the new penalty Of giving
the other side one-half the distance to the
goal line was inflicted. The officials did
not elect to infict this penalty yesterday,
merely sending Dillon to the side lines.
Roughness, however was at a discountin the
game and injuries were OF little moment.
Stannard, the Princeton tackle, came In for
a jolt on the head soon after the game
began and was not himself for the rest
u the half. The result was that his posi-
ton in the line was weak and was punctured
for gains by Cornell.
FORWARD PASS IN DEMAND.
Princeton had no greater repertoire Of
plays than Cornell, but executed them
better. There was a spot just to the right
OF Conell's centre which Princeton, with
her revived play in the second half, pene-
trated for material advances, and this
mode Of attack was alternated with swing