New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-11-17
YALE BEATS PRINCETON
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mart in the famous snake dance with which
Yale victories are usually celebrated. They
sang and danced and cheered in a frenzy Of
Joy. 1t was a wild, spontaneous outburst. There
were no cheer leaders-none were needed, for
Yale men were celebrating in their own peculiar
wa.
In the midst Of it all the inspiring strains Of
"old Nassau" broke the field. With
brave hearts and undaunted spirit the Princeton
undergraduates stood with barred heads and
manfuy supported their team to the end. A few
short moments before they had counted cele-
brating but in the hour of their defeat they
would not and could not show the white feather.
The hymn unheeded for time by the
whirling mass of Yale men the field, but
suddenly there came a full realization of what
that Princeton spirit meant and as if with one
accord the hundreds gathered in front of the
Princeton stand and proved themselves gen
erous in victory as Princeton was in defeat.
HARLANs CHANCE FOR FAME.
The game was full of what-rnigh have beens
for Princeton. -Four times, not counting his one
successful goal from the field, Harlan. the
Princeton halfbacI, had 4 chance to win I'M
dying fame for himself and possibly victory for
Princeton. He missed two goals from the field
by the narrowest margin. while two others failed
completely because the Yale forwards came
rushing through before he could get full time to
get the ball away. Harlan must not be blamed,
however, as he played a large and important
part in PriHcetons scheme of attack and was a
power the defence with his deadly tackling.
In fact not one OF the players either team.
brilliant and clever as some Of them proved 10
be. deserves greater credit or earned higher
honors.
Yale won the game in the second half with q
show of offensive strength which has rarely if
ever been equaIed. Quick, sharp plunges
through the line were mixed with forward
passes and dashes around the end, with the
play so well covered up rule by fake forma-
lions that Princeton had no adequate defence.
Then. TOO. late in the second half Yale showed
what II was to have football brains. The fight
was being waged in Yale territory, although
Yale had possession of the ball. Twice McCor-
mick broke through and threw Coy for loss,
end then a penalty came for holding. and Yale
found herself on her own 15-yard line, in dan
gerous proximity TO her goal To punt would
have been dangerous, as Yale had good cause to
fear the drop kicking ability Of Harlan z
possible goal from placement on a, free catch
So while Coy dropped back as If to punt he ran
With the bah instead and the Tigers. misled |
by the formation, failed to bring him down
until he had gained some twenty yards. On
the next play be was able to punt the ball out |
IF danger.
4 few moments later, after Harlan had again !
punted well into Yale territory, the Yale fol- |
lowers had a scare. and It looked for an instant
as IL Princeton might still turn defeat into vic !
tory. Coy tried to punt from his 20-yard line /
hut the Princeton forwards broke through ana |
blocked the kick. Every Princeton in the /
west stand jumped to his feet. while the Yale
men fairly gasped The ever present Tad Jones
was on hand. however. and he fell on the ball
for Yale as it rolled out of bounds. On the next
play Coy punted TO the centre of the field, and
two minutes later the game was over
GAME HARD FOUGHT. BUT CLEAN.
The game was remarkably clean and entirely
free from that unnecessary roughness which
brought it into evil ways a few years ago. The
umpire inflicted two penalties on Princeton in
the first half for loss of thirty yards and four
GA Yale in the second half for total of sixty
yards. These for offside play or holding
in the line, however, brought about by undue
eagerness. There were two cases of hurdling
by Yale men which went unpublished, but other
wise both lived up to the letter and spirit
of the rules so far as was possible in the heat
of battle. The trainer with water bottle and
bag which had become necessary under the old
rules, was conspicuous by his absence and little
or no time had to be taken out for injuries to
the players
Harlan knocked out for r moment, and
Fsonlar was battered up so that the coaches took
Congdon strained his ankle. but played the
game out, and GoebeI got ugly cut the
head. which looked worse than it was, but the
injuries only of superficial kind. There
plenty OF hard and rough tackling, to be
sure and good many bruises and bumps to
SHOW for it, but that can only be expected in
such strenuous game.
Vale particularly unfortunate in one Of
her penalties, but it served TO show the true
worth of the team. After the first touchdown
had been made Yale quickly forced the ball into
Princeton territory again. and slowly but surely
carried it to within striking distance of the goal
line With the ball on Princeton's 7-yard line
Coy hit the line for three yards, and carried It
over for a touchdown on the next play The
umpire saw holding. however and the score did
not count. but instead Yale found herself back
on the 2G-yard line This disappointment and
encouragement would have taken the heart out
of most teams, but not so with Yale. The men
settled right down to their task again and were
rewarded later on although in the mean time
Harlan had been able to punt the ball out of
danger for a few minutes.
TRANSPORTATION OF YALE TEAM.
Princeton outplayed Yale in the first half and
how Yale fairly outclassed Princeton in the |
second The Transformation OF the Yale eleven |
had to be seen to be appreciated. Princeton
gained 230 yards by rushing. not including |
Booths run of 50 yards for a touchdown in the |
first half. to 10 for Yale, and made first downs
by rushing nine times to Yales six. AS a mat |
ter of fact. the Tigers forced the game from |
the start, and the blue-clad warriors were on |
the defensive and fighting in their own terri |
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