New-York tribune., 1907-11-03
INDIANS NO MATCH
FOR TIGER ELEVEN.
PRINCETON PLAYS FAST,
:, BRILLIANT FOOTBALL.
Monster Cro5cd Sits IN the Rain to
: Wdtch Hard Fought Gridiron
Struggle.

Struggle.
The football warriors from Princeton redeemed
themselves in part for their defeat by Cornell a
week ago by clearly outplaying and decisvely
beating the Carlisle Indians at the Polo Grounds
In this city yesterday. by a of 16 to 0. The
willy redskins. flushed with their overwhelming
victory over Pennsylvania one short week before
came TO New York in quest of another scalp
Pr1nceton's scslp-but they found their master and
failed utterly in their fell purpose. that there
will be war dance at their tepee in Carlisle to-
night. The Tigers, playing with wonderful speed
and remarkable precision, under the unfavorable
conditions of slippery ball and a wet and soggy
field, administered a crushing defeat to the erst-
while champions Of the The fighting spirit
and grim determination Of the Indians alone pre-
vented their complete rout
Princeton scored two touohdoWns and two goals
and Harlan added four points by a pretty
drop kick from the 85-yard line executed with
rare ekli from a difficult angle. Captain McCor-
mick made Princeton.s first touchdown toward the
end Of the first half after three vicious plunges
INTO the line the Tigers having secured the ball
within striking distance Of their opponents goal
line, as the result of fumbled punt. The speedy
dashing, slippery Tibbott made the second touch
down for the Tigers toward the middle of the
second half after brilliant and sensational run
of fifty yards around the left end of the line In
which he cleverly eluded the Indian tacklers who
did their best TO run him down Harlan kicked
both goals
of the outstanding features of the game came
toward the end of the first half. Princeton had
forced the bali well into Carlisle territory when
Harlan dropped back 10 his 35-yard line well
over toward side of the field for a trv at
goal Phillips made perfect pass, and while sew
eral Indians came rushing through to block the
whining true to the% % marx directly 6efween s ', ba
posts. me crowd cheered tumultuously. and the
fIlHceton undergraduates went fairly wild in their
JOY as Wen they might, as Poe could not have
done the trick better
CROWD WATCHES GAME IN RAIN.
An enthusiastic, color bedecked but wofulIv ho
ofaggied crowd Of fully twenty thousand persons
watched the struggle with keenest Interest o,5
enjoyed It. too in spite of the depressing 6rizzle
which turned into good, old fashioned rain bafora
the END OF the first half More than tyo-.birds oF
the cFowo sat in the exposed stands or stood tent v
oeep along one side of the field but nobody thought
OF leaving until the last scrimmage was over This
IN itself was striking tribute to the most ponular
OF al college sports. So far as could be JUDGED
the rain did not have the slightest efect on +h
attendance, as there room for more In the
Dig Enclosure. Every possible spot from which 10
see the game was filed, and the fence erected on
one side OF the field creGked under the weight of The
hundreds who pressed against It, and finally fell
with crash near the end OF the second half. r he
crowd was orderly. however and did not encroa 2h
Gn tie chalk marked gridiron.
1lckets were almost impossible to find before the
game began, and the Spectators outside reaped a
I'm harvest Seats in the bleachers sold for any
price around s. while in the grandstand not a seat
eould be had at any price.
- The Orange and Black was all over the field
Here and there dusky maiden the colors of
the Indians, but there few IN comparison TO
the mighty host of Pr1ncetonans who cheered and
sang to help their team along And there were no
college widows left behind. either, for every man
seemed to have found girl 10 wave flag or wear
Princeton band her arm.
In the bleachers every got thoroughly but
cheerfuly soaked during the first half A .ey
umbrellas appeared in the last row but EFFORT. n
obtain this sort OF shelter promptly dis,
couraged in the lower tiers of seats. The moment
the whistle blew and the teams off the field
between halves. however, every seat sprouted a
rnushroomlike umbrella The whole OF the two
big bleachers covered with this growth, and
the bright colors Of the rash girls who had worn
their hnery TO the game were hidden.
"Bii" Roper, the Princeton head coach. who was
naturally happy. anyhow. was also one OF the few
men who didn't get wet He had a big rubber
coat that protected him thoroughly as he walked
up and down the side lines.
AS the crowd poured out of the grounds after the
game they saw, walking along In the middle OF
Eighth avenue band of braves This wasn't the
Carlisle team, as an enthusiastic newsboy an
nounced. but crowd OF stage Indians, sent up by
enterprising press agent The braves cheered
just hard though their team hadn't been
beaten, and didn't seem to mind the rain at ALL
But that was the keynote Of the day. No one
seemed to mind the rain. The game made them
forget about it
GAME HARD FOUGHT, BUT CLEAN
The game marked by many sensational feat
ures which sustained interest from whistle to Whs-
tie. The ball could be followed closely in its err
ratio fight up and down the field and, while there
was little fumbling here and there the work of
the backs in handling the greasy ball truly re-
rnarkable There plenty of quick, sharp dashes
through a broken field by Dillon and Tibbott of
Hauser. Mount Pleasant and Thorpe, of the
Indians which kept many persons jumping TO their
feet in sheer excitement. A number of penalties
were inflicted for holding and offside play, from
which the Indians suffered the most, but even
these fewer than might have been expected,
with two elevens keyed up TO such a high pitch
and working hard for the mastery. Captain
Mccormick. of Princeton appeared TO be rather
free with his hand at time, but IL may have
been accident and the umpire overlooked It,
Otherwise the game, while hard fought was clean
and free from any unnecessary roughness There
injuries worthy of the name, and while
a number of substitutions were made toward the
end OF the second half IL done for the purpose
OF saving the regulars and giving the substitutes
a chance
The gives only vague idea of the many
brilliant and sensational features OF the hard fought
battle. Princeton surely learned lesson at Ithaca
a week ago. for the team played the kind Of foot
ball which wins championship games. Dillon was
rather slow at times in getting off his plays, but
the Tigers developed fast and forceful attack and
showed a wellnigh impregnable defence, something
which was lacking IN the Cornell game In justice
10 The Indians. IL must be said that the wet and
eoggy field a distinct handicap to their style
of game, and the Superior weight of the Princeton
line told 10 a marked degree
The Carlisle forwards could not hold their heavier
opponents at bay long enough 10 give their fast and
versatile backs "A fair chance TO get the plays we'll
started. and this led unquestionably TO dis
courageEDent ana had it's effect In tlae OF the
ssx4hGr open game ShiSa the Indians have devsl-