New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
Princeton Scores Touchdozcn IN One
Vicious Assault in Brilliant
Game at Polo Grounds.
RESULTS OF LEADING FOOTBALL
GAMES YESTERDAY.

! on the football gridiron at the Polo Grounds
| yesterday by a score of 10 TO g. No question
| could be raised to Dartmouth's right and title
to a well earned victory. as the better team won
i Princeton was outgeneraled, failed to take al
vantage of opportunities that presented and TO
certain extent was outpIayed. The game vas
| bitter disappointment, If not z stunning
! prise, TO the followers of Princeton it was d
| joyful fruition Of high hopes TO the followers Of
| Dartmouth; it a stirring and sensational
struggle for the followers of football in general
! who were fortunate enough TO be in the shadow
! of Coogan's Bluff.
Princeton left the field at the end of the first
half with a score of to o against her the
suit of brilliant drop kick from the field by
Sherwin, Dartmouth's big left tackle. We'll
along in this half, after Princeton had been Oh
the defensive most of the time. Hswley, the fleet
haIfback. dashed around Princeton-s left end
for Of thirty yards, carrying the ball to
the 20-yard line. Here the Tigers made stand,
and. falling to gain by rushing, Pishon called on
Sherwin for try at goal. although the ball was
well of 10 one side of the field. Sherwin dropped
back 10 the G3-yard line. and. while a hush set
tied over the field. received the ball from per
feet pass and. with the utmost Cooness and
precision sent it spinning between the goal posts
and over the bar for a brilliant goal The Dart
mouth undergrad duates went wild with joy while
all was still on the Princeton side as the real
iza ton came that the Tigers were facing defeat
Then the Princeton team woke I'D and took
turn at forcing the fight to such good advan-
tage that with the aid of 15-ya-d penalty the
ball was soon on Dartmouths 20-yard line 1t
looked like good chance to score, and the
Tigers fought their way 10 the 7-yard line, but
the Dartmouth team held hard IN its last ditch
and took the ball on downs as Cunningham,
Princeton's only dependable drop kicker. was
not in the game at that time and Dillon had no
body to call on for try at goal
-tRsT TOUCHDOWN FOR PRINCETON.
When the second half began Princeton opened
Nth a rush. and after eight minutes Of the
hardest kind Of playing McCrohan plunged over
for a touchdown. and Waller kicked the goal.
king the. score TO / in favor of Princeton.
At that point It looked as if victory would rest
with the Tigers. but Dartmouth. no whit dis
mayed. took up the fight afresh and soon had
Princeton struggling hard well down under the
shadow of her own goal posts. With the ball
on the 20-yard line the Tigers we're penalized
fifteen yards for holding. and Buckingham
dropped back behind the goal line 10 punt the
bail out of danger, if possible The pass vas
poor and the kick necessarily so. and the ball
went to Dartmouth PrinCeton's @o-yard line.
Here was the chance that the Hanover team
had been looking for. and Pishon, the midget
Quarterback. was equal TO the occasion. and the
game followed. on the first lineup he made
quick and accurate forward pass TO the ever
present Schildmiller, who clevery eluded two
Princeton tacklers and rushed across the goal
line for a touchdown. Again the Dartmouth
undergraduates cheered and shouted in a frenzy
of iov and again Princeton faced defeat. which
this time had eventually to ne ackno' wedged.
Try as the Tigers would, they could not again
get within striking distance Of the Dartmouth
goal line and. in fact. slowly but surely
being driven back when time was called.
BIG CROWD OUT FOR GAME.
4 crowd characteristic of big college football
games filed the stands, not they were
filed for the famous baseball game when
the Cubs and the Giants batued for the
National League championship but we'll filed.
nevertheless to the number OF fifteen thou
sand persons, or possibly few more. There was
coIor-plenty of 1.-THE green and white of Dart
mouth being in evidence quite as much as, if not
more than, the orange and black Of Princeton
There were cheering and singing. too. particu-
larly on the Dartmouth side. the undergradu-
ates from Hanover came down five hundred
strong full of confidence and enthusiasm. They
occupied a cheering section In the west END
of the grandstand and monopolized the noise
making to a large extent, as the Princeton
undergraduates we're none too well represented,
considering the Importance OF the game. and due
also to the fact that Dartmouth had much more
to make noise about.
It was a perfect day for footbalI-at least.
from the standpoint of the specta tors-and the
air was bracing enough for the players to keep
them on their toes most of the time The base
hall diamond had been carefully sodded, and the
turf was firm and springy furnishing an excel
lent foothoId for the players
ScbiIduiller Da7tmouth's right end the
bright particular star Of the game, and this
is said without detracting in the least from the
credit due every man the Dartmouth team.
and more particularly Rich Captain Kennedy.
Ha1yley. IngorsoH and Pishou. of the clever
and at times brilliant work Of McCrohan Sieg-
miller earned q place. however. among the best
ends known to the game, and stamped himself
se the leading candidate for the Al-Amerca
team His tackIing and deadly. and
t,a covered punts with remarkable speed and
,,nerrinS Judgment Early in the drst half Tib-
mott got away for two three dashing runs
+brough a broken field. but once Schildmiller
vas fairly warmed up there little no
chance TO elude him. Captain Kennedy. who
was down the field almost as quickly. The
brilliant play of the Dartmouth ends gave the
taap, a decided advantage as Princeton lost
ground on almost every exchange OF punts.
thanks largely their deadly tackling,
Pfshon who weighs only 126 pounds proved
himself a clever field general and fast dash
a., ,laver He kept his men on the Jump all
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