New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-01
PRINCETON TIED
BY WEST POINT
ARMY LINE HOLDS IN LAST
DITCH.
Splendid Stands by Cadets Deprive
Tigers Of Tictory When Touch
dozens Seemed Surc.
fsy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Tsy Telegraph 10 The Tribune.
ives, Point N Y Oct. S1.-Princeton and the
Army plsyed Fifty of grueiling football here
today without score. but six times the smashing
attack Of che Tigers checked at the eleventh
hour by tumble; five times by superb
last stand Of cadets. Time after time the
Tigers swept down the field in an apparently re-
estless sweep 10 touchdown only TO be baked
~ the last moment by as splendid and pucky
defence IS any team showed.
There such game for fake kicks.
The Army relied a fake kick formation in nearly
every play Sometimes the BAH went 20 Grebe.
sometimes 10 Dean or Baehr. short pass. 1t
gained lot Of ground at one time and another.
hut when the Princeton ends and tackles began TO
the play proved disastrous. The Army tried
half dozen forward passes. but failed to make
enc good Princeton used the long forward pass
from kick formation that appeared in Yales rep
ertorE last year with startling success on one oc-
cason in the second half. making a gain Of thirty
yards. But in the main Princeton used straight
football, for the numerous fake kicks were really
archaic in their simplicity.
Eddie Dillon, Princeton's captain. went in the
start Of the game but gave way TO Bergen
The Tiger leader is his Old self what he did
to-day. An injured knee is botherng him good
deal and when he tried for Grebles puzzlng pants.
he misjudged them sadly.
But if Dillon was still far from his best form
there were compensations for Princeton Dowd.
who for Bredenlus left end in the middle
OF the first half. played game that should 60 far
solve the end problem at Princeton. Fast and
s5ft in solving the varying fake kick forma ton
that the army used for all its gains. he was
tower Of strength Tigers.
Read held his in the punting duel with
Greble and so later did Bishop The wind
that swept the grid;ron helped Crebe in the
first half hut terribly against him in the sec
end. when he had kick from under the shadow Of
his goal posts or from behind the goal line three
times
Princeton showed signs Of power all times, and
held the game more than safe Perhaps it due
the absence OF Dillon. after he had gone out but
there was a failure 10 display the one promising
thing that Yale showed here two weeks ago-the
power to fuse the attack at a critical moment
Yale had tive chances 10 score; Princeton had six
to-day A tumble lost one chance, and the
other used. But Princeton was held for downs
f-e times to-day. with a touchdown in sight. Bad
Judgment WAS TO blame than lack of power
however.
Throughout the game the Princeton backs han
dled punts wretcbedly, though Grebles kicks were
not easy gauge in the gale.
PTincetons line had fair trial The Army
scarcely tried ii out al all preferTing END runs from
the fake kick Eut ii showed brilliantly at times
Booth and Siegling outCassed as sood PAIR OF
tackles as ByTne and Besson, and Waller and Nc
Fayden were on top Of Greble many times quickly
enough to spoil the force OF his kicks, though no
punts were blocked either side.
The Army offence wholly unable TO make
ground against Princeton straight work. The
fake plays should have been diagnosed more quick
IL than they actually were, and. as matter OF
recf began 10 be roughly handed as soon as DONu
went into the Tiger lineup But the whole total
% the Army gain such plays, and there
was no heavy lire smashing
Waller kicked off for Princeton in furry Of
snow that made The thousands who packed the
stands shiver. They had a stirring moment TO
warm them I'D as the game got under way how
ever for Dean. after mufing the ball saved it for
the Army on the 10-yard line Greble fell back for
q kick. q natural enough play in that part Of the
field but shot like deer around Bredennus Tor
dozen wards The cadets crazy with JOY. but
the next play. another fake. found stone wall for
Raehr at centre, and Greble punted to Tihbott
who picked the bali up and ran it back ten yards
10 the Arrny's 15-yard line
Dillon called on McCrohan for the first smash
and the big fulIback ploughed through the weak
SPOT made by the substitution OF Nix Tor MOSS III
The Arrnys line for ten yards But there mad oeeh
holding and Princeton lost fifteen yards. Ilboott
tore of fifteen yards fake kick and then
Reed punted out Of bounds at the Army ''-Saru
line
xa-, .ook the ball on another fake and shot
sro,;nt. Fredeaaus for a first down. Then he tried
an ongide kick. but Il was blocked, ana frIhce'O'
,o+ .ba hall Three srnashes yielded a first down.
-r,bbott shot through Byrne for another, and the
t1 ,as on the Ar1ny's I5-yard line. But the Army
held them stone wall. and, after tnTee puiis
-ool -be hall on downs its 12-yard line
Fsootn srneared a fake kick, and GTeble punteu
"a Dillon who took the ball back five yards TO the
a-rnys 5o-yard line. Tibbott sEot past 6yrhe aSaih
hehind beautiful interference for dozen EdfuS
Pear
e. aids through centre on a fake kick, Dillon
made 2 forward pass out OF bounds on the Army
Inward line G7eble made a seVenty-fVe YARD punt
49, go+ AWAY from Dillon and was carried by the
,,i,d Tabtott tried 2 fake kick play and lost hVe
-,,ss ~, II AEcCrohan plunged through tackle Tor
,7rentv wards on similar formation penalty
t,,rrr ,nter7-ened and Read punted to centre field
vbere Kern nluffed the punt Princeton got me
rau h,It there had been holding ana the ARMY
took IL ,,,..- and
rova replaced Bredemus for Princeton ana
,.re,re missed an attempt at field goal from ihe
I5,7ar5 line That was the Arrny's only chance 70
lore and wasn't a very good one
read hunted out snd Dean stor1ned baeh se'e
.o ,,srds 20 Princetons 57-yard line Do"d thre"
-. ,,..a, zen wards on the eternal fake mo-
-, Ie,e- Dillon fumbled a kick and let thdei-
,o5 7et rho hall or the Tigers 4O-Faro me- anu
>. then gave way 10 Bergen. Dowd sn1eared an
,be~ fake and another forward pass went wrong.
Princeton got The bail Oh = fumDe, ana ah"tiel
80 5ov, The field started. But the Army stopped
=, -, the ea-vard line holding for downs again An
ercbange Of punts followed. and the nan ehdeu
v.i,l, the ball the Ai1nys In midheld-
fzreble kicked of Tibbott TO start the secoha
rclf and after fine plunge by McCrohan' Read
kicked to Greble Dowd shot off his feet for a
srlendtd tackle that made Sreble dig hole in the
hard ground.
t;rehse made twenty yards on A fake kick, but on
the next play DoUd threw him for almost big a
loss After two exchanges OF punts the Army lost
the bali a tumble, and wild s"oop down uie
field the Army line ensued- Smashing plays a.
tie Army tackle yielded couple Of first downs
md Tfbbott took the ball to the 2l5yard line with
me interference for his ffteen-yard Coke
y.ent IN for Read, and after another first down
Dean was hurt and gave way to Brown. The bah
-as on the e-yard line. bat three plays yielded no
more than a yard apiece. and the Army took the
bali on downs.