New-York tribune., 1908-10-25
NO SCORE AT PRINCETON
SYRACUSE HOLDS TIGERS.
Captain Horr's Team Within !Strik-
ing, Distance Three Times.
~ T.lerrsph b - Tribun.-I

Princeton. N J., Oct A-syracuse outpIays1 an,
outgeneralled Princeton this afternoon IN a -,
less game. The play in Princeton's t.--,.
for the greater part OF the game. especially q, 80
second half and the Tigers were lucky nor n -
their goal line crossed. The Princeton o-.,.. ~,
not get going and the defence weak rbs -,
encouraging feature to Princeton was the sse- 80.
the defence stifened and held when It had - a..
prevented scores three times within tba % =
yard line The line which hitherto has bean iy,-
pregnable strong In the first period hn.
weakened In the second half. and Syracuse brok,
through time and again excepting within the dan
ger
Rain fell in the morning and during most OF III.
first half. making the ball vet and slippery and the
field sogsy. This gave the heavy Syracuse team a
great advantage. II oUtwsished Princeton az
least ten pounds to the The greatest fault
with the Tiger back feId-its extremely light
weight-was apparent to-day.
The Syracuse eleven played splendid football
They used great variety Of plays and completely
fooled their opponents several trick playa Tbs
effect OF Yale coaching was apparent and Yale
formations were used TO a large extent. Horr and
Stein played back fake kick formation similar
to that used by Yale. with Coy back against
Princeton last year. Sometimes HOrr would take
the ball and sometimes Dairy would take II for q
quick buck
Hort was a tower Of strength on the ofrsnsivs
and defensive. Banks starred at quarterback and
many times circIed the ends for gains OF six 10
tons offence wofully weak and only three first
downs were made during the game One OF these
beautiful forty-yard by Tibbott On a
fake kick near the end OF the game which took
the ball into Syracuse territory for the first tine
IN the second half.
About the middle Of this period Captain Dillon
went in to try 20 turn the tide He got a great
ovation from the spectators and his presencs
caused a temporary brace, but Stein Cleverly
bunted out Of bounds Thereafter Dillon never gos
chance to carry the ball He did make beauti-
ful flying tackle. which prevented score on q
blocked forward pass
Stein easily outpunted Read. and syrecuss
gained ten yards on every exchange Tho entirs
Syracuse backfeld played an excellent game Coxs
and Cunningham did some great work for Prince
ton in the secondary defence Dowd and WEIGH
both received blows on the head IN the second
half and were taken out, thus weakening the ends
which were none too effective anyhow. Sieglinz
played good game az tackle. getting down under
punts ahead OF ths ends The forward pass es-
pecialy used by Princeton, was a distinct
failure
The only time Princeton was dang gerous was IN
and on the next play Horr rumbled on his own
S0yard line Read made hve yards and syra-
cuse was penalized five for orside play. Cunning
ham fell back for drop kick. but Cass passed
clear over his head. and the kick was spoiled. By
sixty yards OF straight football Syracuse took the
ball into Princeton's territory. The rest OF the
half OF the play seesaved back and forth IN thu
middle OF the field. The lineup follows: