The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-14
TIME CALLED AT THIS STAGE
WITH BALL IN TIGERS POSSES
SION ON HER OWN 4s-YARp
LINE.
The score at 3 o'clock was:
First Halt.
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Princeton
Nv SAM CRAWFORD.

J. Nov 14.-Neyer before on the uay
Of a football game between Yale anu
Princeton. or, in fact. between any
Two big college teams, has there Deen
SO much speculation as to how the
elevens will line up as there were
here this afternoon.
There were rumors without end,
but nothing seemed firmly settled In
the minds OF either Head Coacn
Roper and Bigelow. and II was evident
there was a battle of coaches to take
advantage of any opening one or the
other might leave.
The last hour change made Dy
Coach Bigelow in putting In wheaton
Mt right halfback for Yale instead Oh
Murphy. Is evidence that the Eis
contemplated a kick game and reheW
on Wheaton kicking a goal from the
field. This shows that Yale fully APP
preciates Princeton's strength on de-
tense and endeavored to counter
act II.
Goebel kicked to Tibbott on Prince
toms 6-yard line and he ran back 70
the 5O-yard line, making spiehdlo
dash through broken Held. A try d,
center by Dawson failed. Read tried
Yale's left end, but was thrown ior
loss of Eve yards. Read gained TWO
yards through center. buckingham
punted to Yale's 3O-yard me "
Wheaton. where he was downed In ms
tracks. Welch making spiehoiu
tackle.
Wheaton tore Princeton's wide open
for a splendid plunge Of eight yards.
Coy went through left tackle for nve
more. Philbin went through right
tackle for. two yards. Princeton helo
for NO gain through center. Coy MADE
a splendid punt to Ttbbott, on Prince
tons 85-yard line and was downed
without gain. Yale was penalized hVe
yards for off-side play.
Tfbbott failed to gain around faIes
right and was roughly tackled py CUy.
Dawson made splendid dash
through center, bucked by his entire
team for 10 yards. Buckingham punt
ed To Philbin on Yale's 30-yard line.
Philbin fumbled, but recovered the
ball. Read went through right tackle
for three yards. Princeton held Tor
some distance on the next play on cen
ter. Coy punted to Dillon on the Tig-
ers' 4O-yard line and then carried the
ball back Ave yards. Tibbott got three
yards through center.
Buckingham punted to Philbin on
Yale's 40-yard line where Booth threw
his man without gain. Philbin was
thrown for loss. Wheaton went
through center for three yards. Yale
was penalized Is yards for holding.
The ball now on her 2O-yard line. Coy
! punted to Tibbott on Princeton's 81
ward line, Tibbott making bad fum'
BILE, giving the ball to Yale.
Much FumbIing.
Ah<
next play at center but Yale finally
secured the ball. Yale failed to gain
center and there was considerable
rough play. Two of the players near
ly came to blows. Coy punted to Read
on Princeton's 25-yard line. Tiooott
gained three yards through right
tackle. being very roughly tackled by
Coy.
Princeton failed to gain on double
PASS and Buckingham punted to mid
field, the punt being low. Wheaton
fumbled. the ball on the bound and
Siegling was on his man like a fash
and secured the ball on a splendid
forward pass of Is yards. Dillon made
a great catch and secured the ball on
Yale's 30-yard line. Dillon was hurt
in the tackle but pluckily resumed.
Johnson was replaced by Bingham.
Tibbott went three yards around
Yale's right. A plunge at center by
Read gave the Tigers three more
yards. A forward pass failed Yale
securing the ball on her 12-yard line.
Buckingham made q splendid dash
through center for twelve yards. On
q fake kick Coy lost ten yards. Coy
then punted to his own 40-yard line
where he ran the ball out OF bounds.
II was q poor kick. Yale secured the
ball on a tumble. In a fake pass
Philbin was downed for q loss OF ten
yards. Coy punted to Philbin on the
Tigers 45-yard line and ran back
twelve yards. Dawson went through
center for three yards.
A forward pass by Buckingham
failed, the ball hitting the ground
nrst. The ball was then taken back
10 Princeton's 3O-yard line. On a fake
pass Read ran back seven yards
around Yale's right after eluding sew
eral tackles. Yale secured the ball
ON downs at the Tigers 30-yard line.
Wheaton went through right tackle
for three yards. Wheaton went through
center for Ave more. Philbin had two
yards to gain and he tried at center
and there was trouble as to whether
he gained his distance. After a
measurement It was found he had
gained II by inches.
A Terrific struggle.
The struggle at this stage was ter.
rife but Wheaton managed to gain
two yards through center. The Tigers
held strongly on the next play with
the ball on her 1-yard line. Yale tried
a forward pass which failed. The bali
went to Princeton on her 25-yard line
7Tibbott then made the prettiest run
of the game through broken field for
forty-five yards. On the next play the
Tigiers were nenalixed 1--WE yards for
an off-side play. Read went four
yards through left tackle and on side
kick the Tigers gained fifteen yards.