New-York tribune., 1909-10-24
DEFEAT FOR TIGERS
GREAT RUN IN LAST
MINUTES PLAY.
Lafayette Nan Blocks KicLs
and Dashes Whole Length
of Field.
TRy Telegraph 70 rhe TrIbune.l J

1rmscher. of Lafayette second substitute
halfback. leaped into football fame in the
last five seconds of the game to-day, block
ing Cunningham's attempt to kick Prince
ton to victory, and dashing eighty-five yards
down the field 10 give Lafayette the only
touchdown OF the game. McCaa kicked the
goal. and Lafayette, after having made only
q single first down. and that on the first
play of the game, had beaten Princeton by
a score OF to 0. The Tigers had hurled
attack after attack at the Easton goal,
had been held for downs time and again,
the ball going to Lafayette once two feet
from the goal line, but the last atom of
driving power seemed to go when the final
test came. There never was finer exhibI-
tion OF bulldog pluck and tenacity than
that Of Lafayette. The team simply wouldn't
acknowledge 1t was beaten. Cunningham,
few moments before that last amazing play,
had hit the top OF the goal post IN an at
tempt at goal from the 40-yard line, and,
with the bail only twenty yards away and
right in front of the posts, the end of La
1ayette's tether seemed TO have been
reached.
Princeton had pushed the ball TO the very
verge Of the line, only 10 lose it on downs.
AfcCaa kicked, finally out Of danger, as it
seemed. for there was less than minute
10 play. But there was holding. and the.
ball went 70 Princeton again on the 10
yard line. There was no time TO try the
line, so Cunningham fell back to try TO win
the game. 1t looked hopeless for Lafayette,
but even as the ball went back Irmscher
wss through a great hcle between Waller
and McCrohan, gathered the bali in his
arms and was of, with Cunningham in
vsin pursuit, literally snatching victory
a.,
OF lightning, made on what must have been
absolutely the last play of the game, and
when the stunned crowd of Princeton stu
dents realized what had happened they
couldn't grudge the crazy mob from Lafay-
cite its transports OF JOY.
Princeton fairly raa over Lafayette as
far as offensive football went The Tigers
seemed TO gain almost at win until the
ball was near the goal line, and they made
their distance eight times in each half
They gained los yards On straight football
In the first half TO twenty for Lafayette
and III IN the second half to eight
for the visitors. Two successful for
ward passes in the first half netted
twenty yards more; two onside kicks
were good for forty yards. But the
power 10 drive through at the end was
lacking. Late in the second half Schwenk
OF Lafayette, was put out Of the game for
smuggling, and his team was penalized half
the distance TO the goal line the ball going
10 Princeton on the 10-yard line or two
feet back Of it. Even here three rushes
failed to yield the distance, although it was
only matter Of inches
McCaa's wonderful kicking belned la
fayette to hold Princeton off. He kicked
too far for his ends, as a matter of fact.
lnC little ba rr;-
back. covered himself with glory in run
ming back punts. He was slippery as an
eel, darting through tacklers time and
again. and almost offset the great La
1ayette superiority in punting He chose
ms plays well, too, and got all there was
out OF his team. The other backs were
GOOD TOO, but the Princeton line was a
Worul disappointment. The lighter La
Iayette forwards had the jump on it con-
slantlys and the backs were constantly run
hing into a stone wall on plays through
centre. Siegling alone was really IN 10
standard.
McCaa kicked of TO Bergin, and the little
Tiger came back twenty yards Read punted
at once, and on a delayed pass Bleicher cir
cled Princeton's left end for twenty wards.
That was Lafayette's one first down. A for
ward pass from kick formation failed.
and Princeton took the ball on Lafayette S
z5-yard line.
Read sWished around left end for nine
yards. and Hart made it four more. An
onside kick failed and Bergin brought
Mccaa's kick to Princeton's 45-yard line
back twenty yards. The Tigers made their
distance just once, and then Lafayette held
for downs. McCaa kicked at once, and
Berg1n shot back twenty yards again La
fayette held better this time, and an on
side kick failed. McCaa kicked, and La
fayette stopped Princeton on downs again
on the 15-yard line
For change Bergin dropped McCaa' S
kick this time, and Conover fell on the bali
for Lafayette. McCaa could not gain. and
kicked to Bergin on his 15-yard. line. Read
tried fake kick. got a bad high pass.
and was dropped in his tracks for a 5yard
loss. Then he really did kick, and RalIin
dropped McCaa in his tracks at the cen.
tre OF the field. He kicked again, and
Princeton, after some good gains, lost the
bail on a forward pass On Lafayette's s S-yard
line. This setback came with touch
down almost within reach, after a rush of
forty-fiVe yards in which two forward
passes and Onside kick played A big
part McCaa kicked to midfeld and Ber-
gin came right back into Lafayette terri
tory again. A forward pass failed and so
did an onside kick McCaa juggled the
1 pass for punt, and Ballin snatched the
ball for Princeton on the 3o-yard, line.
Lafayette got the leather back on an on
side kick, and repeated this after another
punt TO McCaa. McCaa tried q short kick
from a scrimmage formation and Bergin
made q dazzling play, getting the ball on
q high bounce and coming through the
whole Lafayette team for twenty-five
yards. The half ended just as Read was
thrown for loss.
Princeton took the field for the second
half with Buckingham replacing Woehr
at left guard, Sparks in for Read at left
halfback and Matthews in Dawson's S
place at fuliback. The changes did not
strengthen the team at all. Read had been
a tower OF strength in carrying the ball.
and Sparks could not come up TO him by
any means. The line was even more
ragged than before the rest, never pulling
together, on offence or defence.
DaBnehower brought the kickoff back ten
yards TO open the second period. An eX-
change of kicks followed, and then Nc
CrOhan knocked one Of McCaa's kicks down
SO that Hart saved the ball for Princeton
Oh his zo-yard line. Sparks was thrown
for loss, and Buckingham kicked to Nc
caa, who was downed on his 35-yard line.
NcCaa returned the kick and got 1t back
after Sparks and Hart had failed TO gain.
Princeton was beginning TO do better on the