New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
TIGERS TUMBLE BADLY
Holy Cross Lacked Strength to
Make Princeton Work. ''a
HART REFUSES A PENALTY
Nassau Captain Lets Visiting
Quarter Stay in Game After
Some Rough Work.
rBy Telegraph 20 TIE Tribune.

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Princeton, n. J.. Nov. 5.-Showing a dis
tfnct reversal Of form. the Princeton foot
ball team defeated the light Holy Cross
eleven only II to this afternoon While
the Tigers made no attempt TO roll UP
big score. and used only plays which have
been standbys during the entire season. yet
their work was not such as 70 excite any
too much admiration or give particular en-
couragement-
The hacks fumbled punts repeatedly and
the offence was very erratic. The defence
WAS plenty strong 70 keep the Holy Cross
eleven from getting anywhere near the
Princeton goal line. but despite this many
comparatively easy tackles were missed
Holy Cross failed to show any great
strength and had the orange and black
team played UP TO it's usual standard a
score twice as large as that made would
represent better the difference between the
two teams Whalen. the dtminutive quar-
terbaok Of the visiting team. played a
hard. aggressive game. and made prac-
tically all the ground gained by his team
Early In the second Veriod he was ordered
out of the game by the referee for rough
playing. but Captain Hart refused to al
low the penalty 70 be made and the Holy
Cross star returned once more 70 the play.
The field. on which the Yale and Princeton
freshmen had already played an entire
game. was in poor condition The recent
| hard rains had made IL muddy and slippery
and the footing for the players was very
! treacheroUs- This helped TO keep down the
score. for Pendleton on several occasions
slipped when one of his brilliant runs
seemed certain. AS il was. the Tigers fleet
back got away repeatedly for good gains
Eddie Hart strengthened the backheId.
but he was badly missed in the lire. The
| offensive playing of Hart at tackle has
| added a great deal 10 the strength OF the
line in previous games. and none OF the
men who took his place at left tackle to-
day could make UP the loss. Brown, who
| has been alternating with Hart at fullback
and tackle. was not risked by the coaches
to-day. and when he returns Improvement
may be looked for
| One of the worst features Of tAe Tigers
play was the tendency of the backs 20 FUN
| bic and the ragged work of the attack at
\ times Twice, with touchdown staring
them In the face. the Princeton team FUN
| bled. and once. with only a few yards TO
| go for a touchdown. the signals ere badly
mixed. with the result that the ball changed
| hands In several cases penalties baked
princeton in a march down the field which
| looked good for a score. Owing to the
fumbling of the Nassau backs and the well
placed punts of JOY. the Holy Cross ends
regained the ball on punts and gained al
most all their ground in this manner
| The Tigers started off with rush. and It
took less than three minutes TO make the
| first touchdown Two long runs by Pendle-
ton and good gains by Sparks carried the
| ball from the centre of the field 10 within a
few yards of their opponents goal line in
! short order, and Hart took the ball over
Tor the first touchdown The second score
| came as result of forward pass from
| Pendleton TO Dunlap, who scored after a
pretty run Of twenty yards. Hart blocked
one of joys punts behind his own goal line
and MacGregor fell on the ball for the last
| touchdown Pendleton missed his first goal
from touchdown OF the season after this
| touchdown
Roper said after the game that the work
of the Princeton team was the poorest
since the early part of the season The
attack he characterized as ragged and the
tackling as atrocicus