New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
TIGERS DOWN LAFAYETTE
EastonianS Fight Desperately
Under Shadow of Goal.
PENDLETOM STAR OF GAME
Princeton's Brilliant Half Scores
Only Point by Kick from
Placement.
rBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune

Easton- Penn Oct 15--After stavinS on
defeat for three long periods BY one OF mo
finest exhibitions OF foOt5aH pluck ana
tenacity eyer displayed. Lafayette went
down to defeat az the hands OF Princeton
this afternoon in the final period oy tne
score Of 3 to 0. The game Uas one of tn7
prettiast and most grueIling ever seen on
March Field. and II the credit for the VIC
tory were given to PendletOn rather Chah
10 Princeton il would not be far rom inc
truth. he carried the ball from MS own
s5-vard line 20 Lafayetre's Sz-yaFd nisefA
hv two dashing runs and then landed
perfect place kick sending the ball soia-7-
II between the goal posts and over the oar
No fewer than FIVE times Princeton car
rie5 the hall within Iafayette's 10-yard Inc
and three times within the +-yard line only
70 be beaten back by the wonderful de1eri-
zfve work OF the Easton team. which re-
fused 10 acknowledge defeat even though
II seemed certain
The Tiger line showed Up wonderfully
weak on the offensive. and the Lafayette
forwards repeatedly broke through ana
caught the Princeton runner before ne
could get started In the first period the
home team had the best OF the argument
chiefly through the weakness OF tire Orange
and Black line IN the succeeding PERIODS.
however. the Tiger forwards strengthened
greatly on the defence and the Pennsyi-
vanfans were repeatedly thrown back for
five and even ten yards loss
Tom Wilson. at guard played a magntrt-
/ cent game in the line and lived Up to his
reputation as one Of the stars OF the year
He diagnosed the Lafayette attack with
almost fntuitive power. and often got the
runner out on the ends The Princeton
- t~s4r1
expected. and II was seldom that any gains
were made around them White and Dun
lap repeatedly nailed the runner IN his
tracks after Ballou's punt
| The forward pass was Prfncetons best
ground gamer in a pinch. and only once
did II fail completely. although II failed
| 10 gain much in some instances. The at
| tack Of the Orange and Black eleven was
| characterized by wonderful individual
| playing but shaEry team work Time after
time PendIeton or Sparks would take the
/ ball for an end run and find two or three
men absolutely free 70 tackle him The
| tackIing Of the Lafayette ends and backs
was hard and sure. and IN this department.
OF the game they OUtclassed the Princeton
/ team as a whole
/ In the backfeld Dannehower proved the
best ground gamer. and in one instance be
electrified the crowd by returning one Of
/ BaIlOUs pUnts thirty yards through a
broken field The hero OF the game. how
ever. was PendIeton- who although worked
constantly in carrying the ball. seemed To-
be made Of iron. and mis- returning OF
punts more than made up for the differences
IN distance between BOland and BallOu's
punting. Once he ran through the entire
| Lafayette eleven in returning one OF Be-
/ lands punts. but the last man succeeded in
stopping him 20 the extent that he trfpped
and fell with the ball on Lafayerte's I-yard
line. Here the Maroon eleven made one OF
their pIucIy stands. and the Tigers were
finally held for downs with the ball about
one yard from the final chalk mark At
another time on a blocked Onside kick Pen
dIeton downed Norris over the goal line for
what seemed a certain safety, bur the
referee decided that the ball was not over
the line
II was in the final five minutes OF play.
however. that the Tigers star haIfback did
his mos. phenomenal work With time
rapidly flying and the score a to tie. b.
land punted 20 Pendleton on Princeton's
5-yard mark. and before the lightning
rurner could be downed he had dashed
back thirty yards, and on the next play
/ he rounded Lafayette's right end for twen-
" more yards Sparks gained I'VE yards.
and then PendletOn dropped back and sent
the ball sailing between the bars for a field
goal
/ Previous 70 this Pendleton barely missed
a place kick from the z5-yard line IN the
second period
LAFAYETTE presented a well rounded ard
well developed eleven. and too much credit
cannot be given them for the game they
played Boland punted well and almost
edualIed McCaa. LAfayettes old captain. n
this department For Princeton SPARKS
was not far behind Pendleton IN individual
bri1ltanCy. and on one occasion came WITHIN
an ace OF getting completely away on the
kickoff Captain Hart also played steady
| hard game. and his defensive work vas
unexceIled during the afternoon