New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
Rail- Bounds Over CrosSbar for
a Goal on Poorly Made
.,....s Drop Kick.
SOMETHING NEW IN GAME
princeton Men Show No Elation
Over Victory, Won, as 1t
Was, After Hard
Fought Battle.

fBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune
Princeton n. j., Nov. ii.-Princeton de-
f,sted Dartmouth. on Osborne Field here
to-day. in bitter gridiron struggle, by a
,core Of TO 0. on ruling by w. s. Lang
,ord the referee: but Princeton men are
showing no elation or satisfaction over the
y,ctory. as the goal from the field by De
witt was a freak of football.
For three periods the two elevens fought
IN and down the field. with neither being
shIe 10 gain an advantage and with
neither getting possession of the ball within
reasonable striking distance of the other
goal line. The fourth period had hardly
begun however before Princeton's lucky
star shone out Hogsett fumbed one of
De Wits battling punts. and Baker fell on
the bail on Dartmouths 4O-yard line.
Vaughan failed to gain more than five
Yards in two desperate plunges into the
line and Pendleton. who was at quarter
back in place OF Chrystie. with nothing
else 10 DO. called on De Witt for a drop
kick
The big Princeton halfback standing Just
beyond the 45-yard line. made fizzling
effort to do in a game what he has been
doing so regularly in practice for the last
week The ball barely SKINNED over the
heads Of the forwards. appeared to he
touched slightly in It's fight by one or two
Dartmouth men. hit the ground about the
e5-yard line. bobbed along two or three
bounded high and clearly over the cross
bsr and between the posts.
Llewellyn made what TO a majority in the
then came the sensation. Billy Langford,
tire referee. ruled it was a goal from the
field, under an Interpretation Of Rule 6,
section II. which reads as follows:
sectien IL A goal from the field is made
BY kicking the ball from the field Of play
over the crossbar Of the opponents goal
II the BAH passes directly over one of
the uprights or IL after being kicked II
strikes an opponent and then passes over
the crossbar or one Of the uprights II shall
count a goal.
The Dartmouth men made violent pro-
test. Even Princeton men We're heard to
say. It's shame" but Langford was
firm. and the scoreboard read Princeton
s. Dartmouth. o.
Poor Kick Brings q Score.
IT was De Wits one poor kick of the
DAY. as he consistently outpunted. partic-
ularly in the second half, Llewellyn and
Morev, who shared the burden for Dart
mouth II was a puny. poorly executed
effort at drop kick. but by turn Of the
wheel bit OF good or Ill fortune. depend
ing on the point of view. the play spelled
victory for Princeton and defeat for Dart
mouth. when, on the strict merits Of the
struggle, the outcome should have been a
no-score tie.
AS said before, Princeton men here are
showing no citation over the victory, They
agree without a dissenting voice that Dart
mouth deserved a tie score, and some went
so far as TO say that they would refuse to
collect wagers made on the game. Mr..
Langford said after the game that no other
ruling was possible. although such thing
as a goal from the field counting after the
ball had hit the ground had never been
heard Of in football. That such a goal
was against the spirit and intent OF the
rule was generally accepted, and the opin-
ion was expressed by many football critics
and close followers of the sport that the
rule would be more clearly defined another
year TO prevent a poorly executed play
being converted into score and victory
II was an unfortunate ending to a clean
~ played. hard fought game, in which the
two elevens were wonderfully well
matched. The Tigers did not play with
the same dash and abandon as a week ago
against Harvard. and appeared to be sat
isfied to get along without showing their
real strength on the eve. as II were, of the
battle with Yale next Saturday. With the
regular guards. Duff and Wilson, at New
Haven watching Yale defeat Brown, the
line lost much Of its power and effective
ness, so that the defence was not so
strong and compact was the case seven
days ago. In a sense the attack was more
effective. even IL not more varied, than
against Harvard. but only the simplest
plays were used, and there was no dispo-
sition TO show anything new in the way
% Unusual formations or tricks.
In comparison, Dartmouth showed
greater versatility and a better balanced
and more varied attack, while on the de-
fence the team was strong enough to
block as = rule any move that the Tigers
made. There was a feeling. however, that
best. while the Tigers were playing with
something I'm reserve and the fact remains
that in the last period after Dartmouth
had been discouraged by the huky score,
Princeton clearly outplayed the visitors.