The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-11-05


out Of the lineup to give Milholland. an
expert drop kicker u chance To do the
trick. Nihuland made a beautiful drop
kick from the 80 yard line. the ball soaring
over the heads of the players IN tho
direction of the posts while the crowd IN
brcathless excitement watched its flight
But vecred of outside Of the posts and
went for nothing. So Milhollaude turned
To the side lines in favor Of Hollister, who
was destined to make "A play that led to
Harvard's downfall.
DE Witt punted the ball to- the centre
Of the field and after Wendell had been
downcd on n fake forward pass. a new
play 10y Harvard. Reynolds got around
Princeton's right end tor twelve yards
He was vigorously tackled Ivy Wilsuu
who received a bloody nose as a result
Of the collision and had To give way TO
Brown. II was Harvard's hall on Prince
ton Is yard mark, but the Crimson baCk1
were like children when they tried To adj
vance the ball, So Reynolds was forced to
punt. Back came "a kick from DE witt
and the ball rolled ont at Princeton :
~ yard mark. thereby giving Harvard
another chance TO score.
Tigers stop Advances.
But the Tigers met every advance with
desperation, so that when Harvard had
worked the leather Ia the ld yard line
the ball was lost on four downs DE
Wits punt was caught 10y Huntington
ON Princcton's B yard line and Smith
ON a fake forward pass made five yards.
Gardner then got in clover onside KICK
and smith, jumping IN among thre" igers.
caught the oval IN clever style. He was
thrown headlong ON Princcton's lO-yard
limo and Harvard men were confident
that a touchdown was imminent. But
when Wendell tried one Of his Citapult
r,ishes the bury Hart bowled him over
like "A ninepin Huntington III vain
attempt to skirt the left end ran clear
across the field. only 10 ho downcd Ivy
Chrystie for no gain Another field goal
was ordered hv Harvird's leader and this
time Hollister dropped back for the trial.
He got the ball on u perfect pass, but
PrnCeion's ends. White and Dunlap.
were upon him before he could poise the
leather Dunlap knocked the ball out
of his hands. and A. il bounded up from
the hard ground White enCirCled il with a
grip of iron. He tucked the ball under
his arm and was away ike fash
whites Spectacular Hun.
Gathering headway White soon had
n clear field and h. ran Ike "a deer Hol-
lister was az his heels. also Gardner and
L. Smith. while Referee l.angford. evil
IDENTIFY in good physical condition, sprintei
along beside him. Cniptcntionally Lang
ford blocked of on" Of the H8rva pur-
sunr- so that he could not attempt a tacS le,
but il Is question whether White could
have been oyerhaulrd by this Crimson
man. for the tall Princeton end kept on
running faster and faster with the whole
Harvard team vainly following him
Not since the day that Poe made his
famous run aGain~t Yale was there such
excitement as that caused by Whites
victorious dash so swiftly did he pro-
coed toward the Harvard goal line that
none of the enemy laid So much a. hand
upon him, ana finally placing the hall
behind the goal posts he scored a touch
down for Princeton which was the signal
for a terrific racket. followed by walls
of distress from the Harvard men and
women When PendletOn kicked the
goal and made the score TO il dawned
upon everybody that Harvard didn't
have "a champion eleven by any means
After Harvard's kick of and a returning
punt from De Witt which Gardner muffed
on Harvard's i5 yard line the second
period was over.
Beginning the third period. after the
teams had had the usual rest of Is min
utes. it was Princctons kickoff and
De Witt booted the ball to l. Smith who
was heavily tackled by Vaughn. The
Harvard backs couldn't gain 50 Reynolds
punted TO Pendleton. who ran back ten
Yards before Smith downed. him in the
centre of the field An exchange of punts
followed, De Witt gaining perceptibly on
Reynolds in these exchanges Pendleton
was slightly injured in one of the scrim-
images and gave way to Baker. Then with
the ball OH Harvard's 50 yard line De Wit
got i'll one of his long punts. the ball sail
toward the goal line Gardner chased il
with White at his elbow and everybody
yelled
Two Points on Gardncr's safety.
If Gardner had allowed the bal TO roll
over the goal line II would have been
a touchback and no score would have
resulted. but the Harvard Quarterback
reaching a point about yard from the
li"" scooped up the ball instead of falling
on il White promptly grabbed him round
m" waist and hurled him forward over the
line with the ball underneath them. II wa.
a safety touchdown and yielded two more
points for Princeton, making the score
: 10 - II happened 80 quickly that the
Harvard crowd was nonpiussed Many
persons thought that Gardner had fallen
upon the ball on the other side of the goal
line, hat a. the officials made no change
in The posted score II was readily accepted
"a n fact
ABringiny the ball out to Harvard's 25
yard line Wendell received il and made
his best run OF the game He literally
bored a hole in Princeton left wing md
made thirtytive yards before Chrystie
spilled him on PrlnCeton's 50 yard mark.
Wendell tried again in a centre play and
made 1--WE Yards. but for some reason this
line rciking ceased and forward pass.
that was uncompleted, followed Right
on top of II came punt by Reynolds and
Chry-to made fair catch on Princeton 3
~ ward mark. Dewitt returned the com
plmon' and Wendell in the following
scrmmage plunged through Hart for
fifteen Yards IL was a tremendous as
s1ut and frightened the hopes Of the
Harvard crowd. but the next moment
Wendell lost yard, so that Reynolds
made forward pass to Hollister. who
was downed on Princeton IS yard line.
An exchange OF punts gave the ball to
Harvard on Princeton's 80 yard line. and
IA brilliant forward pass by Reynolds to
Smith carried il to the is yard line. Again
there seemed to be a chance for Harvard
touchdown. but in a tackle shift Wendell
lost yard. The Harvard players held
TOR lew moments, and resuming
Wendell battled his way to the ~ yard
mark. 1t was the third down, with seven
yards to gain, and as Princeton's 3 defence
was tightening another confab by the |
Crimson kickers took place. Then Gard |
shaking his head. came to the eide lines.
1t was said that he had received a
knock on the head which so befuddled |
him that he could not give the signals. ,
Freddy succeeded him and when the |
teams lined up the latter tried desperate
forward pass. He threw the ball sullarely |
into Bluthenthals arms and Harvard 8 |
chance to score was gone. De Witt |
punted the ball out Of danger and Freddy |
tried another forward pass. but before |
the ball left his hands he was tackled by |
Phillips and lost five yards Reynolds !
punted and when Chrystie muffed the