The Washington herald., 1911-11-19
Princeton Triun1phS
Over Yale: by 6 to 3
Sam White Picks Up Ball on Tumble and Sprints
for Touchdown-Tigers Are Outplayed
By Big Margin

New Haven. Conn, Nov. 1S.-Wallowing
in puddles of water on every play and
smeared with mud from toe Cleats TO
head guards. after the first down. the
Tigers and the Bulldog this afternoon
splashed through the most sensational
game of football that has been fought
on historic old Yale Field in many
year-a game that was really ended
when Sam White OF Princeton, the j.
Franklin Baker of football, snapped up
a fumbled Yale pass and raced 50 yards
to a touchdown.
The final score was TO 3. Howe, of
Yale. kicking a field goal for the three
points credited to the Blue
There is 4 district in New Haven that
is designated as a zone OF quiet,
which has no particular relation to the
tOrrid, temperate. or arctic zone, or
even the zone of safety, but which is
section hedged off from public mani
festations for reasons of common veal.
You encounter the signs on the trees en-
route to the football field.
Tonight the territorial lines of the
zone have been extended to include the
uttermost limits of the city. and it is a
dense and definite silence which prevails
in this part of Connecticut.
Princeton has gone. taking all the noise
of football-whose other name is also
WhIte-with it, New Haven does not
like to be defeated, and most especially
has she a prejudice against being de-
feated by Princeton. Hence the manifest
calm hereabouts.
AS for Princeton. it departed in a
series of snake dances and vocal dis
order, above which could be distinctly
heard the name of s White, OF Old
Nassau.
So passed the big e-Princeton game
OF 1911. with a new chapter of football
history and a new football hero.
Lucky Princeton.
Three straight victories-Harvard. Dart
mouth. and to-day Yale-victories due TO
football luck. That is the story OF Eddie
Harris Tigers of 1911. a team which will
go down in history as one of the luckiest
teams that ever played football, and not
a word in all this Is meant to detract
from Princeton s pluck.
II was team whose offense was a
joke. Not a single first down to-day was
made against Yale. Indeed, Nassau
running backs played a game that sug-
gested as much as anything else the IA
NOUS block game Of 1851. 1t simply
served to kill time. The teams defense
was elementary. but stubborn at critical
moments; its punting game was faultlesS,
and. all things considered. was a stand
off for Yale's. With this curious cOmbi-
nation, added to a watery, uncertain, mis-
cradle field. was a cold wind that veered
and boxed the compass in eddies.
Princeton picked up a loose ball in the
middle of the field and scored a Prince
ton touchdown. The particular Poe who
performed this feat was one Sam White.
left end, who duplicated his run Of So
yards against Harvard by one to-day OF
~. the distance in each case depending
upon the number of yards that lay be-
tween the ball and a goal line. That. in
a nutshell, IS the story OF the first game
won by Princeton against Yale since De
Wits run of eight years ago. And Yale's
offense. a varied. complex, dangerous ma
chine, that sent Camp and his fellow
backs for gains of to 20 yards or more
into and through the line; that finessed
the situation so that often a runner was
jogging through tackle with a clear field
to the secondary orfense, Yale's offense.
Clogged with mud, was unable to get
over the goal line.
Princeton's handling Of the ball in the
back field, too. was marked by scarcely
a tumble. and the fast work of the ends
on both teams was noticeable feature
on a day when 1t was something of an
accomplishment to run at all without
falling down.
Whites remarkable run came in the
first quarter. and it came after Yale had
steadily outplayed Princeton and kept
the play practically In Princeton terri
tory. The game began with Yales kick
off. The Princeton catcher was nailed
before he could get under way. and the
Princeton offense, starting from the
first scrimmage. proceeded to lose a
couple OF yards. punting duel fol-
lowed. About eight times the ball swung
back and forth between Princeton's goal