The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-04
Princeton Learns That While
Confidence Is An Right Some
times There Is Such a Thing
as New Football Being Spoiled
BY 0Id.StyIe Play.

osogAshk. 1913. b. Ths Pro- Publahns Co.
CTns Nsu York World.
II VIII be at least . week before the
college world stops tailslng about
Harvard's sensational defeat Of
Princeton Last Saturday.
PRINCETON had . sneaking notion that
possibly her team nigh, score some-
tn1ng IKE 40 on Harvard. But tina,
new football might be upset by the old
style play. and the tissrish, scrsppy
Princeton bunch beaten down to a hope
lee defoat was undreamed.
Even In Cambridge the students
amt expsct such . victory. The bet.
ting at even money. fiuctuating 70 iO-s
In favor Of Harvard In case Of . mudd,
ned. didn't indicate any Overwhelming
cooAdsnca.
After the game I heard q Harvard
gsoduate make bot with q Yhle man.
~ 10 $40 that Harvard would defeat
HaSe+ That's confidence. l don't know
but rs worse than confidence. I
wouldn't bet four to one on tho Bul.
carian army TO clean up Yale. IN thls
Part Of the season. Yale has q trick
a doing things In the last week OF
preparation.
On paper there was nothing TO suggest
that the Crimson would nearly treble
Princston's score. hold the Tiger safe
after half the game had been played,
and nnish stronger. In fact there was
feeling that Princeton had ''somethlng
up her sleeve"
princeton didn't play with less than
her usual courage and grit and skin
and speed and endurance. Tho Jersey
boys did everything that could BE- done.
but the breaks we're against them.
TN the first place FELTON, upset their
plans. Felton's punting was the one
thing Princeton felt doubtful about
before the game. FELTON, 10 a left.
footsr." like Ksnnard n few years ago
He has trick OF sicing the ball. giving
Il twisting motion that makes It's
course through the air q little erratic
and renders Il hard to hold when II
fans into the opposing players hands.
Moreover FELTON, has distance. height
and direction under control.
Tho game hadn't gone far before
Princeton discovered that FELTON, could
cutkick Dewitt Harvard used Feiton's
kicking ability to win that game. and
his toe deserves Just n much glory a.
the toe OF Br!cldey. who kicked three
hcad goals and made the winning score.
For Il was Telton's toe that enabled
Harvard to break OF Princeton's style
Of play and stop her scoring.
II the first quarter the Harvard team.
undsr Coach Hsughton's instructions.
spent the time studyinz out Psnceton's
o6sose. Only three times did the Grim.
so try to gain ground by plung!ng
through the line. Instead Fs'ton's punts
we're used to keep the ball safely away
from Harvard's goal line. while the
Princeton team. trying endlessly to rush
Il back again (unable to equal FELTON,
IN punung). was forced to show the
tricks It intended to use In scoring.
- HARVARD learned . little abou,
III Princeton's forward pass play.
= . and studied out defense. Sic
anaiyscd the Princeton play ana pre-
pared way to break Il up.
In the second quarter Princeton used
her best forward pass combina tions, and
they worked so we'll and 30 easily that In
two passes. one 10 Pendleton, and the
other TO Waller. the ball was advanced
forty yards and carried over for touch
down. just here It looked as n Prince
ton would be able to roll up tina. ox'
psctsd score. But Harvard had learned
what to expect, and Harvard tlshteneC
down.
OF course the spectacular hero OF tn,
~ II 49,
grow brilliant and fade away again
Sam White will always be remem bere,
~ q genuine. sc.nt!llat!ng wonder. 20
Sam made gerat runs tAat defeated boil
Harvard and Yale, and then he grldu
atsd from Princeton ana had no chane
to grow dim through failure 10 repea
again.
Last week everybody was talkin
about Kobe Baker OF Princeton an
calling him ''anotaer sam White" Bu
Baker didn't have a chance to Sin n
much Saturday. He muifed an lmpoi
taut punt. and although he recovered IN
baA 10 was close TO the Princeton 800
Ina After working out little wa
auothsr tumble came and Felton go, "a
ba1l Unable to push over for touch
down. Harvard at least worked into 500
position for an easy drop kick. an
1s1ekley kicked the goal.
And right here Is where Baker disaJ
Deav from the story and Brickiey com,
n. This week Br.ck.ey 10 the hero.
DRICKLEY. AZ / said before. kicks
the three goals. He drop kick
two from the hfteen-yard In
setse his own great line bucking. wit
~ a Hardwick. had gained tho necel
easy position. and he place kicked OF
1U0 . distance Of fcrty-eight yart
60 ths Princeton soal posts.
~ ~ kick was q wonder.
Doso1mal1 vea ~ samf Tor Harvsr'