New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
TIGERS BURY SYRACUSE
Score Nine TouChdoWns h
Game at Princeton.
NO TEST OF NASSAU TEAM
In Spite of Victory Coaches Are
Dissatisfed-0range De.
fence Glaringly Weak.
ERy Telegraph 10 The rrihun. /,

princeton, N. j., Oct. B.-The Ttgers
overwhelmed Syracuse In football hs,.
to-day by the score Of 81 10 0. II was
contest characterized by loose. erratc
play from start to inish with the v,r,.
ors helping Princeton along by a gla,.
ingly weak defence. AS a test for Ma.
sau's eleven the game was a complete
failure, for the speedy Tiger backfi.n
rolled up nine touchdowns with Compare.
tive ease. Earl Waller starred at fun.
back, ripping great holes In the Syracuse
line for plunges which developed into
fifty-yard runs.
The weakness of Syracuse's secondary
defence, rather than the strength OF the
Tiger attack. was largely responsible for
the enormous score. Pendleton, HOBBY,
Baker and Waller swept backheld tack.
lers off like chalk, tallying almost at will
Princeton's goal was menaced only once
when Castle executed a clever forward
pass to Darby and Syracuse held tina
ball on the Tigers 7-yard line. The de-
fence stiffened, holding for downs, and
Waller kicked out Of danger.
In the opening period Princeton's play
was seen at its worst. The Minnesota
shift" was working badly. and the backs
were all slow in starting. On the defence
the Tigers made even a worse showing.
The line charged high and lacked life
and dash. Logan, at right guard was not
doing his work properly and was little
help to his side partners, Bluethenthal %
Penfeld, while Andrews and Trenkmaa
were boxed repeatedly on the ends.
Stew" Baker, at quarterback, looks
Ike a find, for he held the team to-
gether in fine shape and showed good
head work In his choice Of plays Shenk,
who went in for w. Swart at guard, was
opening UP big holes on the left side Of
the line. and Waller was shot through
one OF these for a forty-five yard ~
Darby downed MIN within foot OF q
Syracuse goal line. but S. Baker carried
the ball over on the next play. Toward
the close of the quarter Syracuse fooled
the Princeton backs on fake lorna ton
and worked neat forward pass, which
almost resulted In a score.
The Tigers braced up In the second
quarter and played faster football. wal
Ter got loose for a 6o-yard dash, which
brought the stands to their feet. The big
back was downed so roughly at t. end
Of his run that ne was forced " cave
the game temporarily. De Witt taking his
place. The next play went straight
through centre, netting Princeton's second
score.
Baker showed UP Princetons strong
~, ~, i'll, dax "a ,fIa ar
back dash through centre and the de-
iayed crossback with consistent success.
The forward pass was tried by the Tigers
but three times to Syracuse's twelve.
The visitors tailed only three successes.
while Princeton completed two out OF the
three passes. Pendleton caught An
drews's throw five yards behind the SYRIA
cuse goal line, scoring easily.
The second half was a mere talying
contest between the Tiger backs. The
Syracuse defence came back 50 per cent
weaker. and Waller, S. Baker, Pendleton.
De Witt, Emmons and II. Waller all
scored touchdowns. The exact nature OF
Princeton's attack could be well analysed
at this stage Of the contest. Every play.
with the exception OF the kick forma-
tons, started from the Minnesota
shift" four men jumping to the left or
right OF centre just before the ball was
passed Cross bucks and the quarterback
plunge through centre were the chief
plays through the line. while both the
wide run, with Baker and Pendleton car
rying the ball, and the dash just outsi ie
Of tackle were successful ground gamers.
Syracuse executed a second forward
pass at the end OF the third quarter,
placing the ball on Princetons $-ysrd
line, but Seymour's place kick went vide
OF tho posts and with It vert the visitors
last chance TO score.
Captain Pendleton left the game with
the opening Of the last period, ana
'Hobey" Baker was shifted over TO left
halfbaok. Baker, who has a style OF play
like Tibbott, the clever broken field run
ner OF Eddie Dillon's team. was in rare
form to-day. The speedy back crcled
the ends with ease, Keeling off forty YARDS
TO Syracuse's S-yard line. De Witt wss
sent over for the seventh tally.
With a team composed almost entirely
Of substitutes the Tigers continued TO
score, and Emmons and H Waller regis
tered two more touchdowns before the
game closed The coaches expressed
themselves as little satisfied with tho
ragged, erratic work OF the eleven.