Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-02
HARVARD wins
FROM TIGERS BY
rs TO 6 SCORE


Harvard, 10; Princeton, 6.
Harvard vanQuished Princeton to-
day, Is to 6, principally through the
line plunging of Brickley and his won
derful field goal and placement kick
ing.
The big Harvard halfback scored
two goals from the field and then
kicked placement goal of AZ yards for
the third score In the last few min
utes of play he helped to carry the ball
to the Princeton goal line where Hard
wick made the touchdown. In this last
play Brickley was severely injured and
carried OF the field. Princeton's score
was due entirely to two beautifully exc
cuted forward passes in the second
period which netted 81 yards and a
touchdown No goal was attempted.
II was the first Harvard victory over
Princeton in a quarter century. Grim
son undergraduates indulged in
snake dance on Soldiers field.
Cambridge, Nov. 2.-Princeton out
played Harvard in the forward pass
department during the first two peri
DDS today. The score at the end OF
the half stood to in favor of the
| Tigers.
Early in the second period Brickley
of Harvard kicked goal from the field
| from Princeton's 12-yard line for the
! first score of the game. Five minutes
later Princeton got the ball on their
47-yard line. The first forward pass,
Andrews to Pendleton, netted 27
yards. A few seconds later another
beautiful throw by Andrews to Waller
brought the touchdown. There was no
goal kicked The strength Of both
lines resulted in small gains by plunges
into the opposing rush line, except
that in the early part of the second
period, when Brickley crushed through
Princeton for a half dozen short but
effective gains This brought the ball
to Princeton's four-yard line and there
field goal was kicked. The greater
part of the contest was a punting duel
between FELTON, and Dewitt, with the
Harvard kicker having the better OF
the contest.
Harvard kicked goal from the field
in the third period.
Harvard scored another field goal.
Score at the end of the third period
Harvard 9, Princeton 6.
Cambridge, Nov. 2.-The clash be
tween Princeton and Harvard this af
ternoon was regarded by many as tn,
most important football match on tn,
eastern gridiron. Calling off of tn,
games at Yale and West Point lef
only handful of other games worth,
of note in the east. Tens of thous
ands of spectators streamed out to tn,
stadium on the banks of the Charlie!
to see the Princeton-Harvard con
test The weather was superb Har
ward was a slight favorite in the bet
ting up to the opening of the game, bu
the odds were narrow.
Chicago, Nov. 1.-Two Of the mos
important football contests in the ives
are those between Chicago and Wis
consin and Minnesota and Illinois
None of the teams has met defeat a
the hands of any other conference eley
en- and the players on the variou
squads were determined to win. Mir
nesota was favorite at 2 to l, Will
Wisconsin was a favorite at to 1.
Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. I'm play
ers from the University of South Da
kota, the Michigan football team face
an unknown proposition, and no on
was willing to predict the outcome thi
4. afternoon. The westerners averag
b 172 pounds per man, giving the Wo
n verines slight advantage in the line.