New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-17
Sensational End Marks a Bit
ter Struggle on Chalk
Marked Field.
MONSTER CROWD LOOKS ON
Princeton Eleven Plays Well,
but Victory Is Snatched
in the Last Three
Minutes of Play.

of football conflict without shivering
knees or tingling toes.
Football crowds are much the same
year in and year out-alert, impress
sionable and enthusiastic-but the par
ticular crowd which gathered here to-
day did not seem to be quite SO
exuberant and noisy as usual. Still, 1t
was a wonderful crowd, and even more
Impressive, perhaps, in its disintegra-
ton than in its massed state tier upon
tier, around the chalk-marked field.
Even standing room was at premium,
and hundreds were banked behind the
fence at the north end OF the Held.
Many had come to Princeton without
tickets and had wandered about in a
vain effort to buy the precious paste
boards at any price. These were glad
enough to stand up even Il they could
get only fieeting glimpses Of the stir
ring strife.
of the field was a bank OF blue, the
ether Of brilliant orange. The yello"
cbrysanthemum and the violet Wed
with each other as to which coulu
make the greater show, and most
everybody seemed to have dash Oh
one or the other. There was singing
too, and plenty of it as the rival camps
hurled defiance back and forth across
the field in songs or cheers. Truly
great football spectacle would be lack
ing without these touches.
The Game and What II Meant
II seems almost as if had gone far
aheld and had wandered away from
football story of vital interest 10 Ioot-
hail men. The striking features have
been told, but there are many oe'aliS
which cannot be overlooked. In the
first place, l was sadly disappointed III
the play OF the Yale eleven. the team
lacked finish; the attack was uncertain
end at times almost impotent, while
the defence was less compact than IN
dictated In practice. In the secoI'u
place. was surprised at the work Oh
the Princeton eleven after seing II III
action against Harvard. 1t has I'M
proved a lot in these last two weeks OF
else Yale is much weaker than har
yard That question will be hard 10
answer. but my impression is that the
Tigers profited by the lessons OF that
game at Cambridge and played Tue
kind of football which was indlca'eu
against Dartmouth, the kind OF 1oot-
ball which spells success.
The Blue forwards, of which so much
-,.os ev,nectsd and on whom / counted
90 largely in my preliminary story ol
the game, did not shine at the expense
NJ their lighter opponents. In fact WIN
the possible exception Of Bomelsler on
one end and Ketcham at centre the
Tigers more than held their own cap
tain Pendleton played end, as was sus
gested in The Tribune, and piayeu II
IN a way to bolster up an OTHERWISE
weak nosition, while Penfield was any
thing but a weak reed at tackle. ana
did his part with Phillips In opening
holes and ranging about to pull down
the man running with the ball ShenK'
TOO was host in himself, and made
some tackles that were little short OF
amazing.
Another thing-'Iefty" Flynn may
he said 10 have exploded with Bang
that could be heard almost In New
Haven. He worked like Trojan put
was watched so closely and covered 80
carefully by the Tigers that his value
as a running back was negligible. he
kicked q goal from placement, IL Is
true, and his punting was remarkable
I'M, on many occasions he outpunted
his ends, and the elusive Baker, with
Bobey as a handle. discounted much OF
his work by tearing back with the bail
with sharp. lodging dashes Of from
Eve to twenty yards at time.
Earl Waller in Disgrace.
Physically, Flynn is a football giant,
but yesterday he seemed TO lack true
football sense. He was rather slow in
starting failed 10 pick his openings with
the necessary precision and apparently
could not always keep track of the sig
nails as the other backs were seen whis-
erinR 10 him from time 10 time. Captain
snaldinE was the best and most useful
man in the Yale backfield.
For the second time this year Earl Wal
Ter. the Princeton halfback, was ordered
off the field and TO the clubhouse in dis
grace. while his team was penalized half
the distance TO the goal line. He was
disqualified in the Dartmouth game for
unnecessary roughness. He was disquah-
Asd again yesterday for what looked IKE
an sefort 10 put Lefty Flynn out OF the
nlsv The officials can be congratulated
for their quick action. while Princeton
MON can be commiseTated for having 10
hear this odium twice in one season.
Getting back again to the game, Jet me
sav that the fighting keen witted, agsres-
.,vs Tigers commanded the admiration OF
Of, who looked on. AS said before, they
o,,,n,aved Yale In many essential features
and while they lacked the scoring punch
NV straight rushing and could not Keep
their attack going for more than one
short march down the field, still they did
more than Yale in this respect. and had
rather the better of the play, as the sum
mary shows, from end TO END
pnbey Baker was the bright particular