The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
PRINCETON TIGERS !
/. FORCED TO ADRAW
BY YALE WARRIORS
Bulldogs Show Splendid
Reversal in Form
Yesterday
YALE TEAM TOTALLY
OUTPLAYS OPPONENTS
Analysis of Offensive and Defensive
Play Shows Remarkable Man
ner in Which Yale Out
shone Rivals

New Haven, Conn. November 15.-Ris-
ing phoenix-lilie from tile ashes of a dis
heartening preliminary season, the Yale
football team forced Princeton, the II
TO favorite, to a tie score game at to |
in the annual contest here this afternoon
Guernsey, for YALE kicked a field goa
in the second period of play and Captain
''Hobey' Baker tied the score for Prince.
ton with a similar but more speetaculal
feat. in the third quarter.
The tie score. however. does mot show
the marked superiority which existed II
favor of the Blue. Player for player and
team against team, the Blue was better
than the Orange and Black In both of
fenslye and defensive play. Yald
adherents are saying tonight thal
holding the Tiger to a tie game
was moral victory for the Blue
but the veterans who made gridhon his
tory for the Els in other years know tina
an actual and not moral victory should
have been won by Yale. but for poo
generalship and management i'm critical
period.
Tigers Outclassed
An analysis of the offensive and defen#
sive play of the two teams shows the re
markable manner in which Yale outshons
the players from the Jersey plains -
rushing, Yale gained 139 yards in "A play
to Princeton's 81 in % efforts. Thres
first downs were scored against tn
Tigers solitary gain in this respect
Thirty-five kicks netted 12li yards agains
llSS yards for Princeton in 3S kicks. Val
regained 1S0 yards by running back Law
punts. while Princeton picked sup but IA
in similar The TfpprE
tried three forward passes. two of whicH
were incompleted, and one intercepted
while Yale's lone attempt in this respee.
also went for naught Lineup
Poor Judgment Hurts
Despite the overwhelming superioriti
in all round play. Yale could only clails
credit for tying Princeton in the earl
battle. Errors of Judgment and individual
slips at critical periods robbed the tear
of much of its effectiveness and lett th
Blue with a still greater problem to fac
I'm the Harvard game next Saturday
This in part was due to the fact thai
Wilson, formerly fullback, was shifteg
to quarterback less than two weeks agI
and is still unfamiliar with the new posi-
tions possibilities. To this and to rathd|
recent changes in the Yale line Princetol
owes her escape from defeat, for brilliari
to within striking distance of the Tiger1
goal line went for naught when some irl
dividuar play or slip would nullify tn
work of the eleven as a whole. The mol
example came late in the find
period when the ball fell into Yale's pod
session on Princeton's 40-yard line Aind
worth, behind splendid Interference, raoel
down the field to the Tigers six-yarl
line before he was thrown by CAPITAL
Baker.
1t appeared as though Yale were 4
score its first touchdown against Princd
ton since 1910 and her adherents wei
cheering and shriekIng advice. TIL
Tigers blocked two line plunges that cab
ried the ball to the extreme right sid
of the field. A third attempt to put III
hall inside the Princeton five-yard lind
but so far to the right of the posts thi
a field goal was virtually impossible.
tumble Prevents Score
With two yards to gain. Wilson mad
o perfect forward pass to Carter, Will
had slipped across the goal line. but I'll
Yale right end dropped the ball in hi
excitement and went out OF the ganl
crying like child few moments lateI
Twice during the closing period GuerlI
sey attempted to duplicate his earlier fiel
goal, each time within Princeton 35-ya1
line, but failed
These We're examples of lapses in YALE
play
The other and brighter side was I'll
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