New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-09
tated a punt instead of a drop kick, but


lighting desperately to work the ball
out Of their own territory
In the last analysis 1t may be salu
that Harvard won because Brickley was
able TO do once in four trials what
HOBBY Baker was not able to DO once
in five. And yet no unfavorable crit
icism should be heaped on the Prince
ten captains head. for truly the mushy
ball added a heavy handicap to the
hazards Of drop kicking.
No amount Of moisture could dampeh
the enthusiasm and ardor OF the spec
tators. The prospect of seeing the
greatest football battle of the year
brought forth thousands. But for the
rain Princeton would have harbored the
biggest and gayest crowd in its history
The weather deferred few from at
tending. and many special trains from
New York poured forth their quota OF
the streams Of humanity that flowed
to Osborne Field. But the automobile
was not a popular vehicle OF transport
tation. There were many machines
marked i'm the town, but the represen-
tation Of motorists would have been
larger had the roads been dry.
The crysanthemummed and berib-
boned throng broke from under the
clouds of raincoats and umbrellas from
time to time, but the color that con-
tributes so much to the picturesque
ness of the football crowd was muffied
in weather protecting coats. The I'M
dergraduates of Princeton could be de-
tected in their service slickers OF yell
low oilskin. But the rest of the spec
tators were not so well equipped, and
bore the ducl1ing in good humor
The stands were slow in filling. Not
until the game was fifteen minutes old
did all the spectators find their seats
Although the demand for tickets had
far surpassed the supply, there were
vacant spots to be seen in various parts
Of the rectangie, particularly in the
north stand where several hundred
more could have been accommodated.
once the game had started the in
clement weather was forgotten until
the slashing, clearingup shower came
near the end of the first half. AS the
teams sloshed around on the grldlron
the eyes of the spectators followed the
ball eagerly. From one side or 'he
other pealed forth the cheers r. the
it'd of battle swung first to PrihSsfoh
and then to Harvard. There was no
ouenching the enthusiasm. When the
tmperturbable and reliable BrlcKleg
sent the ball spinning between the goal
posts for the only score OF the DAY the
Harvard contingent rose as a man 10
acclaim him the hero Of another season.
The singing and cheering seemed 10
be even better than in former years.
From the ranks Of the camp followers
came new tunes and melodies to enter
tain the crowd between the halves.
The Harvard song leader, the hardest
working man on the field, was as good
as a vaudeville show TO watch. He
used all the movements OF Russian
dancer and many yards of good ground
in extracting a little music out OF the
wearers of the Crimson.
Harvard Missed Sam FELTON,.
To get back to the game, it must be
told that Harvard missed Sam FELTON,
the wonderful kicker Of a year ago.
Hardwick pUnted well enough in spots
but was erratic this afternoon, to say
the least, and two Of his KICKS well
down in his own territory might have
spelled disaster. Eddie Mahan did bet
ter when he took up the work, but on
the whole, Law, Of Princeton, who was
playing his first big game, gained quite
q few valuable yards for the Tigers in
the various exchanges and punted re-
markably well. even though the one
that was blocked spelled ruin for his
team.
Under the unfavorable conditions
neither team showed much OF a run
ming attack against the defence OF one
or the other, but Of the two the
Tigers seemed to have slightly the
wider range, while the backs hit the
line quite as hard as Brickley and
Hardwick, Of whom so much was ex-
pected. BRAD" STREET. appears to be
great player in the making. while
Click, at quarterback, ran the team
well and showed excellent judgment,
except possibly in two cases.
Brickley and Eddie Mahan, who
played only part Of both halves. pro-
vided the spectacular touches with
long, dashing runs. Twice Eddie Ma
han got loose, and by little side step
ping and twisting away from tacklers,
but more by his speed and effective
use of the straight arm, ran fifty-five
and forty yards, respectively.
Brickley, too, stood out in other ways
than his goal from the field. He
Jumped through a hole in the centre of
the Princeton line with the ball deep in
Harvard territory in the last period,
and, circling to the right. shook off
three or four tacklers, and then. be-
hind a compact interference. ran sixty
yards before being brought down from
behind by BALM, when only twenty
yards away from a touchdown and
with clear field.
Sol Metzger has written an analyti-
cal story of the game and discussed the
PLAYERS in some detail in another COL
u,nn of The Tribune but no story of