The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1913-11-13
GAME AIT CAMBRIDGE
Princeton is Defeated In Football Com
test at lsanti's Capital by a
Score of 20 to Nothing.

test at lsantrs Capital by a
Score of 20 to Nothing.
While Playing Quarter on an Open
End David Umbehocker Sus- ;.
taiDs Fractured Leg.
The Princeton high school football
team came to grief last Saturday
when they journeyed across country
to lock horns with the blue and
white athletes of the Cambridge
high. The roads were in deplor->
able condition owing to the midweek
rains and cold weather, and on
Saturday morning the game was
called off because the livery men re-
fused to put their cars over the
rough and frozen roads. But the
sun came out so warm and bright
that by IL O'Clock it looked as if the
trip across country could be made
with reasonable safety, so the game
was called on again and the local
athletes embarked for the .enemy's
country about O'Clock p. m. They
did not all arrive at their destina-
tion until O'Clock and the last load
Of Princeton players were compelled
to pile out of their car and right
into their football armor without
even the formality of a warm-up.
In this chilled aud half-frozen con-
dition they were no match for their
heavier, stall-fed and steam-warmed
opponents and the first half was all
Cambridge. During these first two
periods of play the blue and white
romped away from the locals and
succeeded in making three touch
downs, two of which we're converted
into goals. -.
The first touchdown came directly
from a forward pass, the ball sailing
over the Princeton goal line and into
the waiting arms of one of the Cam
bridge ends. The latter was over
anxious and fumbled the ball, allow
ing it to touch the ground and then
recovering it. The Cambridge Of
fcials called it a touchdown and this
was all right and, according to
Hoyle, with the one exception that
the 1913 rules provide that if a for
ward pass touches the ground the
play is illegal and the ball goes back
to the place where the play started.
However, this little technicality
didn't worry the Cambridge officials
as they seemed about as interested
as the Cambridge players and crowd
in winning the game. And, incl
dentally, the crowd did it's share, for
it was right out on the field Of
play repeatedly, attempting to in
timidate the Princeton boys and
take hand in helping their team
win this farce of game-farce in
the sense that the home crowd and
officials were doing most of the play
ing for the blue and white and were
determined to lick the Princetonians
by hook or by crook.
Presenting that the least said
about an unsportsman]ike perform
ance of this kind the better, let
lit suffice that the final score was
20 to 0 and that in the last half the
climax came when David Umbe-
hooker, playing quarter for Prince
ton, sustained a broken leg and the
game was stopped.
In justice to the Cambridge play
ers let it be said that this injury to
'Hocker' is not charged up to any
dirty playing on their part, as the
accident happened on an open end
run and might have occurred in any
football game where the most COM
petent officials were working and
when the crowd was fenced out of
the field of play. The Princeton
players have no grievance against
the opposing players, but they would
have liked to have played eleven
football players, as the rules call
for, and not a whole biased COM
munity, two ofswhom5 were attempt
ing to act as referee and umpire. ],
The game was called when. [ mbe-
hooker got hurt and he was hurried
down town to the doctor Office.
where it was discovered that=his leg
was broken above the ankle. The
broken member was set and, refus-
ing to leave their injured mate in
the enemy's country, they loaded
him into one Of the cars and an
pulled out for home Owing to Che
skillful driving of Jay. Smith,
Hooker reached home in good
shape and is now doing as nicely as
can be expected under the circum-
stances. This was the last game on
fhe locals, Scheduln and thic injury