New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
Fleet Quarterback Stirs Crowd
by StreWing Field with
Rutgers TaCkIerS.
RECORD CROWD SEES GAME
Home Team Fights Hard and
Makes One Touchdown, but
Cant Stop Long Runs
in Broken Field.
10y Telegraph TO The Tribune !

New Brunswick, y. j., Nov. l-Eyerv-
body I'm this old Dutch town tonight is
singing the praises of Waldemar Deetjen.
the fast quarterback on the Wesleyan
University football eleven. The Rutgers
College team tackled Wesleyan on the
Nelson Field gridron this afternoon be-
fore crowd OF $500 persons the largest
attendance for the season, and lost by 4
score of % TO g.
The home team was unable to keep in
the running with Deetjen. who proved to
be the greatest runner through a broken
field that had ever raced over Nelson
Field. He could dodge players while run
ming at full speed, and the Rutgers men
were soon outsprinted whenever they
gave chase. The spectators were dunn
founded ut his wonderful playing. AL
though heavily built and at least six feet
tall. he was as agile as a cat. He made
the first touchdown on sixty-yard run.
shaking of two Rutgers men who tackled
him at either side. on another play
Austin was only a yard behind him and
attempted to make a tackle. but Deetjen
quickly eluded him. and Austin bit the
dust
The Rutgers team did not play with its
usual snap and vim to-day. They were
slow to start. and could make little prog
ress with the mass play which Coach
Sanford has had them working so sue
cessfully in former games. The forward
pass was used considerably by both sides,
and often with good results. but the
game as whole was more of a punting
contest
Rutgers had the ball at the opening OF
the game and kicked off to Wesleyan's
1O-yard line. Soon Rutgers had RECLAIMED
the ball and Talman kicked it TO the 40
yard line. Here Deetien captured il and.
showing off the taCklers, made his first
star play. a siNtyyard run down the
field for a touchdown. Captain Heustis
kicked the goal. and the $50 Wesleyan
students who accompanied the team
down from Connecticut cheered. Shortly
after the next kickoff Deetjen got the
ball on a forward pass and ran twenty
FIVE yards for a second touchdown. but II
was declared Illegal. The quarter ended
with the ball on Rutgers 1o-yard line.
Upon play being resumed in the second
quarter Deetjen gained six yards around
the left end. and on the next play cap
tain Heustis was pushed through the cen
tire for another touchdown. Heustis also
kicked the goal Rutgers also scored
safety in this quarter. Tallman made
gain around the left end on fake KICK
getting a forty-yard run and carrying the
ball 10 Wesleyans 7o-yard line, where the
quarter ended.
In the third quarter Tallman punted to
Wesleyan's 5-yard line. Deetjen was
unable TO get the ball, which went over
his head and rolled behind the goal posts
where Seller secured IL, scoring SAFETY
Several forward passes were made one
OF which, from Deetjen TO Morse, netteu
thirty-five yards. Tallman again punteo
TO Wesleyan's 30-yard line. where the BAH
was received by Nash. who made 90
ward run and scored the first touchdown
for Rutgers Tallman kicked the goal
The score was now IA TO 9, and the Rut-
GERS students began to cheer up a bit.
This quarter ended with the ball on Rut-
gers's 30-yard line.
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