The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-16
YALE SHOWS SPIRIT
Of OLD DAYS AND
SLAVES OFF DEFEAT
TIGER AND BULL DOG BATTLE
EwERCELY TO 5 TO q
TIE GAME.

NEW HAVEN. CONN. Nov. is
Fighting desperately with all of the
old spirit that once made the Blue
lnvincjble on the gridiron, Yale sur
prised 5000 spectators here today by
playing a drawn game with the Prince
playing a drawn game with the
Princeton Tigers, the score standing
3 to 8.
-e In the opinion Of a large majority
of college men, regardless of partisan
ship, Yale scored a moral victory. for
practically from start to finish. the
Tigers were ourplayed. The fierce
ness of YaIe's assaults and the vicious
ness of the tackiing seemed to take
the starch ont of the Jersey eleven In
the early stages of the struggle, for
there was no denying the fact that the
Tigers did not play as well as in the
Harvard game a week ago. But
Yale's great Improvement which was
due to perseverance and courage,
probably would have Offset Old Mas
sau. even had the Princeton eleven
shown its best form.
In Second Period.
It was in the second period. after
two splendid runs by Ainsworth that
Guernsey was called into the Yale
hackfeld to try a goal from the field.
He took the leather on Prlncetons
thirty-yard line. and executed mag
nlficent drop-kick, which scored
goal. and put the New Haven team In
the lead.
Subsequently, however. Captain
HOBBY Baker, as II turned out, saved
the Tigers from defeat by a superb
drop-kick from the forty-one-ya
line in the third period. incidentally
wonderful tackle by Baker prevent
ed a sure touchdown for Yale In the
fourth period. when ne threw his
arms around the speeding Ainsworth
and downed him on Princetons Ave
yard line.
Yale's fierce playing caught the
Tigers mapping in the first period. and
enthused the big Blue contingent to
such an extent that every play by the
bulldogs was widely cheered. Before
the first period ended, Baker muffed
a punt. and Talbot secured II for Yale
on Princeton's thirty yard line.
Rut this advantage was followed by
the penal,zing of the Blue team. so
that the opportunity to pierce the
Princeton battiements went up in thin
air
The teams struggled with never
ceasing energy right up to the end or
the game, and when the final whistle
was blown. the Yale shouters threw
their hats and canes In the air to in
| dictate their delight over the unex~
| pected fine showing OF their gridiron
/ reports.
The Princeton adherents, while
clad that HOBBY Baker had saved
them from defeat, were apparently
downcast over the result. which would
seem to indicate that If Yale continues
70 improve during the coming week,
| Harvard will have a lively time TO
| suhdue the wearers Of the Blue IN
Cambridge on Saturday
| Old-Time Dash.
Bristlfng with sensational plays, to-
DAVIS combat was one of the most IN
/ teresting ever seen at Yale helo,
| There was not dull moment, ana
/ the work Of the Yale eleven was
watched with intense interest 1here
was no doubt that the Yale men went
/ into tho frav prepared 70 do or die,
They played with q snap and dash OF
/ former champion Yale elevens, and
| they never quit They were strong In
t attack and the way they broke up the
/ Tiger shift plays showed that they
| had been carefully coached,
/ Yale had speed that was equally
as effective as that OF Princeton. while
I In reneralship the New Haven eleven
showed marked superiority Perhaps
/ the Princeton players were tTiile
stale They may have been keyed up
| too much for last weeks battle with
| Harvard. for they did not display the
ginger or the aggressiveness wnlcn
enabled them TO keep the crack GRIM
son team down to 3 to score -,
| Summing ii all up, II may De salo
| that the Yale spirit of days gone by
was revived. and that the cause OF
this determination to fight to the last
ditch. the wearers Of the Blue came
out of the battle with the lions share
of the honors.