The Washington herald., 1913-11-10
SCANT VICTORY
IS BIG SURPRISE
Harvard's Win Over Prince
ton by Such Small Mar
gin Upsets Dope.
ATTACK WAS BRILLIANT
New Jersey Collegians Put Up Strong
} Offensive Game Against the
Cambridge Outfit.
ATTACK WAS BRILLIANT
By TOM CAMPBELL.

Cambridge, Mass, Nov. s.-Harvard's s
victory over Princeton by such a scant
margin surprised a number of knowing
ones who have been reading about the
unbeatable Harvard team. The team is
good and is capable of showing much bet
ter football than it did yesterday, but II
is not an unbeatable eleven by any
means.
What might have happened on a dry
field is merely a matter for conjecture.
but every Harvard man must know the
team has been overrated.
Princeton has one of the best teams of
recent years, and to my mind is better
even than the 1911 team, which is cred
tied with the championship.
The way Princeton has come since the
Dartmouth game is a. revelation. and II
the next week shows improvements as
the last has-well, I'm glad its Yale
rather than Harvard next week.
Have Strong Attack.
The Princeton attack was fast and be-
wildering. and IL 1t were not for the mag
nificent defensive work of Bradlee, the
game would probably have been a differ
ent story.
In BalIin and Phillips, Princeton has
two Of the best tackles OF the year. They
are strong, aggressive men. with a keen
football sense, and developed most Of the
Harvard plays very quickly. Both did
most of the tackling down the field, and
on a dry day might have caused trouble
for the brilliant Mahan.
Capt. 'Hobey" Baker played the best
game of his career. and while not so
brilliant as Brickley he threatened again
and again to pull the game from the
Goals.
Shows Improv
His running from close attacks has i'm
proved 80 per cent over last year, and on
a dry field he will cause a lot of trouble.
Last year he lodged his way along the
line OF scrimmage for an opening, and
therefore was often stopped behind the
line Yesterday he relied on his speed
to get him to the line, and then he broke
for the open.
Had the field been dry, what a pretty
contest in running back kicks between
Mahan and the Tiger captain! 1t would
be almost too much excitement for a
dyed-in-the-wool fan to survive
Princeton.
Princeton, N. J., Nov. 9.-There is
gloom in Princeton today. and bank
ruptcy. The Tiger spirits are damper
than the field that brought them their
defeat yesterday. Celebrations which
were scheduled for last night either
did not come on or assumed a pathetic
nature. There is no relief in the fact
that Princeton is conceded universally
to have displayed every whit as well
as the Crimson, and in several depart
ments of the game to have had the
jump on the rivals. The score is there,
3 to 0. in big letters for all who run
to read.
In the face of it there are no occa-
sions or consultations. None will be
offered. Frank Click. "Buz" Law, and
Ballin. were the toasts in Jungletown
last night. These men put every ounce
of ingenuity and vitality they pos
sessed into the contest and starred
from the kick of to the final whistle.
Coaches Andrews and Bluthenthal
have taken the Tiger team of twenty
men to Atlantic City over today for a
change of air. They return tomorrow
and begin the weeks preparation for
Yale.