New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-04
Open Play Fails to Make
Its Way Against the
BuCknell Eleven.
FORWARD PASSES
GO WILDLY ASTRAY
Field Goal by TibbOtt and One
Touchdown Account for Ten
Points by the Tigers.

Princeton. y. J.. oct. 3.-Princeton :
open football policy received mighty
shock ,o-day. when the alert detenSe,
and savage offence Of Bucknell held
the Tigers TO 10 20 score.
A team brought up 20 the same styic
OF play as that adopted by Princeton
this year was needed to administer Just
such n shock to the team that literally
tossed its way 10 victory over Rutgers
a week ago. and Bucknell did II.
The Princeton basketball tactics SIM.
ply wouldn't work until BuckneH had
pounded it's men tired against the con-
slant reinforcements Of fresh men Tor
Captain Ballin.
An omen game Of the radical style
vas expected Of he eleven from Lewis
iurc. but instead it opened Sar9 &C.
slic.nr attack directly against the cen
ire Of The Tiger line. and for three pc
RODS Kept il 70 good advantage. lhen
a sudden ,hif: 70 oper play IN She last
perioG again caught Princeton by sur
prise and nearly carried the assault
over the goal line. but q pass into the
lO-vard zone was grounded by boland:
The Tigers started on their stock OF
Simple forward passes, which won from
Rutgers. but to their surprise touna a
knot tied in the system somewhere, ahc
surprise grew almost to confusion wheh
thirteen forward passes were tired be-
fore a single yard was gained.
To add to the difficulties the for
wards charged high and seemed almost
unwilling to tackle below the waistlinc.
As "a consequence the Bucknell back
were constantly knitting their way
through 10 the secondary defence be-
fore being stopped A week OF prac-
tice agains. q helpless scrub lineup
had started bad habits among the reg
ulars which were hard 10 overcome.
Don the seventh play al the gam,
Topham. o. Bucknell, narrowly missed
q field goal from the d3-yard Inc after
interccptng a Princeton forward nas'::
IRON that time 10 nearly the end o.
the first hs,t The Tigers fought without
result.
Diiece hcld bis own ID bunting
against Topham. but GduaIc was easily
the mos. reliable ground gamer On ,hc
icld. Twice he alone pushed through
Prircetor's centr" foi first downs. ana
with LITTLE assistance he gained htty-
eight Yards by straight rUShin" dur
ing he irst half TO Princeton's nifty
tive. most Of which Wa gained of
'aChlt OF aIoHut Gnu.
Click bore the bruut Of the TiGe:
attack rs one forward pass after the
other failed. lie played his position Of
haiiback with more credit than any Of
his team mates. When he retired from
the game in the third period nc had
covered considerably over half the
ground gained By rushing for Prince
ton.
The strongest features Of the Prince
ton play were the close interference ~
running back kicks and the speed II
Captain Balln and his ends IN cove
ing the kicks Of briggs and Law Top
ham did some spectacular punting, eS-
pecially when forced 20 his own goal
line in the last period. but the Prince
Ton runters had the better Of him be-
cause Of the way i'm which the respec-
tive ends got down the field.
IN the first half TibbOtt dropped back
TO the 2S-yard line. and kicked field
GOAL. The next score came in the last
period. when Princeton's only success
ful forward passes out Of fifteen trials
came together.
The Tigers received one OF Topham' S
punts on the Bucknell l2-yard line jus I
at the close Of the third period, end
started the last quarter by short me
gain. followed by forward pass from
Eberstadt 90 Law. good FOR eighteen
yards Boland skirtcd the end for eight
and then tossed pass 10 Eddy over inc
goal line for touchdown. Law kicked
the goal.
Il vas then that Bucknell opened, IN
known resources. and worked four FOR
ward passes almost consecutively from
Chambers to Gdnaic and Topham for a
51-yard advance.
A penalty Of fifteen yards agains:
Princeton for the use Of hands in GU
ting of another attempted pass put
Buckncn on the 13-vard line. but a
sixth pass was grounded behind the
goal line by Roland.
Tho Gnc-uD follows: