New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-01
Tigers Unable to Score
Until Last Three
Minutes of Play.
PURPLE PUTS UP
A PLUCKY DEFENCE
Forward Passes Weak Factors
for Both TeamS-Glick and
BALM in Fine Form.
IN rsIesraph b ~ Tr-buns. !

princeton, y. j. oct. ol,-EteInai
vigilance on the football field once
more interviewed in behalf Of the
Princeton players after every other
type Of play had failed, and in the last
three minutes Of the game with Will
Jams this afternoon they syerted de-
feat and tied the score az 70 Z.
IL was a game that represented far
less power on both sides than the one
that the Tigers tucked away by alerJ
playing against Dartmouth last week.
but it was a heartbreaker that made
that struggle seem almost common.
place by contrast. Each period had its
thrill, with cumulative effect during
the last period.
Both Toolan and Click came within
a hairs breadth of outdoing even
Ghee's famous run for touchdown,
for each one started from scrimmage
end cleared his way for over fifty-fye
yards with two teams streaming al his
heels.
Each was slowly caught from behind
just in time 20 avoid touchdown, but
roolan Immediately completed his by
loosing a forward pass TO Overton for
a score that made the Tigers face de-.
feat until nearly the end OF the game
Click was less fortunate, for he had TO
watch his run wasted By a pass inter
cepted by Tomkins on the goal line.
At least two o,her times the Tigers
were almost rubbing their heads on the
enemy's goal posts, only to be beaten
back by the p.ucky defence of tfei-
light opponents. As time passed and
the Williams players did not flag in
their pace, the Princeton men fought
more and more desperately.
They finally had three minutes 20
play, with Williams holding the ball on
her own 20-yard line and playing for
. time. IL was a lesson in perseverance
to see the Princeton players wait and
fight and wait again, only 20 put on
more steam
Tieing Play Brought Thrills.
The stands seemed to feel something
+ coming, for the ball had hardly been
snapped TO Tomkns on a rush that was
meant only 20 take time before kick
ing when everybody gasped and rose
as single body. Everybody knew that
somewhere in the middle OF taugle
of lighting, scrambling players on the
l5-yard line the ball had gone astray.-
As Referee Pendleton pulled one.
4 struggling man after the other from
the pile not soul had any other idea
than to find the ball At the bottom Of
. the pile lay Gennegf. the Tiger centre,
who had scored P~ncetoGs second
touchdown last Satu. day on n tumble
/ by Dartmouth. He was hugging the
/ ball close 20 him again, and this time
/ il sent the crowd wild.
Click, another of last weeks heroes,
I was playing at quarterback. he drove
/ into tho Purple line with hammer and
+ tongs, but he struck something solid.
/ He gained only three yards. The yis-
/ itors had held like stone on their own
gcal line i'm the third period, but the
/ Tigers were not 20 be stopped again.
Drlggs went back 90 his place az full.
back, which had been given 20 Boland
for a short time, and took FIVE yards
around Laplante. Click pushed over
for the touchdown, but there Was no
relaxation in the crowd, for Williams
still held a one-polnt lead.
Law went "a for briggs TO kick the
goal He coolly took his bearings.
backed away, came back 10 straighten
/ the bail, and did il all over again twice
before he finally sent 9 perfect kick
/ over the bar and tied the score
/ The game was not yet over, for the
Tigers and Law again figured in
L oNAlneNtN4AF ~ atAWN q iva NJ 80 u pass hN
/ Highley for forty yards i'm the last
minute OF play, and IL landed the Tigers
or the 20-yard line. A second pass
went further than intended and crossed
the goal line, spelling the last chance
Tor victory.
Tigers Not Overconhdent.
Il looked like case Of overconh-
dence in the Princeton squad, but a
player IN talking after the game de-
rded the idea. lie said that hard
game had been expected, and that the
: Tigers would not willingly have been
/ careless, even If they had had IL an
their own way.
The ends especially seemed inclined
10 rest on the laurels Won last week.
for they were repeatedly boxed. and
when they were fighting too hard 20
+ be drawn IN they missed tackle after
tackle. BALM and Click were the only
+ Princeton players 10 be absolutely re-
I liable in their tack.ing, and they were
/ everywhere. LamDertOn was the great
est offender in oyerrunning his man.
On the offence Princeton outrushed
/ her opponents for the first time this
/ year, gaining about 200 yards 20
scant 100 for Williams. IN penalties
+ the Tigers held the advantage by five
yards 10 twenty-five. and in fumbing
+ By two to five. although Williams men
/ recovered three Of their own fumbies
ana Princeton one.
In forward passes Princeton made
80 yards on one successful attempt
out OF eleven trials and had four in
tcrcepted. Williams made thirty eight
yards on two successful passes. OUT Of
six attempts, and had only one inter-
cepted.
briggs met his match in punting In
Eells. whose only blunder was one punt
out Of bounds, which was good for only
twelve yards, and brought his average
slightly below that Of the Tiger punt
er Toolan. was outDuuted after Eells
had retired from the game.
To0la1 and TOmkns were the props
81 the Williams team and, EXCEPT for
Click, were the hardest men on the
field 20 catch. TomHus ran back "a
kickoff In the third period forty-eight
yards before being caught.
Click Tower of Strength.
+ At least one Of The changes in the
Princeton team since last week was
justified b. Frank Clicks work az quar-
terback. Ames started the game AZ that
position. but he was withdrawn in
favor Of Click after his n7zling at
tempt at drop kick from the 25-yard
line in the FIRST quarter. and his alb
sence on the next play, when roolan
made his run, ana failure 10 drive the
team over a little later when he got 10
70 the l4-yard line.
Clicks presence meant a great deal
10 the team, and his value In the %.
fence was not lost by his changed posi-
ton. for he was the most consistent
/ gamer on the team. aside from his re-