Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-26
LOCAL FANS ENJOY
RUTGERS VICTORY
Jerseymen Demolish Tufts Ma
chine Before Fair=Sized
Crowd in This City.

Rutgers added Il proud victory to
! its list here Saturday by defeating
Tufts in football game al Wieden-
mayors Park. | was a game that
sparkled at times with the new style
of football. and. following the general
line OF occurrences for the season. il
furnished a complete npheayal of the
dope. Rutgers outplayed outclassed
and outshone her worthy foeman at
every turn, and when the final score
was posted il showed that the Jersey
men had jotted down l6 points against
Tuftss T. The game was an innova-
ton in Newark and drew well, for
nearly $500, ii is estimated saw the
contest. 1t was due TO the Rutgers
alumni associations OF New York and
this city that Wiedenmayer's Park
was the scene of the battle.
| 1t appears as though college game
| in which the Rutgers team is a part
/ win be an annual fixture here.
! In the initial period OF the game
Saturday the forward passing OF the
Tufts eleven seemed 70 dazzle the
New Brunswick machine, but before
the conclusion of the struggle had
been reached Rutgers decisiVely out
classed their Massachusetts rivals in
both open style and rushing game
Rutgers outweighed her adversary by
not few pounds TO nearly every
man, and this gave them quite an adj
vantage in this respect.
Rutgers was the first 10 tally. the
great Talman drop-kiclSng a field
goal in the second period from the
thirty yard line. A few moments after
the kickoff Tufts was back, however,
and two forward passes. one from
Angel and Westcott which Melted
them thirty-five yards soon put the
leather within thirty yards of Rut-
gers posts. Here Standard. the
clever left end OF the New England
team, VAS given the ball on a direct
delayed pass. and he evaded four
Rutgers men in running for touch
down. Parks kicked the goal for the
seventh point. Rutgers tried rushing
tactics i'll the third period s7acher,
in a series of successive end and tackle
PUSHES. soon placed the ball on Tufts
three-yard line. Talman gained two
and a half yards on a centre rush
Seller was selected to take the leather
over the line, and he succeeded. On
falling over the line for a touchdown
Seller fnmbled, but, as the ball in the
rules this season is dead as soon as
it is carried over, Rutgers was placed
in the lead. Talman asiled in an at
tempt TO kick the goal
Resort to Forward Pass.
Rutgers now resorted 10 forward
passing. With the ball in midfeld,
Falman went through tackle for five
yards. Wittpenn and Nash then
executed a perfect forward pass
which enabled The latter to run clearly
to the goal posts for another touch
down. This time Talman kicked the
goal. Westcott, touted by many
critics as one of The greatest backs
in the game, was injured during the
early part Of the contest and was
forced to retire. Tufts surely missed
his services, but IT was the consensus
OF opinion that he was used too fire.
quently While In action. Parks, the
Tufts quarterback, starred in the open
field. Angeles forward passing was
spectacular, but his teammates failed
10 work with him during the final
stages. Garrett and Nash, the Rmt-
gers guards, were demons on the de-
fensive, and frequently broke through
and spoiled the Tufts play In process
OF execution. Talman worked well in
interfering with several of Angels
attempted forward passes. Captain
Toohey, Of the jersey eleven, was also
In on some good plays, az wss Seller
and Wfttpenn.