New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
pAIIY OF PRINCETON
COMES TOO LATE
Nassau Team Throws the
Spectators Into Frenzy
in Final Period.
By Herbert.


year football deadlock.
These words. however, are as cold
snd soulless as the concrete on which
5000 nien and women sat two hours,
fairly glued thereto with the intensity
o. their feelings, TO express the wonder
Of It all
IN the face OF deadening defeat,
hopeless disappointment and thickenine
gloom the Princeton team rose. snd in
on, short period Of fifteen minutes
the lsst-tried hard 10 overcome lead
Of 10 points. and 20 save more or less
disastrous season from utter and CON-
plste failure.
One almost could be pardoned for a
string Of melodramstic uttersnces and
mock heroic phrases. for surely there
is excuse Many uphill battles on grid
iron and diamond have been fought;
many last stands have been made, but
for sll that goes 10 make up the brill
ihnt, the dazzling, the spectacular, COM
mend me always to that game between
Yale and Princeton this afternoon.
For three periods it looked as if
Princeton would be shamefully and
eonspicuously abssed STEALING a line
fom the Towcr) and as II the Tigers
would fall even as Humpty Dumpty.
For three periods Yale ran riot and
scored three touchdowns from which
only one goal was kicked, with bsf-
aing, confusing and withsl cohesive at
tack which would not be denied. For
three periods Princeton's only offence
vss a faitering defence back up by
feeble punts. Then came an awakening.
Tigers Awake Too Late.
An avalanche could not be more de-
struetive than the sudden and new
found strength Of the Tigers. They
rolled through and around the Yale
forwards IN a way that could not be
checked or stopped. Two touchdowns
were scored or two mad marches down
the field one for 81 yards, another for
close 70 65, and both goals were kicked.
Encouraged by the wild enthusiasm OF
their fellows in the stands, who, bor-
dering on frenzy. howled and shouted
without thought Of organized cheer.
ing as II their team was lighting its
way to victory and not sparing only
the psngs Of defeat, the men on the
field struggled on.
But the time was too short. The rail-
lying force came TOO late. 1t is not
fair 10 assume that even with another
ten minutes Yale would have been
swept aside for the third time, but 1t
is hard 10 convince any Princeton man
here tonight that the watch Of the
timekeeper rather than the Blue eleven
old not rob the Tigers of the much
erayed victory.
One would think almost from the
emphasis laid on this last minute rally,
SO 10 speak, that chief credit belonged
70 the Tigers. All credit must be given,
ior the amazing awakening and remark
able show Of power tell in glowing
terms Of the men. if not the methods,
but the Yale eleven clearly and en-
phaticaily won on the merits Of the
play, and deserved even greater credit,
even as b, earned greater glory.
Il does not seem reasonable to be-
heve that strong running attack,
which has been totally lacking through
out the season and particularly against
Harvard. could be developed suddenly
IN the last period Of the last game
Without some contributing cause. This
cause was there, and lay in the disor-
ssnizstion Of the Yale defence from
perfectly natural reasons.
Why Yale Team Faltered.
As the fourth period began with the
niue holding a commanding lead, Fre:....
h'hSey sent in his second string men
" save his regulars from any unneces-
'a'y oatterng with the Harvard game
only seven days of. This reused the
''gers to lighting fury, and with the
return Of confidence they began cut
uhg the substitutes TO pieces. Hinkey
vas SATISFIED 70 take one touchdown,
'u' Wnen Princeton began a second
march to the goal line the regulars
vent back one by one, but they went
0SeK cold" as the trainers say. This
" some extent at least dulled their
'1eetlveness and brought about more
VI less disorganization. The mental
e'N'aoe has lot 70 do in football, as
!" any phase of human endeavor.
having made this analysis, which
nay be accepted for what it is worth,
. high time that word be said as
20 "ho made the scores and why. As
ruie' one expects this up in the first
paragraph, but somehow the game as
whole, rather than the individual,
IMPRESSED me most strongly as walked
VIZ Of the stadium this afternoon, and
consequently the impressions have had
their way.
Alnsworth scored Yale's first touch
oown about the middle OF the first
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