New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
AINSWORTH FIRST TO
SCORE A TOUCHDOWN
Moore Makes a Sensational Run
for Jersey Team in the
Final Period.

Tigers had checked steady msrch
down the field inside their own 5-ysrd
line. Scovil. who was substituted for
KNOWLES as the second half began,
scored -hs third touchdown in the third
period o. g -wo.ysrd plunge that wound
ups ffty-yard advance. lie Gore kicked
only one Of The three goals.
Moore scored Princeton's first touch
down. n the fourth period, winding up
& sensational advance with dash for
sixteen yards, in which ne described q
complete letter s before evsding one
after another Of the Yale taeklers, in
what probably was the most spectacu-
lar rlsv OF the game. Click scored the
second. with a desperate plunge off
tackle for four yards to wind up
Prince.on's second march Of close TO
severty.fve yards Lsw kicked both
goals with u1erring skill.
Huge Crowd Enjoys Game.
These are TIRE bare facts. but those
who wsnt the details with all their
thrills must possess their souls in pa
thence 10Y q time or else skip along to
where these details will be found in
al their fitness. This is the place, in
every well ordered story, for something
about the weather and the crowd and
the scene. which were much a part Of
this football game.
Edgar l. Palmer. who gave TO the
Princeton men their new football
home. built the stadium just q little
toe biz. Seats there were for 10000
persons. but a big white patch back OF
the north goal posts testified TO the
TACT that at least 1000 failed 10 take
advantage Of one OF the greatest sport
.rr feasts ever served in this country.
These 1000 are 20 be pitied.
i, was the biggest crowd, however,
and the cayest TOO, judging from the
color which ran from shoetops 70 head
creations. that ever stormed this at
iractiye and picturesque college town.
By train and automobile they came,
$1,000 Of them. and they crowded IN
the huge amri.heatre and lined II with
lie and animation. Ii was a spectacle
worth going far and paying much to
see apart from the game which held
such a gripping interest.
And what & day-sweaters and fur
coats we're an encumbrance. II may
have been a bit TOO warm for the play
ers. although the air carried bracing,
invicorating kick. but il was perfect
tor The onlookers, using the exact word
heard so many times going and com
i,g that 70 seemed TO be quite the
most ordinary 20 satisfy and express:
The gods have been good TO football
this year.
The singing. too. must not be for
gotten The cheer leaders fairy
danced or dragged the words OF song
Or cheer out Of throats that never
seemed % tire The Princeton under
graduate simply would not let iale
men sing their famous undertake.
song so that anybody could hear II
They nave an aversion for that par
tcular song. and whenever 1t began
they took pains to rattle on one cneer
after another until il had run us
course. Il was not discourtesy' or
rather IL was not intended for DIS
courtesy T. was simply the carrying
out Of voe, that more work for the
undertaken should never be heard IN
Us full grandeur IN the Palmer oVs-
dun .,
Princeton also sang cold Nassau"
nat wonderful hymn which not always
has been used at just the rignt time
in previous Years. IL came to-day pc
fore the game. when hope was reason
ably high and again after the game
rot In mcurnful sadness, but rather as
.1n
from a thousand Yale men as they
gathered In a mass before the Prince
ton side Of the field and cheered their
beaten foe after running IN mad rev.
elrv through the usual snake dance,
which always marks 8 victory won over
the other.
Yale Team the Stronger.
And now for something more about
The game. The Yale eleven was me
stronger and more finished, ex>ept
possibly for a brief period al the END,
when the Tigers were simply tearing
things wide open in sheer desperation
The lateral passing game, OF which SO
much has been told and which mas
been so carefully developed by FRANK
Hinkey, worked quite often enough 70
prove its value, and this, combined
with we'll directed running attack
OF tackle or through the centre, a
clever use Of the forward pass and the
best punting by lie Gore seen IN many
day combined TO make the orence
as varied and forceful as il was pretty
10 see Football Of that kind VIII
make new converts by the thousand
lale's defence is open 20 some ques-
uon. Il was quite strong and com
pact enough for three periods 10 stop
ana hurl back anything that Princeton
had TO offer, but, as said before, II
oroke badly in the fourth period, and
Judged on that worth, would be
paper wall 20 Harvard's fast charging
packs. IL must not be accepted at
mat worth. however, or at least that
Is my opinion.
The Tigers had no offensive weapons
worthy OF the name in those much re,
ierred to three periods, failing 70
make single first down by rushing
ana gaining not more than ten or fif-
.een yards The coaches kept chang
ing about the backs and tried three
VI Tour combinations until by chance
,,hey landed on Click al quarterback,
Law at full and Moore and Dickerman
halves. This combination proved
Nself In no mean way.
Click seemed 20 inspire his mates.
Law punted much better than briggs
mhile Moore and Dickerman rose TO
Me occasion and simply played havoc
I..n the Yale line in simple plays from
s'spie formations of tackle. around