New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03

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+. Ibis day she had been lifting her
AZ three bells this afternoon t
c.,ford was to rush his big, red
=, avenge a past of anguish and d'
vben Rutgers was to topple over \
q his vel known skin.
But in less than two minutes "
mint with so yards Of green, wet
head. and Rutgers had to start an
date forward in the caravan Of the
For eighty yards young Tibbott
.,r;r,ed on his way. twisting IN and
On, and always well supported by an
,r.srfererce chat took good care OF any
i~,rirr Rltrcr, tackler. On two occa-
- /. seemed certain that he would
~ collared and dumped 20 the soGgy
80 brf his exceptional speed and the
.-;i,.v ~ his Interference pulled him
through. mi, at last the stretch before
lin was OBJ open field
Tbie one dash overturned the pros
,ests Rutccrs carried before the game
hr, 10 mack certainty upon certainty
Tibhott nabbcG another punt a few MIN
,.es later. printed thirty-tve yard.
ar the same and then, after a orlei
TIGER rush. dIop-klcked from the %
,s-i line another points.
81 Princeon won, 10 10 Or lib
ho., won. 30 90 O in a game where
Princeton would have been well salts
led 70 draw a tie and permit II to 80
a. that.
Rutgers Wakes Up.
later the dope that made Rutgers a
.rrtt fsvorite before the game proved
~ be correct For after these first two
op,bvrs-s a. the fast Tiger back Kut.
Cor caught her stride again and ala
r,ost of he playing. Her powerful me
,oiied hack 'he Tiger attack, holding IL
n ore lone first down. and on various
oc,ssiors this same line opened up
pr;reetor's forwards sufficiently 70 m
sure tidy gains. .,.r,o
eare TOO late That tlrst hVe-mlhuIe
sur-v was enough 20 beat the team mat
-isrc5 tho better football in the last
,l,ss-ouarters. For Princeton there
after plsyed II safe. and Rutgers iseHed
49, lss. uvrcb that was needed IN the
Inc 4tNs fNAtaN+ tf
Around midaeld the big New Bruins
uick eleven pounded out its distance
Matching n one time for forty-three
vsrd. before II was checked. But once
in .loso scoring distance the neeoed
smash. the all important wallop, was
missing. where on TWO occasions san
for3's tear, was suppressed and rolled
q sFr 1O-vard line.
Princeton. after sailing down hef
tan poirts. showed nothing but a de-
fence good enough 90 hold Rutgers IN
eisek 7. NAV have been that the
Tiger was content 20 play j absolutely
safe. II may have been tnat no 70 o.
fence mas yet been developed. ne
poin; is that Princeton made only one
first down, and that az no time upon
the few occasions tried was she aDle
70 make even faint headway against
the Sanfordian opposition. Her me
did well, excellently whenever pressed
and her ends were above par. IN lac''
upon defence in all its details Prince
tons plav was safely beyond any crit-
cism Her men had the old princeton
aler,ness az following the ball, at GOV,
ering kicks and at proiiting from all
opposing mistakes.
Princeton played first class defensive
football and the test was there IN
Rutgers big eleven. But Rutgers
while beaten. had the only offence DIS
played for the cloudy afternoon, ana
this offence wasn't alert enough 70
score. Il had power. but il was a slug
gish sort Of power, well apart from any
fast drive or versatility. There was. no
ERE or :ury 20 II. although once IN a
while BrGcher slipped through at goou
speed
The Rutgers defence, after that mrs;
early weakness against the open nelu
running game. was impregnaOle'
Princeton couldn't bulge it with bat
tering ram. But with 10 points stored
away she didn't have 20, which was
fortunate rnough from a Nassau view
point. he odds are that Princeton
could never have scored except By the
method adopted BY Dave Tibbott, VINO
ran the only TWO chances that came his
way 70 victory.
Nash and Talman Shine.
The defensive play Of Nash and Tai
man was q big factor in this stout kuV
gers defence. these TWO rcpelhng the
bulk CT the light Tiger attack without
great trouble
Princctons defensive play was strong
throughout, Highly. Brown, Kauii man,
NourSe and Mclean all doing better
than average work, while the sure, sale
punting OF briggs played big part IN
driving back the New Brunswick as
sault
Talman opened the contest by drlv-
ing his kickoff 70 the Tiger 15-yardc
line. Princeton. failing 20 gain, puntcd,,
and after two rushes Talman returned
70 Tibbott. who, taking the bali on ms
So-ysrd line, was of like fash. lie
b ~ i q l. Il hOso