The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03
TIGERS OPEN
PLAY DEFEATS
RUTGERS, 100
Princeton Takes Lead Early
and Then Puts Up Only
4 Defensive Game.
Much IMPROVEMENT
IN NICTORS' LINEUP
nv WILLIAM n. HANNA.

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football team visited here to-day all
ksyed up for a victory over Princeton
and went away beaten by a score OF
10 10 o. For n greater part Of the
sams the New Brunswick eleven played
vel, enough TO battle evenly with the
Tigers. but the sudden developments OF
,se nrst part Of the first quarter won
t~ Princeton and bean Rutgers. A long
rim BY Tibbot.. then a field goal by the
sane PLAYER mad ten points for Mas
sau. The Rutgers team never could
cenetrate to the Princeton goal line. al
though 1t had good chances to do so
and threatened more than once in the
hN half.
The turf in the Palmer Stadium wa. in
such bad condition. due TO the activities
o, a grass loving worm. that the gam
was transferred t University Field.
Rutgers. though beaten. was strong
cough and Swapping enough to be a
hard ties. for the Tigers, and though
The clash made II plain that the latter
have far to go to reach championship
form, Princeton men have cause TO he
pleased that the eleven won clearly in
Ing regime Of Rush.
Rutgers. drilled in BY Foster Sanford
In the stabb!ng. plunging, rushing game,
and with frequent recourse to the for
ward pass, gained three time. as much
snound as Princeton by running from
MN - w.. 1Nu.~s tba,. hal
anything in this line, owe next
to pcthing Of il. They nabbed ten points
IN a hurry and from then on were con-
sent 10 play safe.
considerable weakness in the Prince
to- line was disclosed by tn. Rutgers
sr;acs, IN, when Rutgers fought to
WITHIN 'en OF tweEty yards of the Prince
ton goa line the home guard s,iffened
~ le:rAce and w.n the ball away from
the zoe ON downs.
The admirable punting OF briggs,
which was capably covered by the
general In the open enabled the Tigers,
with no undue preparation FOR the game.
% WIN b. spite OF a much superior line
attack by Rutgers. Having their ten
points. the Tigers wer. concerned mostly
with holding Ola To their lead. and they
did so by an adequate defence in pinches
and without any more offence than the
dashing open field seizure of opportu-
mites IN the first few minutes OF playing.
Within three minutes Tibbott. whose
brother starred on the same field sew
raj years ago, caught "A pun and ran
-ish'y-fve yards for a touchdown. He
edged his way past the men who were
coming down under the kick. outflanked.
with The aid OF excellent Interference. a
group OF men who tried to get at him
IN midheld and. once in the clear,
showed his heels 10 the red Jerseys. His
tpeed and lodging counted. and also
help from his fellows in blocking off
~.ursuers from the banks OF the old Rar-
tan.
This Interference Of Princeton's IN
The broken field was an attractive fea-
fure Of her playing. The tackling was
good and the team cool and wideawake,
but rrratic in line play from tackle to
tackle and with the backs, except Tib-
bolt, slow, capt. Click was hurt after
a short stay in the game and his team
was not as well together with him miss
ing. The backs, however. were good on
secondary defence, often downing
abruptly a Rutgers runner who had
torn through the first line.
Bracher, a substitute, or at least WHO
mont sta~ In the game, accomplished
more than anybody else for Rutgers az
m attacking unit. He cross bucked and
turned IN hard and sharp and playeJ
urelessly Nash. Tallman, Rockefelle
and Scar, with Bracher. did the best
work for Rutgers. which as a team
Whatever may have been its possible
ties did not on the field have enough
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