The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24
TIGERS DOWN
DARTMOUTH BY
80 TO 7 SCORE
Forward Passes and Long
Field Goals Features of
Spectacular Game.
briggs AND b
PRINCIPAL T

cal superiority In power or speed, en-
abled Princeton to crush Dartmouth in
their annual battle on the Palmer Stad-
Jun grldiron here this afternoon. In the
score Of 30 TO , hat decided the is
sue Dartmouth's portion-its touchdown
and converted goal-represcnts what
the Green was able to accomplish against
the second and third string Tigers. who
supplanted regulars by droves in the
last quarter after the game had been
won
Princeton got its points In -four diff
fercnt ways-touchdowns. goals from
~touchdowns, drop kicks and u kick from
placement. Dave Tibbott made both the
drop kicks In the first quarter, both from
a spot between the forty-three and forty
four yard distances. lie carried the
bali across for one Of the t~ouchdowns.
following n brilliant run. and his IN
crring toe boosted the ball over the
crossbar after this and also after High
legs touchdown. Buzz Law made the
placement kick and also converted the
last Princeton touchdown. by Hogg, into
a goal.
Dartmouth. though beaten. had it's
hero. but not Until the game had Amos
ended. A young man named iile. a
substitute centre. earned the most vocif-
erous cheering done by the crowd of
1900 when he sprang up TO catch a
partly blocked forward pass from Ger
rish and then raced the remaining tif-
teen yards TO the hostile goal. This cir
Gus performance not only saved Dart
mouth from a shutouf but We'd with
two other forward pass plays for the
spectacular honors of the day. Both these
others We're clean, long, hard passes by
shea straight into the arms Of Highley
ON one OF the two Highley kept on
for a touchdown aud the other resulted
In "A gain that led up TO a Princeton
score.
Individuals ExceIIed.
Team work on tlc offence did NOT
seem 10 be developed TO a very advanced
degree on either side. Whenever any
thing definite was achieved. II could he
credited nearly always TO individual eN-
c~ellcnce. The mighty punting OF briggs
kept Dartmouth on It's wv end Of tn.
field most Of the time. Practically with
out exception his punte had a carry OF
forty-ty- yards or more, and his ac-
curaCy was such that he often vas abb.
10 propel them to the side, past tn.
Green backs. to roll out OF bounds away
down the field. This knack OF his IN
having the last ounce OF force exhausted
lust after the bali crossed the chalk
mark, was It'll. short Of %uncanny. with
MS rifle like accuracy he was able TO
get about 90 per cent of full value out
of every Kick.
Ia the early part OF the game. In the
stages when the Nassau cohorts play ed
their hardest-bccause they needed to
briggs was the man upon whom all
else depended. on occasions when hc
didn't get the ball out of bounds he
raised IL 90 high that n pair of Orange
and BLACK ends always waited ready
10 down the receiver In his tracks. The
Dartmouth punts. most Of them delivered
by Gerrish. but some by Thielscher.
averaged AZ least fifteen yards less In
effect because they were not high enough
TO let the ends get down. and Princeton
was able TO get a start and run them
back.
The continued exchange OF kicks
brought n steady pressing deeper and
deeper Into Dartmouth territory. until
finally one Dartmouth mi was run back
by Click TO the ~thlrty-fve yard line.
After two ineffective PUSHES Tibbot' re-
I tired To a point one yard in front OF the
forty-five yard whitewash bar and got
set for his kick. II was the nrst crisis
OF the game.
TibbOtt's Aim La True.
That's too far for Tibbott.' said "A
Princeton undergraduate. "He won
kick. Watch for IA forward pass" il
was not too FAR for Tlbbott. The ball
sailed straight and fast, truly over the
centre of the crossbar and Yards above
II.
The events that led up TO Tibbotts
second goal were practically "A rcpcti-
ton Of those that preceded the first, and
the goal itself would loo almost en-
At - Al tlA aaA ...at. aNa
duced OF n moving picture screen. Tib-
bolt on the later occasion could not have
been more than Il foot or w TO the
right or left OF the very spot whore his
toe struck the oval the first time.
Besldcs the punting Of briggs, the fast
running down of tina Tiger ends, Tib-
bolts ccurate drop kicking and Laws
success when called upon for his place
kick from the forty yard line just he
fore the end of The game. important fac,
tors in the building of the big scor,
were Prlnceton's general widcawake-
ness whenever there was a loose ball
from funlbles or otherwise Shea's prov
css AZ n long forward passer; High.
lry's deNterity in taking the throws
Tibbott's cleverncss AZ an open field
runner and the magnetic qualities OF
capt. Frank Click. who kept his men
on their toes and trying hard from
start TO finish, with never a hull. Their
were cases when Dartmouth men who
! REGARDED themselves rs out of the PLAY
for the particular moment would stand
sim and watch events, Not so the Tigers
Every man was doing something ar try
ing to do something All the time.
stands Only Half Full.
There was 10 outpouring af the thou
sands that will see n harvard game