Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-07
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TIGERS BEATEN
HARVARD WINS FOURTH
CONSECUTIVE CONTEST
Crimson Back Field Held Like Stone
Will When Goal Wns Threatened.
Mnhnn StnrS.

PRINCETON, y. j.. November G
Harvard University football team de-
fcatcd the Princeton eleven here this
afternoon. 10 to s. 1t was the fourth
{ consecutive victory for the Crimson
: over the Tiger since 1912, and the de-
! feat shattered all hopes OF the Orange
and Black 10 any claim to the eastern
/ FOOTBALL championship OF the present
Z season!
| notwithstanding the apparent close
I ness Of the score. the honorS Of vic
/ Tory belong chiefly To Harvard. for the
contest considered as Il whole was be-
b tween the Crimson team as a combi-
nation and the individual scoring abil-
tty Of TibbottS goal-kicl<ing toe. Not
once during the entire sixty minutes
of play was Princeton. with its vaunt-
3 ed attack. able TO batter the Harvard
eleven back across the Crimson goal
line. Twice during the struggle the
Tiger plunged and sprinted through
tn. Harvard team for more than two
! thirds the length of the grdiron, only
/ To be held when touchdown appeared
imminent by the superior defense of
! the Cambridge players. 1t was then
( that Captain Click called upon lib
/ bolt TO do what the Princeton team as
3 [" whole was unable to accomplish.
ANA both times the Tigers scored a
, ,i,anl! kicked field goal.
/ AGAINST this e-man attack. Iar-
ward showed a better rounded out cam
% Pa'cil, WnlCn nettcu the Crimson q
touchdown and goa! and Il field goal
! kicked Ly Canaan Mahan to prove
/ drop kicking honors OF the day
No football game in recent years has
been played under better weather
conditions.
HuGE CROWD ATTENDS
I ANNUAL GRID CLASSIC
between 25.CC0 aud 80, 600 spectators
, iti!ed h"tn .'rl~s If the Palmer Memo-
rial Stadium. while the overflow swung
around well into the horseshoe end
/ Of the structure. There almost
/ in"cSsant singing and cheering
4 throughout the game.
! The play, while thrilling at times,
did not equal either in brlliancy or
: intensity. big football games in which
. Princeton and Harvard have been fac
I tors in other years. The contest as
I ~ whole was slow and some times
/ duh. princeton failed to live up to
her reputation gained during the ear
/ lier contests of the fall, while Har-
ward. showing marked Improvement
/ over the form Of two weeks ago. was
still far from the finished gridiron ma
chine which Coach Percy Haughton
f. turned out at Cambridge year ago
, Harvard gained II decided advantage
} over Princeton in the opening period
, of the game. when the Crimson scored
, her only touchdown of the contest.
: With the benefit of what wind there
was at her back, Harvard proceeded
TO punt Immediately. Mahan gained
from eight to twelve yards on every
, exchange with Tibbott.
with the ball finally in her possess
sion on Prnceton's forty-tive yard line.
: Nathan hurled II perfect forward pass
To liarte. on rrinceton's Twenty-Five
! yard line. Two short gains we're fol-
! lowed by ripping line plunge. III
which King swept through great
hole between Mclean and Nourse and
:
! Mahan quickly converted into a goal
Mahan and Tibbott each added n
field goal in the second period. Har-
wards better conceived and more puz-
! Zlmg attack brought her within five
yards OF the Princeton goal line. Here
/ the Tigers gave demonstration OF
the traditional defense for which the
Orange and Black elevens of former
years have been noted Four times
they hurled the Crimson jerseyed line
and backhcld toward the latter's own
goal and. by rcpulsing this savage at
/ tack. regained possession OF the bali
/ within a few inches OF their goal line.
B briggs, standing behind the goal posts
J Kicked to his own forty-yard line
/ wher. Watson made fair catch. from
! which Nathan kicked placement goal
/ completing Harvard's scoring for the
day.
HARVARD SHOWS UNEXPECTED
STRENGTH ON OFFENSE
Stung by the unexpected strength
and power of lIarVard's attack and
defense. Coach Rush's players turned
| loose on the Crimson the full force OF
I the Tigers offense. From inside her
| thirty-yard line Princeton swept up
! the field toward the Harvard goal with
Il series of brilliantly executed line
| plungcs and short runs just outside
! tackle. With Il touchdown In sight
! Princeton suddenly discovered that the
! Harvard scrimmages were welded into
an invulnerahlc line, while the ends
and second line Of defense swept up
! to block even the slightest sus .;estion
/ OF an opening. Three times Shea and
/ Click plunged against this stone wall
j to be thrown without gain. and it was
/ Tihbott that finally turned the march
upheld into a score by dropkickng from
: the twenty -cight-yard line. Princetons
second field goal was made under al.
! most Identical conditions in the third
! period.
! During the contest Harvard out
! kicked ana outrushed Princeton. Suf-
! fercd less penalties for violations OF
| the playing code. gained more ground
| with forward passes. and In fact
! generally outplayed the Tigers, Iiar-
/ ward gained 40 yards to Princetons
4 il3 in ten kicks; made Ia yards In
/ forty rushcS to Princeton's l41
! yards in forty-siN rushes. and lost
/ thirty-six Yards as the result of four
penalties imposed to Princeton's thirty
/ five yards in six penalties.
Not in several years has poorer tack
ling been witnessed in big Eastern
football game.
! Captain Ned MahSn was the indvid-
nal sta, OF the game, due TO his dodg
irr runs puntirg and goal kicking
! ability. lie was aided far more by the
Harvard linesncn and backfeld than
were Tibbott briggs or Click. all of
whom played a brilliant individual
I game for the Tigers.
Lineup and summary:
Harvard. Position. Princeton
Soucy left end. HEhley
Gilman. left tackle. Mclean
Dadnun. ..... left guard. ..... Noursc
Wallace. ..... center ....... Gennert
Taylor CHIT guard. Hoeg
pnrson. right tackle. .Parisette
Iiarte. right end .Lamberton
Watson. 49,. quarter back. CLICK
B"les 5000. left half back Shea
King. $3.50. right half back. .Tlbbott
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