The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-07
HARVARD DEFEATS
 PRINCETON ELEVEN
 IN EXCITING BATTLE
Mahon Returns to Form and Crimson Eleven Wins. Tibbot Kicks Two
 Field Goals

tory for the Crimson over the Tfper
 since 1912 and the defeat shattered all
 hopes or the Orange and Black te any
 cIaim to the eastern football cham
 pfonship of the present season.
 notwithstanding the apparent closeness or the score, the honors of victory be
 long chiefly to Harvard, for the contest. considered as a whole, was between the crimson team as combination and the
 lndlvidual scoring ability of Tibbots goal l klckng. Not once during the entire 60 minutes of play was Princeton with it's
 Vaunted attack able to batter the Har-
 ward eleven back across the Crimson soal inc. Twice during the struggle the
 tigef plunged and sprinted through the
 harvard team for more than two thirds the length of the gridroD, only to be held when touchdown appeared imminent by the superior defense of the Cambridge players. It was then that Captain Click called upon Tibbot to do what the Prince ton team as whole was unable to &C., complish and both times the Tigers scored cleanly kicked field goal
 Against this one man attack Harvard
 showed better rounded out campaign, which netted the Crimson touchdown and goal and field goal kicked by Captain
 Mahan to prove that Princeton did not
 monopolize the drop kicking honors of tho day.
 No football game in recent years ba s been played under better weather condi- tions The turf was firm, enabling line p'ungers and sprinters to keep their foot ing at all times.
 Between 25,Oo0 and 3O,OO0 spectators filled Princeton stadium, while the overflow
 swung around well into the horseshoe end of the structure. There was almost
 incessant singing and cheering through out the game.
 ] The play while thrilling at times, did not equal either in brilliancy or intensity DE football games in which Princeton and Harvard have been factors in other years The contest was slow and some times dull. Princeton failed to live up to her reputation gained during the earlier contests of the fall, while Harvard, show | ing marked improvement over the form of two weeks ago. was still far from the fin 1shed gridiron machine which Coach Percy Haughton turned out at Cambridge | a year ago.
 Harvard gained a 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 pack, Harvard proceeded to punt inmedi- ately. Mahan gained from to 12 wards on every exchange of kicks with Timmot With the ball finally in her posses
 sion on Princeton's 45-yard line Ma
 han hurled perfect forward pass to tiarte on Princeton's 25-yard line Two | short gains were followed by rip- ping line plunge, in which King swept | through great hole between Mclean and Morse and over the line for a l touchdown, which Mahan converted into 8 goal 1 Mahan and Tibbott each added field 1 goal in the second quarter Harvard s l 6eftPr cOnoPtUa6 nd y,,nr o+ | tack brought her within five yards of 1 the Princeton goal line. Here the Tigers four times hurled the Crimson | line and backfield toward the latter's
 own goal and, by repulsing this say 1 age attack, regained possession of the
 ball within few inches of their goal l line. Driggs, standing behind the goal posts kicked to his own 40-yard line, I where Watson made fair catch, from which Mahan kicked placement goal, completing Harvards scoring for the | day.
 Sung by the unexpected strength 1 and power of Harvard's attack and de-
 fense, Coach Rush's players turned
 loose on the Crimson the full force of the Tiger offense. From inside her 1 3O-yard line Princeton swept up the
 field toward the Harvard goal with a series of line plunges and short runs. Until Harvard was forced to within 1 ~ ydTuS Ol HeT SOdl pOSIS the CFlm- 1 son appeared unable to check the ad- vance.
 l With a touchdown in sight Prince ton suddenly discovered that the liar ward defense was invulnerable. Three times Shea and Click plunged against
 the stone wall to be thrown without gain and it was Tibbott that finally l turned the march upfeld into a score I by drop kicking a goal from the 2S- ] yard line.
 Princetons second field goal was
 made under almost identical condi- tions in the third period.
 Harvard outkicked and outrushed Princeton, suffered less penalties, gained more ground with forward passes and in fact generally outplayed the Tigers. Harvard gained 460 yards to Princeton's 413 in 10 kicks, made TIA yards in 47 rushes to Princeton S
 Al yards in 46 and lost 36 yards as
 the result of four penalties to Prince tons 35 yards in six penalties. liar
 yard gained 35 yards with three for
 ward passes, while the Tigers failed to gain in this manner although | achieving eight yards on one lateral
 pass. Princeton gained nine first downs
 to Harvard's seven.
 Not in several years has poorer tack ling been witnessed in a big eastern football game The players of both elevens frequently missed their oppo- nent completely and at other times tried to bring him to the ground with neck holds.
 Capt Ned Mahan was the individual star of the game, due to his lodging
 runs, bunting and goal kicking ability. he was aided far more by the Harvard
 linesmen and back field than were Tib-
 bolt. Driggs or Click. all of whom played brilliant individual game for
 the Tigers. Lineup and summary:
 Harvard-Soucy, left end Gilman, left tackle; Dadmun, left guard: Wal
 lace. center; Taylor, right guard; Par
 son. right tackle; Harte. right end
 Watson, quarterback: Boles left half; King. right half Mahan, fullback.
 Princeton--Highley, left end; Me-
 Gennert, center; Hogg. \ right guard; Parisette, right tackle; Lamberton, right end; Click. quarterback; Shea, left half Tibbott. right half; Druggs fullback.
 Score by periods;
 Harvard ...'.............'..t Ky Princeton ................'. 0 3 O. Referee. w. $. Langford (Trinity) Umpire. Dr. Carl Williams (Pennsylva- i nia). Field judge. D. s. Land (Annap- olis). Head linesman. c. " RarE:-: (Dartmouth). Timo of periods, IS min uutes each. Harvard scoring touch down. King; goal from touchdown Mahan; field goal. Mahan. Princeton scoring. field goals. Tibbott 2. Substitution: Harvard, Weatherhead for Soucy, Harris for Wallace, Wallace for Harris. Cowen for Taylor, Coolidge for King. Princeton, Larson for Nc
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