The sun., 1916-11-19
YALE FOOTBALL
TEAM DEFEATS
PRINCETON, 100
Tigers Make Two Serious
Breaks. Which Lead to
Eli Scores.
BRADEN KICKS GOAL.
LIE o r CROSSES LINE
Crowd of fl. 900 Sets Record
for Contests at Old
Nassau.
Ny DANIEL.

PRINCETON, n. j.. Nov. is.-The old
INK that always follows Princeton foot
nal, teams into their battles with Yale
elevens pursued the Tigers all through
their annual game with the Ellis In the
Palmer Memorial Stadium this after
,oor. Princeton was guilty Of two great
breaks, due to failure to follow or hold
on 10 the ball and Yale took full ad-
vaneag e of them to win by q score OF
10 TO Q.
The Els tailed three points on a field
roa, from q drop kick by Jim Graden
from the IS yard mark In the third
period. six points from a touchdown car
rcd over by Harry Legore in the fourth
quarter and one point from the goal by
Comerford. To Legore went the honor
OF crossing the Tiger goal line Tor the
nrst time this season.
PHYSICALLY, even s:rategicaily. Prince
ton was al most times the stronger team.
but it's power was Sc; At naught by the
same waste Of energy, the same rum
bling and bungling at critical times that
mas characterized the Tigers perform
ances this season. and their exhibition
against the Ellis in recent years. Fght-
ing with logged determination. Prince
ton organized rally after rally. hut al
ways when II was approaching realiza-
,ion of is efforts 1t permitted the oppor'
,unity to 81 from its grasp.
Forty-one thousand persons TAI
greater host than had ever before sser
a contest at Prince:On-looked on whlle
the Tigers made their game but futile
struggle against the wearers OF the Blue
and that spirit OF fata,ism which mas De-
come a byword In Yale-Princeton FOOT
ball competition.
An UnpardOnab BILE SIN.
Only once in twelve years had th'
Tigers beaten the Bulldogs, ana to-day
defeat marked the third successive SET
ZACH for the Orange and Black. MOST o.
the Princeton players ended ther foo''
ball careers with the game to-day. aht
NOT once during their varsity incum
bency had they been able to hurl paci
the eleven from New Haven. This ar
~ternoon's success was the twenty-thir'
for Yale In forty-two games with TN
Tigers since 1873.
The first break against Princeton
came at the opening of the second nan
Rraden kicked off to Princeton's 30 yar'
line and the ball bounded along wtthou
any Tiger trying to get his HANDS on u
speedy Rush's men chased along as !
setting under a spell. evidently forgettinI
FOR the nonce thai II was a kickon ant
not a punt from which the pigskin ma
obtained its impetus. While the inep
Tigers were paving the way for thei
" defeat Moseley, the Yale end. rushe'
up and seized the ball on the Tigers
90 yard mark.
In a dash Princeton realized the un
parlonable offence OF which 1t had bee
sui'ty. Some Of the players rushed t
protest to Nat Tufts. the referee, bu
their efforts at were as wea
as their tactical efficiency. Tufts wave
the p'otestants of. and Yale put IN
bail in play with a two yard rush D.
l.egore. Neville made two more. an
Chef La Roche was held to a simila
gain.
4 break Of q Lifetime.
on the fourth down Braden droppe
back to kick a field goal from twenty
eight yards. Al that stage the thre
points took on the huge proportions @
q couple Of t%ouchdowns. and the Yal
Contingent went INTO commensurate We
cal ecstasy. Yale had scored, but
was that unusual recovery BY Mosele
more than Braden's toe that was !
ruth responsible for the tally. Or
may go 10 a thousand football game
ana never see such "A break.
Dame Fortune. that fckle jade. VII
had given the Tigers such harsh trea'
mrnt at Harvard the week before, wa
no, yet done with the sons OF Old Ma,
sau. She conspir, 20 produce a Prince
ton tumble in the fourth quarter by Ala
Brown. and hat slipup was the dire'
result of the Yale touchdown. To ope
the period L.eeore made the longe'
punt of the day. a sixty yard kick thu
went over the line for a ~touchback.
Princeton put the ball in play on 4
20 yard line and no sooner Ina
tho pigskin been passed than Brow
l't i slip through his fingers Cap
Cupid Black of Yale. who had been q
tine scent Of Just such an opportuni'
on afternoon, pounced on the ov'
quicker Than a fash, and II was Il
''luo's ball on the enemy's 81 yai
mark. Neville tried centre and va
'u'g back without any gain. Once moi
Seville was hurled at the Tiger line ar
'0is time he got a scant two yard
. The Tigers We're lighting mad, The
tackled with deadly aim and effect az
their assaults on the defence were lit
short Of savage, but always they We
clean.
4 Fine Forward Pass.
On the third down Yale flung a 10
ward pass. from Neville to Legor
nd II gained seventeen yards. The pa
went twelve yards and LegOre ran n
mnra. with several Tigers trying to bril-
I'm 10 earth. Gennert finally thre
I.ryor-.
Here was Yale on ptlnc-ton's 2 va
station sad fDIr snashes In which
nuke the gam Yale men went wi
~ the anticipation of the much soug