The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-11-02
TIGERS MEET
WITH CRUSHING
DEFEAT,25 TOO
Rodgers Leads Attack for
West Virginia Gridiron
Warriors.
GIVES GREAT EXHIBITION
Fullback's Offensive Play
Thrills-Princeton Regu-
lars Missing.
GIVES GREAT EXHIBITION
BY GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.

BY GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.
PRINCETON, Nov. Princeton players
will go into the game with Harvard here
next week with the sting of an over
whelming defeat by West Virginia rank
ling in their breasts Led by Bill Rodgers,
1913 pounds of bulldog aggressiveness
and greyhound speed the Mountaineers
threw the Tigers into a panic with
splendidly executed forward passing at
tack in the first and final periods here
on a water logged gridiron to-day, four
times crossing the sacred white Nassau
goal line and rolling up rs to score.
There was no stopping of Rodgers.
who gavet as thrilling an exhibition of
offensive play as ever delighted the
heart Of football fan. He battered his
way through Princeton's centre, knived
'twixt tackle and end and skirted the
tanks for comfortable gains repeatedly.
1t was his accurately hurled forward
passes however, that tied the most knots
in the Tigers tail.
Had not Rodgers suddenly collapsed
at the start of the second period and re-
qu.red the attention OF the doctors I'M
til the final quarter started, when he
again returned to the fray. the triumph
OF the Mountaineers would have been
an even more sweeping one.
Action Starts Quickly.
Rodgers hurled his first barb into the
tanks of the Tigers in exactly one min
ute after the first throwing out of the
skirmishing lines. 1t was a forward pass
TO Hager. twenty-three yards from
Princeton's 4e yard line to the 10 yard
line. Another forward pass Melted seven
yards and then in four smashes at the
line Rodgers went over for the touch
down.
The first touchdown was scored in the
| first two minutes OF play. Four minutes
later. chiefly through a fifteen yard end
skirt by Rodgers. followed by another
brilliantly executed forward pass. the
Mountaineers bagged their second touch
down.
Rodgers kicked goal and ran West
| Virginia's score up to IS. Before the
first period was over the Mountaineers'
chief again drove q thrust straight into
the vitals OF the Tiger. an eighteen yard
forward pass to Ffager turning the trick.
Rodgers CoIIapses.
Early in the second period Rodgers.
playing back on the defence, suddenly
| WdNcu 10 TIC TeItret, reeleu, sWaNeu ana
| dropped to tho ground. He was brought
to and fought hard to resume play, but
Coach Mcintyre and the doctors would
rot permit it. The Mountaineers' leader
was assisted to the sllelines, and Neale.
a brother Of GREASY" Neale. the Cincin-
natl outfielder and former collegiate
gridiron star. took his place in the Vir-
ginia backfeld.
With Rodgers out of the battle front
Dali. t., n,,l,
during the remainder Of the second pc
Rod and third period. At the start OF
the final quarter a wild roar from the
Virginia section signalled the return OF
Rodgers TO the fray. Once again he
proved Princetons Nemesis A Virgins
drive. punctuated' with smashes at the
line and occasional aerial losses by Rod
gers, brought the ball to Princeton's is
yard line where Lentz fumbled and the
Tigers captured the ball.
Scheerer punted to Rodgers, who in a
corkscrew dash through the Princeton
front ran the ball back from the IS ward
line to Princeton's 81 yard line In three
; plays-one a smash through tackle fol
nine yards by Dawson-Virginia was
esconced on Princeton's IL yard line
There Rodgers shot a forward pass to
Martin behind the goal for Virginia
fourth touchdown
Four Tiger Regulars Missing.
Princeton faced West Virginia with
four of the Tiger regulars missing from
the lineup Strubing at quarter was the
only regular Princeton back who was ir
harness, and stan" Keck's place at left
tackle was filled by Capt McGraw, who
war moved over from guard, Morgan
taking McGraw's old place next tc
centre.
II Princeton's three absent backfelC
regulars had been IN the lineup the
Tiger might have scored. but that By
no means is certain. The three back
field men. however, would have added
little defensive strength, and the lineuI
the Crane and Black will face Harvard
with next Saturday probably would b'
. Just as Intellectual against Rodgers anc
Virglnias forward passing attack as thu
Tiger proved to-day.
The game emphasized the fact tina
Princeton has a crude defense agains
the forward pass and that a good aeria
attack by Harvard is likely to wreal
havoc next week Colgate's forward
, passing bothered Princeton last week
and Virginia's aerial maneuvres Devil
dered the Tiger, tot day. II is enoourag
ing to the Princeton supporters how
ever, that Harvards forward passing ii
not up TO Colgate's standard, and GER
tainly far less effective than the bril-
hantly executed aerial attack with which
the mountaineers backed the Tiger
r Down the field to-day.
! Tigers Forward Passes Fail.
AS regards the forward pass, Prince
ton was extensively as weak as defen
sively as the Tigers tried fourtee
: passes and failed TO complete a singl
,. one. On the other hand. Virginias te
a out OF eighteen Melted a total OF IS
r yards.
The Tigers lone source of Joy lay 1
the punting of Scheerer, who in bot
{ distance and accuracy showed himsel
4 to be a remarkable booter. Even O
n the slippery field his punts average
2 more than SO yards and he got two ava
y for 65 yards. Standing on Princeton
Il As yard line In the second quarter h
booted SIS yards against the wind acros
n the Virginia line. 1t was remarkabl
punt
n Strubing was we'll covered by tn
Mountaineers. and the slippery and ell
!, sive Princetonian seldom was above
TO break free. Murrey. at left halfbacl
showed flashes of brilliancy, but liz
the rest of the Princeton backs he wa
: handicapped by the Tiger forwards bein