Evening star., 1920-11-28
Tigers Victory
in 1896 Best
Over Yale.
Why. Princeton's z4=6
Score Rates Higher
Than the 200 Win
Achieved This Fall.

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scored was an even 20, and: although
the Dark Blue never got the ball
nearer than the Oranges 22-yard line:
many of the older generation of the
followers of foot bali are of the
opinion that the game of 1895, re-
crushing victory, in reality was a
more one-sided affair. This is how
they argue:
On November 13 last the Yale team
did not score. while the Princeton
team made two touchdowns, two
from a drop kick and one from a
placement kick. Both Yale and
Princeton each tried one field goal
which missed. on the two touoh-
downs one was made on a long run
Following a deception play, while
luck, following a blocked kick and
"anybody's ball"
Five TOuchdowns I'm 1895.
On November 81. 1896, Princeton
made no fewer than five touchdowns,
every one on straight foot ball; from
which two goals were kicked and
three missed.
Five times the Orange and Black
battered and bucked its way across
gain being 40yard end run. Yale
scored touchdown first. She
showed superiority in kick blocking
all afternoon, and after just eight
minutes of play, Jim Rodgers, Yale.
blocked one of Johnny Baird's punts,
Bass, an end, falling on the oval be-
hind Princeton's goal line.
Princeton had come up to New York
planning to use largely a kicking
game, in which she imagined herself
good deal more proficient than she
really was. She discovered within a
few minutes that she wasn't up to
her fullback. and switched to a
rushing game. in which she found
she was about so per cent stronger
than she had imagined. She scored
after having received the next kick
of. She never lost possession of the
ball; she was held without gain
but once. on Yale's 5-yard line.> and
the longest single advance was. a
40-yard end run. Five minutes be-
fore the thirty-five-minute half ended
Kelly scored the second touchdown
Baird kicked goal, and the score was
II to s.
Tandem Formation Faeter.
During the second half the Orange
and Black started in whirlwind
fashion, and Doc Hillebrand, fresh
man tackle: Bill Barnard, half back,
and Bert Wheeler. freshman substi-
tute halfback, scored toucl1downs in
succession, FuIlback Baird failing
on all three goals. thus missing 6
possible points. Yale was mark edly
Princeton's superior in tackiing.
while Baird's kicking was far from
what was expected of him. But the
Orange offense. using mostly the
celebrated revolving tandem worked
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facturers'' Association. was never to
be denied.
Old-timers claim that toward the
end Of that long-ago contest Prince
ton dispensed entirely with signals.
the quarter announcing to Yale just
where the play was going, and that
Yale was helpless even in the face OF
this tip-off. This yarn may or may
not be true. but it is widely believed.
King Kelly, the halfback, had lost
a part OF one foot in early youth,
which gave him a noticeable limp: He
had been to Yale and was told by the
coaches kindly but firmly that Grip
pies" were not needed on the Blue
team. So he packed his grip and ma
circulated at Princeton. He, of all
Tiger players. took particular delight
in yelling to his opponents just where
he was going and adding. Remember,
boys, you might have had me-"
Cochran Tiger Captain.
Garry Cochran, end, was captain OF
that famous old aggregation. with
Brokaw playing the other flank. The
tackles were Doc Hillebrand. who was
as great a pitcher as he was tackle,
and Bill Church OF this city. younger
brother Of Col. Bob Church of Rough
Rider fame. Crowds and Armstrong,
both well over 200 pounds. played the
guard positions. while Galley, now
head of Princeton missionary educa-
tional work in China. was at center.
The quarter was Fred. Smith: the
halves Barnard, Kelly and Wheeler,
and the fullback. Baird.
The Yale roster contained names
Of men who had played on famous
winning aggregations or were to do
so later. Bass and Connor were ends.
Rodgers and Capt Murphy. tackles
Chadwick and Murray. guards: Cham
berlain. center; Fincke: quarter: Hine
and Benjamin. halves. and Louis Hin
key, brother of the famous Frank
tutions for both halfbacks and
Princeton for one halfback- =.
Comparison of the. Scores.
The 1920 score in 1896 would have
been % to 0, instead of 90 to 0. The
1896 score, according to the modern
count, would have been 80 to z. Ask
any neutral player of which team he
would prefer to be a member. and,
! without detracting one iota from the
splerdid record Of this years eleven,
it is thought the answer would favor
the aggregation of twenty-four years
ago.
Here's something for the present
Princeton team. which will lose but
three men through graduation, to
think about. OF the 1895 galaxy
seven nlaye in 1897 and of tho Va 10
bet. The coaches were confident of
victory. The public was sure of it.
The Yale supporters copceded it. The
ball used. however, hangs in the Yale
trophy room and is marked, "Y g.