The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
Husky Maroons Surprise
q: e Tigers with Strong Attack
Romney, Chicago Quarterback, Stars With
Field Goal and Touchdown Westerners
~. Stick to Straight Football.
By DAMON RUNY0N.


men huddled together in one corner
Of a big concrete stadium as II
for mutual protection. kept pip
ing:
Go. Chicago"
And Chicago went. Princeton
will say so.
You could barely hear their
voices above the lusty roar OF
youthful lungs from the otner sloe
OF the field. SO sparse was thelE
assemblage, but they knew one
SONG and they sang it long, and
the tenor of their song was, Co
Chicago?'
ROmney the GoIngest Guy.
And Chicago certainly went
Princeton will say so con-
templating the score Of to U
that hangs on the scoreboard yon-
der in the gathering dusk as these
lines are written.
Princeton might add. too. that the
youngest guy Of all the Chicago go
ers was Milton Romney' called
The Utah Flash" &
Behind the barricade of Maroon
sweaters, the boy from the Mormon
thu Princeton goal posts from the
15-yard line. then he clutched
forward pass from the deft fingers
of Cole, and moved over the Prince
ton goal lines for the only touch
down of the game.
odd Man" Stag is either the
most prodigious liar unhung, or
he Is a pessimist past all hope OF
redemption
He came out Of the West with
his football outfit mumbling and
muttering with dire foreboding to
the Chicagoans. He didn't seem
TO think much of his 1921 team.
judging from quotations from his
conversation
In fact the more he thought of
1t, the less he thought of it
Then he unwrapped an OUTFIT
that played hoops around Prince
ton, both on attack and defense.
II was as big a surprise to Prince
ton and to the Eastern football
world in general as If the Centen-
NAL High School. of Pueblo, Colo
had come East and licked the Navy.
Lourie Out of Game.
Stage. old Yale man. whose last
football year at New Haven saw
Yale whipped by Princeton. brought
the first big Western team seen
in the East in some years
The old man." as they call him
out West, affectionately, sat on on
the side lines today watching the
game, a quiet smile curling his
lips. He must have felt some pride
in his boys.
This game was regarded by
rnany as a test Of Eastern and
Western football methods. If there
is an answer. it must be in the
score.
Lourie, the star of the Princeton
team, was not in the game today.
He was constantly trotting up and
down the side lines getting ready,
but Roper. the Princeton coach,
would not let him in
Clarity, another star who has been
out of football because Of injuries,
was sent in as a forlorn hope late
in the game, but was of little use
|, TO the Tigers then.
1t was nearly 2:45 when the teams
formed their skirmish lines. and
Stan Keck fixed the ball upon a lit
tie mound of fresh earth to kick off
for Princeton.
What happened is briefly this:
took charge of the ball and began
slamming right through the Prince
ion line to the intense establishment
of the PrincetoEians present, and to
the great delight of all loyal Chi
cagoans.
ROmney's First Kick Fails.
Jimmie gained 5 yards through
Reck When you gain through keck
you are gaining through somebody
worth gaining through.
But Chicago finally had to kick.
Milt Romney doing the kicking
and Princeton kicked right back to
remove the ball from the very front
porch of the Tigers goal. Chicago
turned the ball over to Jimmie
again, and he resumed the business
of gaining, only to finally tumble on
Princeton's 3S-yard line. Keck
.srsatched the ball and was pulled
down by Hooper.
Van Gerbig raised a funny look
ing punt that rose straight up in
the air, instead of travelling in a
line, which is the main idea of
punting, and Chicago got the ball.
Romney took a long. CLANCY crack
at the Tiger goal from about the
35-yard line but it was short The
wind, which was crafty turning one
way and another. was with the
kicker at the time.
Then Chicago got the ball on its
Se-yard line when Van Gerbig
punted out of bounds. A young
man named Thomas was given the
custody of the leather at this time
and in two slashes he gained
heavily. In his second drive he cut
through NPrinceton's center for Is
yards.
They gave Romney the ball to
carry and ne fumbled and recov-
cred, but lost ground. Chicago
then kicked and the ball went back
TO Princeton. The Chicago section
surged up under the impulse of a
great hope while Thomas was rip
ping through. but settled back.
Bryan, Of Chicago, quit the game
and Hurlburt took his place.
Meantime "Pinkey'' Baker, of
Princeton. went in for Won Schil-
ling.
Starting with the ball in mid
field, Princeton finally made first
down. with Smith Juggling the ball.
on another play. Smith fumbled
bot recovered. Won Gerbig was
tossed on his haVhches for a 1-yard
loss. then Princeton tried the first
forward pass. Euwer threw the
ball to Smith. The latter tried to
drop kick from a long way back
and failed.
A bad pass to Cole that he FUN
bled. drew a deep groan from the
Chicago section. but no one was
even close to Cole, and he quickly