Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-13
||NCET0N-YALE CLASH
[DEsT CRIDlA0N Bat !
Fst Football Game Between
Tigers and Bulldogs Was
Played in 1873,
FLY TWO u,nAKs sINcE THEN


Contcats Plnyrd In 1874 and 1875.
Fhiic fgtT-ia Iinc0untcra Were
|rryrnred Hccauac OF world wnr.
Fw Interruptions E,tnblfsh EcSord,
|NiECEToN. y. J., Nov. 1.-THE
on between Princeton aud Ynic is
oldest classic OF college football.
In the years since 1879, when tho
contest was staged. there have
! but two breaks. In 1874 and 1875
Ia 1917 and 1913. No serios OF
ball games In this country has
!, pinyrd with NO few Interrupt
the mat;cr OF tradition 81 IL
4 with Il. To Princeton this game
hn most important that " team
tsenting tho Hous OF Old Nassau
take IDrt In. or course. fol-
FRS OF football have como to look
p the meeting each year between
and Harvard an tho iiitins
ak TO tn. grid seuson. p-rhnpY
uso OF tho fact that Yuie ana
yard have taken pre-emincnt
es In tho scholastic world. a bit
md Princeton. In the opinion or
general public, and whether this
o Is false or not, IL Is true that
and Harvard. wncn they clash
the football Held. draw the eyes
he entire sporting world ~ no
football games does.
the matter of real football and
iatic s'tuat!unn. the Yalc-PrInce-
games have been on par with
OF those between Harvard and
reton or Yale ana Harvard. No
or OF wha, timber tho various
ms have hoen built. no matter II
me drab season iala's eleven was
iarat!vely weak. or th2i the Tiger
minus hin cla'cs At tines. tho
cs havo really been battles wish
ea ceptioa.
irle Leads In Victories.
ck, or superior ability. o. what.
1t has been aoems 10 have
pea along tho tran OF the Iale
icg. for in twcnty-ihrec contests
ous TO todiy'H game the Elis
twelve times the Tiger won and
times tho teams battleu "a =
the liant two years Princeton has
victorious .uch time. But pre-
IL that Yale won Gv" years In
ssion, from 1919 to 1876. !nclu-
in isIl Princeton won, but
1904 to 1910, inclusive. Yale had
Zach year with the exception of
when the game WAS Tie.
t~ice in this long succession
rncs has Princeton been able 10
wo years In succession. They
n 1898 and 1929. ard aid not re-
two successive Victories until
hnd 1890.
,e 1900 Princeton has won but
games. two games have been tied
he -:ourtccr--haVa gone 10
lis. That ~ Il great record, con-
ng the great teams that have
developed at Old Nassau in those
ned are tho fcats Of many Tiger
bulldog players In these many
giles. The list Of names OF play
ho won glory through all thcsc
is legion. There are Arthur
+ Princeton: Lamar and De Wit.
incctcn. Lee McCiunS. OF Yale:
and Sammy White. OF the
q and Back. Bass and Thornc.
lie: rctcrs. OF Yale; Blies. The
ELI star, and Ti5Lott, OF Tiger
q few are these gallant stars
ough, in different years.
kuthur Poc's Great Work.
gears running the great Poe
: ed Yale. His name liz ono OF the
'cycrcd OF the Sridiron warriors
ave worn the Orange and Eiack
nCGion.
sgS. when the Two teams bat
,o;h ana nail. II was Ioc's keen
al saved the ,Iuy FOR the Tiger.
is were nearing the princeton
Slowly the Blue eleven had
down the field until they were
the very shadows OF the Tiger
|Usts. Raliyiny 10 the call. the
players held repeatedly, but
being battered and torn, when
man suddenly fplnbicd Il pass.
hat moment Poe jumped into
otlight. The historians Of that
have never been clear upon
,!nt. Some state that the ball
mhled, oth"..s that Poe Knocked
n the hands OF the Yale player
received the pass. The latter
n is accepted by many. but the
is by no means definitely de-
however, that may be, the fact
rs that Poe roI the ball. crossed
his own line, behind his own
post, circlcd one end Of the
ne. stiff armed his way through
condary defense. and. flee, OF
irong OF heart. keen Of brain.
his way past the last Yale de-
sped down the gridiron the
LET of Gn1 III ~.
~ between the Yale goal posts
i've the victory To Princeton.
name rang through the college
that bleak November night and
ny nights and days afterward,
still sung in pacns OF praise
yer football men gather.
puc's IIIck Keats S1hie.
he was not done with Yale even
n the succeeding year the Blue
ange and Black warriors came
ps again and in this hectic
lie worked into Il tie and
likely to end the game with
decision. 1t was dark day,
was full OF rain clouds. and
ng throughout tire ..nntest had
,agcd in Il cold wind hat bit
very marrow OF "'''' spccta-
d players.
score was 10 to, 10. B,.th teams
tiicd and worn and neither
able TO enlarge the score so
did each side draw it's lines
much did the gruelling battle
strength of each player. slow
the attack.
the opportunity came for Toe
in distinguish himself. The
on attack had forced back the
efepsc to about the twenty
I'd line. But two smashes at
lines failed TO gain ground
injection, yet In the attacks
on had worked over TO near
ter OF the field.