The New York herald., 1921-10-23
Chicago Beats Princeton,
90, West Hun1bling East
for First Time in History
Nassau Plainly Outplayed by Stages Invaders, Milton
Romney Earning Fame in Midway Annals by
Touchdown After Straight Pass by Cole
Westeners Strategy Weak.
By WALTER TRUMBULL.

By WALTER
Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
PRINCETON. N. j.. Oct. 22.-Before a
crowd of about 20, 900 A. Alonzo tagg's
husky eleven from the University of
Chicago defeated Princeton here to-
day by 3 to 0. 1t was a subdued and
sore aggregation of Tigers that left
the Palmer Stadium, their Orange and
Black markings hidden beneath a
heavy shadow of maroon.
This is the first time in the history
OF intercollegiate football that a team
out OF the West has achieved a VIC
tory over Princeton, Harvard or Yale.
The result of to-day's encounter was
no accident. Chicago won because 1t
deserved to win. The Tigers were out
played from start to finish.
With Lourie and Garrity out of the
game 1t was known that the Prince
ton backfieId would be greatly weak
ened, but 1t was supposed that Stan
ley Keck and the other Princeton for
ward would take Up the burden and
hold the visitors safe.
AS n matter of fact the big maroon
jerseyed warriors from the West tore
the Princeton line apart and left OPEN
ings through which the Chicago backs
hurled themselves for continued gains
And when these backs failed TO find
an opening they hit the line with such
terrific force that they almost always
tore their way through 10. the hard
working secondary defence.
ChjcaGo's Power Greater.
! This secondary defence did its work
nobly and courageously. II had not only
I TO contend with a collection of as hard
runners as has been seen for a long
time on an Eastern gridiron. but fire.
quently with men who would go through
ahead OF the runner and seek to sweep
away the last obstacles between the
man with the ball and the goal.
Time and again Gilroy Smith and
vangerbig hurled themselves into the
breach and by fierce tackling brought
down foeman who had almost a clear
path in front of him. The fact that
Princeton made only a couple of first
downs to Chicago's sixteen will show
the difference In the power of the two
eleven's attack.
There wasn't doubt that the Tigers
missed Lourie and Garrity sorely Run
ming their plays from sweeping kick
formation they must necessarily have
men who are most efficient at that style
! of play. Vangerbig Is a good kicker,
helpful on the defence and a fair run
ner with the ball. but he IS no Lourie.
Most of the value of running plays
from a kick formation depends on
threatening the enemy with varied de-
| fence and weakening him by making
him uncertain where the blow is to fall.
With a Lourie or a Mahan back he
doesn't know whether TO look for n kick
| OF a run or a forward pass or n fake
attack with n sudden plunge into the
| line. The threat was missing from
Princeton's offence. Chicago employed
a backfield shift which developed an
attack OF great power. There was also
good deal of deceit in the Westerners'
offence. At times the eleven hid the
/ ball and the intent of the play as well
as ever 1t was hidden by an eleven
coached by Houghton or Fischer.
Maroon Lacks Strategy.
1t would seem that the thing which
could be most justly criticised in The
work of Chicago was its strategy. Time
and again the Westerners opened their
| attack close to their own goal line or
at least well i'm their portion of the
field and endeavored by battering tao
tics to carry the distance of 80 or 70
yards
There didn't seem to be any good
reason for this type of football. The
slight wind was behind them and in
that first quarter Romney was kicking
we'll and vangerbig was not. 1t would
have seemed an easy matter for the
Maroon TO have forced the ball back
by kicking well into Princeton territory
and to have launched its attack from
there. Chicago outplayed its opponent
and won decisIvely. so perhaps II has
no regrets. But all the same there was
| power enough I'm that team properly
directed 20 have rolled up bigger
score.
| Princeton lost heavily through penal
| ties. More than fifty yards of good
ground were thrown away by the Tigers
/ in this manner. II was a penalty which
put Chicago In the position TO make its
| first score. II was in the second quar-
| ter, after the Tigers had saved them
selves on several occasions. that Chicago
finally fought its way from its 3s yard
line amid field. Here "a couple OF plunges
and run by Cole from a kick forma-
tion took the ball to Princeton's %
! yard line.
Princeton was penallzed fifteen yards
/ for roughlng--a costly penalty. II put
the ball on the 12 yard line. almost In
the shadow of the Nassau goS Three
plays netted the Westerners seven yards
and then Romney. standing on the IL
yard line. sent perfect drop kick whlrl-
ing above the cross bar and between the
uprights. The score was 3 TO o. and the
| Chicago contingent In the stands fairly
went wild with Joy.
The supporters of the Maroon had
come to Princeton with high hopes, bu,
also with the feeling that somehow or
other the East always managed TO beat
/ the West when football elevcns from the
two sections met. They had seen Prince
| ton outrushed and outplaycd, but they
! were afraid TO believe IL was true. They
were holding their breaths for fear the
| Tigers suddenly would come TO life and
show the nerceness that last season
made them one OF the clovens In the
East most TO be feared.
But here was something tangible.
/ Here was first blood. " IS small wonder
! that the Palmer Stadium echoed and
reverberated to the sound Of Western
voices raised in shrieks and ptars ~
| 10y. And there was more To- come.
| Chicago was not only 10 boot the ball
above the Tigers cross bar but actually
| ,,f,,t t.ntrI tho lIYfuf.lntt qoaI