The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19
Tiger Punting Offsets
Els Running AHack

| but covered three more. Neale Tau-
tempted to beat back Treat but was
thrown for a gain of only two yards.
With all downs exhausted save one,
Yale now stood on Princeton's one yard
line. Once more the mighty tandem in
Blue formed. the ball was passed this
time to Jordan. With a mighty impact
the great Yale halfback struck Prince
tons line to the left of center. Down
went Jordan beneath four Tigers, tack
ling him together.
When the snarl of jerseys was I'M
tangled that vital one yard stir lay
cleaning between the bali and Prince
toms goal line. The ball went to the
sturdy defenders in Orange and Black
"a fifth down. and then and there. as
the game eventuated, Yale lost the bat
| tie
The pertisans of the Blue throughout
| long years to come will recall this great
! play with anguish because II was one of
the few, extremely few. times IN history
in which a Yale team standing one yard
from Harvard or Princeton goal line
has failed to score. The credit of the
crisis however, is due to Princeton's
! great defensive eleven which at Princeton
to-day as at Chicago three weeks ago,
similarly met a mighty onslaught on
its one-yard line and saved a battle,
for later winning.
The Blue. however, finallq stood on
Princeton's 20 yard line with a single
dc vn remaining and only one yard to
! go. For the second time in the battle
/ Princeton faced a crisis. Yale put her
reliance in the tandem Scott. was called
upon to take first down. but the mighty
Baker threw HIM for no gain, and for
! the second time in the fray the ball
! went to Princeton on a fifth down.
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! linger and Neale a moment later sent
the ball back. Both generals at this
point abandone. the running assault and
adopted a kicking attack. Princeton
p. riting on each exchange. Neidlinger
| of Yale observing that he was advance
ing backward though a kicking policy
ordered forward pass attack.
The first ting. hurl OF 0yards by
.,eale, was DETECTED by Treat and
/ caught T.. Cleaves Of Princeton. The
Tt. rs deplo: ed widely across the field
An a sorea~ formation. The ball shot
back to Cleaves, standing IN fullback
position. He accurately flung a forward
pass twenty-five yards down to Treat.
w..o placed the ball on Yale's 36 yard
| Il for a first down.
FOR the first time In the game Prince
ton now stood in a position dangerous to
Yale A penalty OF five yards backed
line. Princeton's mechanism of attack
was dependable. From close formation
Crum hit center and went'down without
gain, being tackled by Lovejoy.
second time did Crum attempt to pierce
| Yale's line, again failing, this time being
tackled by Cross. Thereupon from
kick formation German plunged through
| Yale center five yards.
Thomson instantly sent the ball fifty
al IN
| throughout this period did Yale threaten
| Princeton goal line. nor did Princeton
| threaten Yale's. During the remaining
! twenty-four plays In the quarter the
] BALI crossed and recrossed the 80 yard
| line, now by Princeton and now by
Yale, without either eleven bursting
| forth into series of Consecutive first
downs. But each eleven limited its at
! tempts to a running attack. but failed
to drive into any position OF threaten
! ing advantage.
Second Quarter.
| Princeton receiving the ball from
Yale on kick. hit the Blue line for
no gain and although 1t was only the
second down, punted. Three times in
succession Yale now called the kick
I formation into action. Leaping out of
/, the first. Jordan was thrown for no
| gain by Treat. Out of the second Neale
was similarly laid low by Caldwell. At
this point Yale tented to strike the
right of Princeton's line. but an oblque
backward pass was thrown to Neale.
who was fifteen yards to the outside.
| Stout of Princeton. who was alert as
well as stout. slammed the Yale man
| for a loss Neale attempted a short punt
to prevent Princeton from making a
| touchback. The ball travelled forty
| yards, almost TO Princeton's goal line,
where German caught II and ran II
| back ten yards. Princeton Immediately
kicked ana Cleaves sent the ball BOOM
ing and swirling fifty yards up the
field. Again Yale sought to swing into
position by short line thrusts from close
formation, employing Jordan and Neale.
but failed 10 achieve "a first down. 20
fierce and deadly we're the tackles OF
Baker, Caldwell and Gray.
Princeton now stood upon the Blues
81 yard line, but with all downs ex-
hausted save one. Deliberately Prince
TONS mighty machine swung into drop
kick formation with Kenneth Smith
back, The great drop kicker deliber--
ately and accurately shot the ball for
ward straight for Yale's goal, but
gust of wind came out OF the west. de-
Elected the ball In its flight and 1t
struck the right hand upright, twisting
to the outside and crossing Yale's goal
line for a touchback.
Yale kicked. Princeton returned tho
kick and Yale for a second time at
tempted to get out OF It's difficult POSI-
ton by q punt. Princeton at this point
ordered into action a spread formation.
but a sharp tackle Of Cleaves by Diller
ten yards behind the line of scrimmage
sent this battle plan awry. and Prince
ton kicked. Yale put the ball down for
scrimmage and out Of the tandem
formation Jordan dashed through
Prlnceton's line and covered fifteen
yards before being tackled by Griffin,
who had come into the game as an al
ternate for Afford at center. As Yale's
standards moved forward to mark the
! first down, the whistle sounded and the
first half was over.
While the teams were resting during
the intermissions old football men at
tempted TO analyze the play OF the
first hale and determine. II possible.
which OF tho two contending teams was
the stronger. An inspection of the
mathematics Of play disclosed Yale far
superior TO Princeton In yardage and
st~downs, with two advances within
the Orange and Blacks 20 yard line TO
it's credit but without a score. The
figures OF battle scanned and studied
revealed Princeton as more versatile In
methods of attack. more powerful in
oil other departments OF play. with a
I, rward line stronger than Yale's, and
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