The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19

Bob Beathe, Manual Training Grad,
Shares HOnOrS of Princeton Victory

in this sophomore. fired by the wrongs
OF his class He swept by the first
line. He straightarmed his way through
the second line and the blue Jerseys
wavered as they tried TO check the
wrath of that Infatuated sophomore.
Nothing could stop it-nothing in blue,
Neidlinger, pressing after him. gradu-
ally ran him out of bounds.
Again the destiny of the Princeton
team chuckled II was not first string
man who carried the ball to victory
1t was not a seasoned junior. nor a
more seasoned senior II was a mere
sophomore whose brethren are not Ter-
mitted TO walk along the main streets.
year from now. and also two years
from now. Beattie probably will be
running through both Crimson and Blue
packs His career as a star started on
the field at Palmer Stadium. And yet
the Princetonians with a. Beattie in re-
serve were lugubrious about the scar
city OF their material. Can il be that
William Roper waSspoofing the gentle
men of the press?
Something like 5000 saw the final
victory Of Princeton's team OF destiny
Thousands Of others tried to listen 70
it" from the turf outside Palmer Sta
dlpm. Old grads dating back to the
days of bloody angle" We're among the
5000 inside the concrete walls. In fact
every old grad who could come back
to, Nassau Hall came back to-day.
Somehow they sensed what was COM
ing after all these years ct disappoint-
ment
When the surge onto the field started
some of the old grads swung their
pretty daughters into the line of the
snake dance, and your correspondent
will testify that the daughters OF Old
Nassau are very beautiful indeed II
was about as jubilant a dance as ever
wound over this historic turf where the
glorified HOBBY Baker, Johnny Poe and
other soldiers and gentlemen lived and
played.
cold Nassau at It's Best.
At the end the Princetonians. old and
young, gathered under the west goal
through which the winning dropkick had
passed and sang odd Nassau" as that
song never had been sung at this place
before. Heroes Of other Princeton teams
which piled up victories against the
traditional foemen of Harvard and Yale
dcffed their hats reverently to this
team. the undefeated Princeton team,
the team of destiny. pre-ordained from
the start to carry the Orange and Black
through many gridirons untarnished and
never dropping.
1T is just about as good team as
Princeton ever has had said Big Bill
Edwards. who played on a Princeton
team, the memory of which is still
revered at Old Nassau.
When the Princeton hymn ended the
crowd at the goal post surged over to
the foot of the stand where the Yale
men stood silent
H.
ELI Yale. beat Harvard - Thousands
of Princeton men took up the cry. "En
Yale, beat Harvard 20 to which the Yale
men made no audible retort.
To the Princet0nians the game was
eminently satisfactory. To a mere out
slider looking for its melodrama II might
not have been very thrilling. The in
PREVENTION of the post that saved Prince
ton from having a touchdown scored
against IL was one bit of drama. The
biggest thrill was the wild run of the
Infatuated sophomore. 1t was a hard
game but a clean game Once Baker
the hard driving tackle. broke through
on. O'Hearn, the bruised Yale back He
carried him back rather gently. I
thought, for the hard playing tackle
that he Is. II seemed that he felt he
YVES handling a man who was partly
crippled.
Johnny German. the gambling quar-
terback OF the Princeton team, handled
his men just a little better. And one
might gather that this unorthodoN
young tactician had the better material
TO handle.
Tad Jones did all that could be done
with his squad, and he had a good
SQUAD but he. could not cope with
destiny handling the sort of material
that Nassau managed to bring forth.
To answer the query as 10 whether
or not Princeton has the best team of
the Big Three. the dialogue goes some
thing like this:
Has Princeton the best team7''
1T has"
Has it beat the other two?'
eft has"