Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-29
PRINCETON TAKES
/ CHICAGO IN WITH
3-P0|NT MARGIN
Thrilling Game Won by
Tigers by 2l-to.l8
Score.
SUPERIOR BOOTINC
WINS FOR PRINCETON
Each T m Makes Three
Touchdowns, but Maroon
Loses Tries for Coal.
tBy Associated Press.1

CHICAGO. Oct. os.-The Princeton
Tigers triumphed over Chicago her,
today. in the most. thrilling football
game seen on Stage Field In years
The score was 81 to Is. the margin
being three points scored after
touchdowns. Each team crossed the
others goal lir e three times, but III.
Wcsterners had no one who could
boot the ball over the crossbar ir
the face of the charging Princeton
team. and the fact gave Princeton
the winning edge.
probably every known play tina,
womid bring the supreme thrill into
the hearts OF the spectators wa.
Furnished in today's contest.
Forward passes. dashing runs
fierce line smashes and recovered
fumblcs all entered into the spec.
tacle. Added to this were two DIES.
pcrate stands inside the three-yard
lines. one In which Chicago finally
Yielded the winning touchdown and
The other In which the Tigers STAYED
OF defeat by inches with only sec.
onds OF playing time left.
John Thomas. OF Jamestown. y. d.
who was mainly responsible fol-
Princeton's defeat. to o. I'm 1921
was again the hero or the Maroons
lie scored all three of the Western.
ers touchdowns, but was stopped
al the close of the game.
Victory Was Sweet.
This made the victory only the
sweeter to. the Princeton partisans
Every available inch OF StagE 'Fielc
was packed and. while the seating
capacity was announced at 32,0OU
Coach Stage squeezed in severa
more thousand.
The first half was a seesaw figh,
between two highly developed Of.
iehsises. Chicago showed tn,
Greater power through the line, but
princeton had an edge on aerial tao.
| ends.
Chicago had first chance TO scor.
when one of these hurried punts gave
them the ball on their own forty.
three-yard line. The Thomas broth.
ers. sturdy North Dakota products
carried the ball alternately and fin.
ally John pushed 1t over.
In this march the Maroons went
nfty-seven yards without losing the
oaH. the plays were mostly plunge,
or tackle. with 4 sharp cut back Ir
direction. These were varied by {
iast forward pass threat, in which
the ball was snapped as Strohme,
Jumped back. but 1t went to hal
! BACK Tor plunge through guard
Baker was the only Princeton line,
man who could do much with this at
| tack, and he was pulled out OF posi-
ton several times.
Princeton Takes Lead.
Princeton's short lead was gained
| quickly after the first Chicago
touchdown. Cleaves ran pun,
back TO Chicago's twenty three-yart
line. and after he had missed q
dropkick from thir1y-hve yards. Z
short. punt gave the Tigers another
chance. 80
Starting from the three-yard line
Cram carried the ball over afte,
| three shots at guard and Tackle
Smith put Princeton in the lead.
10 6. with a dropkick for the point
after touchdown.
Almost as quickly as the tide had
turned PrincetonwaId it shifted
back again. Rohrke r>.tly blocked
a punt by Vangerbig and Chicago
had first down only twenty-eigh,
yards from the line. Again tn,
Thomas brothers started hitting the
Tiger forwards. and with six yards
10 go John Thomas shot across on
formation which included a for
ward pass threat coupled with a
fake quarter back sneak Almost
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