Evening star., 1923-11-11
HARVARD DEFEATS
PRINCETON, 5 TO O
Continued from First paGe.)

Except for the ardent protagonistS.
to whom any foot ball involving the
big three is good foot ball, the first
!, half of the. contest was, rather tire
aome. Both sides fumhled freely, but
by good chance recovered their own
ball. Neither side seriously threat
ened the others goal. and there were
few spectacular dashes.
With the opening of the third Pc
riod to the blast of the final whistle
thrills came fast and furious. In
decd, mout Of the spectacular doings
occurred in the very last three min-
utes of play, when the Tiger, need
ing nothing less than 4 touchdown
TO bring triumph out of a 5-to-0 de-
feat. clawed his way viciously down
the field for 4S yards. before Harvard
Intercepted daring forward pass
and dashed the final bucket OF cold
water on Princeton hopes.
On the rushing game. both elevens,
which, until today, had each tasted
defeat and been tied, appeared about
even. Where the goal line was not
actually in danger, each was able to
launch a long and spectacular march
down the field. scoring several first
downs in succession. Harvard. how
ever. with Il great running back in
Cheek. had the advantage in number
of yards gained.
Neither side made spectacular use
Of the forward pass. Both tried it,.
and Princeton was the more success
ful. blt the number OF yards gained
by th3s. method OF attack was neg
ligiblG
Eoth Punterx Cat.
In the punting game the Crimson
team booted the greatest number of
yards until Jenkins was so severely
injured that he. had to be carried
from the stadium. Princeton for a
time also was handicapped by the
temporary loss, through injury. of
Van Qerbig, its star kicker, in the
first half.
On the whole. Harvard seemed the
superior machine both on offense and
defense and fairly won it's victory
its sin:, seemed not SO porous as
Princetu tons at critical moments and
its offensive was infinitely more cum
tons. with Cheek as the main weapon,
served 20 battle the Orange and Black
and uatted considerable yardage.
Proof of the Crinsous defensive
power was given In the last period
when tsyo OF the Tigers most threat
ening drives were checked, once at
the statt OF the period after Prince
ton had advanced 40 yards to Har-
wards ac-yard mark and again to-
ward the close when an Intercepted
forward pass stopped the last des-
perate rally OF the Tiger outfit.
In the:matter of generaiship honors
also weat to the Crimson. Particu-
larly did this seem to show itself in
ball on it's l-yard line. Princeton elect
ed to try line play instead of kicking
| Immediately. The result was that
I.egendre, who got the pass from
center behind his own line. was
nailed up against the goal posts and
the ball put in play on the Tigers
1-yard line. On the next play. Le-
gender, who had been sent ill after
Vangerbig had been Withdrawn from
fullback. fumbled the BAH and was
ter, behiud the Princeton goal posts.
Call Play Strategy.
Princeton supporters claimed that
this was strategy ON the part OF
Coach Roper's charges-that, needing
of play TO beat the Crimson. they
elected to have safety scored
against than in order to get the ball
in play on their own 3e-yard line
kicking of. The field was perfectly
dry, but both sides fumblsd fire.
quently.
The high lights of the first quarter
included the ferocious line p!unging
80 yards for Harvard; Cheeks fash
ing runs and quick recovery of
fumbles and Vangerbig's punting and
piunSing. Until Fangerbig left the
field with injuries Princeton seemed
TO have one better of this period.
once attempting a field goal booted
by the sturdy toe Of Ken Smith from
his so.yard line. This thrust Harvard
Princeton: continued her furious
rushing at the opening Of the second
period until the Harvard line stiffen-
ed. Jenkins. slipping on the dry
s1 sgrf; r fell heavily, lsa donned a new pair
knocked out so that he could not
return to the game after he had been
carried from the field. Once in this
period Princeton advanced the ball to
Harvard's se-yard line, but a forward
pass failed and on the next play the
Tiger kicked over the Crimson goal
line
Cheek stnrs Onensively.
Harvard then came back. Cheek
tearing or two sensational runs, net
ting more than 10 yards and placing
the ball on Princeton's 31-yard line.
When the Tiger forwards held. Pfaff-
man was called into the game for a
dropkick and just missed from a dis
tance of 40 yards. He went out on
the next play.
Tackling at this point became
furious. McGlone, war veteran play
ing at quarter for Harvard. was car
ried out with injuries. and his place
taken for the rest of the game by
Lee.
Pfaffman again was called into ac-
tlon early in the third period when
Harvard punted from her 36-yard
line to Princeton's 50 and pinsmere
fumbled. Combs fell OH the ball for
Harvard on the Orange 25-yard mark.
pass gained only s yards for the
Crimson. and then Pfaffman kicked a
field goal from his own 25-yard line.
4 puntfrg duel consumed several
minutes. and then Princeton started
a plunging offensive which carried
over into the last period and ad-
Vanced the ball 20 yards from her
own 26-yard line. Then the Har-
ward defense stiftened. resort to
the forward Eass failed, and the
Tiger punted over the line and Har-
ward got the ball.
The Crimson eleven then started a
procession of it's own from it's 2G.yard
line to Princeton's 32-yard line, before
the Tiger dug in his claws and held.
Then Harvard Punted to Princeton's
15-yard line, Beattie was thrown for a
7-yard loss and Princeton elected a
straight play which led up to the
scoring Of the safety
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