Evening star., 1926-11-07
PRINCETON CLIPS
HARvARD'S HOPES
Old Nassau, Trimming Grim.
son, 1870, in Gridiron Fray,
Meets Yale Saturday.
By the Associated Press.


CAMBRIDGE. Mass, November s.
-Harvard's dream of a return to big
three" championship heights this year
was shattered today by Princeton's
alert. aggressive eleven in a bitterly
fought and raggedly played battle.
The Tigers. staging come back.
clawed their way to victory by taking
advantage of the Crimson's misplays
and rolling up a margin of IL to o
that was composed of a touchdown, a
safety and field goal.
Most of the vast and colorful crowd
of IS, 900 spectators jamming Harvard
Stadium came in expectation OF seeing
the rejuvenated Crimson forces avenge
the sting of two overwhelming set
backs at the hands of Old Nassau.
Instead they saw the Cambridge
eleven, in spite of a gallant stand.
beaten largely by its own mistakes
breaks" which fiercely charging
Tiger attack was quick to capitalize.
Tigers To Meet Yale.
It wasn't a rout, as Harvard's S last
two games against Princeton have
been. but it was a stunning setback,
nevertheless, to the forward surge OF
Crimson hopes of return to grldlron
greatness. For Princeton it was
sensational return to winning form,
a victory that starts the Tigers on the
road to successful defense OF the big
three crown, with Yale to be met
next Saturday in the decisive test.
The Tiger stars. who have been out
of action most of the season, Dan
Caulkins and Jake Slagle. returned to
play leading roles in bringing about
the downfall of the Crimson. Caul-
kins, on a brilliant 13yard end run,
scored the touchdown that put Prince
ton in front in the second quarter,
while Slagle, constantly triple threat
as he ran. passed and kicked with
dazzling skill, booted a field goal in
the final quarter for the concluding
Tiger points.
A safety in the second quarter.
gained when Clem Cody. Harvard cap
tain, was tackled behind his own goal
as he recovered a bad pass. gave
Princeton it's remaining two points.
but the Tigers threatened on several
other occasions with versatile drives
into Harvard territory, led by Slagle.
Battle With Bluecoats.
Inc lDNdueIS were OU Ild1 u .
7.yard line. threatening another
blew and sent a frenzied throng of
Tiger rooters into a wild demonstra-
ton on the gridiron.
This demonstration. an outburst that
resulted in the tearing down Of the
goal posts after a pitched battle with
squads of police. was one of the most
exuberant in Big Three" annals. The
details of bluecoats, forming quickly
about the uprights as the game ended.
at first deferred the vanguard of on
rushing Tiger sympathizers, but bolder
spirits soon overcame this hesitancy.
The protecting Gordon. If anything.
urged the crowd on and the police
were quickly overwhelmed in the
surge. With the bars down at one
end of the field and broken to bits. the
crowd, several thousand strong, swept
to the other end OF the field, where
another. but desultory engagement,
ensued. The police were again over
come and the posts wrested from their
mooring.
Feeling Runs High.
The demonstration was the result of
an exhibition of almost unprecedented
feeling on the part of rival sympathiz-
ers as they watched the ebb and flow
of fiercely fought game. Partisan
feeling ran high and on one occasion
In the final quarter when Miller, Har-
ward back. was knocked cold" from
a tackle. booes and jeers came from
the Crimson stands. 1t may have
been due to earlier season talk Of
Harvard dropping Princeton from its
schedule or it may have been due to
The unusually keen rivalry existing
between the colleges, but it seemed to
observers as If the two teams were
clashing in a charged atmosphere.
Harvard fought desperately to check
the Tiger tide that now has rolled
over the Crimson for three straight
years. but the team evidently was
over-anxious and too keenly on edge.