Evening star., 1926-11-29

first met us at the train.
The trip was much easier than
had anticipated, and we spent most
OF Friday afternoon at the field. The
playing turf was wOnderful-almost
as smooth as the putting green of a
golf course. / never have seen q bet
ter field. All the players commented
on its condition. The backs were par
ticularly enthusiastic about the spring
of the turf, and said it was great to
run on.
Ticket Demand Unprecedented.
As we were leaving the field the
manager of the Chicago team came
up bemOaning the fact that he did
not have more seats. He said he could
sell 200, 900 seats if he had them, as
tho derNand exceeded anything he
ever had heard of. This was borne
out on all sides. The head waiter at
our hotel said:
BOSS. there has not been this much
excitement in Chicago since Mr..
Roosevelt brought his Progressive
party out here
With all this excitement and inter-
est there was 4 spirit of friendliness
and cordiality between the supporters
OF the two universities that was re-
flected on Saturday in the attitude of
the two teams on the field. The game
was hard fought and bitterly contest
ed every step of the way, but l never
have seen a cleaner contest nor one
IN which there was O better exhibition
of friendly feeling.
The fighting spirit Of the Princeton
game was superb. / never have felt
1t stronger than on the morning Of
the game. Every man was imbued
With the idea of doing something for
Princeton. and not for self. This Is
a spirit [ always have tried TO incul-
cate, and I honestly believe it has had
much to do with Princeton's success.
An example Of this was shown that
morning. Friday night at coaches
meeting we had decided to change our
lineup. substituting another player
for Harvey Emery to start at full
back. saving Emery for q reserve.
thought it fair to tell Emery, and
when / did 50 he gave me an answer
| will never forget, saying:
II think YOU are right, coach. [ be-
iieve Charlie Caldwell is the man to
start the game
Typical of Tiger Spirit.
This eXemplified the feeling had
tried so hard to build-that is, the
sinking Of ones individuality for the
good of the team. 1t made little diff
ference that day to any man on the
every one was interested in was get
ting the best results. Emery's per-
Sonal sacrifice was made all the more
prominent by his magnificent playing
when he got in the game in the sec.
ond half. He was a tower of strength
on both offense and defense. Our de-
cision to hold him in reserve was thus
upheld.
At the start OF the game Chicago
had everything its own way. They
used a battling line and backfield shift
which completely fooled our line Time
after time John Thomas. their great
plunging fullback. crashed through
for heavy gains. Our boys simply
could not stop him, and the first half
ended IL to in favor Of Chicago.
During the rest period our coaching
staff was able to offer some methods
for combating the onslaught of
Thomas and other Chicago backs, and
we held them during the third quarter.
However. early IN the fourth quarter
they scored another touchdown, max
ing the total Is to Z in Chicago's favor.
Our cause looked hopeless as we lined
up to receive the kickoff after that
touchdown. Only II minutes were
left of play, and Princeton was IL
points behind.
Time for Desperate Methods.
II was time for desperate methods.
and I could see Johnny German, the
Princeton quarterback, holding a con-
versation with Cleaves. who was the
oldest and strongest man in the back.
field. German and Cleaves had played
together at Mer-
cersburg fore
n II