Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-20
ROPER SURPRISED
| BY COLUMBIA ROUT
Dukes Defeat of Middies
Is UpSet-TempIe One
Of EaSt's Strongest.
BY w. w. lBILL) ROPER,
Princeton Foot Ball Coach.

DRINCETON, N. j., october 20.
A well drilled Cornell
L team defeated a hard
fighting, but inexperienced,
Princeton team, 1877. Cornell, on
the form displayed, deserved to
win. The Ithacans had a decided
advantage in the first half and
gained rather consistently. Cor
nell used a single and double
wing back formation, bucking in
side and outside of tackle.
The Princeton defense was hard put
TO stop Cornell's rushing game In the
first half Cornell also used long for
ward pass to good advantage at the
proper moment IN the second period.
The Ithacans had been buclsing the
Princeton line and from midfield threw
long pass over the heads Of the Tiger
wing backs. The Cornell quarterback
showed very good Judgment IN using
the play by q series of line bucks and
used the pass with telling effect at just
the proper time.
Early in the first half Princeton had
a very good chance to score, but failed
to do So A couple of forward passes
put the Tigers on the 10-yard line, but
unfortunately the Cornell line held. and
Princeton was forced to relinquish the
ball on downs.
Tigers Come Back.
At the end of the first half it looked
as If Cornell was going to run away
with the game. But conditions OF play
were reversed in the second half. In
this half Princeton showed to much
better advantage. The tumble Of Q
punt gave Princeton the ball deep In
Cornell's territory, and in half a dozen
plays the Princeton attack scored a
touchdown. From then on Princeton
had the advantage, but wasn't strong
enough to score again..
In analysing the game, would say
Princeton threw too many forward
passes in the second part Of the game.
It is always an easy job to see why
plays don't go after game. But
more running play. would have set up
the passes. The Princeton team, showed
full spirit in the second half.
Cornell has good team. The plays
run OF smoothly and the attack Is very
well balanced. 1t was q hard-fought
game with the best Of feeling on both
sides.
Army Line Too Good.
The Army defense was q tribe too
sharp for Harvard The Army forwards
were able To put sufficient pressure
on the Crimson forwards to spoil Har-
wards attack before it got going. West
Point has hard-charging line and 1t
showed to good advantage.
Yale came back In great style against
efo cd fT1CfaQn
of holding him out until the second
period. Yale showed power and drive
on the attack and flrSt-class defense.
The Yale eleven looks very strong.
was surprised at the size of the
Dartmouth Columbia score. Dartmouth
has q versatile attack. Columbia
showed the need Of good substitutes.
Fordham and Holy Cross had close
game, with honors slightly in favor OF
Fordham.
Pittsburgh showed considerable talent
strength against Syracuse, winning by
two touchdownS. Lafayette staged
fine comeback after the Al defeat a.
the hands of Colgate and held State to
scoreless tie. One Of the upsets of
the day was Dukes defeat of the Navy.
Amherst and williams both showed
plenty of scoring power against
showed much improved form against
Boston College.
Temple stamped itself as one Of the
strong teams In the East, defeating w.
and J. Temple has smooth-running
deceptive attack. Gettysburg con-
tinued its winning streak, defeating
Lehigh. N. Y. U. had little difficulty
in winning from Missouri, $50. Rut-
gers showed improvement, winning from
Johns Hopkins, $50.
I was astonished at the size Of Wis
consins score against Penn. Penn had
been handicapped for the game by two
easy contests the previous Saturdays
and the trip to Madison Is q hard
one, too.
(Copyright, 1880. by North American News
paper Alliance.)