Evening star., 1932-11-14
THE SPORTLICHT
BY CRANTLAND RICE

TT remained for Yale and Princeton
in their ffty-seventh meeting to
prove the true value of foot ball
as a sporting proposition over any
other competition on the long, long
list Of games.
Here were two teams that had known,
together, four defeats, four ties and
only one major victory over a Dart
mouth team that had won no major
games at ALL
There was not even the faintest
glimmer of any championship touch,
nor any high-ranking appeal.
Yet in these somewhat rasping times
they drew out between 40, 900 and SO, 900
spectators, thrilled this crowd with two
stirring final quarters, and opened up
a bundle Of burning oratory as to which
had the better team.
Here was full proof Of changing
times and manners in foot ball rank
ing, without any change in foot ball
lure. For over 80 years these two
teams, with Harvard and at times with
Pennsylvania, had dominated the grid
iron and supplied most of the all
was battling for its first major victory
of the year and the other for its second.
The Blue and the Orange and Black
still had two good foot ball teams You
had here, not so much the retrogres-
sion of Yale and Princeton, as you had
the tremendous advance of foot ball
from coast to coast, from gulf to lakes,
with well over hundred strong teams
in place of only three or four.
This game was a vivid blend of past
and present. got more Of the feeling
Of the old days walking to the field
with Frank Butterworth a Yale star,
who remains as one of the greatest OF
all the fullbacks, one of the best OF
all the kickers. Almost nothing was
said Of the coming game as he talked
of Brooke and Thorne, of cochran and
Kelly, of Wally Winters and other
stars who ruled nearly 40 years ago.
The Vital Spot.
VALE and Princeton in this game
I came to the vital spot of their
year.
Yale had been tied by Bates, tied by
Chicago, beaten by Brown, crushed by
the Army with a lone victory over q
much-beaten Dartmouth team.
Princeton had lost to Columbia, been
tied by Cornell and Navy, and had
| fallen before Michigan. So here was
! the big shot ahead-and neither could
| quite make it. In the burning debates
that followed the game, Yale mer
thought Yale should have won, Prince
ton men thought Princeton had the
better team.
Princeton had four chances to score
and Yale had one-but the fact that
y.1a - D,ssv bowl
chances, due partly to Princeton's lack
of variety and deception in goal line
assaults, just about evens up the count
Princeton got her first two chances
on mighty kicks by Purnell and fast
plays by Fairman that crowded Yale
within her own 5-yard line, forcing
her to kick against a brisk November
wind.
! Credit Due Jack James.
IN each Of these chances Jack James
i the most durable foot ball player
have seen all year, was hurled re-
peatedly, play after play, against the
Blue line.
One minute in that waning thirc
quarter it looked as If nothing coulc
| keep the Tiger from clawing his way
across the narrow strip Of green turl
between the ball and Yale's threatened
goal. A minute later the Blue was II
the midst Of an 80-yard sweep thai
combined line assaults, forward passes
triple passes and off-tackle plays thai
netted a touchdown with LaSsiter
O'Connell and Parker featuring tht
drive that almost ripped away tht
Tigers striped hide.
h. Princeton put on no Euch varied at
tack. but disclosed an u1daEgtne spiri