Evening star., 1939-11-05
Long Tiger Pass
Early in Game
NipsCriimson
Lee Makes Sparkling
A-Yord Dash for
Cuntubs' Score
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. A.
Those two old settlers of the Eastern
Slope, Harvard and Princeton, put
on stirring, action-filled struggle In
their 35th meeting in Palmer Sta
dium today, the 10000 fans getting
their full moneys worth as Prince.
ton scraped through, 8 to 6.
The Tigers gained their margin Of
victory at the very outset of the
duel when they scored a safety and
spectacular touchdown within q
space Of 2 minutes. The Crimson,
striving to fight off its third straight
defeat, came back to count on bril-
liant 47-yard run by Francis Lee. q
substitute back, in the second quar-
ter.
Tigers Third Ivy Win.
For the remainder of the contest
they tussled each other all over the
kreensward, piling up first downs in
cilmps and gaining ground by the
acre through equally uncertain de-
fenses. But there was no more scor-
ing, though Princeton three times
plugged the ball inside its rivals 90
yard line
The victoEy, Princeton's third,
straight over an Ivy League rival
placed the Tigers high up in the
eastern standing, despite an early
loss to the Cornell juegernaut. Har-
ward came out of the game with
nothing more than its honor and
the fun of having thrown couple
OF scares into the strongly favored
Tigers.
Charley Spreyer, substitute half
back and the only star of any dis
tinction for Harvard, also was the
goat of Princeton's first score. Mid
way Of the opening quarter he made
the mistake of letting one CT Bob
Peters punts roll out its course. and
1t was killed on Harvard's l-yard
line by Howard Stanley, alert
Princeton end.
When Spreyer attempted to kick
out from his own end zone, Capt.
Bob Tierney of the Tigers crashed
through to block the ball and
Spreyer barely managed to recover
it for a safety.
Princeton Scores Quickly.
Given the ball on the coward
line. Harvard promptly kicked TO
midfleld. The Tigers picked up 5
yards on a running play, to Har-
wards A and then Peters faded back
a country mile and threw a pass.
Stanley, the same end who had set
the stage for the safety, was far
down toward Harvard's goal. near
the sideline and all by himself. He
reached up and plucked the soaring
ball and jaunted on across the line.
Aubrey place kicked the point to
make it 9 to
With Spreyer either carrying the
ball or throwing it on almost every
down. Harvard came back well to
stack up three first downs early in
the second period. The Crimson
attack looked very smart at this
point and its touchdown play was a
beauty.
Lee Tallies for Harvard.
Taking the ball from center on
Princeton's 47-yard line, Lee darted
through a sizable opening on his left
side. Then. as he passed the scrim-
mage line, he cut sharply over to
the sideline, brushed of a couple Of
orange-striped tacklers, and went
tearing down the field.
Lee had to watch his feet like a
tight rope walker 10 keep from STEP
ping out, and even as he crossed the
last line in the exact corner of the
field a Princeton tackler was diving
for him. Curtis. a left-footer, failed
to add the extra point from place.
ment.
Each team made seven first downs.
Princeton piled up q total of 24S
yards from scrimmage, Harvard l64
yards.