Evening star., 1948-11-21
Big Green Completes
Slam Over Big Three
With 33-13V Victory
By the Assoeioied Press

DartmOuth'S T-formatlOn attack,
cleverly guided by John Clayton,
completely befuddled Princeton's
tired Tigers as the green-clad team
from New Hampshire swept to
33-to-13 victory today.
The triumph in the final game of
the season for both teams COM
pleted Dartmouth's conquest Of the
Big Three"-the first time that
feat had been accomplished since
1888. Dartmouth had whipped both
Harvard and Yale, just as the Tigers
had done, to win the Big Three
championship for the second year in
a row.
The game, played on field that
was in surprisingly good condition
after heavy overnight rains, pro-
duced the usual Ivy League mixture
of clever and inept football. And
it wound up with the traditional
undergraduate battle for the goal
posts at the open end of the sta
dium. The other posts fell to q
marauding band of "townies" before
the last play of the game. A ma
jority of the crowd of 10000 stayed
until the posts came down and dis
played almost as much enthusiasm
for the fighting as for the football.
Lose Interest in Game.
As . matter of fact, the game
became too lopsided to be very in
teresting long before the end.
Princeton, outplayed in the line and
outslickered by Clayton's clever ball
handling. made fight of it f6
the first half but faded badly in the
second.
The Tigers were, handicapped
severely by the fact that Wingback
George Sella, their fastest and most
effective ball carrier, was unable to
play. Sella suffered pulled tendon
in scrimmage Thursday and
didn't get into the game.
Where Princeton's attack worked
only by fits and starts. Dartmouth's
worked by Fitkin and Sullivan, in
addition to Clayton's clever ball
handling and his passing, which
was good for 1873 yards on eight
competitions. Halfbacks Hal Fitkin
and Joe Sullivan did some running
that was just too much for the
Tigers to stop. Fitknn, tougher OF
the two, bulled his way for go yards
on ten rushes.
Penalties Hurt Princeton.
Trailing by only one touchdown,
1876, at the half, Princeton matched
score for score in the third quarter.
But in the final period the Hanover
Indians drove 81 yards for one
touchdown, then they added anoth-
er when Bill Dey intercepted a Val
Wegner pass and dashed II yards
with the aid of a smashing block by
Sullivan.
Two 15-yard penalties against the
Tigers figured prominently in Dart
mouths scoring. After Dartmouth |
had gone 68 yards in ten plays for
the first tally and Princeton had
matched it with a 70-yard drive,
the next Indian drive appeared to
be stopped But the Tigers piled
into Kicker Bob Tyler after a
punt and were penalized Is yards.
That gave Dartmouth a first down
on the 21-yard line and set up the
second score.
Almost the same thing happened
at almost the same spot early in the
third quarter. only this time the
charge was illegal use of hands.
The result was Dartmouth's third
touchdown. Princeton got that one
back when Dartmouth's defenders
we're caught using their hands few
minutes later. The penalty was an
important part of the Tigers IT.
yard drive that ended with a 26-
yard pass from Wagner to Cliff
Kurrus.
Finish Third in Ivy League.
The other Tiger touchdown went
to Fullback John Weber, who could !,
not make much headway against the
Dartmouth line today
Dartmouth's 6-pointers went to
Bill Dey, Clayton, Sullivan and Dey
in that order. Dey also converted !,
three extra points. !
The game was the 18th between
these ivy-festooner rivals. who have
been meeting since 1897. 1t was
Dartmouth's 10th victory against Is
defeats and tie. The Indians thus
wound up their season with third
place in the Ivy League clinched |
and an all-over record of six vic
tories and three losses. Princeton
finished with A record. !
DARTMOUTH.
Left ends-Armstrons, spoor, sarno.
Lsft tseSlss-Jenkins; EberIe Monahsn
Genters-schreck, staley. Murphy. /
.rne R1ent sus anSIIr rnSMf oune' FOX Sogsrdns,
RRishht tackiesaGowsn. sardeila; Bailey
9uarterbacks-clayton. Mueller, Penss-
Left halfs-sullivan. TYLER. Tracy.
man Eisea sarnn na,rsCf'tkin Perry lsoey' Chap
Fullbacks-Carey. Lynch Dey BohusIav
PRINCETON
>, Lett snds-Mead. Bunnell, Chamberlin,
', Left tsckles-Buxton, Donan, valentzas,
Left guards-Moore. Zswadsky. Critics
Csnters-Cohn. Finney. Feichel Wood
ward
Right suards-palin. Cleveland. Clark
Right tackles-Robertso son. Koch. Ewing
Right ends-Reed Kurrus. Lewis
Quarterbacks-Chandler Eastman. Col
Inns
Left nalfs-wagner, Leibert, McCand-
less.
Right halfs-McCormicK Hungerford
Fullbacks-Weber. Powers, Prior. Neon.
De- rtmouth g 1888
Princeton 7 Ola
Scoring: Dartmouth touchdowns-Rove. !
Dey t?), Clayton. Sullivan. Points after
torchdowns Dey. (3l. tplacementsi. !.
Princeton touchdowns Weber Kurrus |
Point sfter touchdown-Reichler place /
menD
Dart Primo. |
First downs Is i3
Yards gained rushing tneD--177 105
Forward passes ATTEMPTED - J6 u
Forward pa sSes completed 1890
Yards by forward passes 1874 140 |
Forward passes intercepted by 2 |
YARDS gained runback inter-
cepted passes --- 8 1O7
Puntlng average drom scrim-
Cuptoin Weds After Come
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (P,.-Dale