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...striking similarity to last year's drawn battle, history repeated itself on Saturday when the Tiger and Crimson elevens fought desperately to a 14 to 14 tie on Soldiers Field. This year's contest was possibly less full of freaks and thrills, but was nevertheless crowded with exciting breaks which threw the balance first one way and then the other. Like last year, a Princeton victory seemed certain till a whirlwind of forward passes near the end of the last period performed the "impossible." This time the aerial combination was Buell and Macomber, not Felton and Casey, and the pass...
Keck was not the only star in Tiger line. Flanking Captain Calls were McManmon and Dickinson; played a slashing game and went the distance. Dickinson has made a name for himself as a basketball player, was not counted first string guard material; McManmon was starting his game, battered as he was in last we game. Maury Trimble, All-American Princeton halfback last year, commented after the game that their work under was the most gratifying surprise of afternoon to the coaches: apparently Roper's "center of the line problem solved...
...field goal to either score and you have an almost exact replica of Saturday's Harvard-Princeton knot in the Yearlings performance in the Tiger's lair...
Staring, as did the University team with an initial rush, lying dormant for three periods, then coming back strong in the last quarter was the exhibition of the Freshmen against the Tiger cubs. Recovering a fumbled kick at mid-field, 1924 unloosened its star back, E. S. Gebrke, for a 24-yard gain a few minutes after the game started. P. Jenkins' subsequent try for a field goal was blocked. Here the Freshmen were given one of the startling breaks that enabled them to leave the field undefeated. Van Gerbig lumbled a pass from center from the 20-yard. line...
...rushed into the enclosure. Three teams lined up and wept down the field in signal practice. A steady stream of people is crowding slowly over the bridge. Behind the Stadium automobiles stretched parked from inside the baseball field well out to the farthest eastern confines of Soldiers Field. The Tiger's first string line-up pushed through the crowd at the entrance and went through signals. The substitutes followed to the bench...