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...weather conditions, which many sportswriters described as "adverse," not seriously bamper the playing of Princeton's excellent tallback, Dick Kazmaier. "Kaz", as he is somewhat sickeningly known on the New Jersey campus, had outgained the entire Cornell team the week before, and he held the attention of the fans and writers for the entire game. He did not disappoint them...
...scored their first touchdown was hardly more complicated that having a man close his eyes and run straight ahead. After Princeton had recovered a fumble on the Brown 25, the Tigers lined up in a single wing to the right with an unbalanced line. The ball was snapped to Kazmaier who ran, of the places, to the left, and thus scored a touchdown. He kept his eyes open all the way, but he needn't have bothered--the Brown defenders were drawn in close and were caught off guard...
Instead of having Kazmaier's run-pass play develop from a balanced line, Caldwell overshifted (i.e., unbalanced) his line and put one backfield man as a flanker on the weak side. This shift put "an almost intolerable burden on the secondary defense unless Cornell changed to a five-man line," Caldwell explains. But when Cornell did switch to a five-man line, Kazmaier, instead of passing, ran right through...
Canny Coach Caldwell made only one mistake last week. Before the game he was rash enough to say: "If we win this one, I'll let the players throw me in the lake." An hour after the game was over, with Kazmaier firmly grasping one of Caldwell's legs. Princeton's exultant footballers hurled their happy coach into Lake Carnegie...
While the varsity took a breather in preparation for this week's Princeton game the Tiger eleven sloshed to a 12 to 0 win over Brown for it's 19th consecutive victory. Dick Kazmaier starred in the muddy spectacle, scoring both touchdowns on 13 and 61 yard runs...