Butterworth told de Saulles what he had heard and cautioned him, reminding him that he wanted him to play a game that would escape criticism.  De Saulles put every ounce of himself into his game, Cochran did the same.  To this day Frank Butterworth and the coaches believe that when de Saulles was making his great run up the field he kept his pledge to Cochran.

De Saulles and Cochran laugh at the suggestion that it was other than an accident, but they have never been able to convince their friends.  The dramatic element in it was too strong for a mere chance affair.

Princeton’s handicap when Cochran had to go out was increased by the withdrawal because of injuries of Johnny Baird, the quarterback, that wonderful drop-kicker of previous games.  He was out of condition and had to be carried from the field with a serious injury.

Dudley, the ex-Lawrencevillian, here began to get in his telling work.  The Yale stands were wild with enthusiasm as they saw their team about to score against the much-heralded Princeton team.  We were a three to one bet.  On the next play Dudley went through the Princeton line.  At the bottom of the heap, hugging the ball and happy in his success, was Charlie Dudley, Yale hero, Lawrenceville stocking and all.

[Illustration:  Cochran was game to the end]

After George Cadwalader had kicked the goal, the score stood 6 to 0.

One of the greatest problems that confronts a coach is to select the proper men to start in a game.  Injuries often handicap a team.  Ad Kelly, king of all line-plunging halfbacks, had been injured the week before at Princeton and for that reason was not in the original lineup that day at New Haven.  He was on the side lines waiting for a chance to go in.  His chance came.

Kelly was Princeton’s only hope.  Herbert Reed, known among writers on football as “Right Wing,” thus describes this stage of the game: 

“With almost certain defeat staring them in the face, the Tigers made one last desperate rally and in doing so called repeatedly on Kelly, with the result that with this star carrying the ball in nearly every rush the Princeton eleven carried the ball fifty-five yards up the field only to lose it at last on a fumble to Jim Rodgers.

“Time and again in the course of this heroic advance, Kelly went into or slid outside of tackle practically unaided, bowling along more like a huge ball than a human being.  It was one of the greatest exhibitions of a born runner, of a football genius and much more to be lauded than his work the previous year, when he was aided by one of the greatest football machines ever sent into a big game.”

But Kelly’s brilliant work was unavailing and when the game ended the score was still 6 to 0.  Yale had won an unexpected victory.

The Yale supporters descended like an avalanche upon the field and carried off their team.  Groups of men paraded about carrying aloft the victors.  There were Captain Jim Rodgers, Charlie Chadwick, George Cadwalader, Gordon Brown, Burr Chamberlain, John Hall, Charlie de Saulles, Dudley, Benjamin, McBride, and Hazen.