Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25
Princeton and Yale Teams Make.
Final Preparations for Their
Big Struggle.
THE BLUES ARE BIG *FAV0RITES.
Local Football Teams Have Very In
teresting Game. and Others
Arranged.
SPALDING'S IMPORTANT OPINION.
he Thinks There Will Be a Twelye-Club League
Before the Trouble Is Ended.
ESPECIAL 7ELEeRAMs TO THE prspkTcH.l

ESPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE D1SPATCH.l
New YORK, Nov 24-Thursday after
noon at Manhattan field the Varsity foot
ball elevens of Yale and Princeton will
plav the final game of the season for the
intercollegiate football championship. In
the matter of public interest this is the
most important game of the season. 1t 1t is
a favorable day, the crowd of spectators
will probably number 10000, the largest
that has ever witnessed football match in
This country. The grounds will be opened
at 1890 a. NJ. aud the game will begin at
p. NJ No matter which side wins, the
struggle for the championship promises to
be hard one. Last wear it was a one-sided
contest. Princeton worked developing
team until she turned out the champions of
1889 and then fell fat Last year she had
no material in college to work into strong
eleven, and was swamped by Yale as re-
suit.
The Stronger Team.
OF the two colleges, Princeton and Har-
ward, Princeton has always been the
stronger opponent of Yale, on account of
her knowledge of the game, and with good
material at hand this year there is no
reasonable ground for supposing that
Princeton will not give Yale hard game
Thursday. of the Princeton team Warner,
The captain, is a Lawrenceville graduate.
This is his third year at Princeton. Before
entering college Warren had established
his reputation on his preparatory school
team Of which he was captain. Last year
he was on the sick list nearly all the season,
but PLAYED in the Yale game. He was not
in form however, and did not distinguish
himself After Riggs resigned the cap
taincv of the eleven, Warren was chosen.
Warren plays on the right end
Next to Warren plays Harold, the right
tackler Harold is a powerful man. He
PLAYED for three years on the Franklin and
Marshall team, and was considered one of
their best men, He entered Princeton this
year to take graduate course in electrical
engineering Riggs, at right guard, is the
giant of the rush line. He is the
Mainstay of the Team,
and the man on whom Captain Warren most
relies to break Yale's rushes. Riggs is of
football family Two or three elder broth
crs have graduated from Princeton, anu
were prominent football PLAYERS. Riggs
has PLAYED right guard on the Varsity
eleven since he entered college in 1888. He
is not only plucky man, but he is a tricky
man, and few can get the best of him.
Svmmes, the center rusher of the term,
is a powerful looking fellow. His broad
back and shoulders, his big head, and his
expansive smile make him one of the most
interesting men on the team. Wheeler,
left guard, is one of the most powerful men
on the rush line He is considered to be as
strong as Riggs and weighs 1873 pounds,
and, with the exception of Symmes, is the
heaviest man in the tesm. Princeton has
two crack men in Holly and Vincent at left
tackle and left end respectively. Holly is
not over heavy, but is very strong. Vim
cent, left end, is good man for the posi-
tion. He is sure tackler. very active,
and is never hurt.
Behind the Line.
Behind the line Princeton is strong.
With King at quarter back, Flint and Poe
for half backs and Homaus at full back, the
ball ought to be advanced more times than
it is forced back by Yale. King is
''headv" PLAYER. He is cool and follows
the ball closely. Flint and Poe are ground
gamers, and Homans is good kicker.
Princeton also has q good line of subs, a
fact which speaks well for the future of her
game.
Yale will probably put the same familiar
men in the field that PLAYED against Har-
ward at Springfield last Saturday So much
mas Deen salQ ABOUT tnose players That 1t is
unnecessary to tell of their football records.
Yale is playing fine game, and against it
will be pitted new material which has been
developed as well as time would allow.
Princeton is playing better team game
than Harvard, although Harvard has bet
ter material There will be no such
wretched fumblng on the Fart of Prince
ton, from all indications, as marked
Harvard's play against Yale; so it seems as
though Princeton ought to make at least as
good fight as did Harvard, and will, in all
probability, meet Yale's superb play with
steady, careful game that will make Prince
tons supporters look for great things next
wear.