The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-11-22
THE CONNIE GAME
OF Football Between the Prince
ton and Yale Teams.
THE EVENT OF THANKSGIVING
Will be Notable--PFinceton Expects
to Play Strong Gamo With Yale.
What an Old Player Says Of the
Chauccs..SIcrits of the Players.

sity athletic grounds is crowded by the
under graduates who stand for an hour
and half behind the ropes watching
intently the struggle going on in the
field. The team has been working for
a week as it has never worked before.
From four to ten experienced coachers
have been on tho field every day urging
the men on to shape aggressive work.
The next three days viii be devoted to
practicing signals and tricks behind
closed gates, so that the students have
witnessed the last practice game OF tho
season.
Most Of the men arc in good condi-
ton. King has almost completely re-
covered from his sprained ankle, while
Wheoler's knee is in better shape than
il has been for weeks. Nincent's ankle
still troubles him slightly, but he will
be on the field next Thursday. llomans
has been watched with not little anXi-
ETY. during tho last few days. 1t seems
that the muscles OF his right thigh arc
giving out, and he can no longer kick
with his old time force and accuracy.
There is nothing at all the matter with
the other men. Harold has returned
to his old plRce at tackle. Up to few
days ago he steadfastly refused to APP
pear ON the foot ball field, alleging col
iege work as an excuse.
The team that lines up again Yale
Thursday will be materially different
from the one that met Pennsylvania
two weeks ago. 1t will be rs follows:
Vinceuts, lett end Harold, LETT tackle;
Wheeler. LETT guard; Balliett, centre;
Hail, right guard; Lea or Fiscus. right
tackle; Trenchard, right end; Morse,
quarter back; King and Poe, half backs;
llomans, full back.
The Jorseymeu are convinced that
their men will put up hard, desperate
game that will be better argument for
Princeton's strength than the game OF
10 to 0 OF last season. An old player in
speaking OF the chances with Yale said:
~ believe our team is as much the
superior OF last seasons eleven as that
eleven was better than the weak team
OF 80. We were beaten last year by
nineteen points. Six OF these were
gained on n fuke. There is no reason
why We should not reduce the figures
OF last year just in the same ratio as tho
81 team reduced the figures OF the year
before. II we have any luck ut all We
ought 10 play Yale an even game"
The Jerseymep believe that their
team, man for man, is the equal OF
Yale's eleven, but they yield the palm
to the New Haven men when it comes
to question OF organization and per-
iected team work. They say that Yale's
beautiful interference is the result OF
constant work by the graduates. The
spectacle of coach for every position
on the team has never been witnessed
In any practice game on the Princeton
field. Princeton's great rival, on the
other hand, has had week after week
nearly as many coachers as Varsity
men on her field. To this the Prince
tOnians attribute Yale's suberb team
play.
That harder work is done on the Yale
field by the individual players they do
not credit. Many assert that Prince
toms misfortunes this season are direct
ly traceable to overwork. There is no
evidence that the men were improperly
trained as far as dieting and hours OF
work are concerned, but the trouble
rather lies in the attempt OF individual
players to accomplish too much in the
first OF the season.
Vincent went into the game in the
first week OF practice with too great an
energy. He has been unfit for duty
fol- duty ever since. Holly went in and
played a hard game against Rutgers,
with the season scarcely week old. 1t
proved his last as we'll as his first game
this season. Capt. King, when on the
field for play, took great risks, and the
Princeton captain, after two weeks OF
play, injured his ankle, and has been
kept out of practice half the season.
Romans, too, did too much hard kicking
in practice games, and injured his
kicking leg badly.
The season opened here with all tho
old players in college except Riggs and
Warren. After the first week any
freshman in college could have picked
the team, with one or two debatable
points as it would play against Yale.
Vincent, Holly and Wheeler, the old
left flank OF last year, would be I'M
changed. Balliettw ould head the apex
OF the wedge. Hall or Fiscus would
play guard, and TrenChard or Lea right
end. Back OF the line the situation OF
last year, with an exchange OF position
between Poe and King. would be unless
n better man than Flint could be found
at half.back.
The team that faces Yale will be very
different from the set OF men who
played last year. Nobody expects Vim
cent to play the game out. McCauley
Will probably have to step into his
shoes early in the game. Holly will not
wear football suit next Thursday lie
has abandoned all hope Of further work
this season and quit the training tables,
Lea Is the choice for his position,
though many about college still cling to
the hope that FisCus may wake up be.
fore next Thursday and secure the
place. Fiscus is as big and powerful as
any man on the field. But he has never
been known to get any fire and dash in
his play except when slugged by his
opponent. He is one man who would
play better il he became angry in tho
beginning Of the game and kept mad
throughout There has been no ques-
ton Of Wheeler and Bulliett forming
TWO OF Princeton's three strong centre
men since the opening week OF prac-
tice. Wheeler is just now getting into
playing trim after the severe injury to
his knee in the Chicago game. Hall is
bigger and stronger, but not so good a
guard as Wheeler. He docs not use his
weight to tho best advantage and is
slow about throwing the taGklers in
warding oil for the runner. In this re-
gard none Of the Princeton forwards are
np TO Yale in viciousness of playing,
ialo's interferers knock their tacklers