Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-24

morrow under conditions which have no
precedent in the history of these annual
matches Hitherto, with two exceptions,
each team has been up to Thanksgiving
Day an undefeated one, and these two ex-
ceptions were both occasioned bya Harvard
victory.
The Players Kept in Trim.
This year Princeton has been defeated by
the University Of Pennsylvania, which,
previous to the present season, has never
been seriously considered in the struggle
for the championship, and Yale reaches
Thanksgiving Day for the second year in
succession without point having been
scored against her by any of her rivals.
At their quarters in this city the athletes
are closely watched and carefully cared for
as SO many pieces of Sevres ware. And in
a way these Brobdingnagians of the turf are
as fine as Sevres They will stand great
deal rougher handling though, and they are
almost warranted not to break.
When Yale's representatives climbed
aboard the 3 o'clock train from New Haven
this afternoon. the usual demonstrations of
enthusiasm accompanied their departure
Each OF the individual members of the
team, the captain, the manager, the coach
ers and the eleven as q whole, were included
in the applause. At the depot cheers were
also given for "a clean record for the
season." sentiment which was greeted
with laundering response. A similar
demonstration was made by Princeton when
the GAO train rolled out Of the depot and
the Tigers could ask for no better send-off
How the Teams Compare.
A comparison of the two teams may be
made as follows: Yale has had to show her
full strength to her rival in the game with
Harvard-of that there is no doubt, what
ever statements may be made to the con-
trary. Princeton must assuredly have
gained some advantage from seeing her op-
ponents play in closely contested game,
but this advantage is more than offset by
the experience which the Yale men ac-
quired at Springfield. This experience
was particularly valuable to Yale in that
she had several green men on her team, and
the lessons they learned from the Harvard
game make them almost veterans for
Thursdays contest Between the value of
watching such a game as that at Spring
field and playing in it there can be no COM
parison; and if Princeton rests her hope in
the knowledge of Yale's play acquired in
Watching the Harvard game, her chances
for victory are indeed slim.
As team the Yale men are in as good
condition as can be desired. The only weak
spot in the entire eleven is Laurie Bliss
weak knee, and this has been improving
wonderfully since the Harvard game. He
is likely to be able to play the whole game
unless the unexpected occurs.
At the beginning of the season Princeton
was playing we'll. 1t is true that she was
to a great extent playing q zone man"
game, with King for the man; but there was
q snap about the work that augered well for
the development of an eleven worthy of
Princeton's former football reputation. As
the season wore on Princeton's team i'm
proved, the interference was good, the de-
tense exceedingly strong and the center
work equal to anything seen on the football
field tor years. Then the men began to
overestimate their strength and to mistake
promise for perfection.
Princeton's Recent Hard Work.
Accidents added to the harm already done
by over-confdence until a crippled team
found itself facing an opponent whose
powers it underestlmated and disaster fol-
lowed. Princeton has only played one
game since its defeat at Mannheim, and that
against Orange and the score against that
team (23 to % undoubtedly convinced the
Princetonians that thorough reform was
urgently needed. Since that time Prince
ton has done more playing and less talking.
The management wisely cancelled the game
with Cornell and devoted itself to nursing
the injured players and giving the able
bodied ones the best of coaching and prac-
tice. The result of this reformation will be
doubtless visible tomorrow.
Princeton, as had been said, had early in
the season good material for first-class