Evening star., 1893-11-20
The Thanksgiving Day Foot Ball
Match Will Be a Memorable One
BETWEEN YALE AND PRINCETON.
An Experts Opinion on the ReIa-
tive Merits.
THE TEAMS COMPARED.


NEW YORK, November 1S 1898
The Yale-Pennsylvania game, which was
decided last Saturday in one of the pref
tiest and most determined contests of the
season, showed clearly the strength of the
Yale team, and its great capabilities for be-
coming quite as strong the team which
represented the blue last year
ThOsn who saw Princeton play Pennsyl-
vania at Mannheim a week before and af-
terward Yale play them, are of one opin-
lon, namely, Princeton had no chance with
the blue. Indeed, the most conservative of
foot ball experts freely expressed the opin-
Ion that the game Pennsylvania put up
against Yale would surely have won with
princeton as opponents. A comparison first
OF the two games, afterward of the teams,
will easily show this. Now. when Prince
ton played Pennsylvania, there was only
one instance in the game where the tigers
made succession of gains, and the poor
kicking of knipe in the first half was
alone responsible for the only touchdown
scored Then, again, Pennsylvania's line
was undoubtedly weaker with Reese and
Upton in place of Oliver and Newton, who
played against Yale. If Brooke had been
played from the very start instead of Gel
bert, his fine kicking qualities would surely
have kept the bali well in Princeton's ter
sides kicking finely, is absolutely sure on
the catch. The fumbling of Colbert and
Knipe and the blocked kicks of the latter
player Were prime factors in assisting
princeton on her journey toward the Penn
sylvania goal line.
The wet weather must be taken into con-
sideration, too. for 1t was admittedly dis
advantageous to quick plays on the part Of
the heavier Quaker backs. Ordinarily this
would not be so. but the Princeton line be-
ing the stronger, made all the difference in
the world. The good derived by Woodruff
and wharton, the Pennsylvania guards, be-
cause of their inexperience, must also be
taken into consideration. Thus we see that
the pennsylvania team was stronger ag
gregation of players when they met Yale.
Princeton, although not playing all the
Tricks she was capable of, had very few up
her sleeve when the game closed. They
tried the hying wedge, running the quarter
back, and attempted other plays, making
an aggregate of at least eight The wet
weather did not seem to affect Princeton's
play to any extent for her backs got off
quickly behind well-defined interference
and Blake kicked at all times finely and he
was called on repeatedly many times on
the hrst down. Princeton opposed Penn
sylyania that day with her strongest eleven.
The Yale Team Considered.
Now let us turn to the Yale game The
Quakers enter the contest fresh from the
experience of hard-fought battle and the
eradication. of certain faults which the ex-
perienced eye of Coach Woodruff has de-
tected in their play against Princeton. and
with Oliver in the line, a tower of strength,
and Newton, a demon tackleI, they lined up
against Yale better team by 2a per cent
No one who saw their sluggish play at
Mannheim and their snappy work against
Yale could doubt it. Those who saw Knipe
run with the speed and force of a locomo-
tive could not have questioned his ability
TO do the same against Princeton. As Os-
goC1 went around Hinkey SO would he
have gone around Brown or McCauley. and
Capt. Mackey never played SO good a
game before. Only once did Pennsylvania
outplay Yale, and then they carried the
ball for flfty-five yards without losing it,
Nearly thirty yards of this distance how
ever, was made on the opening play, a fly
ing wedge. Butterworth went through the
Pennsyivani center time and again for
never less than three yards. Pennsyl-
vania's center was by no means a weak
one, either. When compared with Yale the
blue-legged giants loomed up far and away
the better center of the two Beef Wheeler
and Taylor, the Princeton guards, may have
opened up quite well on that day. but no
one back of the Princeton line could have
made the ground Butterworth did Four
times in succession this great player who
was giving the signals, sent himself for the
center, with gain every time to his credit
Pennsylvania played her masses on tack
les in an inimitable way and the Yale men,
Beard and Murphy, who had to stand the
brumt of the attack. did nobly. Gains were
made through them, but on the whole not
any more than was made last year by q
weaker trio of Pennsylvania backs against
Wallis and Winter. Indeed in the second
half of last years game Winter was re-
pes, peatedly opened up for FIVE yards or more.
tackles are not so far behind last years.
Indeed in the defensive game they are al
most on even terms. 1t is the running of
the ball in the aggressive game where Wal
lis and Winter eXcelled. Knipe, who is a
marvelousiy strong runner in center plays,
could not make an inch through the Yale
center Now the score of the game was IL
to in favor of Yale, and Yale by the way
played throughout the entire game six diff
ferent plays. All of them were the old
standard ones. Hence it is certain that
the Yale team to have withstood the Penn
sylvaniat game and make three touch downs
was a better team than Princeton when
she played Pennsylvania, but let us COM
pare the players who will face each other a
Thanksgiving time and note the result. To
begin with take the ends. AT left end
Hinkey. the Yale man is easily superior
to Trenchard. Last year Hinkey was bet
ter and this year Trenchard is not playing
as well last year and the Yale man is
playing the game of his life. Greenway Is
also better than either Brown or McCauley
because he has more experience combined
with form, which is quite up to Hinkey's.
Princetons left end is undenably weak
and to this day it is unsettled as to which
shall play, McCauley or Brown Both play
ers do not cope in first-class style with in
terference q and McCauley in particular is not
good tacker. Both are inexperienced SO
far playing big games goes. 1t is likely
that at the tackle points, Lea and Holly,
the Princeton pair, will hold Beard and
Murphy of Yale almost on even terms.
The Teams Considered Individually.
Beard, however, should run better than
either Holly or Lea, and make more of the
Interference game. Murphy, too. should
break through little better and stop either
a play or the Interference. Lea is better
on the whole than Holly and will make
the better showing in the game He will
have Beard to contend with. Holly will try
to handle Murphy. Many think Murphy
will get the better of the duel. But the
four men seem to be SO equal all round
that in this comparison We will call the
tackle points standoff. Now for the CEN
ter. Stillman, the Yale man, will have Bal
liet and do better with him than ever be-
fore. Stillman weighs at least twenty
pounds more and he knows more
how to use his weight Stillman,
however. is rot so quick and will
therefore be unable to do so much outside
Of his position as Ballet Ballet, too can
get the ball to the quarter back cleaner In
other respects Stillman does as we'll He
makes holes nicely and holds up the CEN
ter better. In stopping center plays he
will do. Altogether then will suppose
Ra1liet better man cOuntiDo mora for