Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-18
SATURDAYS FoOT BALL GAMES.
Great Interest Manifested In the Two
Contests.

Great Interest Manifested In the Two
Contests.
An immense amount of interest is mani
Tested everywhere in the big foot ball con-
tests scheduled for Saturday between
Pennsylvania and Harvard and Yale and
Princeton. The tie last Saturday between
Harvard and Yale leaves the question OF
superiority among the teams Of the big
four" combination a still more vexed prob
lem than ordinarily is the case. Should
Princeton win from Yale and Harvard de-
feat Pennsylvania, from the record Of
games played this year. Princeton would
appear to have the best Of 1t. II. on the
other hand. Princeton should lose and
Pennsylvania win, the Quakers would APP
pear to have the best of it, although the
Pennsylvanians have been scored against
and the Tigers have not up to this time.
If the Tigers lose to Yale and Harvard
wins from Pennsylvania, then the ques-
tion comes up between Yale and Harvard.
If both Princeton and Pennsylvania should
lese the question would lie between the
Tigers and the Quakers.
Princeton and Yale Chances.
There is little more uncertainty about
the outcome of the Princeton-Yale game
than there was some weeks ago. The
strong showing of the blue against the
crimson has doomed Yale considerably,
and the hackers of the team are talking
now with more confidence than at any
time past. In the comparison of the teams
there are several points that seem certain:
Princeton Is stronger in the kicking de-
partment, stronger behind the line and as
strong as Yale, IL not stronger, in two or
three positions In the line. Baird and
Wheeler are greatly the superiors of Nc
Bride in kicking. while in Barnard, KEEL
ley, Reiter and Ayres. Princeton has a
quartet Of backs that seems to be superior
In every way to the Yale backs, Benjamin,
Corwin, Dudley. Marvin and Keifer At
quarter Baird is much better than De
Saulles in handling the ball and steady
ing his team: but, on the other hand, the
Yale quarter is a much harder and better
tackler and a strong rusher.
Behind the line the attacking force Of
the Tigers is almost double that Of the
blue. but the line OF the latter now ap-
pears to be. except in one or two instances
every bit the equal of the Tigers. II the
blue can manage to put up as strong a
defense against the Tigers as that put up
against the crimson the small score may
be looked for. In the matter of offensive
work. Yale must show an improvement
over last Saturdays game IL any hope is
to be entertained for the teams success.
In the line Princeton's ends are stronger
with also a slight advantage in the tack
les 1t is likely that the Yale guards will
prove stronger than the men in those po-
sitions for Tigers. while there is a posi-
biifty that the Princeton center may prove
weaker than 1t has appeared to be. From
this state of affairs it will be seen that
Yales defensive play to keep out the
strong Princeton backs will of a necessity
have to be fierce in the extreme. 1t is
more than probable that the greater part
OF the offensive work will be done by
Princeton.
The following table of defeats, points
scored by and against the Yale and Prince
ton teams may prove interesting: