The Worcester spy., 1898-11-07

put forth all her energies to win it, and.
besides, 1t will be good preparation for
the Yale game, for the Brown running
game is very similar to that played by
Yale.
For the Yale. game it is very likely
that the lineup will be changed some
what. 1t seems probable that in that
game Burnett will start in place of
Jaffrey and Farley in place of Co
chrane. The rest of the lineup from
the showing made Saturday can not be
improved upon. 1t is to be hoped
however, that in some respects the
strengthened within the next two
weeks. With the Pennsylvania game
on hand and the dreaded guards
back play to meet, the past week was
entirely spent on defensive work. With
this feature and practice perfected
the crimson's coaches can develop
some eye-opening running plays to
spring on Yale.
At New Haven the week was spent
in trying to develop a pair of half
neither Dudley nor Benjamin can play
backs. With the probability that
again this year staring her in the face
and with Corwin and Durston still on
the lame list, the blue is very weak in
the back field. The one man back of
the Yale line who appears able to
stand all sorts of rough work is Nc
Bride. With this player in trim and
kicking well, the contest with Harvard
promises to be a game as full of kick
ing as was last years, with the same
men, Mcbride and Haughton. trying to
outpoint each other The work of the
coming week at New Haven will be
entirely in preparation for the contest
with Princeton, next Saturday, and
from the way the Yale team played
against West Point, much work must
be done even to defeat the crippled
Tigers. The Vale offensive work with
substitute backs in is very poor, and it
all depends upon the men in Yales
back field to determine the size of the
Els score next Saturday, for Yale de-
pends upon her backs almost entirely
in advancing the ball.
The men who are sure of playing next
Saturday are Cutten at centre, Marshall
at right guard, Chamberlain at right
tackle. Coy at right end, Brown at left
guard, Allen at left tackle, Mcbride at
full back and De Saulles at quarter
back The latter, although still very
lame, viii probably round into form to
be the terror in running in broken
field, as he was against Harvard and
Princeton last year. The man likely to
play at left end is Hubbeli, although
Eddy is pressing him closely, and may
make the place, owing to Hubbell's lack
Of condition at the present time. The
men who will probably stay in half
back position are Gilmore and Benja-
min, while the first substitutes will
probably be Harvey and Wear. In case
these men are laid out, and the prob
abilities are that they will be- the Ellis
have a host of other good backs in Du-
pee, Beard. Corwin, Townsend and
Burdick. The trouble with all the sub
stitute backs is that they are woefully
lacking in weight, so that it will be
hard for them to make an impression
on the heavy Tigers line.
Comparing the two teams, Yale and
Princeton, the first feature which
strikes one who has followed their play
in the minor games Of the season. is
that both have strong lines and both
are weak in offensive playing. This
means that the score. whoever wins,
will be small. 1t also means that the
game is bound to be contest of the
kicking departments of both teams,
that Yale. with Mcbride, will excel
Princeton, with Wheeler. Ayres is a
foregone conclusion. Mcbride will sure
ly outkick either Princetonian eight
to ten yards on each exchange. The
next pair of men which it is well to
compare in considering the kicking
contest, is De Saulles and Hutchinson.
Both men play quarter back, and on
the defensive play way back, both men
are the same style of players and with
Daily of Harvard comprise the trio of
great running quarterbacks in a brok-
en- and open field. De Saulles made a
great name for himself last year, and
should repeat his good work this year
if his injured ankle mends in time for
the game. Hutchinson has done well
so far this year. but an injury has kept
him from playing for a month. He be-
gan playing Saturday, but he is still
weak and will not be at his best in the
game next Saturday The chances are
that De Saulles will do the better work.
Considering halfbacks, it will probab-
ly be Gilmore and Benjamin against
Black and Ayers for Princeton. Ben
jamin is the best back of the four but
for general playing ability, the Yale
pair are no better than the two Prince
ton players, so that here the two teams
are about equal. Taking into consid-
GRAFTON the line, Cutten and Booth will
play a very even game. The two
Princeton guards. Crowder and Ed
wards will be able to hold their own
with the Yale pair, Brown and Mar
shall. At tackle, Yale will be stronger,
as Capt Chamberlain will outplay Geer
of the Tigers, while Allen will hold his
own with Capt. Hallebrand of Prince
ton. At end, the advantage will be in
the Tigers favor, where Poe and
Palmer, though lighter men, are supe-
rior all-around men to Coy and Hub
bell, who hold down the ends for Yale.
The team which the Tigers present
is the best in sight It is made up of
FIVE veterans, three varsity subs and
four new men at the game. The men
are in fair condition, thanks to Trainer
Christie but somehow or other, it seems
as though the Princeton team is not as
good as it should be, considering the
material on hand. The team is very
well fixed for substitutes, being better
off for sub linemen than is Yale. The
game being on Princeton's home field,
should make a big difference in her ia
vor as the Tigers have never been
beaten in Princeton. ] have seen both
teams play, and look for close game
with a small score, with Yale victorious
at the end, owing principally 20 her su-
perior punting ability.