New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-13
FOOTBALL.
TIGERS ROUNDING INTO FORM.
IMPROVEMENT OF THE LAST WEEK. CUL
MINATING IN THE INDIAN GAME.

Princeton " j., Nov. ~ CSpeciaD.-Only TWO
weeks are left for the Tigers to round into cham-
plonship form. Two games alone remain 10 pe
PLAYED this season-w Washington and Jefferson next
Saturday at Princeton and then the Yale game,
toward which every effort OF the coaches, the nara
work OF the men themselves and the support Oh tiie
undergraduate body have been directed all iai'
And In spite OF the list OF cripples now IN the III
Urinary or loahng on the sidelines, ana tne me"
who fall far short Of their accustomed forin'
Princeton will send into the arena at New-ha'eh
n good husky all round, fast team, one wnlch u
as full of possibilities OF accomplishing what II
has been trained for any other team ""ch no"
worn the orange and black OF recent years !. -
not the record thus far that Prncetohiahs ieei 10
sufficient TO crow over but they rejoice In the fact
that the fall which followed pride came at just the
nroper time The team has been beaten ana scored
on and is fully alive to the knowledge that 1t Is
not the best thing the college grid'ron. more
over there no longer any bright particular
stars for they are being outshone ana hiuoeh as
composite parts In plays which contain eleven
men.
Tho team az a whole has made steady strides
forward IN the week that has Just passed slipping
hack to Indifferent work on only one day. Wednes-
day when II was lined up against the fragments
maj remained OF the North Carolina men after
their encounter with the Mlddes. The Tar
Hees' put up such ragged and loose game ior
the most part that Princeton caught the injection
and began 10 play In the same way But In general
there has been shown in the daily pracuce d
tendency to play much faster and harder footoaii,
Interference has formed rapidly and compactiy ana
the whole team has been getting into every pay
in a way that has brought much JOY to the coach
ers' hearts. The linemen have improved IN tneir
defensive work. Instead of awaiting the charge OF
their opponents they now taking the INITIATIVE
with great gusto and seldom fail TO throw the OPP
postes back The offence also has been strength
ened and the men playing lower and harder
than at any other time this year.
Palmer Is not expected to last through the whole
Of any Of the games w looks like the incarna-
ton Of the genius of famine. and as matter OF
fact has been playing this year at weight oi
about li2 or l43 pounds. His face IS thln anu
drawn and when in the game is continually, ~
motion He can more stand still While the pan
is being put in play than he can fly, put Is cor
tinuay hopping around and as often as not geetS
an the wrong side Of the line. When sent 10 tne
clubhouse to rest he generally gets blanket ana
crawls up on the bleachers. where he sits an
bundled UP and watches the play, with his hands
tightly clenched and his face set and leaning iI b
ward as though drawn toward the scrimmages ny
a magnet. He has forty horse power energy anu
fifteen horse power frame Poe Is mueh better h,ap
in these respects for although he, too, Is a hIsn
strung little man, he inherits from ms foot1 }
ancestors a certain phlegmatic element wnich
helps him to keep his equipoise When THESE men