New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
an THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
~,,uPR1NCEToN GAME BRILLIANT
SEASONS TOP NOTCE-How THE
VARSITY TEAMS SHOULD BE

,,.,ce.ons spectacular triumph over Yale at
usven week ago was fitting climax for
"....nsII season that has been replete with sur
ond sensations, and that has attracted
Pr, interest 10 a remarkable degree. Yale
P,s ore usually the last In the world
r,,- on apparently sure victory to be turned
defeat and II is safe to say that the Yale
"" have hardly vet recovered from the sudden
pr" vrhich their hopes received in the last sixty
IDS % the play on November 70. While the
-. was naturally a sore disappointment to
- followers OF the Blue. yet the defeat was one
-, thew have right TO be proud or for they
10 within a hair OF victory over an eleven
-. showed itself 10 be stronger team. Thus
49, two successive Saturdays Yale showed her
.onderful spirit-lrst. in preventing score by
u,-vsrd. although apparently outplayed by that
...r, and second in almost winning out from
:, eleven that showed far stronger team play
uurREIN PRINCEToN's SUPERIORITY s
,..,.s M sympathy with those critics who are
I.,,,.6 N attribute Princeton's victory to luck
49, rh,Ie Poe's field goal was certainly an ex-
s,rorv performance II was rendered pos
-, Nv the excellent work Of the Princeton for
ID and as far as luck goes, Yale had fully
,,cb as Princeton II not little more In
.,s rushing game Yale was hardly In the same
,.ss as Princeton. for while Princeton's Of
s.,sive work was not so good in the second half
..ten through the game as whole II was vast
:, sunerior 10 Yales. the interference being far
r,o-A aggressive compact and effective. In the
,rsbine game Princeton gained in the two
,.lves q total Of 217 yards. against Yale's total
:, r,,ety-seven yards. and these figures. while
a, course they do not prove everything. are
enough TO show that Princeton's rush work
r.s d,st,nctly superior to Yale's. In the kicking
dsnartn1ent a general impression seemed to pre-
vail that Mcbride outdid Wheeler by considera-
Me and. as a matter Of fact, McBride's punts
cs-tainly proved more valuable 10 the Yale
,asm than Wheeler's did 10 Princeton. Several
., McBride's punts. however, were poor. While
wheeler's averaged excelently, especially
AGAINST the wind. In drop kicking Sharpes
-.,,o-r,ance was wonderful but II was not
simply matter OF luck. for Bull. OF Yale. had
.n.n, no one knows how many hours in coach
ing for this particular play Poe's field goal
which was an offset to Shapes. was also not
merely question Of luck but a question OF
ooo, hardy nerve. The Poe family has been
roted for many and various achievements ana
ssafe 20 say that Yale men will be thorough
" glad when the last Of the six brothers hnlshes
st, course at Princeton. for one after another
they have figured IN almost every AoO'N@ii IN
ouest Of the last decade that Princeton has
made over her rival. And II is stated that the
eldest brother. who was graduated from Prince
Ton perhaps a dozen years ago. has some small
sons who are even now playing football ana
who may be found in the Tiger ranks in an In
credibly short period.
The condition Of Princeton's team has cailed
,o-th any amount Of comment. and It has been
stated that the men were badly overturned as
evinced by the fact that eight out or the eieven
were replaced by substitutes before the second
half was over. While 1t is true that the Prince
ION men were nowhere near so f1t as the Yale
team. al the same time II is an exaggeration
20 say that they were badly overturned. Fortu-
nately for Princeton. II was the case that she