New-York tribune., 1901-11-16
FOOTBALL.
-rcrPs THINK THEY WILL WIN IF ALL
THE PLAYERS LAST THROUGH
FIRST HALF.

-.o- y 7 Nov 1s fSpeclaD-The Tigers
vii ire U against Yale tomorrow with eleven
,lsvers that ought to make il exciting for the
.ara-s o. the blue If every Princeton player can
rsr- -he rrst half through-ard judging from the
r-esent appearance OF things this will be the case
+hen there are strong reasons among the Tigers
supporters for believing the game viii be captured
bv the representatives Of the Orange and Black
After the final signal practice to-day the trainer,
Robinson when asked to the teams condition.
said 70 The Tribune correspondent: The team was
never in better condition than II is at present OF
course / except the two three crippled players
Every regular player viii be able TO play If needed,
md they Will be strong enough TO stay II the game.
The only who is out Of the game entirely is
Meier, who cannot possibly get in account OF q
recent injury. We shall take twenty-nine men on
the TIP
care TO comment on the probable outcome OF the
game. The undergraduates are in good spirits, and
have great confidence IL the team and IN Captain
Pei The largest crowd OF Princeton =, Undergrad, d.
The chsIaPtonship games viii take The tTtp 70 the
seats in the Princeton cheering section, where they
will give variety Of Tiger cheers for the team
a3a The ss a sIcoe was hed q he varsity field
This afternoon A sharp aiglal drill and practice
and Foulke had several trials on drop kicks.
The field now locks bare The dummy has been
Monday. TIE Spring board, and other apparatus
been removed, and the ned mas Deea diSSetec
Of all It's other ornaments. the goal posts alone
remaining testimonials Of the nine weeks
OF careful training and hard practice OF Princeton.
sridircn warriors. The players Tomorrow VIII ap-
pear in their black jerseys and hosiery striped
with gorgeous orange The players. accompanied
BY the coaches and trainer left here this evening
Al O'clock for New-York, where they viii stay
overnight AZ the Murray Hill Hotel At u o'clock
tomorrow they viii leave the metropolis tor the
scene OF the great battle
A rnrsing sendoff was given the team at the bta-
tior here by the students just before the train
started for New-TOrk. The entire undergraduate
cody the postgraduate students and the theoost-
al SEMINAR students all there to Go honor 10
fhe nan who VIII endeavor to uphold ''Old Mas
seu's' cridiron reputation. One thousand voices
slrC The tavorite university song. "Old Nassau,
and then followed Z long volIey Of 'locomotive''
and Robinson. After the time honored custom
every player was put through q car window
The lineup viii he the same was given out yes
te-dav- L follows: Left end. Davis: left tackle,
Pei left guard Dana: centre Fisher: right guard.
NILS. right tackle Dewitt, right END. Henry. quar-
,er5ack Freeman: left halfbacs FouIke: right half
-ack- NcCIave, fullback. Sheffield
Charlie Young COTnelPs famous Quarterback,
Who is now II the seminary when asked his opinion
0l the game. said u think Princeton should win
the game hv about two goals Her defence ranks
1T par with Yales. and her back field is undouot
'Qlv stronger Unless the crippled players are
forced early. 7 shall expect TO see the Tigers
1ll out % The game with about ten points 10 the
good