The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16
COMPARISON or THE PLAYERS.
individual Work OF tho Men and Yale's
General Superiority In Play.

PRISCEIoN, Nov. l5-Ihe coIseLsiis OF
opinion after the game vas that " the
weather had been cold there would have
been much faster football, sLd possibly
larger score for Yale. That the New Haven
giants wer, Handicapped by the temp nature
there can be no doubt. But even under the
circumstances they outplayed Princeton.
except in kicking. almost two 70 one. In
rushing the ball Yale had & big advantage.
Much Of II, however. was due to the fact
that every time the man ith the bill was
sent into Princeton's line nc received plenty
Of assistance, every inch Of ground being
fousat for. With Dewitt taken cut OF the
Princeton team the Tigers would have been
defeated more sig..ally DeWitts putting
in both halves did much to Offset Yale's
grra. rushing tactics. for in almost every
instance he gained ground in his exchanges
with Bowman.
Yale's rush line Was impregnable from
end to end. No material gains were made
1t any one point BY the Tigers. iale's
centre men came up to expectations. Glass
and Co.'s. the guards. handling Dewitt
and Bradley respectively. with comparative
ease. Holt at centre clearly outpayed
Short, although the latter stood up 10 the
gaff manfully. Yales tackles Kinney and
Hogan, particularly tn. former. showed
that the Blu. Clever. has not been weakened
in these positions to any marked degree.
Kinney was the faster Of the two in getting
down the field. several Of his tackles il the
open being star plays. He had hard
man 10 handle In Reed. however. As the
latter was all over the feiu and really played
the best game in PT1nceton's line In point
of all-aIound work.
Raf1,,ly g. { 81, viii. Ynlcs enGs, were
both agreeable surpi.sos. Shc\ III cul.-
WINGED may that he will develop ptto the
CREATES, end rush of TIE year If lie continues
lis rr,s,i, gait. Though lac Is "a heavy,
was remarkable Several times Ne ran
down the field under kicks 30 s~ iitly that
he arrived ahead Ct the hall. II wes 5 CON
that Shevlin nissed his man, his LiinG
was lew and deadly and he showed 10 such
IN advai.ta 60 TINT before the game wes
over all eyes were ulon Lin. d. "is ard
Henry. P'incatoLs stcs, w to No the
that they were rjured, came fully up TO
Ito mark They Rad rlU..v # time TO
sprint down the field under DeWitt's high
purts and though they missed tie islo
catcher on seNcrHl occs sloEs their mistakes
were nov - r,H'ir e allure.
TIE combination Of Yale's rush line and
the bscs field proved too much for Pine
tons defence all through the struggle. and
the IL t evidence of II lies IN the fast that
when the game ended seven PiliGCeton
substitutes we're on the field. II was not
so much hcl' Of CONDITION that caused tho
vi,hdro wal Of the regular men ~ II was
physical inability to core with lale's
weight and strength. Back OF the line
Yale was as much the master q! IN" sltud-
ton as among the forwards thndwick
was the bright particular star. His two
-. 4 h..
tes, play = Of the game, but ne had An able
r,nning tnnte Ia M,tcan, who though he
vas ratified IT, the early sta"es and seemed
unable TO keep his feet in Addition 10 mui-
fng punts. braccd UP later on apd gave an
eyhi, iion of line hitting, which IN view Of
his light weight was highly comms ndable
IN 'ei AZ .'ry ere mss ht''s, b"N
npn's pun'i,g worli have been cons' 'eret
up 10 reoUireNrn's, bit rittej as II vas
against the superior kicking OF Dewitt.
IL did not shioe NTH bri inncy, Rockwell
ran the Yale team Nth aler'ne.s and quick
Gi;terlness getting into The plays himself
ID seldom making mistakes Bcarson.
t.a Princetou quarter back. also ran his
team ceveriy, though y" vas helpless in
running back kicks. bee :" Of The dcl|ly
-acklirg Of Shcc'in. On the other Prince
rnn backs r NcClsve seemed to he the mos,
ofaoi i've although Hnr' was rot far be'iini
him in ability. OF Prioceon's substitutes
it NAV he sail that C''"f'rd ana 1oohcr,
who replace Davi, ant II ,nry respectively,
racie q splenGif shoUl'g for new men an
iemonstratch that tho Tigers will not be
weak IN these positions r"St year.
TN tho whole. Yale men wore satisfied
with tho showing Of their team, which they
said compared fsvo'nhly With teams OF
bypore d1y,, while Princeton mon ware not
backward in declaring TINT th'ir "levrn,
though haatcn. had shown vas; improve
merit over teams of more recent years,
which would san'n 10 indi ate tina, tho Tiers
ara m uniting IN. football ladder rapidly,
and IN aro' her year may prove more danger
Gus foes thnn they ver' N-day.