The Jersey City news., 1902-11-14
PRINCETON'S
LAST PRACTICE
All Ready for the Big Game
Tomorrow With Old Eli
at Varsity Field.
YALE IS BETTING FAvORITE
There Is Plenty of Confidence
Among the Tigers, However,
and Victory Would
Not Surprise.
YALE is BETTING FAvORITE
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PRINCETON. Nov. IA, 1907
Princeton locomotives and Nassau
songs attended the close of the Tigers
preparation for their game with the Ellis
ON Saturday. Yesterday the varsity lined
up against the scrub for the last hard
practice of the season of 1902, and when
the Tiger line next faces an opponent it.
will be the front of the Yale blue. The
last practice was the occasion of mon
ster demonstration by the undergradu-
ates of Old Nassau. The university al
most to a man assembled by classes
around the cannon. and, forming into
Princeton 'spee-rade." marched with the
college drum corps ut its head TO the
step of Old North. Here the assembled
students were addressed by Billy Ban
nard and other coaches. In the. speeches
the coaches said that Prineeton's chance
was fighting chance, the only chance
a Princeton man ever asks.
The .'pee-rade'' then marched in at
tendance on the football team, which
rode in two barges, to the varsity field
and took possession of the east stands.
Here the students Kept up a continuous
Chorus of, cheers, except when they stop
ped TO practice the new football songs
for Saturday. Considerable laughter and
more enthusiasm was. aroused when
Johnny Baird and David Kafer led on to
the field the Mexican tiger sent up to
Princeton by the middies to serve as
mascot in the game Saturday. His ma
iesty had a severe case of stage fright
when he appeared on the gridiron in
front of the 1900 strong hinged students.
The Princeton locomotive" made the
noises of the jungle sound like whispers,
and his highness put his tail between
his legs and skunk away like a whipped
cur. Over the fence he cleared that
barrier with a bound and landed among
some yof the onleokers. There was
stampede. but no harm was done further
than giving several people a good fright
He was placed in his cage and taken up
in front of the cheering section where
he clafed at the end of his chain, cowed
by the roar of Nassau's cheering. The
coaches qPlaced in the field the strongest
scrub they were able, and the varsity
lined up against it as it will probably
face Yale. The game that followed was
in all respects equal to contest with
any secondary college.
The undergraduates were treated to
startling surprise when the Tigers lined
up to receive the scrubs kickoff. Bar
ny had been relegated to centre rush
on the scrub and Short had been brought
back to his first position of the season.
Bradley, who has been out of the game,
with a bad knee, was at lefj guard He
was later succeeded by Baker, and final
", he returned to the game. Just what
this last shifting of the line means is un-
certain. but it is causing plenty of worry
among Princeton's supporters. The rea-
son back of the change is unquestionably
to get a steadier man for passing the bar
at centre. Barney has been wild all
week in passing the ball to Dewitt for
kick. and that doubtless occasions his
removal Inspired by the presence of
the university, and the songs and cheers
the Tigers put up magnificent game
against the scrub marred in but one
particular There were several
of these, but none of them very costly.
The 'varsity's offence showed the nearest
approach to perfection it has reached
since the Columbia game. Princeton
used Brown and Reed repeatedly for
gains This is the first time that Nassau
has given her tackles the ball TO any
great extent and the success of the
play yesterday makes her assault look
stronger. The varsity scored no touch-
downs against the scrub, but it was
through choice Its powerful offence
kept the ball continually in the shadow
of the scrubs geal. but whenever