The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-13
YALE AND PRINCETON.
Saturdays Game will Settle
Eastern Championship.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 13.-Conf-
dence is stamped on the Yale coaches
faces, and Keeling that Yale will roll
up bout 20 points against the Tigers on
saturday is evident. Yale men fear
the clever toe of the crafty De Witt of
Princeon, but they feel that the sons If
Eli have the men and the plays to
pound down the Tiger rush line and
score three or four tOuchdoWnS. COnced-
ing Princeton a couple of field goals,
Y ale Will have comfortable margin,
and victory is now generally claimed.
There is no Princeton money in sight,
and rumors that several Tigers are out
of condition from staleness and injuries
are pouring in. This leaves the air here
all Yale blue. and the fact that Yale S
stars are now rounding into tiptop form
sends the stock of Captain Rafferty's
men booming still higher. Trainer
Murphy asserts that every member OF
the squad will be fit for anything on
Saturday.
Jack Owsley, of Chicago. is the last to
recover condition. He still has a limp.
but says he is good for at least one half
No more changes will be made in the
rush line. AS picked definitely it will
face Princeton as follows: Left end,
Rafferty,; left tackle, Kinney; left guard,
Batchelder; center, Roraback; right
guard, Bloomer; right tackle, Hogan;
right end, SheVl1n. Bathelder has rob-
bed Sidney Morton, of Chicago, of left
guard at the last moment and Morton
will be listed as leading substitute for
center or guard in the game against
Princeon and Harvard
There is still a chance of a change at
the last moment in the back field, al
though the coaches are nearly unani-
nous for it to start the Princeton game
as follows: Left half back, Mitchell;
right half back. Metcalf; full back,
Farmer. 1t is possible Owsley will be-
gin the game because of his defensive
work.
At Princeton the feeling is one of
confidence. 1t is considered that Prince
ton has the best chance in years of
trailing the blue of Yale in the dust
! Not team has been able to score on
the Tigers this season and the manner
/ in which the men of Old Nassau wal
/ Hoped the Cornell eleven by the score of
! of the gridiron sport to put the Tigers
at the top of the heap.
While Yale has succeeded in holding
| its own against all opponents, the Ellis
have not been winning in the impress
sive style they did last year. Yale was
unable to score in the first half of the
game with the crippled Columbian
eleven. This fact, more than their
great victory over Cornell, has made
! the Tigers confident of success. In the
contest with the Columbia eleven Yale
! is said to have displayed weakness,
both on the defense and offense. Twice
Columbia was unable to hold for downs
when the ball was but few yards
from the goal of the blue and white,
and on several occasions the Columbia
backs were able to buck the Yale cen
ter for good gains
The Princeton wall, it is said, is not
of unusual strength, and will doubtless
Weld before a fierce onslaught, partic-
ularly in the second half Yale will not
possess much advantage in this re-
spect, however, for the Yale center trio
are undoubtedly below the usual stan
dard seen at New Haven. All during
the season the Princeton backs have
been doing better work than those OF
Yale, but whether this will be the case
in the coming struggle cannot be pre-
dicted.
Yale may be as tricky as the Tigers
but the latter will probably gain the
most ground by means of fake plays,
Yale believes straight football and
good physical condition are the best
things to rely upon. and the Blues will
probably depend on these two things
to win Saturdays game.
In one respect the Tigers will have
the advantage. This will be on punt
ling and drop kicking. De Witt has nc
equal at bootinx the leather, and the
] Yale goal will always be in danger
I when the Princeton team is in posses
any moment De Witt may send the
ball soaring through the air straight
over the bar Yale has a fairly good
drop kicker in Mitchell, but he will
only be dangerous when the leather is
close to the orange and black posts
the issue may be decided by a goa
made in this way. The records of the
two teams this season are IS follows:
YALE PRINCETON.