The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-12
GREATEST INTEREST CENTERS IN
YALE-PRINCETON CONTEST.
HOW THE TEAMS LOOK
IN INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON
VALE's TERRIBLE CHARGING MAY
SWEEP TIGERS BEFORE.

ing With Might and Main to Have
Men I'm Pink of COnditiOn-Tech
and Georgia VIII Play for Cham
piOnShip of the state.
Football championships will be won
and lost to-day in the East and in the
West, while the University of Geor-
gia team will engage in battle with
the Tech eleven for the championship
of Georgia.
Chief interest centers in the game
in the East. when Yale and Princeton
fight for the championship, as this
game will practically settle the mat
ter.
True, Princeton and Yale have both
been defeated, but the football world
-sharps and public alike-do not al
low an accidental setback in one of
the earlier games to have any bearing
on their selection of the champion"
team from among the big Four
Yale. Princeton, Harvard and Penn
sylvania.
Pennsylvania followers will make
strong claim for the title this year, as
we'll they might, since Old Penn has
beaten Harvard and, at present writ
ing, bids fair to win all her remain
ing games. Penn has one chance to
be proclaimed undisputed champion. 1t
is that Yale should beat Princeton and
then lose to Harvard. In that case,
Old Penn would unanimously be con-
ceded the football laurels for 1904.
But that is a contingency most re-
mote. Princeton has team both
powerful and lightning fast. If Yale
downs the Tigers, in their own den,
as it were, it's safe bet they will
beat Harvard a week later in New
Haven, and by larger score than did
Old Penn.
Teams Compared.
Right here a comparison of the Yale
and Princeton team with a view to
picking a winner next Saturday may
be apropos. Both universities have
crack elevens this year, and their an
nual fight is bound to result in a more
than usually hair-raising contest. The
game bids fair to devolve into a bat
tie of two different styles of football.
The Yale team will use their old IA
miliar battering-ram style of close for
nation plays and hammer their oppo-
nents necessarily for short but sure
gains through the line from tackle TO
tackle.
The Princeton style will be exactly
opposite Lightning end runs will fol-
low each other in quick succession, va
ried occasionally by send q the halt-
back on a "crossbuck' just outside OF
tackle. If the Yale ends have not I'M
proved 100 per cent. since their game
against Columbia here, many of these
dashes are going to land the runner
free and clear. except for the man
laying way back.
Yale Ends Superior.
shevlin. YaIe's end, will probably
outplay Tooker, who faces him at right
end on the Tigers. Tooker is a sure
tacller and fast getting down under
kicks. but Shevln is much heavier,
and lust as fast. although so far this
year he has been by no means sure
tackler. Shevlin is used often to run
with the ball for Yale. and with his
speed and weight is a hard man to
stop. On the other end of the line,
Yale will be outplayed. Crawford, the
veteran Tiger, is better all around than
either Stuart or Neal, who will face
him. He has had four years expert
ence at left end for Princeton. having
been first substitute when Davis and
Henry were playing such a wonderful
game.
Cooney and Stannard. the Princeton
tackles, are both exceptionally good
men, but on form they are destined to
be greatly outplayed by Capt. Hogan
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Yale pair. Cooney and Hogan face
each other. and are bound to have a
warm fight. They are former chums
from Exeter. Cooney may be slight
ly faster than Hogan, but this will
be more than offset by the great
ground-ga gaining ability of the Yale cap
tain and his powerful work on the
defense. Hogan has repeatedly strug
gled along five yards for touchdown
with four men hanging on him. Ralph
BlOomer is on a par with Hogan as a
tackle, his work being more on the sem
sational order He is one of the best
men who ever played the game, be-
ing thoroughly efficient in all depart
ments. He runs well with the ball, is
a hercules on defense, gets in all the
interference and is usually down the
field with the ends on kicks. But all
this may count for naught II he gets
hard jolt on the injured shoulder.
But Yale is fortunate in having a
fine substitute tackle in Kineon, who
viii replace Bloomer II the latter is
hurt The prospects of Stannard, the
Princeton right tackle, are not partic-
ularly rosy for next Saturday, with
this pair TO face.
Linemen "A stnnd-OH.
In the center of the line there is lit
tie choice between the two teams The
Yale guards, Kinney and Tripp, will
respectively, oppose Short and Dillon,
and II any of this quartette will show
TO particular advantage it looks like
Short over Kinney. Kinney is more at
home playing tackle, his position last
year but because Of Boomers SUI
periority Kinney must play guard.
In the center position, Roraback OF
Yale and butcher, the best OF the
Princeton snapbacks, are of even
weight, both scaling around 2l5 pounds.
But Roraback is the steadier of the
two and not apt TO be ratified into
making any poor passes. butcher is
now at the position and will probably
be outplayed by Roraback, who is In
his second year on the Yale Varsity.
after having served a four-year an
premiership as substitute to such CEN
tiers as Holt, Olcott and Perry Hale.
Al quarterback. either Burke or
Tenny OF Princeton will be outRen-
eraled by Rockwell, Yales red-haired
director OF attack. Burke IL faster
than Rockwell. and has just as much
experience, but Is entirely too fraii
20 be OF much use IN the interference.
Despite his gamenesH, he Is usually LAID