New-York tribune., 1905-11-18
TIGER TO MEET BULLDOG.
OUTLOOK F4VORS YALE.
Princeton Suffers in Comparison
ssath the Blue Wdr71ors.

On the eve of the annual championship match
bet-een Yale and Princeton there came from the
New-Jersey headquarters word that the coaches
were greatly encouraged The same pleasing in
formation has been ernanating all the week from
the same All this tends. naturally, to in
crease the interest in the game, although 1t is
reasonably sure that had the coaches of the
Tigers conceded the match to Yale in advance
81 would not have resulted IN diminishing the at
tendance. There is. of course. doubt that the
Princeton eleven VIII do itself more credit to-day
than would havo been possible had the match
been played fortnight a week ago. The
Yale match is. after all. the great game toward
which both coaches and players have been look
ing since the canvas jacket was first donned in
September. and every other game has been
subordinated to ths great desideratum. get
ting ready for Yale But for all that it appears
TO an unprejudiced observer that at no time in
the last ten years has there been reason on the
morning OF the championship match to expect
more decisive victory for Yale than she seems
likely 10 win this afternoon Yale Field.
The reasons that support this view are many
and. so far as any reasons can be SO in anything
so uncertain football. convincing. Yale has
played by far the more consistent and steady
game from the opening of the season to the pres
time. Not only has she been unbeaten by
escape of the Brown game. she has maintained
her goal line inyiolate. Princeton. Oh the other
hand. has been scored on repeatedly and in the
Dartmouth game was actually beaten. When
reflect that the defence of the Yale team
has been admittedly the New-Haven eevens
weakest point, and has been giving the coaches
all kinds and degrees of worriment all along
tie significance Of this fact becomes all the more
weighty
This dissatisfaction with the defence has been
>no mere talk. It mas been actual and real and
1fwell justified though possibly much would
/not have been made of it if this weakness had
lot been displayed in a season Immediately fol-
lowing year in which Yale had team whose
defence was practically impregnable. The men
who made it nave most of them left college.
Hogan, Bloomer and Kinney. taken out of any
rush line in the world. would leave a gap that
no coaches. however heroic and indefatigable
their efforts could reasonably expect to fill.
They have not filled it this year at Yale Forbes
and Hockenberger and Trip are good men, the
best that Yale could scrape up in her
gency. but they are not Hogan and Kinney and
Bloomer, either the defensive or the offen-
sive, and there is doubt that the Tigers will
make considerable headway through the Blues
line.
having seen any Yale team that was possessed
Of so well organized attack. In power there
have been teams that could excel il. Last years
team was such organization but In point of
speed and conference this years Yale eleven is to
my mind. unequaled in the history of football
at New Haven. This is especially true when
the task of advancing the ball is left to the
backs. Morse, Finn and Veeder could not be
any more reliable and inevitable if they were
cogs in a tack making machine-which is by
the way, one of the most wonderful mechanical
appliances ever devised by man. Every one of
them is sure in handling the ball. starts like
nash, hnds the opening instinctivey. and never
stops till he is stopped Every OF them gets
into every play with the speed of lightning. and
helps the runner with all the arts known to the
game. On the defensive they are, each and all.
absolutely reliable. They are, in fact. the pink
of perfection in offensive work.
At quarterback, it seems likely that Jones the
wonderful freshman, VIII be prevented by injury
from playing, but in Hutchinson Yale has sub
stitute little If any, his inferior-cool, heady.
sure and fast In the line Shevlin. for two
years an All-American end, is, of course with
out peer in his position. On the left wing
Gates is a worthy mate and ii be taken for
granted that the Princeton runner who makes
many yards getting back a punt will have to be
helped by something pretty miracle Nor
is there much nope for long gains around the
ends. Forbes and Bigelow will both be called
On for some plunging, but they are best at MAX
ing holes for the slippery backs.
Coming to the Orange and Black side of it,
find team that is not nearly so well or
sanized- captain Cooney. at tackle. is the life
of the line. and by him Princeton will probably
make most Of her gains through Yale's line
But even Cooney is scarcely the Cooney of last
season, the responsibility of leadership appear
ing to affect his game unfaYoTably. Tooker and
Brasher, the former a veteran, may be relied on
TO play respectable football at the ends but
in as speedy as either of the Yale pair. In fact
Il be said without fear of contradiction that
the Tiger line is not the equal. for man,
with the exception OF Cooney, of the wearers
OF the Blue whom il must meet In the back
field the Tigers have fast lot in Bard Mum
Daub and Mccormick. 1t is likely that indi-
vidually they are not inferior to the Yale back
field. but, whether because they are not apt
pupils or because their training has not been
thorough and shfuI. they have at no time
shown the deadly accuracy and conference that
is stamped all over the work OF the Yale back
field. Their specially seems be slicing the
ends on the inside. and they have made many
yards this season in that way but Gates and
Shevlin are not easy to slice and il would be
folly TO suppose that they have not been thor
ougF1lv drilled with view to stopping this par
ficuiar play 10 think that they viii not prove
expert at doing
IN short despite the atmosphere of encourage
lalent that emanates from the New-Jersey in
sfitufiou. scarcely resist the conclusion
that Yale ought TO win handy victory. Foot
ball is uncertain. of course. but by means so
uncertain as many kinds Of sport. On the whole.
il seems reasonable TO expect that Yale viii
score at least three touchdoW-ns against the
Tigers The latter may possibly get over Yales
line once, though even this does not appear
probable. THE UMPIRE.