Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-12
FOOT BALL CLIMAX
DUE NEXT SATURDAY
Interest centers in Princeton
Yale Scrap and East and
West Games.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

From all appearances the real climax
of the 1906 intercollegiate foot ball season
will come next Saturday. There are three
games scheduled for that day which will
attract national attention and will also go
far toward settling not only the right to
the title of champion eleven of the east,
but likewise the relative merits of the foot
ball played by the east and west. The
games referred to are Princeton versus
Yale. at Princeton; Pennsylvania versus
Michigan, at Philadelphia, and Minnesota
versus Carlisle Indians at Minneapolis
The Yale-Princeton game will probably
attract the most attention as it is generally
expected that this game will decide the
eastern championship. The Tigers and
Els came to their last games Saturday
with clean record of victories. There is
no Disgusting the fact that Princeton is the
favorite over Yale. No team in the coun-
try has got SO much out of the new
style of foot ball as Princeton. The for
ward pass, the On-side kick and a host of
other startling plays have been mastered
by the shifty Princeton team in such a
manner as to make the Tigers the most
dreaded team on the gridirOn today. The
AZ to D victory of Princeton over Dart
mouth was one of the most sensational of
the year. and it was due almost entirely
to Princeton's complete surrender to the
new style of foot ball. Although Dart
ago 8 to Q, had heavier and stronger
eleven than the Tigers, it could do abso-
lutely nothing with the great speed arrayed
against 1t. - ~ i
Great Tiger Team.
In Wister and Hoagland Princeton has
two ends who seem made for the forward
pass while Cooney and Herring at tackle
can hardly be improved upon. The same is
true Of the guards. Capt Dillon and STAN
nard. while Phillips has developed into a
splendid center, But it is in the back
field where Princeton shines most brightly
One would have to go far to sud q better
quartet of backs than that maze up. of, E. j
Dillon at quarterback, Rulon- Miller and
Harlan at halfbacks and Mccormick at
fuuback. These men possess great speed
and strength and comprise the fastest at
tack of any team in the country.
This year Yale is somewhat of an enigma. i
Physically the Yale men seem to be in
ferior to the Princeton bunch. Although
they have had an army of about thirty
coaches on the field for the last two weeks
the team has failed to respond in the man
ner expected. The Ellis have q great
variety of trick plays. but they don't work
In games like they do in practice. This is
what makes the Ellis fearful. OF the result
OF the Princeton game. There are only
thf -e men on the Yale team who seem to be
equals Of their Princeton rivals. These
been shifted to end; Jones, generally ad-
mitted to be one of the best quarterbacks,
in the country, and Capt Morse, who has
been shifted from halfback to fullback on
account of the injury to Fullback Roome.
Pennsylvania and Cornell have already
been eliminated from the fight for the foot
ball championship of the east. which leaves
Princeton, Yale and Harvard still in the
running. Should Princeton beat Yale and
Yale down Harvard, the Tigers would have
undisputed right to the title. But If Prince.
ton beats Yale and Harvard then downs the |
Ellis. the Princeton men might still lay
claim to the championship on their seasons
record, which Is much better than that of
Harvards. ]
East and West Battle. ,,
Next to the Princeton-Yafe game. the bat
tie between Pennsylvania and Michigan will
attract the most attention. Although Penn
sylvania has been beaten twice the Quakers
are fairly representative of the strength and |
character of foot ball played In the east.
And Michigan certainly represents the very
best that the west can send forth. Ever |
since Coach Yost went to Michigan in 1901,
he has been hankertng after an oppor- !
tunity to beat some of the big eastern |
teams In 1904 and 1905 Pennsylvania was |
ranked ct the very top Of the list in the !
east. and Yost naturally Thought that a |
game between Penn. Ind Michigan for 1906 |
would settle the intercollegiate champion
ship Of the whole country.
Just which team will win is q debatable |
question. On form the Wolverines seem to |
have everything their own way, but the !
ouakers have way Of coming along with |
a great rush at tho end of the season and /
II they preserve this habit this fall there
may be q big surprise party on Franklin |
field next Saturday. Although scored on
twice. the Michigan team has won the four
scheduled games 1t has played The short |
ness Of Michigan's schedule is expected
to work to the disadvantage Of the Wolver-
ines. for they will strike tougher oppo- !
nent in Pennsylvania than they have met |
In the west
Michtoan will have All the advantap a that
accrues to the heavier team. But II weight
Is secured at the expense of speed and
ehiftiness this will act to the benefit Of the :