The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-09
IN YHE FOOTBALL WORLD.
PRESENT TIGERS COMPARED
WITH FORMER CRACK TEAMS.
some Say They Are the Best Aggregauon
Princeton Has Had since 1900 MIN
nesOta's Heavy Players -Oficials Ter
Big Contests Practice Of Eieyens.

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looks TO be the strongest in years there. and
while 1t ought TO beat anything it tackles
Yale VIII play better 1901 Dali against the
Tigers than she has played this year. and, !
think. az least give them q haru afternoons
work
One difference between this years Prince
ton team and the one captained by Dewitt
In 1908. which beat Yale. and which Is com-
pared With the present eleven. Is tina this
years team h o much stronger scoring agsre-
CATION. DeWHts team ulu not nave any
thing ike the ground gaming strength OF
Dnlon's formidable array. De WINS men
could not gain enough ground 10 cross iaies
goal line by. steady rushing, a place KICK ana
a long rum from a blocked KICK giving the
Jerseymen their points. FOR mat matter tns
Tigers have yet to show nat they can gain
against the present iaie team' Dut whether
they do or not they nave 10 GATE SHOWN a
shutter, naruer anu iastor Scoring kar"o thah
any Princeton eleven since isso, wnen fAs
was beaten. "a TO ..
There are those VINO say the isoe team 10
- good as the 1895 team, wnich was captained
oy Cochran. and which was irreslstiole In
sweeping through, over anu around oppo-
nents' Ihat was tine oest rIinoeton team
OF modern yesrs-sxcept possibly TINS years
one OF those combinations which, like the
Yale teams of 1000 and 1902 and the Harvard
,oaw ~ ,aos s,ood ont hesd ard .hon,da,.
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OShNis !" NV mn bSh.o1
power. Barring the tackle positions, which
in 1895 we're occupied by Church and HilIe-
brand the nresent team Looks eyen batter
a. iadi,id,.f nnn,ar,.I ,hor tbat =, ,an 60.
IN INDIVIDUAL material thah thht OF ten years
ago, and its team work is just as harmonious.
Added to this is the good fortune OF having
-. ~-. -. ..-AI-s-.
OF game Is greatly changed ana readlhess
on the part OF the material In making the
new game blend with the old. Individually
Wister and Hoauland of this years team are
not the eauals' as a par. Oh DAVIS ana Henry
of the 1908 team, and there IL no one man
looming TN as did Dewitt but the line has
moro averaoe strength and No and h nd,as
sno -. - 49, -
Ior"Hru pasSeS oe'.er VhAh "isUer' anu
apropos OF mat new pay. loososi sharps
comnIisbed ends as Davis. Henry. Palmer.
d. u,nrar ShavIir Carnnhou u.nowsn
Loe' 'inheS, ""eN"n' .""pOeu, "eho"Vn'
IRusstg. Colbert ana Srow could do with
the forward pass.
Yet Princeton was unable TO repeat its
H"Nt - !" 90, unu W. "uS VI
made by Rodgers, g7, Yale leven, was one
of the most. remarkable on record. Two
,aaLs bayora Tho prirco,or ooro 4, d,d No,
80 60 Jat,ar ,han ,hs n,esan, 49, 800,
LOOK any better nan 'he present rae team
does, except possibly that Il could do more
in advancing the ball. Its defence two weeks
before II met Princeton was not nearly as
reliable as this years defence, yet il improved
TO the extent OF keeping both Harvard and
princeton from scoring.
There was first class material on the ~
Yale eleven. but not evenly distributed;
Frank Butterworth WAS the head coach, and
both he and Rodgers were OF indonitable
spirit. From tackle to tackle Rodgers, Chad
wick. Cadwalader. Brown and Chamberlain
looked to be a stronger array than Paige,
Brides. ~Hockenburger Erwin and Biglow,
AT least until the latter are thoroughly tested.
John Hall was a fine end, but Hall and Hazen
were no, rated any. better. IL az good, bsfore
Charley De SaulleS was at quarterback for
Tale in 1897, and he was a better quarterback
that year than Jones has shown himself to be.
This years backiield IN the other positions
II Roomo Is included In IL.
The duest for something that will give a
consistent gain OF three to -four yards through
the line has been practically abandoned
says the Yale .iiWnHi VFCLty, and Yale viii
probably go into the big games taking tho
chances on purely open play. Comparisons
to make as formerly on account Of the new era
Yale does not have TO go outside her own his
tory 20 find the example Of a sur pTisinR elev-
enth hour brace.
battles Tomorrow lust as important in their
set as the all important games of next week
Exeter and hndovpr sill fight il OUT 10 decide
he annual uuest ion Of suprrmacy OF The prep
school cams. Andover has the better record.
both in total and ar oomP"F o sSCrss. but
none TOO ~ for the game, among them
being Merritt. the Guartnrbsck, who broke
who has been nursinv an injured ankle
nan nss ana TsI total i 10 a. 70 10 10 q Tor or ooppppoo-
nsnts Andovar Jafeatpd Tho Chalsaa ~
nen,s; rr GfHp y srles a bsaten bv ~, IAN NJ
10: Whns ENt1TI ras Ura,rn oa 'hat ieanI'
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