Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-14
Annual Festivities at Princeton Before
Saturdays Struggle.
YALE TEAMS LAST SCRIMMAGE
Harvard and Pennsylvania Suffer
Additional Losses-Virginia Lads
Here Saturday.


teams will practice in secret and simply
run through signals, prepare themselves in
fundamentals. and await the determine
ton of the issue between them. Yale Is far
from the smooth working machine that is
usually sent the field from New Ha-
zen, but will depend on the pluck and in
aividual brilliancy of its men to win. The
Tigers are well prepared. having erected
strong and well-rounded structure that
depends for its success on it's ability to
stand together in the final test.
Yale yesterday had all her coaching
strength at hand The men are receiving
final instruction in kicking and catching. Tad
Jones is receiving more attention than all
the rest of the team put together for the
reason that Yale. like Princeton has build
ed its whole plan of play around the bril-
liant quarterback, and deems 1t too late
to make any change. If Jones fails, as he
did at West Point there is small chance of
the New Haven team pulling out with a
creditable showing
The Princeton team is still the favorite to
win the annual game. The difference be-
tween the elevens on offense and defense
Is not believed to be sufficient to allow
either to get any decided advantage when
hey meet. But the Tigers general kicking
game Is so much superior in all it's va
rious ramihcations that on this Prince ton
believes she can safely pin her hopes Of
victory.
further
chances of injury. and what they gain from
this tine on will be the ability of each
individual to play his own part better for
the careful personal instruction that he
will receive -t-sss-
Harvard is resting. and expects q much
less severe strain than it had looked for
Penn is working hard to whip the few
men into shane to play the game thew
would have played had they been in their
present positions from the start. Michigan
will leave the west today for West Chess
ter, Pa. where they will await the day
Of their final meeting. They are plainly
hard hit by the loss of Capt. Curtis. about
whom their whole system of play was con-
structed.
West Point and Annapolis look for COM
parativciy easy games on Saturday but
Cornell will be severely tried by Swarth-
more, especially if the team does not brace
from the recent slump that has been no.
ticeable in its work. The Minnesota Indian
game. which will be another east-west
contest. is attracting much attention
"Tad" Jones Doing Better
NEW HAVEN. Conn, November A.
Back to the simplest foot ball went the
Yale foot ball eleven yesterday. being or
dered to spend twenty minutes in work on
the stuffed dummy of the tackling machine.
In the Brown game last Saturday the play
ers acted ike nOvices In trying to bring
to earth Mayhem. Curtis and Macdonald.
Rather than risk repetition of such glar-
ing and costly misplay the coaches decided
to give the players the drill in diving at the
dummy; 1t was disconcerting TO the vet
Grams, but they went at It with vim and
nearly wrecked the machine.
Tad Jones realizes that his work has
been quoted at a big discount for two
weeks. He had one more chance to show
what he 90. That he made improve
ment is evidenced by the decision of the
coaches that Jones will start the game
against Princeton quarterback. Not only
did he catch the bali clearly on punts, but
he ran seventy yards to touchdown in his
old-time dashing style. He chose plays we'll
and ran the eleven with confidence and
speed for. three more touchdowns in less
than half an hour of play.
Roome was put at fullback, fanked by
Linn and Werneken, in the varsity back
field. Instead of Knox and Captain Morse.
The latter pair, as we'll Veeder, only
ran Tor exercise. Roome Will be given
morning practice and Thursday in punting
to help him recover his skill at long kick
ing He believes that he will be in form by
Saturday. Last night 500 students met at
rally in Alumni Hall to practice cheering
and songs This company will compose
Yale's cheering section at Princeton.
Tigers Very Enthusiastic
PRINCETON. n. j.. November 1.-THE
Tigers last open practice before the Yale
game was held yesterday afternoon in the
presence of the entire undergraduate body
Twelve hundred singing cheering and en-
thusiastice students paraded to the field
behind a brass band. and after marching
once around the field took their seats on
the grand stand and practiced the songs
and cheers which -'ill be used Saturday
The scrubs appeared on the field arraye
in big ''Y" sweaters and high silk hats led
by an improvised band composed of half a
dozen upper classmen. The Yale" team
proceeded to the middle of the field where
after giving cheers for Yale and Princeton
they sent up small balloon to which was
attached small cardboard figure of a
Yale foot ball player.
The scrimmage was fast and full of fight
while IL lasted, Stanard, Cooney Daub
Hoaglaud and Herring were the ONLY ragu-
lars who took Fart in it, and they were not
allowed to work very long. The first team
scored two touchdowns Once O'Brien the
run on forward pass. Standard and Pfei-
fer played brilliantly. The scrub team
broke training and held its annual BANQUET
at the Princeton Inn.
Harvard Team on Edge.
BOSTON. Mass. November 14-Trained
TO the minute and fit to fight the battle
OF the year with Yale Harvard's varsity
eleven is forced to go very easy just at
present on account of the possibility of
falling OF before the Dartmouth and Yale
tussels. Yesterday afternoon the big war
riors had another let up. and the hardest
work performed was two-hour drill in
the signals.
Particular attention was paid to the for
ward pass, the onslde kick and the double
pass, and at the conclusion of the drill the
players enjoyed a three-mile jog around
the gridiron. Donovan, the trainer is
getting anxious about his charges The
entire line Is getting down the field on
punts almost fast as the ends. and this
speed has told on the condition of the
forwards. Kersberg. the right guard. has
been excused from practice on account of
severe cold, but he will probably he in
the scrimmage this afternoon, which will
consist of two full thirty-mfnute periods.
Another one of the candidates went un-
der Yesterday, when Miller. a feet-footed
candidate for the left wing dislocated his
right shoulder while trying to block a
punt. He will be obliged to give up foot
ball for the remainder of the season.
Considerable time was spent in punting
by Reid. and Burr and all the ends and
back field men had long test In catching
the spirals. The absence of good drop
kicker has been severely felt this year at
Cambridge and Starr. NewhaIl and Hall
are practicing faithfully to perfect them
selves for the Yale game. e.
Glider. who was taken over from the
second team last week, replaced Captain
10 A.alf L.. a.