Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05
MAY OVERRATE THE TIGERS
Yale Downcast Over Showing Thus
Far Made This Season.
HARVARD POTENTIALLY STRONG
End of New York's Racing Season
Drawing Near-National Leagues
Batting-Golf at Atlantic City.

With the Yale-Princeton game less than
two weeks off and the Harvard Yale game
following the next week the foot ball sea-
son may be said to have reached It's maj
stage The form that is shown now may
be taken as an accurate criterion OF what
may be done In the crucial contests, TOT
there is scarcely time enough left Tor
great Improvement The results OF eacn
game are therefore most carefully scruti-
nized by coachers and players. no. Tor the
scores that are made. but for the under
living indications of strength and weak
nesses brought to light. In this respect
the games of last Saturday were OF the
utmost Importance.
The Yale-West Point game in this re-
gard is the most prolific. though signifi-
canoe is attached also to the showing or
Princeton and Harvard in the games they
PLAYED On the strength of this the temp
tation is very strong to declare that Prince
ton Is markedly in the lead of the big
elevens with Harvard slightly In aoVance
of Yale. Such conclusion. however, is not
entirely justified. Princeton was facing
greatly. overrated team the IlserS piaJe
a good game. but the disparity between
the two elevens exaggerated its excellence
Princeton has frst-class team put !. IS
not world beater 1T lacks oIensve
ability of sufficient certainty and power TO
be this and II is by no means perfect IN
decking In all other respects 1t seems
40 be first-class.
Harvard played substitute team asaiist
Brown There We're so many absences as
To make the game worthless as any crl-
terion of the Crimson's strength. tntii ner
crtpples get back into the game there Will
be no chance for Harvard to show her real
strength. Harvard has the best attack on
the three big teams. Defensively she ought
to be pretty nearly as strong, ana IN KICK
ing she has somewhat better POSSIBILITIES
,nrIy not n n
doubtedly the strongest team In the nela'
though she may not realize her ful! possl-
bilities because of the accldents she mas
met with.
Yale Still Weak.
There has been a disposition to credit
Yale with a very powerful and varied at
tack 1t was believed that she would show
wonders in the open game. Yale's strength.
however. has always been line opening. the
direct antithesis. And she is not different
this wear She has Undertaking power. but
at West Point she could not show 1t, for
the best half of her strength. Roome, was
missing Morse was out OF position ana
Veeder useless in this style OF play. she
was helpless in quick shifting plays De-
cause of unsteadiness produced by Tad
Jones' unaccountable failure Jones Is
sure catcher, and why he should nave gone
to7pieces no one can explain. fhe eHect was wa.
to render him incapable of the fast snappi-
ness in handling the ball that has been an
other marked qualification.
In defense Yale's weakness was unexpect-
ed in spite of the fact that she has had
trouble with her line all year. There Is no
cohesion in the forwards. Unless she ac-
ouires this she will be surely beaten in
both big games to come. Giving attention to
this she cannot brace up the rest of her
play as she should. The chances are there
fore. that she will go in against Princeton
at least with her teams possibilities not
fully developed. With the emphasis that
this years rules puts on luck plays there is
a chance of her pulling out as she did at
West Point. but Princeton and Harvard
now look likely to beat her.
There is much of interest in the analysis
of the game at West Point. Ya'e's kicking
saved the day. She kicked off twice for IS
yards kicked out once for 40 yards and
punted Il times for 493 yards total of 618
yards and an average of Al yards. West
Point kicked off 3 times for 145 yards
kicked out twice for 60 yards, and punted
Is times for 442 yards, total of 6iT yards
and an average of 30 yards. Yale used two
drop kicks and a place kick, and West
Point had three kicks blocked. These de-
cided the game.
In rushing Yale rushed 81 times for a
Point rushed % times for a total of 81
yards and loss of D. Besides this. West
Point gained 40 Yards on two forward
passes and once lost the ball by foul
pass. Yale tried the forward pass twice and
once lost yards and once lost the ball by
lnterception. Yale tried the short kick four
times and made 65 yards. but only once re-
covered It, West Point used 1t once for Is
yards and lost ii. Yale was held twice for
. OF them West Point fumbled 2 kicks and
recovered both