The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-30
TIGERS COUNT
UPON SURE
VICTORY.
Must Beat Carlisle TO Save
Their PreStige--Game
in New York.

The great metropolis of America will
witness its only football contest worthy OF
mention on Saturday, when the Indians
will face the growing Tiger. New York
ers and Newarkers will turn out en- masse
to witness the %conquerors of Pennsylvania
meet the eleven that fell before the Cor
nellian proves. with a new spirit born
of defeat a determination to retrieve the
Ithaca disaster. Princeton is preparing to
meet the whirlwind eleven from Carlisle.
Many former Orange and Black stars are
at Princeton coaching the eleven in the
hope of strengthening the weak spots
made so conspicuous by the ripping attack
of Cornell.
Everything possible is being lone by
Roper, Cooney and a host of other in
~structors to speed up the line so 1t can
keep pace with a backield which Is sec
ond to none in the country. II the men
who carry the ball are not thoroughly
protected in the second or two required to
get into action their efforts will be futile.
The Princeton interior ence must have COM
pactness and speed If the red men of Car
isle are 10 be kept from sitting through
1T before the Prlncetonians get their stride.
Even one squirming Indian who gets the
jump on his opponent Is a fearfully de-
~structive force In any teams offensive
formations.
1t is almost certain that the red men
will have a tough time when they bait
the Princeton Tiger. He will come out
of his Jungle home with the wound in
ficted by Cornell still smarting, but there
Will surely be more agility In his move
ments, and the doctors will have filed his
teeth and claws to sharper points. His
| hind legs will have as much power as the
Indians can cut loose, so everything with
him will depend upon the holes his fore
paws can make. If he is weak forward he
will only turn a somersault when he lands.
In a last attempt to strengthen the
Tiger defense for the clash with the In
dams. Coach Roper Instituted another rad
ieal shake-up In the line yesterday. Waller,
who has been holding down left guard, is
the victim of his latest shift, while his
running mate, McFayden, is back in his
former position on the right side of Phil
lips.
walters position was turned over to
Siegling, and Buckingham, who has been
given a chance at every point in the Prince
ton line, was sent into cover Siegling's
place at left tackle.
The more the Tiger coaches see Of Ed
die Booth, the big novice tackle, the more
they like him. He is the only line man
who has held down his place without a
change during the season, and bids fair
10 develop into one Of the strongest tackles
that ever wore the varsity stripes.
Waller has been sent Town to the scrub
training table, and will have TO be con
spicuous in more ways than one to re-
gain his place on the eleven. BY far tbs
biggest part of this afternoons practise
was conducted in secret. The undergrad
yates were only allowed to see the latter
portion of the regulars signal drill and q
short mix-up between the scrub and fresh
men.
In the secret work the scrub used all
the Indians formations that Jack Mum,
The East Orange boy, who watched the
Penn-Cornell game, had previously coached
them in. The veterans were very quick
TO intercept the long, forward pass, that
proved so fatal to the Qualxcrs last Satur-
cay. and the new TiSer line formation
resisted consistently the attack of the
scrub backs.
McKaig, the scrub kicker, did his best
to initiate Mount Peasants place-kicklng
ability, and Gresham Poe, a former foot
ball star, rOted for his genius In the kick
sing department himself, instructed the
line men in breaking up the play. Out of
several attempts, McKaig only succeeded
in getting Two kicks out of the s|crimmage
zone, but neither Of them crossed the bar.
Saturdays defeat seems 10 have in
spired the line men with new aggressive
ness, and the scrub backs were powerless
against them. McFayden's former speed
reasserted itself yesterday afternoon, and
it looks as If he would eventually come up
to the rosy predictions of the first of the
season.
Vetterlein, Brasher, Underhill and Ores
ham Poe Increased the Tiger coaching staff
10 a round dozen. Most of the Princeton
has-beens will stick to the team for the
rest Of the week.