Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-27
TIGERS THREATEN
YALE AND CRIMSON
HAVE RECORD so FAR OF 1877
POINTS WON AND LOST
Wister, All-American End, and Right
Tackle SiegIing Are Prince
toms Best Players
This Season

PRINCETON, N. j.. Oct. 26. 6.-Although the
Tiger eleven lowered it's phenomenal record by
a few points in the Nilanova game last week
and demeaned itself by allowing the Pennsyl-
vanians to cross its goal line. still the grand
total of 1877 POINTS with only on the debit
side of the ledger in four games looks pronis-
Ing to Princeton football enthusiasts.
The New Jersey aggregation this fall is a
curious combination Of a heavy, inexperienced
and slow line, with speedy and comparatively
light back field. All of the men back of the
line have had considerable to do with intercol-
legiate football, and most of them have a
conspicuous record behind them.
The line situation is different, however. The
coaches had to contend with the difficulties
of training an entirely new string in the rudi-
ments of the game and the results up to date
have not been so successful as Head Coach
Roper anticipated
Phillips, In the pivotal position, is the only
veteran in the line. He is fast man on his
feet and deft at swapping the ball back tc
Fayden, the big Exeter star, who Is playing
on Phillips left. But though beefy and tough
enough for the position MacFayden has aoi
lived up to his reputation. He and Waller, hls
sturdy running mate on the other side ct
center, lumber about the gridiron with the
best possible intentions, but lacking the neces-
sary snap and ginger to make the game inter
esting This stolid pair has received indi-
down the field, but the coaches have not as
yet been able to fire them with the true foot
ball spirit
At right tackle Siegling has all the earmarkF
of varsity caliber. He Is fast to get down tne
field under punts and is aggressive on offense
and in addition is a ttire, hard tackier
For the first three games of the schedule
Buckingham, another husky sophomore, whC
played on his freshman team last year, has
been holding down the tackle position on tins
opposite side of the line But in the Villanoys
game Eddie Booth a long limbed man, whc
has helped out the scrub for two years. hat
his first public tryout. Booths debut LASTED
the whole game, and when he ran off the field
after the game had been won the students
were loud iii their praise of his work. The
big tackle made both ends hustle to keep III
with him running down punts and he rarely
missed mailing the runner.
Brown, at the right extremity of the line
has proven to be a worthy runningmate t.
Wister, the ll-American end on the opposite
wing The pair are swift and have been i'm
proving in the manipulation of the forward
pass steadily since the beginning of the sea
son.
Various adaptations of this play have beer
worked out by the coaches. Eddie Dillon
Capt Mccormick and Harlan have all taker
a fling at tossing the ball, and in a single
game they may all try their luck at It, 3u
the play has not been sufficiently perfected Il
be relied upon for a consistent ground gainei
against a wary team, such as the big col
leges are putting into the field this fall.
The onside kick has likewise proved disap
pointing this season. 1t is play which re
quires accurate and careful management. ant
so far the coaches have not been able to spo
the right man to manipulate 1t.