The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
PRINCETON STARTS OFF WELL
Benefit Of Hard Practice Shown BY
Game Against Stevens.
Yale Has Valuable Test in Contest
with Syracuse-Penn shows Up
Well Against BuckneH.

New York. oct. 6.-Priuceton and West
Point were the last Of the football teams
TO enter the competitive stage of football
this season. and Princeton made a bigger
total Of points in her first game thau any
of the elevens in her class. The hard
work the Princeton candidates have been
subject to in their daily practice had its
effect on their playing against Stevens
They had an opponent which did not
serve TO test tire abilities of the team
individually or collectively, To any great
extent. but the hustle and drive called
for in practice was seen in yesterday S
game
When il comes TO having a game 10 fur
uish experience 10 the men and a valuable
test of what men have in them when
forced to get a move on. Yale, in meet
ing Syracuse, has Jared better than any
of them. That Yale was forced 10 do
her best TO beat Syracuse is by no means
likely, but she had 10 play a good, hard
game To win. Games of that sort are
calculated to do considerable good.
One OF Yale's touchdowns against syria.
cuse may have been lucky" but an
essential part of the game is being or
hand to take advantage Of opportunities
and Yale always has had a good deal OF
this sort of luck.
1t is a good thing to have a captain to
whom the burden Of the captaincy does
not bring a falling off in playing skill
Such a man, judging from the TWO games
played, is Bigelow His work has been
as transformations and effective as ever
1t will be surprising il he is not again
the best tackle on the field at breaking
through and getting down under punts.
FumblinSs has cost Yale points on both
of her games, and there surely Is need
for more spryness and watchfulness IN
getting after the bail when it Is loose
There has been much ferceness and speeJ
for early in the season In line plays, but
not corresponding energy in mailing bal
bouncing about on the ground.
The most interesting happening at Har-
ward is the transferring of Burr from
guard to tackle II Burr stays where
he now is, he will play opposite BigloN
when Harvard and Yale come together
and that Will mean a pretty duel
The safety made by Bucknel against
Pennsylvania was the result of an error
and not any serious weakness. 1t hap
pened on the first lineup after a kick
off. and not because the Quakers haC
Z
errors in Pennsylvania play, but much
real, substantial strength. 1t wa.
strength by Pennsylvania, rather thar
weakness on the part Of BUcknell, thai
accounted for the size OF the score.
The Quakers are using their linemeT
to carry the ball. something the Othel
big teams have not done yet. They
VIII do so later but 50 far all theil
rushing has been done by the backs.
The touchdown made by Oberlh
against Cornell need not worry the lat
ter much. since it put the Ithacans OF
their mettle and quickly brought on
ability to make things hum
| At Annapolis there are signs that tn
team viii not be as long as it was las
/ year in finding itself. Having the vic
/ tory over West Point in mind, and witt
ability well distributed. the midshipmel
are In the position of having a cleare
| idea Of their strength than last season