The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-12
WEEKEND GAMES
ON TIE GR|DIR0N
1'ht Annual Contest Between
Yale and Princeton is Feature
Of Year.
TWO El.EvENs AS COMPARED

j 1. i
NeSl Saturday on tho gridiron Will
be the day of days OF tile 1907 senson
AT New Hayeh Princeton will meet
Yale on the field of many hard
fought battle OF former years for what
is regarded as ttcSciamponship game
OF the entire season. In the NortIl-
west the University Of Pennsylvania
VIII line up against Coacf Yosts
widely advertised MichIganders. ,in-
aleattonably one Of the grentest tennis
Of the year. The Carlisle IndIans. con-
auerors offPennsyiyan!a and Of Ear-
ward will meet the University Of Min.
nesOta. one of the strongest Of the
Western elevenss
MINI n this sity v' ts teams Of Iandoph
meet in one OF their Virginia lntercol-
leslats Athletic Association CHAMPION
ship series. while tile University of
virginia Will be in Washington seek
ins consolation for IFS defeat by wash
inston and Lee b. :'ailoping the
Georgetown Itnivtrsiiy,s lighter team.
Richmond Colleges eleven Will be
measuring their strength with a for
'nidable competition. in the University
OF North Carolina at Chapel Hiil.
The Naval Academy sill, cndenvor TO
humblinG PcnnsFlyp MIA state College.
Yale una Princeton.
The Yale-Princeton game. the great
game of iId year, is really 50 uncer-
tain That 1T Is a .oss-un tn pick the
winner. Pennsylyania on saturday de-
tisively defeat d Penn State which In
turn liz 4 1Iea.cna Cornell. Cornell nla.-
Cd practicallysa tie game CO to 81 with
Princeton,t and last Saturday defeat
ed West Point, II to, 10. after West
nell is about equal IN strength with
Princeton and then barely defeated:
West Point. which tied Yalo. IL may
be seen that Yale and Princeton arc
n better scors 90 TO % against Yves.
.eyan than ia Yale C25 to o.. and a
slightly poorer showing against villa
Nova than did Yale. PRINCETON de-
feated the indians aud Amherst. Two
Of the strongest of tho Eastern elev-
eng, and did not. exert herself in the
last game. Princeton beat Washing
ton and Jefferson, 4 o 20 Q. while Yale
syivania could only win from the
Providence team by II to o and Har-
ward by 9 TO o. The Indians beat
20 to s, while Princeton defeated the
Indians. l6 to o.
Clearly. both Yale ano princeton are
now stronger than Harvard, and pos
sibly than Pennsylvania also. hut which
is the stronger OF the rivals to meet
on Saturday? Yale is widely known as
team full OF strategy. and is com
" hsted ,a the y New Haven men have
not been worked at top speed in their
small games. in order TIC deceive their
greater rivals by o seeming show OF
weakness. II Is admitted that no trick
plays nor new football was shown TN
the game against Brown Saturday. Yale
winning by od-fashioned, STA sht,
line-piunging fOothatls-ta tactics. rather
than BY forward passes, ona!de kicks
and new formations. OF course, every
man versed In football history knows
that at the critical period of the sea-
bewIldering variety OF well thought
out and carefully coached plays. and
Is always on edge In point OF condition. (
Its teams usually display more stamina
generaIship in the selection of plays, /
the timely moment Tor a coup.
YaIe's Line Increased.
The fact that Yale has not had her
line crossed, nor even a field goal land /
ed on her, indicates uncrringty the (
little TO Judge of yale's offensive powert
til the game with Brown which clearly |
demonstrated that the team had bsen
foxing: Yale luck, which has become
lem OF figuring out the winner
But with all these things considered, I
and despite the fact that Princeton has I
been once beaten, and eleven points
have been scored against her. the ex-
pcrts who have seen the. teams play
unite in stating that Princeton has the
stronger back6eld and the better ends,
but in the line the Yale team is res
garded as shade the stronger :. The
very fact that the New Haven machine
has not been scored on is mn evidencnl
OF this strength, for while Yale has not
always labored TO pile up n big score,
1t Is apparent that the team has BEEN
vigilant to prevent scores by the OPP
posing team, and that 1t has shown
ability to resist attack
In Harlan Princeton Is believed to
have "a better punter than Coy or any
other Yale man.. and AeCormick is re-
Yale man. The Princeton line has been
greatly stiffened since the Cornell de- !.