Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-10-11
THE GRIDIRON
COMPARING THE COLLEGE ELEVENS
None of Them Seem to Be Up to the Standard--Salaries of
 the Officials.

l the halves were longer at the Prince
 tony Wesleyan game than at the Yale
 Wesleyan contest, that Wesleyan did
 not have out as strong a team fol
 the Tigers as for the Ellis, that Prince
 ton had the advantage of week
 more of practice and that gross mis-
 takes of generalship were committed
 by Wesleyan against Princeton that
 were not committed against Yale
 Princeton nevertheless played better
 football in several respects against Wesleyan. than did Yale. With the
 possible exception of having a line
 man as proficient as was Herring, the
 Princeton material looks quite as
 good as last years. The outlook is better. at Nassau than it was when
 the season opened, and to one who
 has seen the Jerseymen in practice
 and in actual contest their work in
 the latter takes OH more promise
 than it did in the former, ineffective though the opponent was in providing real test of the men.
 Princeton played a more consistent game against Wesleyan than Yale did. The Wesleyan captain says the Prince ton backs were faster than Yale's, but that the Yale line was the faster of the two lines. It charged quick CT than Princeton's, he says. That doubtless Is true. It also moved more ill unison than Princeton's. Still Princeton made steadier progress ill attack. than the Blue. One point in which Princeton distinctly excelled was in handling the ball and another in quickness in falling on the ball,
 There was more steam and drive to the Princeton attack than to Yales, yet not the sweep and swing and di- versity. Yale gave the impression of a team that was feeling out it's plays, trying this and that. shifting and varying and experimenting, more with an idea of preparing for the future than for cutting loose for immediate results. So there were more errors in Yale's playing than in Princton's, and Wesleyan was much nearer to SCOT ing on Yale than she ever was on Princeton As to straight line de- fence, however, both Blue and Orange and Black repelled attack with equal ease, Yale offering chances for scoring in open field defence that Princeton did not This was not because of any superiority in tackling, but be- cause Yale was more prone to tumble and mess up opportunities to fall on the ball.
 Princeton's end play was better than Yale's: Yale's backs. while not as fast in getting over ground, ran lower and more sharply to their objective point. Yale's forward pass is more decep- tive play than that of the Tigers. The intention is masked better, and the pass is used in more ways. In actual execution, however, Princcton's use of the forward pass was as near perfect against Wesleyan as that can be expected to be. It is for the most part the same pass that was being used by Princeton last fall. the oblique heave from a man back of the line who hardly moves from his tracks. A bluff motion by the quarterback to one player before actually handing the ball to the man who was to do the forward passing frequently accomplished the play.
 Captain Mccormick, however. work cd in one variation of the forward pass that was a peach. He circled the end on a fake kick. ran thirty yards and then as he was about to be tackled deftly tossed the ball to n teammate about five yards ahead of him. Vigilance by Wesleyan pre- vented a touchdown. anG it's q play that calls for the sharpest kind of vigilance to break up. Captain Me Cormick. incidentally. ran pretty wide when he carried the ball. getting too far from his interference.
 Loose and disjOinted' is the way the Yale News describes the work of he varsity team in practice on Tues lay. Maybe some of that style of play was carried over to Wednesday. There is whole lot of work of that l scrt by Yale teams in October. hut l mighty little of it after the 10th of | November.