New-York tribune., 1908-11-07

Princeton viii face Dartmouth at the Polo
Grounds this afternoon in the last football game
The Tigers VIII engage in before the big fight with
Yale Al Princeton next Saturday. and the game
Is one to which local enthusiasts have been look
ing forward al the season The general feeling
IS that Roper may be forced show his hand
with the Princeton team which has figured in
.hree tic games this season. as Dartmouth is a
worthy foe The game viii be called at 2:3o
o'clock
The game here. while Il leads the rest in n
terest i by means the only one OF Importance
70 be PLAYED to-day Harvard will meet the WHY
Indians at Cambridge. and has the exceedingly
unpleasant memory OF defeat last year, by
score OF 3 70 Is. 70 lend increased incentive for
= hard game. Harvard and the Navy played a
tie game two weeks ago. in which the Crimson
was rather lucky 10 come out with final score
Of 10 c. while the Indians beat the Navy week
later by a score OF 10 g Balents field goals ac-
counting for all OF Carlisle's points This might
Indicate victory for the Indians, but the Harvard
team has improvA since the game with Annap-
oils. even without Captain Burr the under
graduates are counting defeating Carlisle.
Cp at New Haven Brown viii face Yale The
Blue Won last years game by score OF % 10 Q.
but the Providence team should do better this
year Il held Pennsylvania 10 a score OF z To @,
furn5les contributing to both touchdOwns, and Har
vard had work hard week ago to win by
score OF g 70 . PENNSYLVANIA meets a worthy foe
in Lafayette. which tied Princeton and beat Brown.
while Cornell should get some exceedingly good
practice from Amherst. which viii be welcome. with
game with Chicago. apparently the strongest
Western team. only a week away
one Of The best OF the minor battles will be the
meeting Of Wesleyan and Trinity. odtme rivals,
al 5Ii6dlerown- Syracuse tackles Colgate at home.
the Yale freshmen travel down to Princeton 10 try
repeat last years victory over the Tiger cubs,
and Exeter and Andover VIII engage in- their an
nuaI tussIe AT Andover-
William Roper. Princeton's head coach.
noUnCed some changes last night in the lineup
cause for much surprise MacFadyen will be moved
from right guard to centre. where Cass or Clarke
was expected 10 play, while Buckingham, who
played good deal last year. takes his place
guard Welch is down 10 play right end. although
Il was not thought he had recovered from his in
jUTies. Captain Dillon VIII start the game quar-
terback while Bard Is named as second choice. in
stead of Bersiu. VINO replaced his captain against
West Point In the hack field Read Is dropped in
favor Of Pfefer a light. fast man. who has been
doing good work IN practice This means that Tb-
bocr viii GO the TsJ--ing-
The Dartmouth players. who arrived here on
Thursday night. rar through signals at the Hotel
C1raratar IN BronxviIIe. yesterday The team is
said be in perfect condition for what the coaches
Al Hanover look upon as big game Of tho
season. and its record compares favorably enough
with that OF Princeton TO make the prediction
of close game safe one
big delegation Of students has come down
from Hanover 10 cheer the team. and cheering
section Of five hundred men has been provided for
Princeton men students and alumni viii turn
out full force. too and the sale Of tickets has
been big that the crowd Is likely the Iarg-
eer that ever saw a football game in New York
Princeton has figured in three tie games this
year. in which neither team was able 10 score
lafayette Syracuse and West Point were the
teams that held the Tigers. while Williams did as
much for Dartmouth Syracuse. which tied Prince
ton. beat Williams which tied Dartmouth. o 10 O.
This is q poor line from which 70 draw con-
cIusiou
one hut the Hanover team has for years been
working UP slowly through its preliminary games
considerable strength at the finish Il beat
Harvard by a score Of . 0 last year. and the
same team. with the exception Of PishOn quar-
1erback viii line up against Princeton at the Polo
Grounds this afternoon Dartmouth this year has
beaten Vermont Il TO 0. Holy Cross IS TO 3. Tufts
L O. Amherst L 10 and played tie game with
Williams Princetons best form shown
against West Point when the team developed an
offence that irresistible in uideld but allowed
itself 20 hurled back when victory in sight
Roper's changes the Princeton team,
uounced last night indicate a lack Of
confidence but there has been unusual amount
Of secret practice al Princeton this year, and the
team, as il viii play to-day has undoubtedly lined
up in scriumages that were held behind closed
gates Il is 20 be presumed that MacFadyen has
been trie6 at centre at such times. but az
Princeton outside Of the coaches has ever seen
him snap Z ball