New-York tribune., 1909-10-19
m COLLEGE GRIDlRONS
HOPE At PRINCETON.
Talk of Game scith Har0ard-WOrk
Of the Various ELeUens.

,,i,ceton has not won game from Yale since
-, tbe best record in the interim having been
90 IN 1906 when The teams played seventy min
- without a score. Coaching systems have
- in the mean time-three of them-and two
- nassed along hut there is much hope at
l.,,sion that the triumvirate of 1909 will redeem
srf failures. Certainly there a stiffness. a
1frelisnce and a constant attention 10 business
- fail even i'm the face Of some disappointing
,-e on the part OF the players that are encorrag-
49, This was emphasized by the fact that Nc
vss,en q veteran of two years experience at
,rrsrd was dropped from the squad last week.
snsr an alteration with Captain Slegling. There
tss been talk OF disorganization or lack OF dsci-
nine among the Tigers but il does not look if
us were true, and while McFadyen's suspension
vas only temporary, he reported for practice
s.sin Yesterday, ii showed that Jim Mccormick
nesns business
Princeton IS locking ahead The present coaches
s-e far from satisfied. il is said. with the stua-
nor as TO the schedule, feeling that there is too
much uncertainty from year 10 year as TO the
NECESSARY course Of development in bringing the
nam up 10 The Yale game. The substitution Of
DsrtInouth for Cornell on the schedule made little
q 10 difference the undergraduates are in
favor of game with Harvard for the second big
contest. III is known that Bill Reid favored a
game with Princeton for Harvard, and Captain
Bur OF the Harvard team last year was also
anxious Tor such contest. The feeling between
HafRard and Princeton. as indicated by the re-
H.
than IL has been Tor years. and there is some rea-
sa 70 believe that meeting may be arranged in
tba near future.
Harvard has been IN more or less OF a cuandary
Is 10 the addition Of second big game 10 her
sshedule since relations with Pennsylvania were
boken on. That game used to be played on the
aFst Saturday in November two weeks before the
meeting with Yale, Dartmouth coming in the week
bf0re tie final struggle to give the Crimson
oaohes chance TO judge of the merits Of their
polishing process In 1895 1907 and 1908 the Indians
g., this date and this year il has gone TO Cornell
the game marking resumption OF football rela-
u0us broken good many years ago
II is just possible that Harvard would be will
ing II sacrifice Cornell for Princeton. and while
Princeton is probably more anxious for the game
Ihan Harvard there are not lacking many who
uink that a decisive Harvard victory over Cor
HsIl would settle the question in favor of a meet
ing between the two great natural rivals Of Yale.
Yale and Dartmouth. of the more important
stevens, are the only ones that have not been
scored on this year. Brown took whatever merit
les in unviolated goal line from Pennsylvania
O. Saturday, and Princeton was scored upon twice
r. the first game Of the season. Williams turned
tie trick Harvard. and both Oberlin and Ford
aam took care Of Cornell. Brown had a clean
slate until the Pennsylvania game.
There viii he plenty Of excitement at Prinoeton
u5ay. for Bill Edwards and BUNNY Booth are
U1g down 10 try to put some new life into the
aH Booth says the line is good. bus needs 10
Er together more, and the addition even Of one
tHy Of such talent 10 the coaching squad is likely
work wonders.
VS. Lsngford, Of Trinity. who was referee in
tne Eas-West Point game on Saturday penalized
ias army half a dozen times for delaying the
ERT Rfhey the signal had been given This prac-
nee On the part Of the Army players caused by
oohsiaHt orders from Pullen 10 Hyatt slowed the
gams ~ a good deal