New-York tribune., 1910-11-10
MIMIC BATTLE At HAND
Yale and Princeton EIeVenS Wind
Up Hard Work.
TIGERS BUBBLIhG OVER
Note of Warning Sounded, How
ever, Against Feeling OF
Overconfdence.

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| The hard work is over The football eieV-
ems Of Yale and Princeton must still 90
bit of polishing for their micmic battle AT
Princeton on Saturday, but this polishing
process will consist of signal and formation
drills away from the scene Of conflict J he
! Tigers are confident that their day mas
come. and strange as il may appear the
Yale men are in no sense disheartened by
the recent crushing defeat at the hands OF
Brown. but. on the contrary, are still con-
fident of victory over Princeton
The mass meeting at Princeton late OH
Tuesday evening fairly bubbed over VIII
enthusiasm.
| Parke H. Davis. the first speaker, stated
II as his belief that Princeton has the
finest material for a championship footoaA
team this season that she has had In many
years and vet he strongly warned 'Ae
undergraduates against evsrcOnldence. Inc
team must 90 into the game with the saih7
spirit that it would against the best team
that Yale has ever turned out. he urSeu-
He spoke of the great work which BIN
Roper, the head coach, and Fitzpatrick TIC
trainer have done in training and deVeiop
ing the team. so that it could attain us
present high standard
w H. C'Big BilrD Edwards, the second
speaker. said that the alumni Throughout
the country are with the team heart aho
soul and are looking forward TO what is
To them almost the greatest thing IN Inc
world namely, a Princeton victory over
Yale. The team. he contended. is unoer
heavy obligation 10 them 10 revenge the
defeats of the past years and give Prince
ton its proDer place in the football Werld
at the very top.
w ". Roper said that Princeton was
approaching an epoch-makinS period IN her
athletic history a time when the ola of@ef
Of things must be discarded and ne"
order started. He pointed TO the perIecC
physical condition of every man on 'he
team. and said that this would undoubtedly
he a large factor in the result Of the game
In former wears Princeton teams have out-
plaved Yale I'm the first half, but they cohld
not withstand the latter's onslaughts III the
second half This year. owing 10 their al
most perfect physical condition the men
will play as we'll when the final whistle
blows as at the first kickoff
CAPTAIN Hart spoke of the hard work
which the team had been doing since last
fall. and said that he felt sure the game
would show its results He added: All
earI,, season promises have been made
good for the team remains undefeated and
Tnscored on. and with the whole-hearted'
Ioval support Of all the undergraduates Il
cannot fail 10 win the last and greatest
game of all"
Edward n. Robinson, the clever coach OF
the Brown team, sounded hope for Yale
when he said in THE Boston Globe"
1T is true that Yale did not look like
the teams we have been accustomed 70
meet on the Yale Field, and there was
something lacking either in the men or
the system of play, but there are SO many
chances. under the present rules, for one
er two alert men on a team TO turn defeat
into victory that il is well to be conserva-
tive
."The Yale Daily News" has blamed the
defeat Of Saturday to the lack OF team
work, ny saying:
Browns overwhelming victory was an
other example of the superiority Of organ
lied team work as opposed to disorganized
individual play Man for man. with the
execution of Sprackling. the Yale team was
the equal of their opponents, but Brown's s
attack worked as one man under the able
ceneralship of SprackIing. who contributed
largely to the success Of the visitors Yale s
rachinerv. on the other hand, seemed TO
have the power. but lacked the brain which
is so essential.
The practice at New Haven this week has
heen in secret but the cheerfuness Of the
coaches can IL ean only one thing-mOre
cobesiveness and better team effort The
time has been short to put on the finishing
touches. but there must be ~oEle good rea-
son for Yale optimism.
/ The eleventh hour changes iH the make
IN of the team have not been 50 radical as
they might appear at first glance. It has
/ been rather the return of first string men.
and with Howe an experienced player, at
the helm. IL is reasonable to believe that
! the cogs are fitting better and the machine
running smoother.
Williams gained 26s yards by rushing TO
only So yards by Wesleyan. last Saturday,
and yet the game ended in a no-score tie.
/ II was the punting OF Wesleyan that Offset
| the big difference in rushing.
Scott. one of the best punters at Pennsyl-
vania, kicks with his left feOt, as does
FELTON,, of Harvard.
! Harvard's last touchdown against YALE
was scored in 1891, but Princeton scored one
i'm 1865 The Tigers have not beaten YALE
! since 1905 when the score was Il to 6, but
| q no-score tie was played In 1895.
! Percy HaughtOn, the Harvard coach. i:
quoted as saying that he breads the Dart.
mouth game or Saturday more than the
one with Yale on November l9. Dartmouth
beat Harvard by a score Of % 10 o in 1907