New-York tribune., 1911-11-25
YALE AND NAVY TEAMS
MAY WIN BIG GAMES
Continued from arst Sagc.

.o,, defeated twice. and yet both can
boast OF teams which in the opinion OF
ma iority Of critics are stronger and bet
ter balanced and more fully equipped
with everything that goes TO make up
football than any others. No champion
shin so called. is at stake, Princeton
has conquered both. and Princeton VIII
be ranked AZ the top In the final sum
ming up The game to-day may not
come as an anti-Climax as there IS
something about a football struggle be-
tween Yale and Harvard which IS grip
ming. DO matter what has gone before.
The fact remains. however. that Prince
TON has taken some of the flavor and
lot OF the spice out of what promised u
be the greatest battle Of the season.
Comparative scores are Of little or NJ
value in irving TO reach a conclusion;
but. scores aside. on a line through the
Tigers. Yale and Harvard appear TO be
more evenly matched this year than ever
before Princeton defeated both in prac-
ticallv the same way. sam White
Aeenness and vigilance in swapping up a
loose ball and defence that was strong
enough 20 neutralize almost any attack
tell the story. But the comparison goes
further, and the figures on ground ga;ne1
by rushing first downs, punting etc, are
remarkably alike I'm both games.
Fiqures Of Two BIG Games.
Hsrvsrd gained 155 wards bv straight
~ushing 70 go for Princeton. whereas Yale
zsined N the same way 134 yards 10 60.
Harvard made six first downs to one
for Princeton Yale four 10 none Har-
wards punts averaged thirty Yards TO
thl-ty-three for Princeton. whereas Yale's
averaged thlrty-one 10 thirty-two for the
Tigers Harvard gained 103 yards I'm run
ring back punts 70 40 for Princeton. where
A. Yale gained $50 yards in this respect 10
-a for the Tigers. Il is not necessary 10
carry the comparison further The figures
are near enough alike 20 indicate that Yale
and Harvard are about on a par both Of
fe1slvelv and defensiveIy. Much will de-
-snd then on which team shows the greater
Improvement and on which team is most
zIert in taking advantage Of the opportuni-
Ties that are likely TO arise In the way Of a
loose ball Tn view Of tho fact that Yales
mining attack was handicapped against
Princeton by the sloppy field. would not
be- surprised If 81 showed more power to-
day. In fact. I do not hesitate TO say that
TaIe's offence struck me as the best and
most effective OF the season.
Individually there is little or nothing o.
sTn - he 81 arge n
the season and Aver, should not suffer In
comparison with smith who made the all
American team last vear and either FELTON,
o--O'B 'Brien Of Harvard. The Yale tackles,
Paul and Sculy. are strong and expert
=rced. and while Pauls work has not been
20 Impressive as a year ago the advantage.
r anything lies with the Blue when COM
pared with the Harvard ner-Storer. who
was moved from centre 90 fll Gardiner g
place - tackle since the Princeton game,
and Hitchcock Yale is well served with
-ro such powerful guards as McDevitt and
francis. but Captain Fisher - Harvard is
tho best guard PLAYING to-day while Leslie
Is not far behind him. Ketcham. the Yale
centre. is almost sure TO outpiay Paruenter.
~ Harvard. d more or less inexperienced
man. more particularly a s KetCham IN my
opinion. ranks well mo with BluethenthaL
cf Princeton. as The best centre - ~. year.
l'-,.,strr Howe Of r,r~. the reading guar
'erbsck OF the season. Is likely to shine at
The expense Of Potter who has been out
of the game since Princeton was played. or
Gardner who is almost sure 20 supp9nt
him before tho struggle is over. Yales
other backs. Camp, Spalding and Phn5ln,
20 say nothing Of Dunn. Reilly. Freeman
and Anderson. are stronS. capable PLAYERS
although not quite so brilliant as Wendell
Campbell and Huntington Of Harvard
Wendell. however has been nursing a lame
shoulder which may operate against his
being so effective as he was against Yale
a year ago, when he made a name for him
self as the greatest back Of the season.
It all comes down. then 90 Howe's abil-
iiy as drop kicker and 20 some uncer-
'tinty as to the sm0othness OF Harvard's
machine. with so many late changes which
sent Storer from centre 10 tackle. Hunting
ron from fullback TO- centre Huntington
again from centre Co fulback and Par
nenter to centre.