Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-26
GIVES TIGER CREDIT
Yale Alumni Weekly Says Vic
tories Deserved.
SHOWED MORE HEADWORK
Princeton Team Played a Superb
Defensive Game All Season
and Won.
SHOWED MORE HEADWORK

Yale has conceded Princeton its victory
this fall The Dark Blue has made no
effort to detract from the great success
attained by the Tiger eleven this year
and compliments the team in terms which
admit Of no criticism. That Yale out
played Princeton in certain departments
of the game is generally admitted. but
in the fundamentals. in the, very elements
by which Princeton won the deserved VIC
tories from both Yale and Harvard. 1t is
said by Yale men that the Tigers were
enough the superiors Of their opponents
which they were won.
The Yale Alumni Weekly, which is the
official organ of the university. has the
following to say in commenting on the
game in regard to the work of Prince
ton:
Princeton won the game by superior
up an honored tradition In Old Nassau to
take advantage Of every slip OF the en-
envy. It was a thrilling moment in q
game made uninteresting otherwise by
the present rules when a Princeton player
picked up the Yale ball and, almost
caught in time by Yale pursuer. won
the game for Princeton. The glory for
the winning Of a hard and clean-fougnt
game goes to Princeton, and no Yale man
would take an atom from the satisfaction
with which all Princeton men Will natur-
ally and rightly view the proceeding
Had Strong Defense.
THE Tigers had a strong defense. a
quick and reliable punter and eleven men
superbly trained to follow the ball and to
take advantage of misplays. Princeton
has played this game consistently through
out the season. and the record shows
that she has played it perfectly. She
played it against Harvard and against
Dartmouth. Both Of these teams had
superior offense. just as Yale had: both
kept the ball in Princeton's territory our
ing the greater part of the game. just as
Yale die But both of these teams faiieo
lust as Yale did, to pierce the Tigers In
ner defense; both had to rely upon drop
kicks. usually from the O-yaru line.
These teams met Princeton on dry heios
and could not win. The Yale team mad
been credited by its followers with hav-
ing outpIayed Princeton in all the depart
ments Of the game except in following the
bali. Harvard and Dartmouth have also
sought this same consolation. But II Is
rather poor consolation. for It Is predi-
Gated upon failing in the most elementary
principle of the game.
1.-The most that can be said on Yale's be-
half is that she did not play so resource
full a game as the coaches believed the
team was capable of. The wet field the
ory fails when 1t is remembered that
foot ball games are not postponed on &C
count of bad weather.
Not only does the victory belong to
Princeton without bubbles, but so does
the championship, for the Tigers have
come through hard schedule without a
defeat, and have wound up the season by
defeating on three successive Saturdays
Harvard. Dartmouth and Yale-the best
since De Wits phenomenal placement
kick wrested Princeton's last victory from
Yale, and it is not going too far to say
that the Tigers needed tonic for their
foot ball system and that Yale can afford
to furnish it."