New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-02

count upon was his own Newark, Jersey
City, Baltimore, Toronto, Montreal, Provi-
dence and even Buffalo are In line for the
president. Seven out Of the eight clubs
was the count and Chaplin threw up his
hands
This is a strong testimonial TO the worth
Of league president, and this, too in
spite OF the fact that every club owner IN
the league had a spat of some kind or
other with Barrow during the playing sea-
son of 1911 The club owners have decided,
however that he has backbone and did his
duty as he saw 1t is and is the man for the
Job"
The formal transfer of a big share Of the
Newark Club stock to George l.. Solomon
the New York drygoods salesman who Is
going to become a baseball 'magnate, VIII
take place in this city tomorrow after
noon. The meeting of Solomon, Joe McGln-
nifty and II. Clay Smith. Of Chicago, VIII
take place I'm the office of the clubs attor-
ney, George +. Handel, in the Singer Build
ing at o'clock. Solomon Will receive prac-
tically all of Smiths stock and Will be-
come a one-thrd owner. Smith as VICE
president will retire from that office ana
Solomon will be elected vice-president, Sec
rotary and treasurer. This action VIII be
taken at meeting Of the clubs board OF
directors. Immediately following the stock
transfer. McGinnity will be chosen presi-
dent Of the club and manager OF the team.
Smith is to remain on the board Of d.
rectors while Solomon will handle the bust
ness end OF the enterprise. He will have
a New York office at 18th street and Broad
way and a Newark office in the Union
building. that city. Solomon is a stanch
friend Of Charley Ebbits, Of the Brooklyn
club, and is the one who recommended
Zach Wheat to the Superbas.
The final act In the elevation of the East
ern League to the new Class IA rating
along with the American Association and
the Pacific Coast League will take place
at the meeting OF the National Commits
sion I'm this city the week Of December TO-
The representatives OF the three leagues
will meet the commission and ratify the
peace pact as adopted recently by the Ma
tional Association at its San Antonio
meeting.
A Princeton man, who thinks perhaps
that the Tigers may not get a place In the
ranking that they so well deserve, writes
the following TO the sporting editor Of this
paper:
From the accounts Of the Yae-Harvard
game that I have read and from what eye
witnesses of the game have told me, it
seems TO me that that game did more than
anything else 10 place Princeton as the
best football team in the East this year.
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football summary in The Tribune after the
Prlnceton-Ya and Yale Harvard games,
Yale gained more ground by rushing
against Harvard than she did against
Princeton.
You also will find that the punting OF the
Yale backs was worse against Harvard, de-
spite the difference in the weather Condi-
tiOns, than against Princeton. Again the
Yale backs fumbled the dry ball at Cam
bridge last Saturday more than they did
the wet one a week before against Prince
ton. The Yale defence was worse against
Harvard than Princeton, according to the
reports. II is said that Princeton had no
offence, and so there ia no way of finding
out whether the above statement is true
but inasmuch as Yale seemed weaker in
every other department against Harvard
than against Princeton, why isn't it justi-
fable TO infer that the defence was weaker
There is absolutely nothing to show that
Yale was any stronger or even as strong
against Harvard as against Princeton. |
have been told this by members OF the
Princeton team who saw the game.
Therefore, from the cold facts, the Har-
ward and Yale teams which met last Satur-
day were not any stronger, and did not
play much better ball at that time than
when each Of these teams played Princeton
and We're defeated. Does not ths give
Princeton clear title to the championship
without going any further? But just for
the sake of making IL stronger. from what
have heard and read OF the game last
Saturday, Princeton would have had a
much easier time beating either one of
those teams as they played against each
other than when they played against
Prime eton. ! base this assertion on the fol-
lowing facts:
First-There was nothing to show that
the attack of either team was stronger
iaSe Saturday than when they played
Princeton, or at least not enough stronger
TO make II safe TO assert that they could
have scored more points against Princeton
than they actually did. Therefore this
being the case. IL is necessary to look at
the other side and find out whether Prince
ton could have scored on those teams as
they played on Saturday, and this leads
one to the next fact
Second-Both Yale and Harvard did more
fumbling and played a looser game, with
consequently more opportunities To pick up
the ball and score than either eleven did
against Princeton. As following the ball
and Selling every opportunity that came
their way was Prnceton's chief attack this
year. ! guess that this shows pretty con
clusively that Princeton would have had
more chances TO score against either Yale
and Harvard If they had played against
Princeton the way they did against each
other. And do you suppose for one minute
that such men as Sam White and Eddie
Hart would have missed those chances?
It hardly seems so, when they siezed every
such chance which came their way in their
games this season. Twice the opportunity
came TO Sam White, and he made good
Five times in the last period Of the Yale
Princeton game Princeton had n chance To
regain fumbled punts, and four were ac-
cepted.
This seems to me to he ample proof that
Princeton was stronger I'm the game of foot
ball as II was played this year than either
Yale or Harvard. The only possible flaw
one can pick i'm the Princeton team this
year Is that IL had no attack. but did the
results show that this was necessary Both
Yale and Harvard virtually admitted that
the running or rushing game was useless
when with barely two yards TO gain on tho
third down near their opponents goal limo
they chose To try field goals. What earthly
good did Hale's wonderful offensive work
do in either Of the big games this year?
And the same thing holds good of Harvard
only In "A less degree
I am beginning to believe that perhans
the Princeton coaches had good sense i'm
developing a strong defence As for the
attack. they saw and saw rightly thar
under the present rules ordinary running
PLAYS could not be used To score touch
downs and while they might have spcnt
more time on developing midheld attack
to advantage, yet they preferred working
up "A number of scoring plays and drop
kicking. aud waiting for "A tumble or some
chance to get the bali In their opponcnts'
territory, and almost no game goes by with
out even "A weak team getting the ball AT
least once in It's opponents territory. Then
according To the Princeton coaches was
the time 10 let loose. but not before.
The plan worked and I believe that N
Princeton were To play Yale aud Harvard
n series OF games this year. each using the