New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-19
Aggressive End, with His Optic
Always on the Ball, Gets
Credit for Victory.
COSTLY BLUNDERS OF YALE
A Promising Attack That Van
ished in Time of Stress-Sol
Metzger Tells of Spark
ling and Stupid Play.
by sol MetZger.
Former CAPTAIN and Head Coach OF the Penn
syyana Football Eleven.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribuns.l

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nv Telegraph 10 The Tribune.l
New Haven, Nov. ls.-Frankly. honestly
and truly, ! want 10 give Princeton credit
for a glorious victory over Yale, one well
earned but ! can't do IT; for IT was Sam
White. the wonderful man at following the
ball at all times I'm the game, who won the
victory. ard thereby healed old sores and
evened I'D old scores OF seven years stand
ing and placed Princeton on the football
map.
Now YOU can say what YOU will about
this game and give Princeton or Yale
credit FOR having the better team. end use
all the ifs that occur 10 you; but when
you get all through. White will rise before
your niemorys eve as the man who deiiv-
cred the goods not by luck or good fort
une. but because he is a monomaniac nj
being with the hall. is quick thinker and
? daring. brilliant player. You may curse
Yale for the stupidity Of its backs In mis-
taking signals and giving White the one
opportunity that came his way-for II was
an inexcusable error that did so--but. just
the same. Yale made the error and gave
White his only chance-hence the victory.
So 10 White must all credit go, for he is
Princetons offence, the only man who mas
done anything for the Tigers In carrying
the ball in her big games. and he mas done
II solely upon his own initiative. Ihere-
fore White must rank above his team
above the system he has taught, ana on q
par vith-yes. even superior to-those slorl-
GUS old men OF the hslcyon days. men IKE
Frank Hinkey or Tom Shevlin. whom Yale
men sing of to-day; for no end rush mas
ever ea,Ialled the playing OF this great
Princeton boy in his two games iru'
the shades Of Trenchard, Cochrsne' De
Witt Poe even. and the large one OF Big
BIZ Edwards must give way. TOT lmpe'-
,shable is the name OF White upon GER
tain campus in an old Jersey town
Others Who Played with Vim.
Giving White all credit for the offence
he showed. one must consider the oe'aiS
of the game that ensued: The RESISTANCE
that Princeton gave to Yale When cIoeo
down on its goal line. driven thither oy
desperate rushes by Camp, Howe. Spaid-
ing. Dunn and Philbn and the herce, dead
" tackling Of Bomeisler. who shone every
time Camp or Howe punted. Great as was
Whites run II came too early In the game
n settle matters. and Yale. goaded and
desperate came back savagely. lime
after time the backs carried the ball well
into Princeton territory. well inside the
o5-vard line only 10 be met with defence
that denied advance, that stopped hne
plunses delays, criss-cross end runs, Tor
ward passes and anything that Captain
Howe tried.
Then II was that a heavy, red-headed boy
named Duff stood forth. for Duff was
everywhere. tackling every one, playing
defence that made Yales whole attack
hopeless. and not far back OF him ranked
the powerful Tiger. Captain Eddie Hart,
and Bluetnenthal, centre rush.
At times the entire Princeton line was
brilliant, charging savagely. surely and
irresistiby. carrying Yales play back when
Yards meant touchdowns and victory for
the Blue. Finally, Howe was compelled to
resort TO the drop kick, but the Eli cap
tain was no better at this than at catch
ing punts, though he got one extra chance
in the second quarter. owing to a penalty
against Princeton that scored Yales only
points.
Now, I want to give the game a critical
analysis before dealing further with the
or otherwise. in this struggle. so, first, let
US take up the attack, which can be con-
sldered very quickly, as Princeton had
nothing worthy OF the name, nothing that
made ground against Yale and not even
forward pass. Maybe the Tigers wanted
10 play conservatively after gaining the
lead In the first quarter. but can hardly
credit them with such forethought after
watching the two victories they won over
Harvard and Yale and hearing reports of
the one over Dartmouth. In short, Prince
ton must be discredited with having no Of
fence, which is all the more creditable to
Sam White
Princeton's All Around Play.
Though it is a mighty good thing for Yale
to get beating now and then at the hands
of Princeton Just for the sake OF the
sport, /, for one, would feel much better
over 1t had Princeton shown better all
around play. AS 1t is, the Yale men are
inclined TO shake their heads over it and
say, We'll. what do you think of that"
Frankly, l think Sam White is a little too
clever for the teams OF Yale and Harvard
But this Yale attack that one week ago
showed such promise, so many flashes cf
greatness and power, what happened TO #?
A good many things happened to 1t. For
one thing. | think Yale sacrificed a great
deal in offence b. alternating Camp and
Howe in the fullback position when in a
kicking formation. In these columns Il
was stated that II such method were used
Princeton could reasonably expect end runs
and punts when Camp was back. and with
Howe back look for passes onside. kicks On
first and second downs and drop kicks en-
the third down. Princeton learned much
about defensive play against Harvard and
saw the folly of it's method of risking Ill
but one Of the backs on the rush line when
drop kick was attempted; so three CT
them were kept back and well spread out
and they took care OF Howe's one pass near
Princetons line
BY this method of attack Yale threw de-
ception to the winds, and 1t was so certain
what was going 10 happen that Princeton
took full advantage of It, 1t was as cut
and-dried an offence as anything Harvard
has shown and for which the Crimson
eleven has been so rightly attacked this
fall. one could have called half OF Yales
play from the side lines or the stands as
quickly as the team lined up I'm kicking
formation. Thai Princeton's team did just
such simple thinking was evidenced by Will
son, right guard. when he intercepted
forward pass that was outside the end OF
the line. | can't condone the system that
forced Captain Howes team into this man
ner of play. for it practically annihlated
any attempts at field generalshlp upon the
part OF a man who has ability IN tina; line.
YaIe's Tactics in Last Period.
In the last quarter Yale was to be ex-
pected 10 show the attack that We all