Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-06
PRINCETON TO FRONT
Tigers Loom Up Strong From
Harvard Game.
INDIANS GREAT BATTLE
Carlisle Showed Finest Foot Ball
Seen on Franklin Field
This Year.
MS GREAT BATTLE

The foot psll wllirligig brought Prince
ton 10 the front last Saturday. for the
Tigers defeated Harvard. which was the
ranking team of the east just prior to
that BY virtue OF a cIean-cut and i'm
pressiye victory over Brown il looked
as II the Crimson was the strongest
eleven Of them all at the end of o.
toher and as the teams were entering
tho stretch. A week before that II
looked as If Brown was the cock of
tho walk. and SO 1t goes. Who will be
tho next to flash to tho front as Tire
probable best >am of the season. or
will Princeto 20 ahead and clean up
her NEXT two games and hold on To tho
position she earned by defeating Har-
ward?
There are vet two obstacles in Prince
toms WAY, Dartmouth and Vale, and
tough customers they are. " Is pos
sible for Harvard TO climb back to the
front seat by beating Carlisle. Dart
mouth and Yale. and Val" meanwhile
beating Princeton. or il is possible for
Yale to climb into the lead by beating
Brown, Princeton and Harvard Thcn
there are the Army and Navy. Who
knows hut what their game Novcm-
Der - will really decide the eastern
championship. for il isn't likely that
either will he beaten before they come
together. and hasn't the Army beaten
Vale and the Navy tied Princeton!
Complicated foot hall situation this.
Tn. results Of single foot ball games
are sinGulariy deceptive Harvard :
one sided defeat of Brown gave an eN-
aggerated idea of fIarvlrd's strength
though the Crimson unquestionably is
capable OF n more powerful attack than
it showed last Saturday-and the TIE
game that Princeton played with LehiSh
Of
tons weakness.
Tiger Line Efficient.
The Princeton line did look woefully
weak against Lehish. was woefuliy weak:
but il was q transient display of ineffi-
cheney and not an organic weakness. 50
TO speak That we know after seein.
the nigh-ciass work done by the Tiger
line against Harvard The great brace
which that llne made in fitting for last
Saturday was as creditable ii was re-
markable. and whoever the coach was.
Roper or MacCiregor. who instilled that
spirit and ability 70 execute into the pre-
vlouslS lagglns forwards. he did con-
SoicuOuSly Well. The coaches didn't do II
all. The men themselves rallied found
themselves and ,he presence and play
Ing Of Capt. Hart. who gave great ex-
hibitiou OF tackle play and leadership.
We're no small influence in the spirited
recrldeScencc
\ defense which can nullify superior
attack. keen following of the hall. vigil
lance in seiZing opportunity. a vigilance
which must be constant-these are the
things which Princeton turned to good
account and which go farther toward
winning games under tie present rules
than Skillful coordination i'm offensive
lnaneuvers. In so far as that state of
affairs exists IL is a glariuG weakness in
the present game. But il must not he
overlooked that the Nassau line was the
better line OF tn. two defense and that
Princeton did tho better puntIug. Here
TOO. were factors of Importance in th.
Princeton victory.
Take two teams Of the relative
strength of Harvard and Princeton or
any other two teams al tn. same group
and the mathematical result Of stra gut
team play. = supposedly desired and 10
b. encouraged quality, would under the
present rules he nothing to- nothing
result. II is the plays heretofore re-
Earded a. unusual which are making
a big share of tho scores nowadays
peruSal of the SUNDAY morning
foot hall page will tell The games are
interest AMI excitement. but aetr.Ict
from the value IF planned and Scien-
title organization. and exciting as the
long runs. blocked kicks and even tho
freak forward pass may lac at times. the
slam and drive which went with plays
when the rules permitted helping the
runner We're just as stirring and brought
spectators to their feet fully as Ell
fectively.
The Princeton team knows and is
playing more foot ball than the team
IF last year was capable of, although
its offense is very ordinary. too much
for IL 70 cause any alarm in the
Yale camp by straight rushing. Straight
rushing is now the exception and not
re rule The Carlisle Indians showed
more Of il last Saturday than amy other
Z am. and ii Is some satisfaction to
those who not entirely weaned over
u the regime or hurry-scurry plays
and unexpected happenings that there
IS some OF il left 10 htlp preserve the