New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-28
REAL PUNCH IN ATTACK
Great Struggle Promised When
Princeton and Harvard Clash
on Saturday.

in the season, when both teams have
reached a forward point in their develop
ment. In truth, It takes Its place with
the other big games of the year and VIII
count materially in the fight for the So
called championship. 1t Is impossible al
this time to make a prediction as to the
probable outcome that will be anything
more than a guess 1 saw Princeton de-
feat Dartmouth on Saturday and was I'M
pressed with the power of the attack and
the aggressiveness Of every player both
extensively and defensively That eleven
with another week of polishing will be
hard TO beat. II strikes me that there is
q weakness on the ends and at one tackle
"a weakness, however which is partly
offset by the almost brilliant work Of the
backs In the secondary line Of defence.
The most striking features OF Prince
toms play, in my opinion, were the
S'puncr" which came with the chances TO
score and the alertness in forcing oppor-
hunities and taking quick advantage. IL
Is a brainy team, and every man has
acquired the faculty 1t would seem, OF
being in the right place at the right time
There were lapses, Of course, but the
eleven as a whole is a better and strong
or one than a year ago, even without such
brilliant forwards as Joe Duff, Eddie
Hart and Sam White. The plays have
wider range and more telling power
1t is a team which will win, II II wins at
all by aggressive offence and not by an
off chance The Tigers came through a
hard test on Saturday, and proved their
right TO support against Harvard ana
Yale Dartmouth was a strong foe, a
worthy foe. The eleven from Hanover
showed unlocked for weakness in hand
ling the ball and almost invited defeat
by errors Of omission as well as by
errors Of commission, but otherwise II
measured up TO a high standard, and was
no whit behind its opponent in the power
and drive TO the offence. in fact the |
plays were a bit more varied and bit |
more effective as indicated by the great |
er number of first downs and greater |
yardage by straight rushing. / could |
not help but feel that the eleven did not |
do itself or its coach, Frank Cavanaugh, |
full justice, and that the almost crush |
ing defeat was not fully deserved on the |
real merits of the two. Still, as in base |
III,
mistakes Of the head must be atoned for |
The Tigers made fewer mistakes, took !
fun advantage of all opportunities, a |
Characteristic Of their play year ago, |
and struck when the time came to strike |
in a way that made victory the more |
worthy. / like that Princeton team. I !
also admire that Dartmouth team for It's /
courage In fighting on against hopeless |
odds in the last few minutes Of the .
struggle.
Pennsylvania has another blue Monday /
IN store, but Cornell has escaped one this |
time That meeting on Thanksgiving Day |
will make or break the season for one or !
the other, and it looks like toss up as /
70 which it will be.
Harvard could not score touchdown |
by straight rushing against Brown, but |
that is no indication Of weakness, as the |
eleven from Providence appears to have |
found itself. Il
am told that Walter Camp is quoted |
as saying under his own signature that
the Tigers look like the champions of
1912. It is rather early to make such
concession. There is q real football eleven !
at New Haven, and Harvard, too, is 60
ing strongly
The game as played under the revised |
code is making more friends with every
Saturday. like it well It is to the one
Of last year as wine to beer
OF the other games on Saturday the
one between Pennsylvania and Pennsyl-
vania State is likely to be watched most
closely because Of the fact that it may
furnish some line between the Quakers
and Cornell Pennsylvania State defeated
the eleven from Ithaca a week ago last
Saturday by score OF % to 6, and It is
almost sure to give a good account of It |
self against Captain MERGERS team. Yale |
has what promises to be little more than !
a good practice game against Colgate |
while Cornell will face Williams Brown |
will take the field against Vermont, and |
Dartmouth will try to run up the same /
sort of score against Amherst that Har- |
ward did few days ago.
A point has been raised in football in /
volving an Interpretation Of the rule |
governing interference with player go |
ing down under a forward pass which de-
rnRnds a decision by the rules committee /.
either on a mail vote or by +. X. Hall, /
its chairman. Il is no part of the duty of /
the captains or coaches OF opposing teams |
10 agree on interpretations to suit Them
selves before any particular game II
was done in two or three cases last year,
and It cropped up again on october 10 be-
fore the Yale-West Point struggle. 1t
was agreed at that time that the forward
pass should count as such only from the
instant that II left the passer's hand, and
as a result, the ends and backs who were
making an effort to get down under the
ball we're turned off or spilled on several
occasions. when the rule distinctly pro-
vides:
II the side in possession OF the ball
makes forward pass-No player OF the
aide which did not put the bail In play
ehau In any manner Interfere with an OPP
ponent who has crossed the line OF scrim-
mage until the ball has been touched, ex-
cept I'm an actual attempt 10 catch the ball
himself
The need for an Interpretation lies in
che fact that the ends or any player going
down under a punt may be interfered
with or blocked OFF SO that the conflict
IS apparent The committee decided that
the side making forward pass needed