New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
TIGERS WILL NEED
A FOOTBALL PUNCH
Must Call On All Their Speed,
Stamina and Strategy to
Beat Harvard Eleven.
MUCH DEPENDS ON LINES
Crimson Tackles and Ends May
Turn Tide Against Princeton
in Bitter Struggle Of
the Gridiron.
BY Herbert.

BY Herbert.
The Princeton football eleven will have
to call on all its speed, stamina, resource
fulness and strategy to defeat Harvard in
the stadium at Cambridge to-day. I do
not mean to imply by this that Princeton
will be beaten, but do think from all
nave seen and heard that the chances are
slightly in favor of a victory for Harvard
Delving into football dope is dangerous
practice Comparative scores mean little
or nothing, as has been proved hundreos
of times, but in this case there is no such
thing even as a comparative score on
which to hang an argument or base an
opinion Impressions Of strength or weak
ness gained by seeing the teams in ac-
ton are quite apt to be misleading, ana
surely they provide shallow premise
from which TO build up conclusion.
1 am not trying to straddle or slide OH
the fence. but simply trying to be honest
with myself. have feeling, rather tnan
q conviction, that Harvard will win, ana
this feeling is aroused by Princeton
show of weakness at the ends and tackles
against Dartmouth. The Crimson eleven
looks particularly strong in these posi-
lions, and II would not be surprising II
the measure Of difference would be right
there.
Both eleyens can boast of remarkable
strength in the backfeld, and the coach
who had TO pick and choose from such
men as Captain Pendleton, HOBBY
Baker, dewitt, Waller and stew
Baker, who will represent Princeton, and
CAPTAIN Wendell Charley Brickley Hard
wick and Gardner, the Harvard regulars
would be in desperate plight. There is
much speed. plunging power, kicking
ability and brains in each backfield, and
AZ one stands out over the other it will
be because Of better support by the for
wards.
What advantage, IL any, lies in the CEN
ire trio belongs TO Princeton, in my opin-
ion. Logan and shenk, guards, and Blue
thenthal, centre, strike me as belns
stronger and more compact than the Har-
yard men-Trumbuil and Pennock, guards
and Parmenter, centre. This, however, Is
,ot likely TO make up for Harvard 5
,,rester show of strength in hitchcock
md Storer. tackles, and FELTON, and Cool
dye. ends, as compared with Prlnce'oil
CONSERVATIVES, Phillips and I'D 1reiih-
nan. tackles, and Dunlap ana STREET. eiiu''
In all probability Trenkman' VINO mas
.ean ont Of the game with sllsht III
.nrv will bolster up the Princeton line at
igbt tackle. where Penfleld played asaiiS'
-lartnoouth. Dunlap, too, is much pet
and stronger end than Andrews, VINO
tarted the game last Saturday lie mas
Will >
.,ovever which may send him to the sue
ines at any time. Dunlap IN my opiii'o'''
high class end. Little or no fault
-ould be found with his work III the slo'
ime he played against Dartmouth lo'
;hich he himself could be held response
le. AS l said last Monday DO not HAe
princeton's system of end play, but even
9TH this handicap Dunlap showed Keen
g,otbau sense in diagnosing plays WINE
his tackling was clean and hard eFei'
A. grsen and more or less inexperienced
b,,t seems TO be the kind of a man to rise
60 an emergency.
Hitchcock and Storer are veterans OF
=, wear ago, as is FELTON,, while Coohdge
must needs be a slashing end to suppIa4t
O'Brien.
At quarterback Gardner has more ex-
,erIence than stew" Baker, but the lat
ar showed enough keen generalship ana
ound Judgment against Dartmouth to in
JIcats that he will more than hold his
Wn.
In a kicking game both teams VIII DC
veil served. The Tigers have man IN
levitt who gets his punts OF qulchIy
md places the ball so well that no eX-
An0S
rsckIes for not properly covering. Har-
ward, on the other hand has IN elton
an excellent punter, that gets the ball Tar
and yet so high that the ends have pienty
~ time TO get down under the KICK.
Than too IN Brickley Harvard has a
Anon kicker who is not only brilliant, but
cors,stent He has kicked seven goals
1rorn field this year, and will be a con-
slant menace to the Tigers whenever they
are inside their own 40-yard line.
In general play, perhaps, there is not
much 70 choose on what has been seen
uarvards interference is bit more COM
nact. or so It would seem, but the Tigers
certainly had a punch TO their attack
against Dartmouth that with another
weeks development should be even more
effective They're a brainy lot, too, and
have been schooled TO follow the ball
closely so as to be in a position TO take
advantage Of every opportunity.
OF the defence, however, less can be
said and IL strikes me that the advan-
tage, II any, lies with Harvard II the
crimson forwards wait for the plays, as
ala the Dartmouth llnesmen' l question
n the Princeton attack can be stopped
inside the 25-yard line, but If they charge
through many Of Princeton's plays will
be spoiled In the making. In this case
Princetons style of defence is likely 10
suffer in comparison, as with the system
II end play in use Harvard's favorite
kin tackle play is sure TO gain many