Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26
TIGERS TO HAVE
REAL TEST TODAY
Princeton Will Meet Dartmouth
Eleven, Which Was Thorn in
Its Side Last Year.
TO SHOW COMPARATIVE
STRENGTH OF TEAMS
All Ready at Georgetown Field
for Clash Between Blue and
Gray and Carlisle.
BY II. C., BYRD.

BY II. C. BYRD.
Princeton will have it's first real test
today. The Tigers. for the first time this
season. will probably be up against an
eleven which will test their strength to
the utmost 1t may be that they will
win from the New England eleven by a
wide margin. but such is not probable.
For the last two years Princeton has
had a lot of trouble when 1t met Dart
mouth The real score of the game last
season should have been to o. IL VIII
be remembered that the field goal which
gave Princeton three points and the VIC
tory. came the result of the Dali
bounding over the cross bar after it had
first struck the ground.
Experts in the north are expecting the
Dartmouth eleven to prove a very Tor
midable foe to the champions of last
year. The New England school is re-
ported to have fully as strong combi-
nation as that which lost last fall by the
narrow margin of a f1uky three points
So far this season Princeton has not
had an opponent to test it's real power.
Ii has piled up scores every eleven
il has met with such regularity that
none has been strong enough to give it a
real, creditabie try-Out. The Tigers have
great scoring machine this season. to
judge by what they have done. and it
has been rumored that they will again
finish the season with victory over
Harvard and Yale to their credit.
Whether the prediction for the favor
able outcome OF PrincetonS season will
become reality remains to he seen and
ii is likely that the result of the Dart
mouth contest this afternoon will i'm a
great measure determine just how 1t
does stand in comparison to its greatest
rivals 1t has been stated by many of
those who have seen the two elevens play
that Yale is really the stronger and will
be more formidable when il goes against
the other teams than any other eleven
hut il would appear that any team which
roll up points on the secondary
elevens as Princeton has been doing this
season stands at least an even chance in
any contest in which it may appear.
All is ready on Georgetown Field for
the start of what should be the most
grueling contest staged on the hilltop i'll
a long while. The Blue and Gray eleven.
confident of its ability to win from Car
Isle. will go into the contest with every
faculty alert to make the showing that
is expected of it by the students.
That Georgetown has better chance to
show we'll against the Indians than last
year is certain. The Blue and Gray
eleven is in better condition and is better
fitted generally to work in contest of
the kind it is to enter than was the case
when it lost last fall.
While the odds are against Georgetown
winning and while it is not an absolute
I
probable that Carlisle will win. The In
dians have been doing some wonderful
work this season and 1t is sure that they
have had to play real foot ball to ac-
complish what they have.
If Georgetown wins today ii will be a
brilliant piece of work and deserving of
a great deal of favorable commentator
10 both the players and coaches.
Catholic University should win from
Washington College this afternoon. I'M
less the eastern shore eleven is much
faster than one wouli be inclined to
think. The Maryland team is not as
heavy as the c. L. coordination by fifteen
pounds to the mar. according to the
records sent over here
Catholic University is reported TO have
improved wonderfully since the game
with Rock Hill at the beginning of the
season. The Brooklanders have made
strenuous effort to get going. and if they
have accomplished much during the
past week as they did the week previous
10 the contest with Villanova, then the
eleven must be in shape to give the best
of the secondary teams tussle for first
honorS.
Judging by the showing the Norfolk
Blues made against Virginia Thursday,
il would appear that the Gallaudet eleven
is in for a hard game in Norfolk today.
with the odds against it. Especially is
this true when ii is considered that, &C
cording 10 & statement made by Coach
crafts, five of the regular men will be
out of the lineup. and there are no play
among the second string men who
are nearly as capable as the regulars.
IL was generally expected that Central
would win the high school game yester-
day against Eastern, an eleven much
lighter than the Q street team, and it
did win. but the score, u TO o. falls short
Of the figures which We're predicted would
give them a victory.
Central mt m in nv
respects and there was wild display
of enthusiasm by the Central element
after the game. because its team had not
rolled up the thirty or forty points which
IL was believed would be the case In
stead. tne margin of a lone touchdown
which give it the victory and the
fact that Centrars play was inferior In
almost every respect to that OF its op-
ponents did not boost its championship
prospects to any great extent 1t was
when Eastern all but evened matters in
the final period with the ball on Central 5
S-yard line and first down that Central
showed the only real fight of its game
and prevented the score.
Few times during the game did Cen
trail outplay Eastern. and IL was evident
that the southeast boys clearly had the
upper hand throughout. 1t is hard
matter to explain why the heavy Central
line. which outweighed Eastern about
eight pounds to the man. should be out
played and outfought by lighter and
supposedly inferior adversary. 1t again
goes to prove the uncertainty OF foo
ball in the local schools. These Were the
circumstances which almost cost Cen
trail a game and possibly the champion
ship.
Eastern's aggressveness was far more
In evidence than anything in this line
which Central could offer. The o stree,
line failed in most every play to stop the
charging Eastern forwards who otter
broke through the Central defense and
smashed plays before they We're started
In fact, they were so proficient that II
seemed at times as IL they were playine
signals by the quick manner in which
they diagnosed plays.
The efforts of the Central linemen were
indeed perfunctory. Nine times out OF
ten they failed to follow the play anG
charged into them blindly without think
ing at ALL The brace taken in the la
period when Eastern threatened was 3
brilliant exhibition and partially redeem
ed its previous bad playing.
Centrars most glaring faults were ii.
failure to follow the ball. lack of proper
Interference in the backfield and decided
ly bad generalship. The first fault wa.
very noticeable, while the backfield in
reference for runners was mediocre a.
all times. Fowler. the Central quarter
did not choose his plays very thought
fully. and he without the snap
characteristic of his ability He wa.
also horribly slow getting OF his punt.