Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-01
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GAME TOMORROW
Harvard and Princeton Appear
Evenly Matched in First
Championship Contest.
LITTLE DIFFERENCE
APPARENT IN PLAY
Special Advantages of Each
Seem to Be Offset by Draw
backs in Other Particulars.
BY H. C. BYRD.

The first big championship contest of
the year in foot ball will take place to-
morrow. Harvard will meet Princeton
in what should be one of the most bril-
liantly played games in years
To attempt to predict which of the two
elevens will be returned the winner
would be next to impossible if any as
surance of accuracy were desired. The
factors which seem to favor the two
elevens are simply these: Princeton has
developed the running game to its high
est point of efficiency, and has an Of
Tense which is said to be stronger than
any in the country. On the other hand,
Harvard is reported as having a much
more powerful defense and has probably
the greatest trio of line plungers back
of its line of any of the big elevens.
The Princeton defense has been weak
against just such tactics. while the Har-
ward defense has been weaker when it
has had to contend with the open run
ming game employed by princeton.
That is about the summation Of the
advantages and disadvantages Of the two
elevens, as compiled by critics who have
watched both elevens in action. Not
much can be obtained from it. it is true
other than that the two combinations
appear very evenly matched and that a
close. hard contest should be the result of
the meeting, with the odds in favor Of
the team winning which gets what is
generally termed the breaks in the luck.
1t has been held that. despite the fact
that Princeton defeated Dartmouth by a
fair margin. it was outplayed during the
first half. If that is true and the Tigers
defense has not been perfected to any
greater extent against line-plunging
plays, then Harvard is likely to tear the
forwards to pieces. The one thing which
Will win for Harvard, If anything does
is that it's great plunging backs will not
be stopped by the Princeton forwards
If the forward defense of the Princeton
eleven is improved enough to Withstand
the savage attacks which Wendell and
Brickley will make upon it, then Har-
wards trump card will be rendered Of
little use. If Harvard cannot win by the
tactics mentioned it will not win at all
Princeton's open, running game will be
a different offense than anything against
which Harvard has had to contend this
year. The Crimson has been for the most
part against elevens which have depend
ed on the plunGing game for their gains.
attacks. and it is not likely that the
Princeton backs will be able to accom-
plish much against it tomorrow.
Harvard has wonderful punter IN
outkick De Witt Of Princeton. although
the latter has earned a big reputation
for himself along that line.
1T may be that either Harvard or
Princeton will win tomorrow's game by
a fairly wide margin Zone can never telD,
but the chances are that the contest will
be we'll played and that not more than
the margin of single touchdown Is
likely to measure the difference between
the two scores.
Notwithstanding the fact that George
town will meet the University or North
Carolina tomorrow with several of its
regulars out of the game, it should not
experience much difficulty in winning
The Blue and Gray eleven is so much
stronger that that which represents the
Carolina institution that it's second team
should almost be able to get away WITHIN
the long end of the score.
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute got
away with the Carolina eleven by four
touchdowns, and Georgetown should at
least do as we'll. although 1t Is probable
that it will do even better. Georgetown
will not make any decided effort to roll
up a big score. That would not be the
best thing under the circumstances, with
the Virginia game but two weeks away.
Gallaudet and Catholic University will
be I'D against elevens which will be about
it's work cut out for it to win.
The maryland Agricultural College
eleven will be idle today. Every effort
has been made to secure game. but 1t
was found to be impossible Practically
were communicated with. but not one
could go to College Park for contest
for the reason that they all had contests
scheduled regularly.