Norwich bulletin., 1913-11-10


 all contenders alike and in no case was there an alarming reversal of form In several instances, however, defeated teams developed surprising sstrength and for a time promised to furnish a real football surprise party.
 Harvard Eleven Baf7ed.
 This was noticeably true in the Hssrv yard Princeton game. The Tigers opened with q formation attack which completely baffled the Crimson forwards during the first quarter of the game. Had the field been dry it is quite possible that Princeton would have scored one or more touchdoWns. The slippery footing, however, slowed up their plays after a particularly heavy shower and gave the Harvard scrffnnaa gers a chance to diagnose the attack After this was accom- pliShed, Princeton lost her formidable appear anee. As a famous veteran pointed out after the game that Princeton gained less and less ground on each attack, which was a clear indication of HarYarG's defensive strength under hard fire. The Tigers, eH the other hand, completely upset the Cambridge team attack all through the game and important gains were due to individual prowess and excellent Interference, once the Crimson runner had passed the Princeton forwards.
 While Princeton could and did pierce the Harvard line, particularly the right wing, repeatedly during early stages of the play, the secondary defense of the Crimson was unusually strong and shut off promising runs and forward passes in impressive style, This same .alertneSs was evident in protecting Hardwiek and Brickley in their punt ing and drop kicking Neither was forced to hurry as was Law and Ba- ker, due to the savage manner in 1x-51i I70 fOJ-v y,dC oh through on them right after the ball was passed. The Tiger forwards did not appear able to check the chargers in front of them when seconds would have meant much to both their drop kiclxer and punter. It was this weak ness that really lost the game for poor passing and hurried kicking finally caused one of Law s punts to be blocked near PIincetons goal line, thus opening the way for Bricl1ley's s field goal score.
 Combination Of Old and New.
 In sharp contrast to the slow, con- servative and uninteresting game played by Princeton and Harvard was 'the Dartmouth Pennsylvania contest at Philadelphia. By Judicious com binatiOn of old and new football tao tics the Hanover team defeated the Quakers 34 to 21 Pennsylvania al though not so proficient, employed the same general system of attack and was always a factor in the game. Playing game classified in the same category as that of Harvard and Princeton, the reconstructed Yale team defeated Brown by IT to Q score on 8 water soaked gridiron.' It was the steady and consistent advance by line charges and the brilliant individual handling of the wet, slippery ball that caused the Yale adherents to believe that the Eli eleven has at last found itself The Brown attack was unable to demonstrate the calibre of the Blue defnse. The real test in this respect will come in the game with Princeton next Saturday Sc far as large scores are concerned the Army and Navy teams secured the chief hOnors of the day, defeating Al bright TT to and Buckneu 70 to ', respectively. The soldiers, however, can gain little consolation from their record score. as compared to the play of their rivals at Annapolis. since AL bright is not to be considered with l Bucknell as an opponent.