Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-26
By Francis Baker.

NJ EW YORK, Oct ss.--what is
N Princeton going to do on the
gridiron this fall? Head Coach
Andrews says that the Tiger eleven
has a better chance of defeating both
Harvard and Yale than 1t has had in
( several years. OF course, optimism Is
one of the chief assets of the Tigers.
They always were an optimistic
bunch, but last year their optimism
carried them through the Yale game,
ism full credit for the Princeton vic
tory over the boys from New Haven.
Perhaps 1t isn't just to give optim-
ism ful lcredit for the Princeton VIC
tory. Bluthenthal, "Hobey' Baker
and Dewitt had something to do with
1t, yet the critics had predicted a
Yale victory before the game.
The same old optimism still obtains
at the New Jersey institutions.
Around the campus they talk of beat
! ing Yale and Harvard, and this year
| the critics are willing to admit that
the Tigers have a chance.
| A r the outset of the season 1t was
~ noticed that Princeton had line
of championships calibers and this line
! improved steadily as the season wore
on. For years past the Princeton line
This year the line is better than last,
so by the simple process of reasoning
we can arrive at the conclusion that
the Princeton line is some" line, and
that the Harvard and Yale backfields
will have a big job on their hands
when they attempt to break through.
With the line taken care of, the
coaches turned their attention to the
backfield, and the sad news went out
from Princeton that no kicker could
be found. AS the season wore on the
uneasiness which this news precipi-
tated in the Tiger camp increased al
most to CONSERVATION. Find a man
who can boot the ball" was the cry
of the Princeton coaches.
THE great "Hobey" Baker was tried
out as a punter. Now Hobey has
knack of shooting the ball neatly
over the crossing from the so to 35-
yard line, but when it came to boot
4 ing the ball out of dangerous terri
( tory HOBBY couldn't send the pigskin
! for more than 80 or 80 yards. He SIM
ply wasn't there.
Then someone discovered q young
, ster named Giles, who had an idea
that he had a toe capable of sending
| the leather on nice long journey.
! Mr.. Giles tried 1t out. In practice he
made So and 60 years with the wind
and As and so against it. Things be-
gan to look promising, but the trou-
BILE was that Giles corld not lift the
| leather high enough to give the ends
a chance to get down the field under
| the punts, so the coaches pinned their
faith to "Hobey' Baker again.
Asst week the name of Buzz Law
L. burst forth on the Princeton grid
! iron like a mushroom after a summer
| shower. The coaches said "Buzz"
/ was the man to punt for the Tigers
when they entered into the Harvard
| and Yale clashes. They said Buzz
could go out on the field and send that
| little old football 80 yards or more
without exerting himself. At that
time the far heralded Buzz" was in
| the hospital with bad foot. He
couldn't get into the Syracuse game
and we have yet to see him in action.
| If Law will only live up to his repu-
| tation, which has emanated chiefly
! from the coaching staff, Princeton
will be able to take care of herself
in a punting duel.
"Hobey" Baker and Brad STREET.
are the two twinkling lights in the
Tiger backfield. Last year Bakers
speciality was dashing through a
broken field or skirting the ends on
wide runs. This year "Hobey" ap-
peared in the camp carrying 10 or ~
pounds more weight than last year
and started in on line plunging. He
has shown a remarkable ability for
hitting the line hard and slipping
through the opposing tackle. STREET
is the husky fullback, weighs about
1855 pounds and is built on the regu
lar lines of a steam roller, and the
men who have tried to tackle him