The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-15
FACTS ABOUT YALE and
PRINCETON CRIDIRON HEROES
What Enthusiasts Want To Know
Concerning Players Who Made
Football History Today

ANSW I1dN0HS GOhu, NOV 4Os--O4A
the yellow and scared turf Of Yale
Field this afternoon the varsity foot
ball eIevens of Princeton and Yale
universities are battling in the thiT-
ty-ninth annual game between the
teams of these famous institutions.
History and tradition has for years
figured in the athletic contests of
these rivals, until with the prestige
of several decades the annual grid
iron battle has developed into a foot
ball Chassis famed in college song and
story. With such a setting the game
rises above the mere meeting of TWEEN
ty-two trained athletes and becomes
part of the life and records of the
two great universities whose sons
grappIe to-day.
The game to-day will mark the
passing of Yale Field as the scene of
these great inter-Varsity contests. Be
fore another season rolls around tho
new stadium, accommodating 10000
spectators, will be completed, and the
famous stretch of turf, wherein grid
iron deeds of great valor have been
accomplished, will be but a memory.
1t is fitting, therefore, that the pass
ing of the old arena, with it's tower
ing tiers of wooden seats, should be
recognized by final enaction of the
scenes that have made the field a part
of Yale University life for several
generations. In the thirty-n ninth
meething of the football teams of
these two institutions the resultant
play and attendant enthusiasm, which
Will sweep the stand with every bril-
liant run or tackle, promises to sup
ply a climax in keeping with the his
tory of Yale Field.
This is particularly true since the
game is expected to develop a hard
fought grid@ron battle, in which vic
tory will remain in doubt until the
in of ne
sidered broadly, the competing elev-
ems appear to be evenly matched.
Both have experienced reverses dur
ing the season, but have finally round
ed into form for the crucial games of
the autumn. Judged entirely on the
records made during the past two
months, Princeton appears to have a
decided edge in the matter of COM
parative scores and general field
showing, but as offset to this it
must be taken into consideration that
the Yale team was slow in develop
, ment and did not rise to full strength
until within the past ten days.
| Starting with a comparatively light
| weight squad and few veterans or
stars, the Eli eleven has played by fits
and starts all season. At times the
Heading combination has shown flash
es of really brilliant football only 10
slump into play which fell below the
caltbre of a high school team. Care
fully drilled in the fundamentals of
the game, a strong defense was early
| developed, which later appeared to be
entirely forgotten. The offensive
play of the team during the Septem-
Der and October months was the
weakest shown by a Yale team in
years, and improvement in this res
pect has been slow during the past
few weeks. Under the new coaching
system. with Howard Jones in charge,
/ Ia 6fi6 has
injury list unusually heavy. Several
of the leading candidates, including
Cornish, the varsity quarterback,
have been obliged to retire for the
season. Held to no-score ties by
Maine and Washington and Jefferson,
and defeated by Colgate, the Blue has
| continued it's policy of developing
slowly but surely for the games with
| Princeton and Harvard. The sue
cess or failure of the Yale season Is
based on the showing made in these
two games, and Eli supporters hold
that the coaching policy will be vim
dicated in the game here to-day
Princeton players and adherents
hold an entirely different view of the
/ outcome of the game, just as their
early season coaching and play diff
fers from that of the Blue The tt
gers were far more fortunate in the
matter of material at the beginning OF
the autumn. There were number
of heavy line candidates and several
lheet-footed backs, and as a result the
coaches adopted the plan of buiIdine
a team about these backs The brunt
of the scoring fell upon Captain Ba-
ker and Hne-p1unger STREET. Sc
long as the Princeton line could hold
the charges of the opponents the plan
worked will and Princeton marched
forward unchecked until it met Dart
mouth. On a water-soaked field the
Hanover team swept the Tiger line
men off their feet and upset the backs
repeatedly in their tracks, finally win
ming by a score of to 0.
| Realizing that the system in use die
not secure the full effectiveness of the
team strength there was a radica
shift following the Dartmouth game
and week later Princeton ran UP 9
score of 50 to against Holy Cross
scoring seven touchdowns by five
lplayers, seven goals, one field goa
and one sofety when a Holy Gross
player was thrown behind his owr
line. The fact that Yale had scored
but 10 to 0 and Harvard At to +
against Holy Cross previously, helped
to raise the hopes of the Princeton
clan and the showing made agains
the powerful Harvard eleven last Sat.
urday has caused the Orange ant
Black brigade to revice the old sons
of which the burden of refrain is
For this is Princeton's year to WIN
The probable lineup and physica
statistics of the elevens are as fol
lows
YALE.
Player and Position Weight Ag,
Avery, Left End 164 ..
Talbot, Left Tackle. 19O g
Way, L@aft Guard .18G 2;
Mart1ng, Center t--....- 177 2