New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
Little Chance for Either Team
TO Score on a Straight
Running Attack.
DEFENCE OF BOTH COMPACT
Individual Comparison Favors
the Tigers, Particularly at
the Tackles and Ends,
or So II Seems.
BY HERBERT.


che football elevens Of Yale and Prince
ton. o,e
The more one reasons, the more one
searches for something on when 10 mans
n reasonable conclusion the worse u'o
100 becomes. In my opinion neither
scam has shown enough strength ana con-
tinuitv in the running attack 10 score ny
straight rushing. OF the two. Yale mas
shown flashes of the greater power par
tjcplarly for few moments against COZ
kRate TO which the Blue bowed, but the OF
fence has lacked consistency and, on the
whole. the much needed scoring punch
The Tigers have played their TWO DIE
games on soggy, Shiny fields, which OF
NECESSITY slowed up the play. Against
dartmouth the attack, such as SHOWN
was weak and impotent; against Harvard
two weeks later and just week ago. IL
was improved 80 per cent, ana proved
ksairlv effective in midfeld, but powerless
to cope against the Crimson defence once
the formations were solved. or once IN
the danger zone. It IS told that Princeton
depends largely on speed and precision
/ for it's running attack, and, of course, its
full power can be shown only on a helu
where the footing is good, but this can DE
accepted without carrying much weight
as the same also is being said Of Yale
Both Teams Strong on Defence.
Both elevens have built up strong de-
fence. Yale has showed this all the sea-
son. with the possible exception OF the
Colgate game, when three or four good
3udRes tell me the men were dead on
their feet" and plainly overworked' II not
stale. from over training, and when three
or four substitutes were in the lineup
princeton showed il in the struggle with
Harvard. when what has been generally
considered the strongest and smoothest
running attack developed this year was
broken and torn asunder. except for a
spasmodic gain here and there, and BrlcK-
iey's long run of sixty yards, after slip
ping through a hole. in the centre, "hen
through a ruse the backs In the secondary
line OF defence were drawn out Of posi-
ton.
Under the circumstances. then, the out
come of the game must hinge on superior
fly in punting. drop kicking. development
0f the open game in which forward passes
tredominate, eternal vigilance In follow
ing the ball 10 take advantage of fun
BILE. or the off chance which crops up so
often in latter day. football. There is
mighty little nourishment for sooth-
sayer in all this.
II has been said many times since the
so-callcd new rules nave been in practice
No punting games; no chance" This
is true in a measure, and IL is quite pos
sible that the punting Of Knowles may
turn the tide toward Yale, or at least
furnish more opportunities for an assault
on the goal posts by the drop kicks Of
Guernsey. or possibly even Hal Pumpelly
If his leg is strong enough TO allow him
10 go into the game for a few minutes,
which seems likely.
Knowles a Good Punter.
Next to Curtis. of Dartmouth. Knowles
Beems to be the best punter Of the lead
ing college elevens, but Law. of Prince
ton. did so we'll with a wet and heavy
ball when Under fire in the big game for
The first time against Harvard that II
strikes me that he will more than hold
his own when 1t comes to punting, both
Captain "Hobey'' Baker is a reasonably
bure drop kicker under ordinary conditions
and quite as likely 10 score for the Tigers
Ia this way rs any man Yale can boast
His failures in the Harvard game cannot
be charged against him. Even Charley
Brickley himself whose goal from the
field brought victory to his team and de-
feat for Princeton, admitted frankly that
fortune smiled on him in kicking the
heavy, slippery ball squarely between the
posts.
punter is borne out then another peg on
which to hang a prediction is broken off
and the foundering n asst go on.
Yale has one advantage, possibly, that
must be considered. The Tigers were
forced to show what in all probability
was the full power Of their running at
tack from various shift formations
against Harvard, whereas the Blue has
not uncovered as yet its pet formations,
or at least such is the surmise. Yale,
then. should be better prepared to stop
the Princeton attack.
Here again, however, there is likely 10
be a little surprise, and for this reason.
The Tigers, possibly were not able to
show their full hand against the Crimson,
particularly in the use of the open game
and forward passes, because of the unfa-
vorable conditions, and they may have
something in reserve for Yale along the
lines that have made Dartmouth. Penn
sylvania and the Indians feared this year.
Still. Yale is more strongly intrenched in
the possible use Of mystifying formations.
Tigers Favored in the Line.
individually, in my opinion. a COMPARE
son of the teams favors Princeton, and
this might count more than usual because
of the fact that the Yale elsven has been
so unsettled right up to the eve of the
struggle. one may say, that the smooth
ness Of team effort may not prove an
offset.
At centre Marting most aggressive
player. should hold his own against Eddie
Trenkman, and, so far as can be judged,
there is not much to choose between the
guards, Sermons and Swart. of Prince
ION, and Captain Ketcham and Pendleton,
for Yale. although if anything the ad-
vantage lies with the Blue because of the
wide range and general scope of Ketch-
ans play. Still it must be remembered
that Pendleton is a tackle and conse-
quently new at guard play.
In the tackle positions, however another
story must be told. as BALM and Phillips