New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03

may be the needed spur.
! Almost a metamorphosis will have to
/ be worked by Andrews, Bluethenthal'
Eddie Hart and the other Princeton
coaches if the Tigers are to defeat the
| Harvard eleven. The radical changes
made last week indicated a full realiza-
/ ton of the needs. while the play IN
! beating Holy Cross by score OF Oh
! to 0 appeared to establish their value
| That mud strife with Dartmouth may
! have been altogether misleading, but II
| is hard TO see how an offence, so I'M
| potent against the men from Hanover
! can be developed which will be powerIui
| enough or varied enough to pierce the
| Crimson defences. one thing is sure, the
! Tigers are not likely 10 reach the striK-
ing point for scoring purposes on the
brand of punting shown against DART
mouth, unless perchance on tumble oy
! opponents, and If the rushing game also
| falls short nothing but another Sam
White can save Princeton from defeat
1t has been said, and with reason, that
the Princeton adaptation of the Mime
sofa shift is worse than useless on
slippery, sosgy field. II is a fact, now
ever that the value of these shifts mas
been neutralized to a large extent. ana
| they are not likely TO be as effective. even
| on a dry field. as a year ago. 1t would
not be surprising if Harvard stopped the
Princeton backs on the Minnesota shift
practically at the line Of scrimmage four
out of five times, so that il behooves the
coaches to give their good backs other
weapons and a more varied attack. This
no doubt will be done. and it is quite
! possible that a far different princeton
team will be seen against Harvard than
was so clearly outplayed by Dartmouth
| It is not going too far to say that IN
/ divIdually the football men who wear the
! Orange and Black are well up TO the
/ standard. Phillips and BALM are Just
about the equal of any pair Of tackles on
| the gridiron, while HOBBY Baker, STREET
| and Click are backs that would be a
credit to any eleven. Trenkmann, at CEN
! tire, strikes me as being above the aver
age. while the guards are fair and the
ends quite as good as. If not better than,
|
recent years. 1t comes down, then, TO
question of method, and the coaches
must accept the responsibility If the team
is not properly equipped. Fortunately
the right spirit is plainly emphasized at
Princeton, and this is half the battle
There were no alibis or vain regrets for
the defeat by Dartmouth. Credit was
= freely given in a sportsmanlike way, and
J then everybody settled down TO work
| harder than ever in an effort 10 correct
the faults which cropped out and to build
stronger.
One is often misled by seeing player
in action in occasional games, but have
often been favorably impressed with
Stew" Bakers work at quarterback
While not particularly snowy, he has
seemed to have many Of the necessary
qualities for driving a team. The radical
| change then, made last week. of moving
| Click to quarterback came as a surprise
The latter, am told, has had much ex-
perience in the position when schoolboy,
and showed it against Holy Cross on Sat
urday. 1t is quite possible, then, that he
may be able to get better results, although
il seems rather late in the season TO make
such an important move. One thing is
sure: In talking with a couple Of Prince
ton men On Friday the feeling was strong
that great strides had been taken in the
last few days.
! While Harvard and Princeton are fight
ing it out, four or five other games OF
much interest will be played next Satur-
day. The Brown team has been improy-
ing, but will hardly give Yale the needed
test. Pennsylvania and Dartmouth, how
ever, will engage in what promises TO be
a battle royal, and it looks TO me as IL
the men from Hanover would add another
scalp to their belt. The Dartmouth eleven
has been well moulded and there are
power and stability in both line and back
field. Cornell faces another hard game
against Michigan. the outcome of which
is much in doubt. 1t will have an added
interest, as on the following Saturday
Pennsylvania goes out TO Ann Arbor 10
face Yost's men, and some line Will be
furnished for that annual Thanksgiving
Day game between the Quakers and Cor
nell.
The leaven is working. -Four schoolboy
elevens which will play at Ebbets Field
tomorrow will adopt my pet hobby of
numbering the players. Let the good
work go on.
That reminds me that the Washington
and jefferson team. which played Yale to
a no-score tie on October 25 adopted this
plan to identify the players. On the
muddy field the numbers were obliterated
| after the first few minutes, and this has
been used by one or two as an argument
against the plan. This is no argument at
all Most football games are played on a
dry field. The Washington and Jefferson
eleven has done something to command
attention and respect beyond playing
fine brand of football.
Michigan played havoc with Syracuse
and Notre Dame fairly smothered the
Army. Some teams in the Middle West
DIR. Harry Williams, coach Of the Min
nesota eleven, answered his critics by a
Il TO defeat of Wisconsin.
Perhaps Princeton men can find some
hope for the future In the following
! scores Harvard, AZ, Holy Cross, Z; Yale,