New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-14
Everything Points to Vic
tory for the Blue, but Not
Without a Fight.
LACK OF OFFENCE
WEAKNESS OF TIGERS
Comparison of Players Points TO
Greater Strength in Backheld
for Frank Hinkey'S Team.
Bv HERBERT.

nndS Princeton as ualN0IU uiN y"
Saturday. The players were dead on
their feet. and they will be a different
lot next Saturday. We are counting
on our usual hard game.
No doubt there Is much truth IN inns
ANALYSIS OF the Princeton team 5 al
most uncouth appearance against har-
ward at Cambridge last Saturday. put
10 strikes me that the Tigers Will nave
10 show much more than mere ire ana
dash 20 beat Yale IN the new Palmer
Stadium before Al 200 men ana women
~ Princeton this afternoon
One week. or really only four days
IS much too short time TO equip a
football eleven with the necessary OIL
fensive power. and this power was SO
palpably lacking against Dartmouth
and Harvard, and even against VIII
iams. that il does not seem reasonable
to believe that the drive and scoring
punch is there by the ordinary methods
Of q straight running attack combined
with the passing game
Princeton Defence Strong.
Princeton has strong defence. OF
that ] feel convinced. even though IL
was badly split and made TO look com
,nonplace against HarvaTds sharp ana
varied offence week ago. The APP
parent lifelessness Of the men and the
seeming panicky condition also con
tributed 10 a general weakening Inc
forwards were so constantly out
charged and so easily pulled out OF
position By quick tents OF the mar
ward backs that the defence lost al us
compactness and sOhdlty. Tale, now
ever. will not find a paper line TINS
afternoon, unless perchance the lgeIs
have failed 10 prepare the proper de-
fence for the wide open lateral pass
ing game which Frank Hinkey and ms
assistants have developed at Ne"
Haven.
without the proper weapons for scor-
ing points will avail little if Yale IS so
strong as indications have pointed IN
two or three games this year and IN
the secret practice which ! was PRIV
Dered 10 see last Tuesday ! agree
with DR.. Bull that the Tigers VIII
come back from their crushing defeat
and play something like the football
of which they are capable must be
capable-and yet ] do not see how the
Tigers can rally enough after showing
90 little against Harvard as TO save a
more or less disastrous season oy
victory over Yale.
For Two wears now the elevenS nave
plaved 10 a tie score in their annuai
meeting. but a decision OF some sorI IS
almost sure to be reached to-day. ne
Yale eleven. made up largely OF more
or less green material, is racing "H".
may be called its frst real test Id"A
Einkey has worked along new INES
and made more. so lar as can DC
iu,qed. of the wide open lateral pass
inc. emo than any other coach. There
viii be no lack OF boldness IN using
these PLAYS. either. and If they WORK
against q specially prepared defence
there is no telling how big q score the
Blue will run up.
Where Yale May he Strong.
Tbero * no rainsaving the fact that
the Yale defence has not been so roeA-
hound i'm some of the earlier games as
evnected II was easily broken down
and swept aside by the strong WASH
ington and jefferson eleven, and
showed clearly that 1t was far from
invulnerable against the Brown team
=, bieh. however. has come along fast
since the Cornell game and proved d
rocst worthy opponent. This may De
said however: Frank Hinkey has been
deyoting more time in the last TWO
weeks TO stiTening the defence, once
he had his attack running with reason
able smoothness. and 1t looked mighty
compact and strong to me last tues
dav against the varsity substitutes
Yale is pronounced faVorlte' nut
this is due largely TO Prlncetons poor
showing against Harvard, and as sara
before. too much stock must not be
tsken in what was seen at Cambridge.
After the many upsets and surprises
which have tumbled along this season
in almost an unbroken string, the man
who gives big odds is allowing his
sentiment to run away with ms better
Judgment. Yale ought to win at
Princeton this afternoon on such opln-
ions as can be formed from what has
gone before. but it is not likely to be
an easy conquest
Opposing Centres on Par.
When il comes TO a comparison OF
the players on each team. Princeton
does not suffer, except perhaps IN the
backfeld. Gennert, of Princeton, Is
wideawake centre, who seems 10 be
we'll IN 10 the average lie was more
conspicuous against Dartmouth than
against Harvard. but on the whole was
steady and reliable in both games.
White. Of Yale. is more or less OF an
unknown quantity. lie is a strong,
heavy fellow. with plenty Of aggreS-
siveness. and passes well, but on all
that has been seen there is niue 10
choose between them.
individually. Eddie Trenkmann
and Shenk, the Princeton guards,
stand out because of their proved
value over the Yale pair, Walden and
Conroy. both of whom are playing IN
their first big game. having been grad
uated from the freshman eleven OF last
year Trenkmann has keen nose
for the ball and is remarkably fast
and aggressive. while Sheuk earned
place on the All-America team IN 1912
The Yale pair have all the quallhca-
tons necessary for good guards, but
their greenness and more or less in
experience may prove a handicap
against two such finished players as
Princeton boasts.
BALM a Host in Himself
Captain BALM, Of Princeton, was a
host in himself against Harvard, and
his dashing, brilliant work IN that
game will never be forgotten. II
seemed almost as if he did fully half
the tackling for his team, while his
quick diagnosing of plays and sharp
following Of the ball were pleasure
10 watch. Mclean, his running mate
AT the other tackle, also is capable
nlaver. but was not quite himself
against Harvard Opposed TO these
will be Captain Talbot, Of Yale, one of
The hest tackles developed in recent
vesrs. i'm my opinion. and Belts. who,
while highly promising, is lacking IN
experience He earned first call over