Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-09
BALLIN'S WORK IS
PRINCETON SOLACE
Playing of Tigers Captain
Stood Out in Bold Relief
on Defense.
HARVARD TEAM IS GREAT

forth like beacon light through the
almost iTnpenetrable gloom at Prince
ton today was the great work Of
Captain Ballin against Harvard %
Saturday. Princeton's defeat was q
crushing reverse. The most pessi-
mistic Of her supporters did not lool
for 20 TO score. Until the Last
minute he stuck, fighting gamely, IN
til the whistle ended all hopes Of the
Tigers making point
The critics who saw the game sa9
that the Tigers defense was again
iamsntabiy weak They put forth
the argument that the forwards on
the Orange and Black football ma
chine seemed to be lacking in thsf
football sense and alertness which
has characterized the work OF other
teams from old Nassau. Harvard
using what might be termed CLOSE
passing" performed the trick SO
cleveriy as a sleight-of-han ma.
gician's, and II seemed that the
Crimson backs were carrying a hid
den ball most of the time HardwicK
and Trumbull, giving their backs
wonderful support, ripped into TIE
Tiger line again and again, but there
was a lack Of cohesion.
Tiger Line Lem<ntabir Weak.
The blame for the Tiger defeat is
placed almost entirely on the Prince
ton line. Princeton did not have the
ball often enough 10 show any real
stuff on the offense. Coach Percy
Haughton, of the Harvard board.
says that It was evidently Prince
toms system TO kick on the FIRST CT
second down until she gained pos
session of the ball In midfield. This
system failed utterly against the
great superior punting of Mahan
whose efforts were better than those
Of briggs and Law. Twice Princeton
with the bali within the striking zone
of the enemies goal line, failed b.
fumbling. Princeton fumbles were
nowhere nearly SO frequent as Har-
ward slipups. but Harvard was more
fortunate In recovering the pigskin
What little luck there was in the
game seemed TO play with Harvard
on two occasions when the ball might
have bounded over the Tiger goa
line on punts. but took fiendish hops
and worked TO Princeton's disad-
vantage.
Princeton's line seemed TO be dazed
and all at sea on the defense Cap
tain Ballin, with a born football in
tuition, and that innate ability 70
outguess an opponent through some
little move which tips of a play. was
wonderfully strong on the defense
His work almost assures him the
retention of his place on the ALI
American team again next year.
Highley, hitherto a second string
man for Princeton, was wonderfuliy
fleet in getting down under punts
but the Tiger punts were not what
they should have been or what they
have been. Failure to get the ball
out OF the danger zone proved costly
on at least one occasion. Once Ma
han had kicked his first field goal the
Tigers were fighting with a despera
tion that hurt their chances. In their
anxiety to perform feats that might
be termed superhunan. they fell be
low their own standard.
Harvard's showing In the Princefon
game, although II was better than
most Of its supporters have expected
was not altogether encouraging 10
the coaching staff One fault in par
ticular which Haughton Is determined
to correct is that of fumbling
Against the Tigers the Harvard
backs dropped punts frequently. and
only the best of luck prevented theIf
opponents from turning the errors te
advantage. The inability of the Har-
ward backs TO hang on TO the punts
was a fault that cropped out IN
expectedly, for in the early season
hardly an error Of that kind was
committed.
All the players came out of the
Princeton game without injury. and
the squad stands intact, except for
the absence of Brickley and Soucy
The slashing offense of the present
Crimson back field on Saturday was
so satisfactory that the faint hope OF
Captain Brickley TO get into the Yale
game to do some rushing now ap-
pears fainter than ever. He is still
confident OF getting into the Anal con
test to make drop kick, however.
Hinksy Saw the Game.
Frank Hinkey. the head coach a.
Yale. saw the Princeton Harvard
game from the press box. He ad-
mitted that the strength of the Har
ward attack surprised him, but he re-
fused TO compare the Harvard team
with the Yale eleven. Hinkey WAS
greatly interested in the delayed pass
and end around plays that the Grim
son uncovered against Princeton, and
he kept his eye on Francke. the new
fullback. who had improved go much
in the last two weeks.
How Tigers Were Beaten.
All told, Princeton made 80 yards
and two first downs in IS rush6s.
while Harvard rushed 50 times for
2s7 yards and l6 first downs Har-
ward punted % times for f44 yards
and ran the ball back on Princetoa's
punts 165 yards. The Tigers kicked
10 times for a total of s4s yards and
gained on runbacks 70 yards. The
Crimson tried three forward passes
| without success, while the New Jer-
sey eleven attempted s, on which
gained about II yards. Eleven FUN
bles were made, Harvard being cred