Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-10
PRINCETON. TRAINS
TOBEAT BULLDOG
Much to Accomplish in a Very
Short Space for Yale
Test.
ELS LOSE HIGGINBOTHAM

Princeton's tanned Tiger retSrned
to its lair yesterday. It's hide intact.
but its pride badly wounded. The
Tiger football men had two days IL
which to recover from the smart and
sting Of Harvard's terrible attack
Princeton's team viii waste no time
IN "eulogizing' on the obsequies per
formed Saturday at Cambridge The
Tigers must do some tall football
training this week to pass the test
that Yale viii put TO the Orange and
Black four days from now. Hope
springs eternal in the human breast
and Princeton is not yet mourning
over a Yale victory.
I The Princetonians had rested for
two days at Lenox, Mass, before
returning TO their home field. The
] Tigers fell down and fell hard on
! Saturday, but the big feline il not
crying over split milk. The line needs
z lot Of drilling. The taekling on
Saturday was again high and ineffec-
+ tive in spite Of the long rehearsal
with the scrubs and dummy last
/ week Special stress viii be laid Oh
this weakness and long and gruelling
drilling will be on the program every
day this week.
/ Yale Team in Signal Drill
Every frst-string Yale player wac
! on hand yesterday for practice. ant
all except Higginbotham and Von
+ Holt were in the signal lineup. i
was announced that there IS no chance
OF uigginbotham getting into the
Princeton game. His ankle has not
] fully gained its strength Ven Holt Is
: only possibility for part of the game
as reserve or tackle. A small bone
/ In his wrist was broken five weeks
ago.
Carl Belts was shifted to right
tackle, displaeing Chubb Sheldon.
Belts improved rapidly during the
t three weeks he had Captain Talbotf's
! berth at left tackle. and 1t is about ar
even chance between him and Sheldon
for the place on the right wing.
Captain Talbot played throughout
the practice, and the rush line sent
into the scrimmage was the same as
| that which faced Brown, with the ex-
ception of right tackle.
Back Field I'm Action.
Behind the line the big four. Aleck
| Wilson. Ainsworth, lie Gore and
Knowles, took its place for the signal
work. but all retired when scrinlmag
1 ing began. Scovii replaced both
Ainsworth and Wilson during the sig
nal rehearsal.
/ The coaches have not absO1ute1y
settled upon the back field. as Knowles
and Wilson are not quite in their best
i form. Yesterday marked the reap
pearance of Wilson in the lineup.
after a three weeks rest. and
! Knowles. after an enforced vacation
of five days. The back field Sc ected
included MacLeish, White, Bentley
and Guernsey Bentley gave excep-
tional promise at the opening OF fbe
season, bat was slightly injured aslH
only recently returned to the selfad
after his lay-off.
Improved playing by Brann ane
Stfllman, the varsity ends. relieved ths
coaches minds somewhat These pc
sitions have been the weakest Of any
on the team.
Tigers Get = Welcome.
Twelve hundred Princeton under
graduates marched TO the station e
welcome the returning football team.
Despite the defeat the team sustained
at Cambridge, there was no evidence
of any failure OF student support. and
Captain BALM and his men were
cheered to the echo Actual work il
preparation for the game with the
Ellis next Saturday will begin on Uni
versity Field today The coaches
! have a strenuous program mapped
out for Wednesday and Thursday,
| There is no feeling Of encouragement
over the showing against Harvard
and the team Is expected to give Yale
the hardest kind of a fight.