Evening star., 1914-11-12
Princeton Likely to Make Bet
ter Showing Against Dark
Blue Than Expected.
CORNELL TEAM EXPECTS
VICTORY OVER MICHIGAN
1thacans Confident Because of
Splendid Record of Their
Eleven Recently.
BY H. C, BYRD.

Princeton and Yale hold the center
OF the foot ball stage this week. The
Tigers viii meet in their own lair
eleven that admittedly is the most ac-
complished Yale has had in years, and
they will play the Dark Blue after one
Of the poorest showings a PRINCETON
team has ever made in Il contest with
Harvard.
The odds undoubtedly favor Yale, Yet
it would not be IL great surprise. by
any means, if Princeton were to come
through with u remarkably well play
cd gdme-a much better one. in fact.
than is generally looked for. In real
Ity, Princeton may be expected to do
Il whole lot better work than it accom-
plished against the Crimson, and an
other mediocre exhibition Will be a
greater surprise than a splendid per-
iormance- Princeton has the material
for = great eleven. 1t was stated by
the coaches that never before iii years
had there been such an array of play
ers from Aom to select Il competent
team, and yet as far as the first really
big Same-one of TWO games for which
Princeton really carcs-was concerned
the eleven proved Il dismal failure Let
the right spirit be working and the
team be directed i'll the right manner
there is no reason why the Tigers
should not come fast this week and de-
Nelop into a machine capable of giving
Y ale u terrific struggle Saturday.
Yale probably will go to Princeton
rather confident to the result. The
Dark Blue has played consistently all
aSon, though 1t has lost to one school
Washington and jefferson. Its at
tack has not been totally solved by any
OF TIE elevens it has faced, and it is
counting on its lateral passing style
gaming much ground against the I'll
gers Yale also has a powerful set of
backs-backs who can plunge their
way down field for the last 80 or 40
yards for d score with great consis-
telcy.
Yale will start the contest a great
favorife. but the chances are that
Princeton viii give it more of a battle
than IL eXpects-that is, unless the Ii
gers have become more or less disor-
sGnized by the constant nagging of a
mu- titude of coaches who do about as
much harm as good, despite their well
meant efforts. This is not likely to be
the case, though, as press reports have
1t that practically the entire staff of
graduate coaches has been relegated
to the side lines for the last few days,
or since the crushing defeat at the
hands of Harvard.
If Princeton is defeated by Yale all
eyes will then center on the Harvard
Yale game, November II, in the Yale
bowl the largest athletic stadium in
America In this connection it is in
" iIotS dD OplnlOH advanced
by Fob Folwell, coach of the Washing
ton and jefferson team, which played
the CRIMSON and the Dark Blue Fol-
Well seems to think there is little diff
terence in the strength of the two
squads, though there is one little fact
that he appears to have overlooked
that Harvard did not have its best
eleven in the game against Washington
ana jefferson, several regulars being
on the side lines, and Yale did ANY,
way. here is what Folwell has to say
AS a result of the two games in
which W. and ]. met Yale and Harvard.
have come to the conclusion that
there is little to choose between the
two teams. Harvard showed the result
OF being an older team, more familiar
with its work, well drilled and well
trained. Yale, on the other hand, is
newer team, with a more advanced
game of foot ball, and well. drilled ac-
cordingly.
Harvard put up a stronger defense
against our team, while Yale showed a
faster and more dashing offense Both
teams We're powerful and showed the
enects Of good coaching, being far su-
perior to any teams we have playad
against in the last two years. Their
hghting spirit is invincible being
prominent at all times and always to
be admired.
w. and J. was weakened by the loss
of two of her best men against Har-
ward, and had her full team in the field
against Yale If we had played as well
against 1dfNarO as We did in the Yale
game, j think that the result would
have been greatly different. AS it was
we showed better form than Yale. while
Harvard showed up better than did W.
and j. The Yale game, however. was
marred by frequent fumbles on the
part of the w. and J. Backs
No game is scheduled to be PLAYED here
Saturday. The Maryland Agricultural
College and Georgetown have off days
in their list, while Gallaudet and Cath
oiic University play on foreign fields
The Brooklanders are to go to Carlisle
to meet Dickinson, and Gallaudet is to
appear at Chester, Pa, where it is to
go into conflict with the Pennsylvania
Military College.
Dickinson ought to be the victor
over Catholic University, unless the lat
ter makes a whole lot better showing
than II did against Delaware College
Gallaudet is not likely to be much
troubled in winning from the Pennsyl-
vania school unless the latter is much
stronger than two weeks ago, when it
was defeated by st, Johns College by
80 to 0.
Washington and Jefferson. which
plays Georgetown here next week, is