Norwich bulletin., 1914-11-07
POWERFUL ELEVENS MEET TODAY
Harvard Meets Princeton in Their Annual ContestNeier Team Has Been Beaten This Season -Intessectional Struggle Between the Army and West Point = Yale Clashes With Brown

r 1 Unusual uncertainty surrounds tn outcome of the leading football game 1 10 be played in the east today Al 1 most without exception, the principa 1 university elevens face opponent,
 whose records tl1is season warrant tn, pIeolctlon Of exceedingly hard fought | eioSe contests. The feature games O Lne day include the annual Harvard Princeton contest at Cambridpe ant tle inter sectional struggle betweeI
 the Army and Notre Dame at Wcs Folnt.k The interest will not center eIitlreiy around these gridiron battles however, for the smaller college team.
 appear to be most evenly matched an6 the possibilities for upsets extend from l list. eAAA
 Undefeated EIevens Meet.
 The meeting of Harvard and
 Prlneeton brings together the only tive or the so-called big five teams thai have not as yet met defeat rnon tI7s football field this fall. Although Yale Eennsylyania and Cornell have all lost
 one or more games this season. the
 crimson and the Tigers have managed
 lo staVe off this disaster, though the
 margin IS extremely narrow, since each
 has been held to a tie game during fine
 past four weeks. Neither team has
 played mutual opponent, but all in-
 creations point to the eIeyens heinz
 well matched in the various depart-
 ments of the game. Both will he ren. resented upon the field by physically nt consultations from which few. if any, regulars will be missing.
 f1acn eleven has played six xames IIlls season, winning five and tying one. Tn $50 minutes of play Princeton has scored lS points and used Al players
 Harvard has scored 131 points in ROO minutes. using 124 players. The Tigers nave defeated Rutgers, Bucknell and Layfayette by shutout scores. Syraeusa 1Z to and Dartmouth Is to 12. while
 Williams earned a to ' tie. Early IT, the season Harvard romped tbrouet1 bates and Springfield, but just scratched a 10 to victory over Wash lngton and Jefferson. Tufts was de- Leated Is to 6, and then PennsyIv.ar ris state held to 13 to 13 tie, following to o. an f.rt ~ appears certain, regardIess of the tdct that a number of Yale scouts will pc Tn the Harvard stadium on SatI,r- oay, that both teams will have to nJsv d high class game and probably cali t t-i1o dctloh several trick plays in order Lo score. Just how these scores will pc made or which will prove the win ner Is beyond the average forecaste,. put potn Harvard and Princeton are equipped with splinded broken fie1d ], runners, forward passers and dron n4chefs, ana victory may come tT1yourrT, any one or these methods of advance m actual field goals scored. Princeton leads the Crimson. which sorely rnissez GtIa captain Brickley in this department oS | -ns game. In forward passing HaT- ZSrds Y attack is not as Spectacular as me Tlgezs' but more certain. TTnlasS 9anan sI IS at his best. the Tigers bacI- leld IS likely to outshfne Harvard v, Jpen gen neld runs. but this advantara i mould mould be offset Dy the line plunring -piliiv or the Cambridge backs.
 West Point vs- Notre Dam.
 At vest Point. Etle cadets will en- eayor- to reverse the B to 1s yictorxi lleo up by Notra Dame last vear 1f ne weFtsrn eleven has prof1ted ax esuit ot It's experience and defeef st ne hands of Yale three weeIs sgo nls may not be easily accomnIizhsS pa the Notre Dame team showed +Ieet was was q very powerful aggrerafio,, aI nough lacking in the generaIsFfn and actlcs necessary to hold the sF;Iis ja neck; Proper coaching and prsrtif.s iay nave improved the V7esfey-n ,,,,. nIne To considerable extent s;nc. e1 'c, IT. and if this is true inc arr,e%, . III nave a hard struggle on it's hends pr aside from the defeat of Rufgey-s f