Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-13
PRINCETON AND YALE TODAY
Sons Of Eli Not Certain Eleventh.
Hour Rally Will Be Strong
Enough to Win. !
PRINCETON TEAM IS CONFIDENT

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, NOV. h-Wheh
the Princeton and Yale foot ball elevens
meet on the gridiron here tomorrow Il
will be for the forty-first game between
the representative teams OF these uni
versities. The series dates back to 1873,
but II has brought the Ellis and Tigers
together annually without interruption
since 1876, when foot ball was adopted as
an American college sport Last year
the battle was waged at Princeton and
marked the opening of the Palmer mo
mortal STADIUM there. This year the
Tigers az a team will have their first
glimpse OF the vastness OF the Yale bowl
from the whitewashed lines In the center J
of the big field. which was dedicated a
year ago when Harvard defeated the Eli
eleven, 30 to 0.
With additional seating capacity fur
nished by temporary stands built around
the top of the structure last year. It was
estimated that nearly 5000 persons saw
the Harvard-Ysle struggle. the receipts
for which amounted to $4,000. This year.
however there will be no extra stands
erected, but judging from the advaDs>-
sale and requests for reservations 5000
attendance Is assured for tomorrow's
battle.
Princeton Has strong Team.
The Princeton schedule brought one
strong team after another to the Tiger
lair and each in turn was sent away de-
feated in a most decisive manner. George
town, Rutgers, Syracuse, Lafayette and
Dartmouth all fell before the charges OF
the Orange and Black, and 1t was not
until Harvard was met last Saturday that
the powerful Princeton eleven found an
opponent worthy of it's steel. Against
the Crimson the Nassau team showed
strong defense and q powerful and bril-
liant offense, with the result that the
adherents of the New Jersey university
look forward with unusual confidence TO
the meeting with the Bulldog tomorrow
In the Yale camp uncertainty reigns In
place Of the feeling of victory, which in
past years has been the portion OF the
Blue. The Eli eleven is just completing
one OF the most disastrous seasons In the
history of the gridiron game at Yale.
Coaching difficulties upset the entire
squad during the early period of training.
and defeat at the hands of the so-called
minor college elevens swept away the
traditional confidence which has always
been Yale's foot ball birthright. Vlr-
ginia, washington and Jefferson and Col
gate all defeated the Blue by one-sided
scores.
shakeup of Yale Squad.
The situation finally became so unsat-
isfactory to the undergraduate and alumni
bodies that drastic measures were taken
to remedy the unsettled foot ball condi-
lions. A hurry call was sent out to a
number of former gridiron stars to come
back and attempt the task OF whipping
the Blue into something like the old Yale
foot ball form. for the Princeton and
Harvard games. With Tom Shevlin in
the lead the graduates took hold with a
vim. and the result of the first week
of coaching under the new system was
shown in the marked improvement Of
the eleven against the strong Brown
team
Whether this eleventh-hour rally has
sufficient impetus to carry the Yale
eleven to victory over Princeton remains
to be demonstrated, but II IL certain that
the Bulldog will put up a stiff battle
against the Tiger when the old rivals
meet in the bowl this afternoon. Prince
ton presents one of the best trained and
coached combinations that has come out
of Ttgerland in some years, and when
the season records of the two teams are
compared 1t Is not strange that the
Orange and Black should be a favorite
over the Blue. Still the Yale fighting
spirit is heritage handed down from
class to class. and the Ellis have turned
apparent defeat into victory at Prince
toms expense more than once.
The records of the annual games since
1873 show that Yale has won tweaty-oa,
games to Princeton's ten, while nine con
tests have resulted in ties. In point scor.
ing also. Yale leads, having amassed a
total Of SS2 points to Princeton's IT.
The probable lineup follows:
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