Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-04
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 DEFEAT PRINCETON Crimson Piayerss if Werislns Right, 2 VIII AanbIs the Fighting Tiaers.

should win against the Princeton
 - it. would be utter folly te claim that
 the Crimson team of this year Is In a l class with the Harvard array of 1914. The graduation of such men as Hard I wick. Pennock, Bradlee, FraniFe, Trunhuli, Logan and Coolidge eonsti- I tuted loss that even Harvard, with Its immense student body and long, tsstabiished football system. could net expect to altogether offset,
 l Tigers No Stronger.
 It would be equally foolish to claim ! that the Tiger eleven, despite Its re-
 markable record. Is any greater than l the Tiger eleven of last year. for the ETigera also were dealt somewhat severe blow when the recent gradua- 1 tion exercises removed from further I athletic competition such men as ex- Captain Ballin,- Schenk and TrenkmRn, while scholastic difficulties. lost to the Tiger. team such a promising lineman as Bigler. | Harvard, with its immense student body and long established football sys- | tenn, should produce, even under ad- verse circumstances. a reasonably fine ] team, and a reasonably fine team built around Eddie Mahan, the greatest backfield man and all-round star Har- yard ever boasted; should prove much better than the Harvard team of 1915 has proven thus far this season. Princeton. with a smaller student body and brand new football system, on the other hand. tackles a difficult task when it. attempts to rebuild a team af- ter losing four of its best men and gaining very little in the shape of new candidates. st.
 To date the Harvard play, has been all Mahan, and save for a flash or two from three or four of his teammates. he has been doing things alone. If Eddie has worked we'll. Harvard has made good showing. If Eddie met reverses. as he did in the Cornell game, Harvard looked very bad. So it has gone all year, and there are not few Harvard men who are wondering if the team as a whole is working to its best ability behind the Crimson captain
 Backing None Too. Strong.
 It would be unfair to take credit from members of the Harvard team who nave been striving to the best of their ability to back their captain. Harte, Parson. Gilman, Rollins and, more recently, Robinson and Boles, have done excellent work in many of the games. and seem to be working their hardest most of the time. The remaining members of the lineup may have worked their hardest, and 1t would be equally unfair to discredit these men. but if such has been the case, their best is nothing much to brag about and such best will not beat the Tiger.
 The Tiger team of this year boasts only one man who did not play fin the Harvard game last year. The two Tiger guards who are taking the places of Trenkman and Schenk were 1914 substitutes. The one new man is Kaufman, the Tiger tackle who is taking Ballin's place, who was a mem- Der of the 1914 freshman team Other wise the Tiger team is the same as that which started the Harvard game last season
 Those who saw the 1914 game saw only one man on Princeton who stood out as a star. That man was ex-Cap- tain Ballin. who in the first 23 plays started against his team made r of the tackles. Ballfn and his tackling the only Tiger gain has been it's new coaching system. -=
 Had Good Defence.
 The Princeton team of this year is good defensive eleven so far as its line from tackle to tackle, and one member of it's backf1eId is concerned. Aside from that its only assets are substitute fullbacks, the drop-kicking ability of one of its halfbacks and the pronounced ability of the team to follow the ball.
 Princeton has shown no ability to carry the ball. Princeton's ends are
 
 kind of interference. The Princeton team, as whole, is one that should be beaten by the Harvard eleven pro- viding the Crimson team gives it's best support to its star captain and directs It's attack largely at or around the Princeton ends.
 At Cambridge they say that the liar ward team is coming along in fine shape: that the unevenness Of it's line charge is being strengthened. and that MaI I,F teaming together in forming the best possible interference. while Robinson, who showed so conspiciousIy- for Har- ward in the recent Penn State game is bringing to the quarterback position the generalship and punt handling quality that has been so conspiciously absent among other Harvard quarter backs.
 Such news is welcome by Harvard men and all who desire an honor po- sition for the Harvard team of 1915. If such qualities are to be carried through the practice of this week and then into the game of Saturday the success of the Harvard team in that Saturday, s, game can be assured.
 One Man to Fear.e I
 Driving the Harvard attack largely at or around the Princeton ends, liar ward backs will have but one really good defensive man to fear. after passing the Princeton line That man is Captain Click of the Tiger team, who carries a great football head on his shoulders and upon quickly sig ing a play he .un1oosens a. most savage tackling ability. With one member of the Harvard interference or line given the task of keeping Click out Of the play the Harvard offence should be reasonably sure. of substantial gains, while Mahan should be equal to the task of offsetting the bunting of Driggs. and Law and the tropkicking of Tibbott with his own good toe
 The probability that Parson and Gil- man will be at the tackle positions for Harvard in Saturdays game, is vel come news to- Harvard followers. and means that Harvard attacks outside of the Princeton tackle positions vii, be oil the more sure of success. Eith-s CT one. according to direction of tho Harvard attack, should work wei at the task of keeping Captain Click from showing his tackHng ability, and undoubtedly they will be seen in such capacities.
 t, Princeton hopes to win Saturdays game in fact many Princeton men areJ sure that Princeton will win that game. But if Harvard plays the game it should be capable of playinK and