Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-13
PRINCETON IS BEST BET
FORM PLAYERS PICK TIGER
TO TRIUMPH OVER BULLDOG
HnrsUrd Not Likely 10 Put Strongest
Combination AGAINST nrown-COr-
nell Should Hcnt Generals.

gricirons TO-DAY. In several cases it
Will he the final opportunity for com
the season OF 1915. Princeton will
close its pursuit OF rItskin glory with
the battle against it!c. and Michigan.
IN playinG Pennsylvania. writes in
importance include Harvard VS.. i2rIv'rt
Syracuse VS.. Colgate Cornell VS.. Wash
ington and Lee. and Dartmouth vs..
Bates.
New Haven will be the mecca Of the
football faithful. and while the Tiger
is generally favored 10 defeat the Bull
Dog. interest in the contest is exceed
ingly keen, since many look for Sem
sational last trench stand OH the part
of the Blue that may upset the seasons
form. There is nothing i'm the record
OF the present Yale eleven, however. to
indicate that it will be able TO over
throw it's rival from Princeton,
Except for Harvard. the Nassau team
has triumphed over all the comoina-
tons faced this fail, many Of them OF
more than ordinary football! prowess.
easy prey for college elevens which in
past years were hardly able TO furnish
the Ellis with warming UP exercise.
Considered solely on the showing
Princeton should rank An overwhelming
favorite. 1t is generally believed that
Princeton did not uncover the full
power of its attack in the game with
Harvard. The majority OF her often
sIvc plays were OF the simplest charac-
ter. and II is reasonable 10 SUPPOSE
that Coach Rush has not dropped the
type Of open play which his teams in
the Middle West used SO successfully.
one report is that the Tigers have more
than twenty varieties of the forward
pass which they. will use against Yale,
Unless the New Haven squad has
improved wonderfully under the coach
ing Of ShcVlin during the past two
weeks the Eli eleven is poorly equipped
to oppose the Tiger attacks. Unless
Shevlin and his assistants have worked
an eleventh hour er!diron miracle by
instillinS lighting spirit, complete co.
operation in attack, defense and inter-
Of strength, the Yale cause appears al
most helpless. For the Blue to rise
and defeat Frinceton to-day would he
the most sensational form upset Of
the football Year. 1t must not he for
gotten. however, that the Yale SQUAD
contains considerable high Glars ma
tcr!al, and has more than once defeated
Princeton when the Tiger appeared 10
locked in tie Nassau trophy room.
HARVARD NOT EXPECTED
TO USE STRONGEST TEAM
Harvard is not expected 10 send her
strongest team against Brown. and for
that reason the contest is likely To be
close and interesting. y year ago after
defeating Princeton, 20 10 .. the Grim
son with m eleven composed partly OF
substitutes. was held 10 scorclesS tie
by Brown. \ week later Harvard, with
her fun strength on the field swept
Yale off its feet by 4 So TO defeat. II
the Cambridge clan were TO send its
best team against Brown. which won
from Yale last Saturday, to ., IL would
furnish ground for comparing the
strength and ability OF the Blue and
Cornell faces a strong Southern team
in Washington and Lee. which has
made an excellent, record this fall, but
4, N ~ lfflS ,.h tIut
the players from below the Mason and
Dixon line viii he able to check the
victorious football career OF Cornell
While these two teams are locked to-
gcther in combat at Ithaca. Colgate
and Syracuse will be indulaing in a
battle royal Ut Syracuse. The two, IN
erful in the Eastern States. and APP
pear 10 he about evenly matched,
The Navy viii play Colby, which HIS
autumn, while the ARMY. has Maine
University as an opponent.
At Philadelphia the eleven" of Mich
igan and Pennsylvania VIII play their
annual intcrsectional contest and the
result is likely TO he in doubt until
the final moments of the game: Neither
team is of exceptional calibcr this
year.
Georgetown meets tho North Caro-
lima Aggics IN Washington IN game
bearing on the South Atlantic cham
pionship. Both teams have defeated
the Navy, the locals ? to and the
Aegies by u II to IL score Coaches
OF both teams reported last night that
all of their regulars probably would he
in condition. Gilroy, left half back
and star of the Georgetown eleven. in
jured recently. will be i'm the game,
and Georgetown followers expect his
ground gaining ability to he the de-
Gliding factor in their favor.
Other important games' In the East
are: Amherst at Williams, Bates at
Dartmouth, Dickinson at Carlisle. Penn
STATE At asaSe'S WeseSan az Nnw
more. Washington and Jefferson ut
West Virginia Wesleyan. Carnegie at
Pittsburgh, North Carolina a. G M.
nj Georgetown, Rutgers VS.. Al-Stars
at New York. hndovcr at Exeter.
In the West, Chicago. with a clear
record of victories, clashes with Min
nesota in the most important OF tho
big nine games, while Wisconsin, and
Illinois will struggle ut Champagne.
Other important games in the West
are: Wisconsin at Illinois, Nebraslea at
Kansas. Notre Dame at Creighton,
Drake at Missouri.