The Detroit times., 1915-11-17
Like Gymnasium Boxer" is Way Eastern Critic Sizes
Up Prncetons Class--Thinks Yale Can't Bluff Harvard
BY WALTER TRuMsuLL.

has completed the most diSappoint-
ing football season iu its history
The Tigers came up 10 their two
big games with splendid material
finely conditioned. a we'll coached
eleven and an unblemished record
only To- tumble themselves out Of all
consideration for the eastern grid.
iron championship,
Generalship is after all a matter
OF opinion at best, but fumbles are
matters OF fact. II is a cardinal
principle OF the game that in order
to win the players must at least be
able TO handle the ball cleanly
THO fumbles In the Harvard contest
and eight in the battle with Yale
accounted for Princetous defeats
No part of the blame can De laid
TO the coaching of John Harlan
Rush. His part OF the work was
done thoroughly and we'll For the
first time in several seasons, Mas
sau had an adequata attack. II
proved its power against both the
Blue and the Crimson In both
cases its efficiency was uullified by
slipshod handling OF the pigskir.
Haughton has constructed ar
other smooth running machine ont
OF much less powerful material than
he had last fall. but Princeton
should have beaten Harvard Shey
lin has kindlel anew the hghtin
spirit of Yale, but the Tigers tosse
away chance after chance TO defea
the Blue
Rush had apparently ground,
his players well in the fundame'
tails. In their earlier games he
showed the effects OF his teachin-
but when the big tests came the.
apparently forgot all that they haC
learned. They were like a fighter
who is a marvel in the gymnasium
but "A mark in the ring. In the case
of Princeton Il was not the case OF
any one man failing 20 play TO form
The whole collection of backfeld
talent showed its crying need OF a
shawl strap on the ball Snea.
briggs, Tibbott. Moore. Dickerman
and even Click allowed the leather
TO elude them at more or less crit
ical periods OF the pastime.
The fact that il happened that
most OF the mistakes came at times
when they counted heavily against
the Tigers cannot be characterized
as breaks OF the game or used as
an alihi. Rather the reverse. The
winner in this world is the man
who is there in the pinch.
OF course. the Tigers did handle
the ball cieanly in several critical
situations in the Crimson battle,
and their only two bad breaks came
at vital spots, but nothing OF the
sort may be said about their work
against the Blue.
The only wonder in the latter
case is that the fumbles we're not
more costly. Yale was recovering
the ball with its linemen. Suppose
that instead nf couple OF mediocre
ends the Blue had had men such a.
Hinkey and Sheylin or Kilpatrick
and Bonreisler on the wings What
would the score have been thea
with eight chances 10 snatch up =
fumbled ball?
In spite Of all this Princeton can !
look forward TO next year with a
considerable degree OF hope. The |
Tigers heaviest loss will be Click,
fine captain and I defensive play
er unexcelled; bu. they will have
mass of seasoned material. an 60 /
tablished system, a splendid coach,
and this seasons mistakes 10 build |
upon. and these SHOULD prove a firm |
foundation upon which TO build.
The triumph OF the Els in the |
bowl naturally increases the inter |
est in the Harvard-Yale battle and |
gives that contest Of next Saturday |
new significance As far as the I
dope goes the Blue showed nothing |
against the Orange and Black |
which should entitle II 10 be con- /
,sidered on even terms With the ,
Crimson. Harvard in tate years has /
been anything but awed BY Yale. /
There Is small chance that the New 4
Haven warriors will have much 4
chance To profit by Harvsrd's mis- 4
takes. Haughtons elevens don't I
make many mistakes. Yale win he /
obliged to construct ia own oppor
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