New Britain herald., 1915-10-18
TIGERS LOOK BEST
 50 FAR THIS YEAR
Sons of Old Nassau Have Met
 Strong Teams For Tryout

{ days gridiron battles the football sea- 1 son passed its formative stage and l speculation now centers on the value
 of the work accomplished as related
 to the big struggles which are draw | ing near. Taken as a whole, the sea- 1 son thus far has produced a compar- | atively few of the so-called Sur | prises." Of those which rave come to | be known as the Big Three" Yale,
 Harvard, and Princeton, only one has suffered defeat, and if the circle is ex- tended to include Pennsylvania and Cornell, there has been but single
 other victory registered by what for
 merly were termed the minor elev-
 ems. Yale was beaten by Virginia and
 Pennsylvania fell before the attack of
 Penn State.
 Easing the Judgment on the playing thus far, Princeton appears to have shown a more rational development than any of the colleges mentioned. We'll grounded in football fundamen- tals the Tigers are gaining their speed by gradual increase, and it speaks we'll for Rush that he has judged Princeton's opponents so accurately trat he has always been able to have his eleven trifle more formidable, either in power or generalship, or both. Undeniably Princeton has been called upon to face more powerful teams than any of the others. and one, Rutgers, hurled itself at the Iii gers in top form, while Princeton was still laboring in the throes of early season preparation. Princeton's strength did not win that battle, 1t was better gcneralship that brought victory to the Tigers. The heavy elev- en of Syracuse was next turned aside, because Princeton had developed a wonderful defense and something of an attack. Saturday the Tigers showed the best work they have thus far done in offensive, when they defeated La- fayette. That the score was big indi- cates that there was much latent power, for it, has been the policy this season not to attempt big scores.
 There is a powerful back field and Driggs. AS for the quarterback posi- tion itself, Captain Click is a clever general, and he has an able substitute
 
 atively little thus far the coaches taking him out so that he may be saved for the big games.
 The real test for Princeton before | the Yale and Harvard game is the | battle with Dartmouth, always a hard | fought contest As yet the Tigers have | shown but flashes of anything other | than straight football. But the brief | periods when the open game has been l used have shown that Princeton may | expect much of it's possibilities, and | even now, undoubtedly, has reserve in this line of play that will | not be uncovered until the Dartmouth game, and not then unless it's is de- manded as a necessity to defeat the | Hanover team.
 Up to last week Harvard had been | in chaotic condition and the game | with Virginia was greatly feared. With | that game won, the Crimson may look | more comfortably toward the first big game of the season when Harvard plays Cornell. Injuries have handi- capped the eleven somewhat and has not taken on definite shape as early I as might be expected. The game with the southerners however, proved that Harvard has the basis of an offense | and it will be hammered into form this week in preparation for the Itha- cans. The Crimson gained many | yards against the Virginia eleven, but could not quite carry the attack successfully against the stiffening de- | fense of the Virginians when they | were under their own goal posts.
 Though the only points made by liar ward were field goals,' it was gratify- ] ing to the Crimson supporters to | know that the first basis of compari- l son with Yale had turned out to fla { Vor the Cambridge eleven. Manan !! outpunted Thurman and proved his l drop kicking ability again by scoring | all of the points from the field. But l more than this was the fact that the | Crimson defense was shaping itself l into dependable bulwark. Virginia | could not gain; in fact, made only | one first down during the game.
 Just how much the Crimson will | have to prepare for Cornell is prob | lematical, for the Ithacans are more !! of an uncertain quality than any of | the other big colleges. They have l won three games, all of them by big | scores, but no one of the opponents | furnished the real test which Cornell | desired. The closet score was in the l first game of the season with Oberlin, l and in that the Ithacans had one | touchdown counted against them, the l score of the game being 24 to z. If | there is anything in big scores such l as Al to against Bucknell, it would | appear Cornell must have a strong 1 offense, but the lack of hard strug- | gle will undoubtedly count against | the team in the battle with Harvard. | In Saturdays game with Bucknell the | Cornell backs tore through the oppos- l ing line with ease. |