New Britain herald., 1915-11-05
TIGERS DEFENSE
 REACHES TOP NOTCH
Coaches in Doubt Whether De- fenSe Can Hold Crimson Attack

Princeton, N. J., Nov. 5.-Coach
 Rush probably would have liked to
 continue hard work on the Princeton
 Eleven yesterday, but the proximity of
 the Harvard game forced him to
 tighten the practice. A snappy signal
 drill occupied an hour of the after
 noon. and there was lots of kicking
 practice. Jim Mccormick put the
 touches on the interference, of the
 backs and Rush put the men through all their formations to perfect the
 plays.
 Just at that point i'll the practice a cold driving rain came and the
 head coach sent the men to the base
 ball cage for the remainder of the session. In the shelter the team started to work on their shattered de- fense. As actual scrimmage was impossible the players lined up against the scrubs in dummy scrim- mage. Tackling was prohibited, but tFfe scrubs ran through some of the Harvard plays and the regulars worked the defense formations against the plays. 4
 This work took up the remainder of the afternoon, Rush excusing the men from strenuous practice. It is thought that two days of rest before the big battle will do more than any thing else to restore the confidence and the ginger of the forwards. The power of the defense could not be definitely judged from the tactics of the afternoon, but the men appeared in better spirit and went through the plays with more snap than heretofore. ' Improving Offense.
 E The offense seems to have reached the high water mark, and will un- deubtedly. prove surprise to those who saw the team in the Dartmouth game. Rush has given his men more plays and Jim Mccormick has drilled them so well that the running at- tack has improved wonderfully. The regular backfield worked together practically throughout the afternoon and moved like a clock.
 Ealsey will probably retain his place at tackle, appearing there at the start of the game on Saturday He Is rapidly regaining his old time 1 strength and the coaches seemed sure today that the giant would be in fine l form for the clash with the Grim l son. Parisette went in at right l tackle for a time today, and he will | probably be the first choice in case a substitute is needed for Halsey.
 It is still uncertain whether Lam- berton or Brown will play right end on Saturday. The coaches probably will not announce their decision un- til Saturday afternoon. But Lam- berton is improving steadily and will be the logical favorfte in spite of the fact that Brown has been at the place throughout the year.
 The rest of the lineup will be the saf13e as that which took part in the Dartmouth game. Gennert will be at center, with Nourse and Hogg flank ing him. Mclean will be, at his old | position of left tackle. Highley Is | sure of his place at left end. and in l spite of his light weight of 15s pounds | lie should prove one of the stars of l the encounter. He is. with the ex- ceptfpn of Moore. the fastest man on l the team and plays an important part l in the Tigers kicking game. 3 Plenty of Tickets.
 In the backfield the old combina- ton of Click at quarterback, Shea and Tibbott at the halves and Driggs (at fullback will be called upon. The ubstitutes-Dickerma Moore, Law and Eddy are all in fine condition to answer any needs that may arise. It may be that Rush will use two back fields in the game, retaining Click at quarterback throughout.
 ! 6There are still lots of tickets for ! the game, and G. R. Murray, the Ath- Iletic Treasurer at Princeton, expects l to be able to accommodate many who come to the game expecting to get 3their, pasteboards at the gates. The Tickets are on sale at Spalding's in New York and in Philadelphia, and Ian allotment has also been sent to the Essex County Country club and to | Js s. Harrington, S10 Broad street, Newark. The Pennsylvania Rail- road will run special trains Saturday morning, using all three of their sta (tions at Princeton to sidetrack the |traiFs.
 The faculty of the university has Normally declared Saturday holiday (for the students. The program this Afternoon until Saturday night will be a busy one The interclass re- gatta on Lake Carnegie comes this Afternoon, with the senior promenade hnd. musical clubs concert in the eve-
 hing Saturday morning the battle Ioetween the Crimson and the Orange land Black begins on the various ath- letic fields. First comes the trap
 shoot, closely followed by the soccer game and the first football contest between the scrub teams of the two Universities. The latter event is at
 racting 8 lot of attention and Coach Phil Brasher has been working tea dily with his men.
 PRES. BARROW ASKS