New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-16

times and that these mistakes shou
other good work.
Before writing of Princeton from
the football books this year. however
IT is interesting to take one glance al
the future, and this future is unusual
~ bright. The Tigers will lose only
three regulars from this years team
Captain Click and Shea from the back
field and Brown from one end The
forwards from tackle TO tackle VIII be
available next season, and these lncludc
Mclean and Parsette. tackles; Hogs
and Nourse. two of the best guards OF
the year. and Gennert at centre. Then
of the four ends, too, used this year
Lamberton, Highley and Wilson can
be counted on, and the last named,
brother Of the Yale captain, only needs
little more weight TO be one of the
best ends ever developed at Princeton.
In the backield briggs. the remark
able pnnter. and Dave Tibbott, the drop
kicker and brilliant running half back,
will be available. while Billy Moore
end two or three others will lend added
strength, TO say nothing of some fairly
good freshman material. Such able
substitutes as Heyniger. Love. Butter
worth and Law will be graduated with
Click. Shea and Brown, but the nucleus
for next years eleven must be salts
flying to "Seedy" Rush, now that he
has made such a good start in estab-
fishing what should be permanent
system at Princeton.
On more than one occasion the policy
OF playing only one man in the back
field to receive punts has been ques-
toned in this column. 1t places far too
heavy a mental burden. In comment
ing on this point Percy ID. Haughton,
Harvard's head coach, said: "The game
on Saturday illustrated the fatal weak
ness of having one man receive punts,
in that should muff occur the ball
inc times out of ten is recovered by
the other side"
In justice to Rush and his methods
in this respect, il should be empha-
sized that another back is supposed to
20 down the field when the punt is
made 10 provide interference or re-
trieve if possible a fumbled ball. but
the Danger of this lies in the fact-as
was noticeable several times in both
the Harvard and Yale games-that the
man whose duty il was to cover up, so
to speak. did not go back far enough
TO retrieve a possible tumble before he
began blocking off some opposing
tackler coming down the field.
This very thing opened the door to a
Yale victory on Saturday when lib
kA. f,,vnk 1ad from CnorncaU a {
the second half opened. Three Yale men
were on top of the loose ball. with not
Tiger in striking distance. The
theory of one man back ic to strengthen
the secondary line of defence against 6
forward pass or a running play, but 50
good as the theory may be established
practice seems much better.
There are times, Of course, when ex
ceptions to this can be made. A de
fence OF this kind would be sound whei
playing against a strong wind and will
instructions TO the one man back 10 lie
the ball hit the ground on the "safet!
first" policy Under such conditions
coach would be justified in strengthen
ing his secondary line against posi-
bic forward pass or wide end run from
fake kick formation.
Percy D. Haughton. who, by the way
analyses a football game-and writes
il, too-just about as well es h
coaches, excuses Tibbott for the tumble
which turned the tide TO Yale. He say
under his own signature in THE New
York American:
Whereas, the axis Of the ball or
most punts is somewhere near horizon
tai, Guernsey's punts, especially IN
ones which were muifed, had the Ions
axis vertical TO the ground. To those
who have had experience in catching,
ball of this nature IL can be readily
understood how easily muf can b'
mrde."
Mr.. Haughton also said: "The Har
ward coaches and players returned tc
Boston knowing that the hardest tgh'
OF their lives awaits them when Yale
comes 10 Cambridge next Saturday
Never were truer words spoken.
Our play in the Yale-Princeton game
which Nigh: have had distinct bear
ing seems TO have been generally over
looked. A punt from Law in the fourth
period was played safely by the Yale
backs and the ball rolled slowly over
The goal line for a touchdown A
Princeton man followed IL over the line.
II he had been quick witted he could
have fallen on the ball inside Yale's
vineyard line and forced Guernsey 10
punt out from behind the goal post !,
instead OF Yale putting the ball in pla :
on the twenty-yard line as prescribed
IN the rules. II was one OF the several
chances Princeton lost
Referring 10 n paragraph in this col.
umn last week commenting on Prince.
ton using only two substitutes agains,
Harvard. X. y. X. writes: cit seem,
worth mentioning that the Tigers wer,
not the only ones 10 use two substi
tutes this fall and In fairly big game
too-at least in one that was a wee toe
large for Harvard. refer. OF course
70 the Cornell-Harvsrd game. in which
only two Cornell men were taken iron
the feld-Barrett and Anderson"
This correction is gladly taken. Z
vas overlooked AZ the time and credi'
should be given, az IL speaks 50 wei
FOR Jack Moakley, the Cornell trainer
rho had his men in such fine condition
The sans writer adds: ut strikes
me that the Cornell team has had toI
little credit for Outplaying Harvard
% the tune Of 3 20 o for bfty-iiye min
utes Of the game without their captain