New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-13

when they come TO grips over thelr
bowl at New Haven to-day.
Yale is the under dog, beaten il
Princeton by every rule of football /
hardly at the oGds quoted, and the
played against Harvard, but there is
conviction that something will happ'
will make for gasps.
Impressions are not easy to ana
astray, hut once formed they are hi
equally hard to explain. My impress
in practice on Wednesday lead to the
| cnance to win--in fact, that the l.
mighty small margin on which to bas
The Yale eleven. with a disappoint-
ing season behind it. with four backs
who have not been playing together for
more than eight or ten days, with two
cleventh-hour changes in the line, must
face what Percy D. Haughton calls the
best eleven which Harvard has played
since he began coaching in 1908.
Yale Men Reused.
Under the circumstances. then, the
case looks hopeless, but Yale Is reused
and Yale once reused is hard foe to
beat. Further than that, the Yale eleven
has been equipped with several new
plavs and formations in which they
have learned to have the greatest con-
fidence. and with these new weapons
and a better mental attitude there IS
no telling how far man like Tom
Shevlin. Frank Hinkey and the other
coaches can bring an earnest, willing
lot of men even in the short space OF
ten days.
II seems almost useless 70 make any
analysis Of game and style or 10 point
out degrees Of possible strength here
or apparent weakness there. The COM
harrison on the whole would be odious
TO Yale. because Princeton has been
winning. except against Harvard, and
Yale has been losing. This particular
game has passed beyond any ordinary
methods for deduction. A winning
team always looks better than a losing
tesm-more dependable, more powerful
better finished.
This game in fact has reached almost
the dream stage, az was the case IL
1905. when some queer freak o. tFec
brain pictured Yale beating princeton
the week following Yale's defeat g. me
hands Of Brown By score Of Il 20 .
a dream which led 20 & prediction y
The Tribune which came true:
Another weird imagining has noT
come in which Princeton Is pictured as
outplaying Yale By a wide margin. d;
Of losing by score Of , % .. IL
too absurd 70 tell in detail, and ye;
this on top Of new impressions gives
me further pause.
The Strength of Princeton.
One week ago. on the eve Of the Hsr-
Yard game, this was said.
Princeton has q remarkable punter
in Eddie briggs, depencso.e crop
kicker second only 20 Charley bricE-
lev. perhaps. in Dave Tibbott, and
substitute for both punting ana crop
kicking in Buz Law, the value o. WON
cannot be overestimated-
Princeton has line from tackle %
tackle which as a unit is fornicaols
running attack, and line Wa argos
hard and sharply. both OF attack
and on the defence Princeton mas q
strong and well organized set Of oseks
in Captain Click, Tibbott. shea and
briggs. who are particularly well
equipped for either running, passing OF
kicking. .-
IN was true. all true. but something
now must be added. Princeton against
Harvard showed all these e1cei.en;
qualities and more. There was DIVE
and variety 20 the attack when com
pared favorably with any seen IN recent
vears. there was a solidity 70 the de-
fence. except for one fatal minute,
which even The Crimson did not snow
there was a general finish 20 the whole
scheme of attack and defence when
marked the master hand OF SPEEDY
Rush.
The Tigers were wonderfully equipped
With every weapon needed for rspe!ling
the most deceptive attack and for car
,ving the fight Extensively 20 the en-
erny's country. Nothing was lacking,
II seemed. except bit Of looseness al
times in handling the ~ to make me
technically perfect eleven.
The experience Of that game, TOO tne
lessons learned, should make for even
greater efficiency, and yet on TOP OF Gil
this feeling will not down that Prince
ton has real battle on its hands.
Where Yale May Be Weak.
Ysle's chief cause for uneasiness lies
in what may be called the newness OF
the backfeld and the danger OF mis-
bandling the ball, because Of the fact
that the men have played together so
r.. ~ a. 80
lack the drive and continuity 20 neces I,
sary for ground gainieg purposes, but I
otherwise there may be a surprise in .
store.
From tackle 20 tackle the Yale line
- strong, while the ends, Church and
Weidemsn, are quite likely 20 rise 20
great heights. They showed their ca
psbilities IN practice on Wednesday. In /
fact, II the team plays as II did on thai
day no odds need be asked. The chief
question, then, lies in an ability 20
hold together under the stress and
strain Of real game.
Barring accidents, Princeton viii
have little advantage in punting or
drop kicking; that ~, II Otis Guernsey
ran repeat what he showed last
Wednesday. All the fall IL looked AS
- Yaie's greatest weakness lay In The
lack Of dependable punter and dsDp
kicker. but Guernsey. II he can stand
~ through the gruclling struggle after
being out for the greater part Of the
leason. will make 10 this deficiency.
Another thing. there b. no telling
rst what those defeats AZ the hands
Z Colgate and Brown meant u Isl
ore than likely that those two eicyeEs I
qCuld have made almost II not Just as /
much trouble for Harvard Or Prince
ton. Both Colgate and Brown have