Arizona republican., 1915-11-06
Harvard Princeton Contest Center of Inter est - Much Depends on Yale's Progress in Past Week Under Shevlin
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 contest between Princeton and liar ward tomorrow overshadows all other Sridiron struggles in the east. Dart mouth and Pennsylvania will meet in Boston; Brown will invade New Haven; Notre Dame will be the Army's opponent at West Point and BucknelI will play the Navy. Wash ington and Jefferson faces -Pittsburg while Cornell tackles Michigan at Ann Arbor
 With these games, the complicated football situation in this section Will be cleared to some extent and the astern championship claimants re- duced in number.
 The defeat of Harvard by Prince ton would leave the Tigers on a par with Cornell and Colgate. while. should the Crimson triumph over the Tigers. the Nassau eleven will be brought down to the plane of liar ward, Yale, Dartmouth and other strong teams which have suffered one or more setbacks during the season. The same applies to the Washington and Jefferson Pittsburg contest, for neither eleven has been defeated.
 1ne Ddltle between harvard ana Princeton. in the Palmer Memorial Stadium promises to be one of the most spectacular of the season. The Orange and Black is expected to prove a far stronger opponent than year ago when Cambridge won easily 20 to 0. The early games of. the Harvard schedule have shown that the team is not as formidable as twelve months ago. while Prince tons forge to the front has been un- interrupted to date.
 The edge in playing form and all around strength appears to be with the Tigers. With Harvard the situ ation hass been quite the reverse. Coach Haughton has not had theI wealth of material to work with that he did 2 year ago and the eleven has been slow to find itself. With the exception of the defeat by Cor nell, a team of exceptional ability and speed, Harvard Aas made about as good a showing as she did up to this time in 1914. Harvard will face Princeton with a combination con taininC the clements of a formidable attack and defense.
 Princeton has uncovered defense when occasion demanded which was almost impregnable and an offense sufficiently strong to penetrate her opponents line. It is doubtful if the attack is as powerful and piercing as Edwards, but this defect appears to he offset by a better defense. The l Tigers chief point of weakness has been slow play by the ends and un- less there is q decided improvement at the wing tips. the sprinting and lodging ability of Captain Mahah may more than overcome the su- perior bunting of Driggs.
 Tine Harvard leader is one of the i most dangerous broken field runners in the east and if the turf is dry he | will give the Princeton wing meE all kinds of trouble. In field goal | kicking. Mahan and Tibbot appear | to be about evenly matched and the l aerial battle should be one of the | features of the contest.
 Chief interest in the Yale-Brown game will center in the showing l made by the Blue after week o1 coaching under Shevlin. The Provi- dence team, despite defeats at the 1 hands of Amherst and Syracuse, is T hard playing combination and should give the eleventh hour shift at New Haven ample opportunity to demonstrate it's effectiveness.
 Notre Dame will be represented at West Point by an eleven on par with those sent to face the Cadets during the past two years. Except for the 20 to 19 defeat at the hands of Nebraska, her slate is clean and the middle western team should give the soldiers hard fight. Bucknell. which faces the Navy does not ap- pear to be so formidable, having won only one game out of seven to late
 The principal games of the east:
 Harvard at Princeton.
 Pennsylvania Ns. Dartmouth at Boston
 Brown at Yale
 Notre Dame at Army.
 Bucknell at Navy.
 Washington and Jefferson at Pitts burg.
 Williams at Wesleyan.
 Amherst at Springfield T. $.
 Carlisle at Holy Cross.
 Swarthmore at Lafayette
 Mount Union at Syracuse. Tufts at Trinity.