New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-11
Crimson Attack Best Asset
of Haughton's System, De-
fence Princeton'S
Bv CRANTLAND RICE

Princeton's chance to overthrow the
Hauehton system this afternoon de-
ponds largely upon two elements:
1. The generalship Of Princeton's
quarterback.
.. The alertness Of Princeton's de-
fence in meeting ,hat deceptive, be-
wildering Harvard attack.
II third element must be added 1t
will be in the power Of Princeton's
backfeld drive. But since this power
,s not there the Tiger offence must de-
pend upon the attack that Rush has
mapped out, which can succeed only II
Princeton forwards outplay their Grim
son rivals.
Princeton, in this game. has slight
" better line from tackle to tackle;
ends that compare favorably enough
with Harvard's; kicker in Briggs
that will easily come up to the Horween
standard.
But Harvard still has this advantage
or these advantages-tw reliable
ouarterbacks and a backfield possessing
both speed and the punch.
Princeton has Briggs to Offset Hor-
ween; but Princeton hasn't yet shown
a halfback to offset Casey, nor quar-
terback to Offset Murray and Robinson
And in this modern game high class
quarterback is a big factor and gem
orally winning one.
Harvard the Favorite
While Harvard will be the favorite
entry. there is still this 10 figure IN
Princeton's favor:
Last fall Rush, with hard early
games to face, brought his eleven Tor
ward at top speed. The Tiger lnstruc-
tor was forced to this pass by his
schedule.
This season, regardless of the Tufts
and Dartmouth games, he determined TO
centre every move upon his Harvard
and Yale contests. So Princeton,
through October, looked weaker than
usual, largely because the team had
drawn slower development.
Heretofore Princeton has always
been a great October array, with &C.
cided falling off in November.
This time Rush let the. October
games take care of themselves. lie
made no effort TO reach anything like
top form for any early game. The odds,
therefore, are that Princeton will be
an entirely different array from what it
was up to last Monday. Early this
week the squad, for the first time,
seemed to have found itself. The old
sluggishness of the early season was
missing. The line suddenly developed
an aggressiveness il had not known all
fall, while the work of Moore in the
backfield added confidence to the Tiger
attack.
Moore Dangerous Man
Moore is almost as dangerous as
Eddie Casey. He is slightly faster, but
not quite so good at squirming through
an opening.
All these things must be considered
before awarding the game To- Harvard
in advance. Harvard undoubtedly has
the advantage. but il is a slight advan-
tage at best, an advantage that might
easily be wiped out if Princeton hap
pens to find herself, as she generally
does. in a Harvard game.
This game also will be the first cham
pionship test for Eddie Casey. So far
the Natick boy mas been young whirl-
wind. But so far he has not yet been
called upon to face a defence of the
Tiger type. II Casey can gain ground
consistently this afternoon his place
will be fixed. For while Princeton's
attack may not be any too robust and
mighty, there is little question ms to
the stanchness of Nassau's defence.
A defence that can hold Gerrish, Thiel
scher, Duhamel and Cannell, Of Dart
mouth. from the goal line is not to be
taken too lightly
Harvard can upset this defence only
by utterly throwing it into bewilder-
ment through Haughton's crafty, decep
tive attack. For no eleven in the coun-
try has enough straight driving power
20 force back this Tiger line.
And as most of those who faced Har-