The sun., 1916-10-23
Yale and Princeton Even
in Football DEVELOPMENT
Ellis Great Backfeld Counterbalances Tigers Superb
~Lne-Harvard Third in Nearly Every Depart
enthusiastically Produced Many Upsets.
ny DANIEL.

irst having been booted from the ~
yard mark.
In the matter OF interference Prince
ton IL far ahead OF its rivals. Yale was
particularly disappointing in that de-
partment against Virginia Poly. Lack
OF interference has stood out az the
Blues biggest weakness In recent years
and Jones will have to do big things in
a hurry II he Is to bring his interference
up to the Princeton standard. Even
Harvard now ranks ahead Of Yale in
that very important factor.
In line play Princeton IL easily the
leader. with Yale second. The Tigers
stand out stronger both in defence and
attack. Though the Tiger offence usually
brings only Ave line men into direct relu-
ton with the pay. Yale uses its seven
forwards. but against Virginia Poly
there was one glazing failing In the Eli
line. II bucIlcd md broke on offence,
though IL stood like n stone wall on de-
fence. Time II again the Virginia
linemen broke through to smear a play
even before 1t got a fair start. Weak
ness on offence was Yalc's bette noire
against Harvard last year.
Harvard's line Ia in too unsettled
state to bear any definite criticism. The
ends stand up we'll. but there is u weak
place at centre and one tackle and IL
guard. Harris II decidedly of form at
the pivot and Sugar is not n better.
Haughton will probably have Moseley
Taylor at centre for the big games
most likely against Cornell next Satur-
ton Haughton will leave a hole at one
of the tackles.
Wales Fine RackAela.
Princeton has the fastest ends. with
the Harvard pair ranking second. but
for onward passing purposes the Tiger
wing men must take last place. Iighley
and Wilson. the Princeton pair. are of
great aid In giving the Tigers the most
on DriRgs's punts. FOR they come down
like creased lightning. In protecting
the mn catching n punt Princeton and
Harvard arc ahead OF Yale.
Yale getr It's big advantage In the
backield. Van Nostrand II Smith
make a fine pair Of auartsrbacks. Be
hind them lie Gore. Jacques. Neville.
Bingham and Rraden constitute ono OF
the finest arrays Yale has ever had.
Braden In particular should prove one
Of the sensations Of the season.
Princeton's backheld is somewhat un-
settled. owing to the injury TO Billy
Moore. lie will get into the game with
Dartmouth on Saturday and that will
probably mean the removal Of Brown. as
Tibbott seems to have clinched his right
TO q regular berth. briggs makes the
third fixture.
Harvard f. also undecided as to the
backield trio. bu Casey. Thatcher and
Horween now seem to have .irst call.
Who will 20 when Bon and Flower are
again ready II a problem, but II looks
like Thatcher.
n Eddy a use his head In the big
games We favor him ahead OF all the
quartsrbacks OF the rival elcvens.
How Other Teams Fared.
What impressed us probably more
.han anything else in the three games
was the work Of Hogg. Gennert. Nourse
and Mclean on the Tiger line. Iatrobe
appears 10 be out. with McGraw as a
likely successor. Against Lafayette
McGraw often beat his ends down under
kicks. but his tackl!ng was ~ the high
school variety. He ha. the makings of
a real star.
The Army had an easy time with
Trinity. but that vas ia be expected.
The Navy ia coming along in fine shape.
Its splendid showing against Pi.tshurr,
to which II lost by 30 TO 10, was fol-
lowed by a victory over West virginia,
In ingram, a plebe. the Navy has an
otlie" Douglass.
Swarthmore. fresh from victory ove-
Pennsylvania. had all kinds OF trouble
beating Franklin and Marshall. which
had been overwhelmed by Syracuse
Lhigr. with the benefit ~ another
weeks development, after holding Yale
70 two ~touchdowns. could do no bette,
than tie Lebanon Valley. 3 10 3. WILL
Jams surprised with a fine stand ngains,
Brown, while Amherst proved easy for
Springfield.
Another disappointment. was Wash
ington and jefferson. which. instead al
piiing up a big score on Westminster
barely tailed two touchdowns. Colgate
did the expected In whipping Rhode
Island state. Cornell. IL its Anal prepa.
ration for tho game with Harvard mex,
Saturday did fairly we'll against Buck,
nell.