The evening world., 1919-10-13
Battles That Used to Be Con-
Siderei One-Sided Proving
Real Close Affairs.

EARLY season games on the grid
L. iron used TO be duck soup for the
big colleges. Yale, Harvard and
Princeton cultivated the habit Of
mauling the little visiting elevens all
over the place and frequently rolling
up scores over the nifty mark in these
one-sided encounters. Eventually
football was opened up, the little fei-
lows refused TO be awcd by the Grim
son, Bulldog or Tiger and now the
early games instead OF being soft
pickings are real battle for the
gridiron leaders.
Princeton barely able to escape
with a . to 6 victory over Lafayette,
Yale's goal line crossed by a light
team from North Carolina, the Army
defeated by Syracuse, these are some
OF the casualties sustained in Satur-
days games. or the so-called big
elevens Princeton made the poorest
showing. The Tigers won only by the
slim margin OF field goal over
Lafayette, combination of huskies
that treated the Orange and Black
line very rough throughout the con-
test. The Jerseymen were lamentably
weak tackling and handling the ball,
which resulted in numerous fumbes
and the forwards seldom made open
ings for their backheld when the team
had possession Of the ball.
Nearly three sets OF Princeton
lmesmen were used, but tney all
showed the same weakness, FAULTY
tackling and lack of aggrcss.veness
on the offensive. No team Is stronger
than it's line and for that reason the
Tiger backs never had "a chance TO
! flash their power as the numbering
| forwards were an effective block for
plays directed at the line. Struping
remained in AZ quarterback through
I out the game, but the Nassau eleven
I fumblcd frequently, n disaatrous
weakness in big game.
The Tigers didn't show anything IN
| the form OF offensive strength that
| troubled their opponents. DeStcfauO
a plunging halfback, cut loose for n
brief spell in the third period when
! he carried the ball In short gains
nearly twenty-five yards for touch
/
his inesmcn had been guilty Of slug
| ging.
While Princeton's showing was dis
/ couraglng there wero hopeful signs
The line. while erratic, produce,
strong resistance power when La
fayottc rushed the holl 10 the Tigers
onc-yard line and couldn't push IL any
further. Then again Coach Bill Rope
has had his team shown up early II
the campaign and will have lots O
time to rectify mistakes. Princeton
teams in other years waited too Ions
before their weakness was known.
Yale, potentially, has q wonderful
team this season, make no mistake
labout that. Tho forwards are all big
land fast and the back field contains
several veterans, including Quarter
hack La Roche. Beating North Caro-
lima 3i 10 ! the Bulldog displayed
Indications OF a smooth working ma
chine. although the Southcners were
wufully light to do business with q
team the weight Of Nalc's. The BluC
backs literally gained at will Ia
Roche, with his dazzling, twisting
ground gamer for the New HaveI
, team.
Toward the end Of the battle tn,
, Bulldog was caught mapping. Pharr
: n california midget, went in as sub
! lstitute quarter, The Southcrrcrs thCr
had the ball on Yalc's thirty var,
mark. Lowe, a Carolina substitute
! zen back for what the Blue team
: Thought would be n try for riCld goal
: Ipharr tipped him of 10 punt instead
l and the ball fell among u group O
/ INalc men. Before they rccovcrc,
from a trance, Pharr had slippc,
o down, recovered the leather and race
p across the goal line, II isn't ortcl
a that Yale teams arc fooled this way
: Harvard, defeating Colby - To {
q went in for the open game NOR
4 taan her championship rivals, Edli
o Casey, who promises 10 hc anothc
o Eddie Mahan; Hamilton and Hum
o phpsys simply ran wild for the Grim
SON. Harvard was without the SCI