New-York tribune., 1919-11-13

The varsity was minus the services
of Captain McGraw, Trimble and
Stanley Keck. The Tiger captain spent
the afternoon coaching the line and
Trimble is still resting after the
buffeting he received in the Harvard
game. Keck is in good condition, but
Roper decided that he would not trust
the big lineman on the treacherous
ground. although he played tackle
in the dummy practice that preceded
the scrimmage.
The feature of the afternoons play,
which approximated game as tar as
violence was concerned. was bnl Ste
venson's 65-yard run for a touchdown
through the entire varsity team. The
scrub end snatched up loose bali
dropped by one of the varsity backs.
after the first string players had
smashed their way down the held and
were on the verge Of their second
touchdown. He lodged past half
dozen tacklers and raced down the
entire varsity at his heels
Stevenson's run was the only good
feature of the scrub play up to that
time, but afterward the varsity showed
signs OF decentralization and the
second string men were able to hold
their opponents Scoreless until dark
ness ended the play.
The scrubs chose an auSpiciOuS after
noon to make this good showing against
the varsity, for "Big Bill" Edwards was
host at the training house afterward
and provided a colored jazz band, which
played at supper in the scrub room. AS
an additional treat the second string
players enjoyed ice cream and cake
with dinner tonight. The days ofStheir
usefulness for the present season will
end tomorrow evening, which is due
10 mark the last day of scrmmage be-
fore the Yale game that ends Prince
toms season.
The varsity's big test is not over
until the final whistle is blown in the
Yale Bowl Saturday, but the men who
have done the hard and unheralded
work all fall may break training when
the final squad starts for New Haven
on Friday morning.
Garrity was RESPONSIBLE for the lone
varsity touchdown this afternoon. The
hard plunging sophomore, whose work
was one of the features of the Harvard
game, was in fine fettle and after his
own efforts had worked the ball down
the field from the varsity 25-yard line
he crossed the goal line in lunge that
carried him nine yards.
Trimble's Tossing Missed
Trimblc was missed from the line
up and although Don Lourie, who took
MS place, played well when he carried
the ball, his forward passes did not
possess the accuracy that completed
seven out of eleven tosses thrown by
Trimble against the Crimson, and the
varsity, deprived of its strong over
head game, was appreciably weakened.
A large measure of the scrub sue
cess was due to the punts of Joe
Scheerer This star of the Harvard
came did the kicking nonors against
Wittmer, of the varsity, and after five
minutes of exchanges the tall exHill
school captain was forced to hold
down his efforts for fear of driving
the ball back of the varsity line for q
touchback. Scheerer is the finst pun
ter that Princeton has had since the
days of Eddie briggs, and in view of
mis- strong defensive game it would
cause no surprise if he should start
in the backfeld against Yale.
showing of the players to-day, in spite
of the tied score, for the slippery field
and the drizzlng rain made good foot
ball almost impossible.
In addition, the scrubs backfield of
Scheerer, McPhee, Murrey and Hopkins
was fully as strong as the varsity in
the absence OF Trimblc, and the var
sity line was without the services of
McGraw and Keck.
Tomorrow the team will practice in
the Palmer Stadium, and the student
body will march to the big concrete
structure with its band and cheer lead
crs to let the team know that the uni
versity is back of it. About 1854 of
the / .6S5 rgraduates will make the
trip to New Haven Saturday morning.
Princeton and Yale money is plentiful,
with the odds favoring neither eleven.