Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-03


Virginia - TO o. 1t might reasonably
be expected that this would cause
dense mass Of gloom to hang over the
classic. ivy bound halls of Old Nassau
But il didn't The gloom was there all
right but ii was there before the game.
ms we'll as after. 1t was natural gloom
caused by the weeping elements that
had no consideration whatsoever for
the football game and that poured 4
relentless rain on the playing heid
throughout the entire massacre.
OF course. the Tigers are not re-
.iRicing over their humiliating defeat,
but they are not discouraged. And aS
Il matter of fact there is no reason why
they should be discouraged. They
went into the game against West II
ginia minus the services of kcck. theiG
best tackle: Trimblc. the man around
whom the entire pr;nccton oil Tense Is
built; l.ouric asl Garrity. two back
field men. who are much better than i,e
Stcfano. and Murrcy. vii" played III
the Mountainccr tragedy.
Forget Easily
The stndcnt body. coaches. players.
alumni and friends of Princeton even
at this early date have virtually for
gotten that the Orange and Black has
been defeated on successive Saturdays
by Colgate and West Virginia. teams
that are. from their standpoint far
from their social equals. They are
looking to the Harvard and Yale games.
Before Saturdays game Coach Roper
said that no matter what happened IN
. the West Virginia game. he was not
going to icopardizc his chances for his
hi ggamcs b. putting in his best mate
rial.
1T isn't that | mind playing my best
men against West Virginia said
Roper. for if they were all. right !
would do il in II minute, But they are
not in the best condition and | don't
propose to have them banged up in II
game that means nothing 10 us when
they can be so valuable against Harvard
and Yale
Few people realize that Princeton.
Yale and Harvard play all of their
football with the idea of defeating only
the other two members of the triangle.
If. for example. Yale should beat Har
n ward aud Princeton by decisive scores
+ the members of the Blue eleven would
not claim the championship of the
world. 1t is true that Il lot of foot =
ball writer's. notably those of New York
city try to impose the best one of the
So-callrd Big Three on the public as
champions.
But the winners themselves do not
make any such claim. They simply
play in their little circle and are salts
fled if they win. They are not out for
titles and they do not claim any and it
is grossly unfair to the players and
the institution to say that they make
certain claims when the first they see ot
these claims is in n newspaper.
Preparing for Harvard
Bearing this in mind it is not hare
to see why Princeton takes her defeat
from West Virginia so lightly. The
Tigers are preparing for the Harvard
game next Saturday. and if they ear
win that the past is not only forgotten
hut is put into the don't care
column. This week Coach Roper vii
put his team through n few hard scrim
images and many long signal drills t'
prepare them for the Crimson battle
And this tilt with Harvard is goin.
TO be Il battle. just as Princeton looked
like a different team against Colgat,
from the one that played Rochester $,
the Tigers appearance next Saturda.
will differ from that in the West Nir
ginia game. Harvard may and probabl.
will win, but it will be "A battle and ON
to be remembered.
All West Virginia
There isn't much that can be sal
of Princeton work against West Nil'
ginia. The. game from II spectator
viewpoint was all West Virginia
Princeton had little chance TO do any
thing, and when they did have the
could do nothing. The mountainPcI
they did. Princeton made but tw
first downs in the four periods, com
plcted only one forward pass for gai
of six yards and performed general
on the offense as though their hats WEI
not in the ring.
The Tiger defense was not what
was against Colgate and not what
will be against Harvard and lal'
There was little individual brillianc
displayed by members of the Princeto
team.
The one big, bright spot in Prince
tons play was the punting of Scheere
substitute who relieved De Stefan'
Schecrcr is remarkable punter. and
was due largely to his kicking that Il
score was not greater than 20.
On one occasion he drove the hcaS
water logged oval seventy five yarC
down the field across the goal line f'
touchback. All of his punts WEI
long, hut were not as well placed ;
Kings. who did the kicking, for We
Virginia.
Clever Kicking
In the second period King had on
chance to use his head in kicking and h
took advantage of it. The ball was o
Princeton 40 yard line, it was tn
fourth down with s yards to go. and
was up to West Virginia TO punt. Kin
could easily have booted it over tn
goal for a touchback. This would hay
given Princeton the ball on the 20 var