Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-12
TIGERS SLIGHT
FAVORITE OVER
YALE'S ELEVEN
Second Game of Big Three
Card Finds Eastern Inter-
est at High Pitch.
OTHER BIG CONTESTS
BY Fl. C. HAMILTON,

international News Staff Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.--The tenacity Of
the Yale Bulldog VIII be pitted against
what Is admittedly superior football
team when Princeton and Yale clash to-
morrow afternoon in Palmer Stadium,
Princeton. Pett,ng odds have followed
the performances OF the Princeton team
this year.
Yale gave West Virginia University
sound drubbing, while Princeton had
plenty Of trouble subduing the Mountain
GERS. Still, Yale lost game to Boston
college, which preponderance of betting
opinion indicates. proves that Yale is not
so strong as Princeton.
Tue fact, however, that Princeton. year
IN and year out prepares for both Yale
and Harvard by perfecting a defensive
machine rather than offense, has made
oettefs little timid, so the best anv
one had to say for the Tigers was three
| TO TWO and Yale money was in evidence.
BOTH TEAMS
DEVELOP PASSING.
Bill Roper, head coach of the Prince
ton team, has drilled his men strongly
at forward passing this week and has
given a great deal Of attention to per
lection OF signals. Follow the ball"
always has been a slogan for Tiger
eieyens, fact which Roper has not
1C4 6otbeH III Inc constant drilling on
signals.
The same things have been gone over
at New Haven. Tad Jones has worked
long and faithfully trying TO make a
scoring machine out Of his material.
Forward passing has come in for a lot
OF attention. The indications are, there
fore, that spectators at this second game
among members of the Big Three" will
witness an overhead attack by both
/ teams
Yale coaches are admittedly puzzled in
their efforts to send the best back field
possible into the game. Thorne Murphy
and kemDton have each been tried and
worked hard at the quarter back posi-
ton with chances favoring neither on the
eve of Yale's first big contest Of the year.
Jones himself leans to Murphy because
OF his adeptness at maneuyering plays,
but Murphy is prone to injuries. Kemp
ton is huskier, hits the line harder and
is better at running the ball. Therefore,
followers of the team believe Murphy
probably will start and that Kempton
viii replace him.
Coach Roper is not one Of those who
believe the Princeton team is so much
stronger than Yale that the contest viii
be one sided. He expects determined op.
position, outwardly at least and has
The Yale team will reach New York
tonight and win leave for Princeton on
an early Yale special. Arrangements
have been made at Palmer stadium to
: Aside from the Yale Princeton battle
there will be much interest In the Brown
I Harvard contest at Cambridge and the
Pennsylvania Dartmouth game at Phila-
delpEia.
] The Harvard Brown affair promises -
/ be little more than workout for Har-
ward and therefore several regulars will
go to Princeton to watch Yale and
/ Princeton. Harvard plays Yale week
{ from tomorrow.
! Pennsylvania IS finding many support
/ ers on the eve Of her struggle with
Dartmouth because OF the fine showing
week ago against Pittsburgh.
/ Penn State. believed by many to be
the best team inthe East. will tackle its
ancient foe. Lehigh, but the result is not
much in doubt Lehigh stands little
show with the powerful Bezdek machine.
The premier contest of the South to-
morrow viii be the Georgia Tech-George-
town game Both teams have a reversal
on their record, but both have powerful
elevens Centre College meets Kentucky
State. 1t should be easy for the former.
Virginia Military Institute. with a
strong claim for the Southern champion
ship also has a minor foe in Catholic
University.