Pueblo chieftain., 1921-11-12

New raven, conn, NOV. ll.-Ihe sec
ond of the eastern football classics fol
the season of 1921 will be played /,
the Yale Bowl here Saturday after
noon when the eleveus of Princeton
and Yale meet in their annual strug-
gle. Dating back to 1873 the annual
gridiron battle between the two IA
nous universities Is so surrounded and
entwined with varsity and football tra-
dition that, with the possible excep-
ton of the Harvard Yale contest, 1t
exceeds in interest from an eastern
standpoint any other game of the year.
Year in and year out regardless of
whether the two teams are OF eXcep-
tional power or merely mediocre in
comparison with other college teams of
the same section, the battle of the Bull
dog and. the Tiger famed in song and
story, attracts record attendance.
Each fall the Palmer Memorial
Stadium, at Princeton, or the Yale
Bowl here. as the case may be. is tax
ed to capacity and thousands of appli-
cations for tickets are returned for
lack of seats.
Tomorrow's game is no exception for
the huge football amphitheater of the
Blue has been sold out for weeks and
tickets would command many a hum
dred percent premium were they avail.
able to the spectators.
Interest among the undergraduates,
alumni and general followers of the
football chances OF the two elevens
is particularly keen this year for some
unusual circumstances surrounded the
coming contest and there is a possi-
bility that traditions of the game may
be shattered. After several seasons of
rather indifferent playing form and
power. Yale appears to have developed
a combination more in keeping with
the football history of the Blue. Under
the coaching of Tad Jones. a former
ELI star OF magnitude, Yale appears to
possess fast. rangy. alert eleven. each
player possessing that keen football
Instinct which is a sift and seldom ac-
quired by the dull, practice routine.
Team after team has gone down be-
fore the attack of the Ellis without
scoring and even the strong Army
eleven was defeated IA to Z.
Against this rejuvenated Bulldog. the
New Jersey University will hurl what
several months ago evas expected to
East. Injuries and the loss of several
star players due in ineligibility, scho-
lastic or otherwise. has sapped some
of its gridiron strength and notwith-
standing the splendid showing Of the
Tigers a week ago in the game with
chile combination which the support
ers of the Orange and Black hoped for
at the beginning of the season.
Defeats by both the Navy and the
University or chicago In mlQseason
checked Princeton progress. These set
backs while SOLDERING the conquering
prospects of the Tigers have increased
their desire to complete the season
with a victory over their traditional
| rival. The entire squad from varsity
star to third string substitute will con-
slider the Princeton football season of
1921 a complete success IL Yale can be
defeated on its home gridiron.
Entirely aside from fhe present
strength and ability OF the two teams
the history OF the series appears to be
against such a feat. Until 1919. when
the play was resumed between the
varsity teams after a two-year lull
due to war activities. Princeton never
won twice In succession from Yale In
that year the Nassau players defeat
ed Yale 13 to and last fall repeated
by n score OF 20 to 0. This was the
largest score with the exception Of 1896
game. that Princeton had ever rolled
up against the Blue.
| Three Victories in row for the
Tigers would shatter all Princeton pre-
cedents and even the most ardent Or
ange and Black adherent Is influenced
by the mysterious influence which has
allotted strings of victories at time
to falc and only scant triumphs for
the Tiger. The preponderance of Yale
victories is shown by study OF the