Evening star., 1921-11-11

BY defeating Pennsylvania State
the Navy will be placed in position
for a. fne shot at premier eastern
ranking, while on the other hand the
added prestige through defeat of
the Midshipmen. Hugo Bezdek's men
have one Of the most interesting Of
fensive systems the writer has seen.
Deception is the rule when State has
the ball, deception combined with
tenn is as well worked out and pre-
cisely applied as the line attack.
On defense there. Is less to say about
the eleven Harvard was able TO score
three touchdowns against the Penn.
sylvania outfit. 1t may. be assumed
that if the Navy shows the power. en-
durance and elusiveness that. she
showed against Princeton she viii
be able to cross States goal line more
than once. How many times State
she has faced remains to be seen.
Princeton-Yale Well Matched.
In point of personnel the Yale and
Princeton teams are about as evenly
matched as could be. Keck is an out
standing figure. but there have been
reports that he did not come through
the Harvard game as fit as could have
been hoped. This report is nGcouf1rr..-
ed and Princeton's well wisl.ers will
hope that it is untrue, for with this
great tackle inefficient through physi-
cal handicaps the Tigers would lose
large percentage of their strength
on interference. But assuming that he
is In fine playing condition. he must
be reckoned as dominating element
both on attack and defensively. .
Otherwise the players run very even
in physique and playing ability. In
the packfield Jordan should match
Garrity, Aldrich, >Lourie and so on. In
the line. basing judgment on form.
matters should be even enough, with
Baker standing out, however" the
best guard on the field ,Dsfensively
Yale will probably shov! no iineman
with greater intuition or better tao
king ability than Wittmer. -.
An interesting point relative to the
two teams is that Princeton's first
stringiline- up will show seven seniors
in the combination. Yale will pre-.
sent seven sophomores. Time and
again it has been, shown. that, all
tage is with the eleven having the
experience and solidity that comes
with age.
Yale Has Lacked Hard Games. :.
Another important point to be taxi
en- into consideration relates to the
opponents the rival teams have met,
the strength and general ability OF
those opponents. In this respect
Yale's experience cannot be compared
with Princeton's Yale has had smooth
sailing against mediocre elevens, such
as Bates, Vermont, North Carolina
University, Williams and Maryland.
Her one opponent of reputation was
the Army, which Yale defeated. IA to
z. This appeared to be something of
a feat until Notre Dame svanQuished
the Army, % to o. It, was not the
hny Af
showing in actual play which gave
hint that perhaps the Ellis did not en-
counter so formidable a team in the
cadet outfit as had been: thought.
And. in any event, the Army outrush-
ed Yale about two.to one in the mat
. ter of yards gained
Princeton is an old battle-scarred
war horse. which has come through
sanguinary season. She. met In
turn, Swarthmore. Colgate, the Navy.
Chicago. Virginia and Harvard. It
should be noted that against. all eley-
feat, was highly creditable. Most
touchdowns against her came from
forward passes or forward blocked
passes. y. -.'...~" :.
On offense Princeton has shown
dangerous facility with. the forward
pass. 1t was not intricate; no effort
was made to hide the intention: none
the less it produced, and that Is all
that one may ask of any play. On
line attack the Tigers have shown
nothing. remarkable. all season. The
fault has been one OF instruction.
Yale has opened out with the over
head game as never before, and she
plays it well. In fact; most Of her
scores have come through overhead
heaves. There are deception, precision
and elusive running with the caught
ball. In line attack Yale has done
nothing to date to indicate that she is
eny better in this respect than
Princeton has been. But Yale would
hot be Yale without some driving power
on or OF the tackles, and we may ex-
pect to see proof Of this on Saturday.
Yale may get slightly better distance
in punting and her wingmen will
cover kicks as well as the Princeton
ends take care Of Lourie's drives.
Both teams will be alert and resouce-
full. In fact, this game, which, on
paper. looks to be a toss-up. may we'll
be decided on the basis Of a break
or two.
fCopyrieht. 1921