Evening star., 1921-11-03

it will not be as great as some stu
dents of the game might imagine
Two weeks ago few persons would
have conceded the Tigers Il chance
to score a victory over Harvard after
their two successive defeats at the
hands of the Navy and Chicago. But
the erratiC character of some OF Har-
wards play against Centre has very
much shaken the supporters of the
Crimson and has strongly encour-
aged the Princeton partisans. Then.
again, there is another factor TO be
considered-"Old Man Psychology"
Princeton always seems to have a
special ability to come to life a%a:n.;t
Harvard, no matter how much their
early ason'S work may have de-
pressed their friends
When the Princeton Tiger catches
sight of Crimson sweater il has the
same effect on him that a red flag
does on bull. He gets his claws
ready and he does not stop using
them until the last whistle blows.
Crimson Has Better Team Work.
That is the spirit with whicI.
Princeton Will enter next Saturdays
game, but the writer still is INF
pressed with the fact that Harvard:
was able to score y points against;
Pennsylvania State, which showed 4:
latent power in the Harvard team.
This. should it be resurrected next
of trouble for Princeton. There is
more conference in the Harvard aE-
gregation when it once gets moving
than there is in the Princeton tea,v
There is plenty of individual fight III
the Priucetonians, and the return OF
Snively, end, will be a great help.
almost as much in actual physical
play, in the way of Princeton'S as
sets. as the presence of l-ourie at
quarter. The little general also
l. =. l,.s Il Ia
head for Princeton when in command
of the game.
In spite of the fact that many seem
convinced that on account Of Har-
wards poor showing against Centre.
that the odds favor Princeton. in real
possibilities Harvard still has from
every angle of her seasons play thus
far a slight advantage. Bad weather
might upset all calculations, however.
Practically no teams have yet played
in bad weather this season. and con-
sequently no one can tell what effect
a rainy day would have on either or
these teams, except that the Old
tradition is that Princeton is the
better 'mudhorse."
Returning TO the Chicago-Oh;o
State game. the team which conquer
| ed Princeton will have to go at its
+, very best to defeat Wilc'es men who
seem to have started poorly. but WHO
| have come into their stride at last.
| In Such a contest as lHlS N'Ni' sSldNe
will miss Stinchcomb. and Stagg has
| a versatile. cool and determined back
! field which executes his plays with
| great precision.
| Lafayette and Cornell should Win.
| The tte-Pennsylvania game
at Franklin Field should result in
DECISIVE win for the Eastonians and
Cornell should have little trouble in
taking the measure of Columbia. That
Dobie drive is likely to smother and
roll all over Columbia as ii did over
| Dartmouth. Lafayette has a power
i full team. Gne of the best in the east
and it is very doubtful whether Penn
| sylvania's improved eleven can stop ii.
| Other games to he played Satur
! day that will have a bearing on deter
mining the best teams in other Sec
| tions, are those between California
and Southern California, on the
Berkeley campus. Georgia Tech and
Clemson at Atlanta. Idaho and Mon
! tana at Moscow. Minnesota and Iowa
at Minneapolis. Oklahoma and Kan
| sas at Norman Alabama and Wander
| bilt at Birmingham, Purdue and
Northwestern at Lafayette. V. NJ. l.
| and North Carolina at Norfolk. West
Virginia and Washington and Lee at
Charleston and Washington State and
Oregon at Pullman.
Should Doctor Harry Williams Min
nesota team undergo resurrection
and beat Iowa. 1t would complicate
matters in the middle west very
| much. but at this writing it does not
look as though this were possible.
Copyright. 1921