Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-24
TIGERS OUTPLAYED
BY CHICAGO TEAM
No FIuke in Princeton's Defeat,
Says Strubing, Who Lauds
Wilmer and Gilroy
LINE PLUNGING DECIDES
BY JACK STRIBING
Former Princeton Quarterback

OutpInypd from start g. finish, the
Orange and Black found themselves on
tho short end Of nine to nix when the
final whistle blew. And there was no
fukc, The Maroon team gained more
than 200 yards 90 a fcw more than 20
by Princeton. And thcv gained by
straight. intelligent football. Had IL not
been for Wilmer and Gilroy it would
hnvc takcr IN adding machine TO count
the score. These two men ought to be
given tn" university as Il present for
caving 1t from difgracc. Every play
reached them and every play stopped Mt
that point. Verify. verify. two such
defensive men have not hr"n seen in
many years. They are wonders.
Chicago, contrary to expectation. did
not play widc-Opcn game. On the
ether hand. 1t hammered AZ the line
continuously and consistently gained on
plungcs End runs were mixed In oC-
rasonally. but the greater part of tho
play was inside tackle or over tackle
And they showed no discrimination ns
to which tackle was picked. kprk was
gained over ms we'll ~ Hooper. In fact,
the immnrta Stan was outplnycd. Chi
cngo used every play from II shift and
! caught the Princeton line of balance
time after time. The play would start
! whiIo the defense wa" moving 70 meet
the shift. and the Tiger forwards were
simply torn to pieces.
Princeton came buck with the same
kind of a game Whether Roper is try
ing TO keep his open game under cover
or not is hard to say Bur against the
! Navy. and again last Saturday, Prince
ton tried to play powerful football
against teams which possessed more
strength. In the inst five minutes Mac
PhpC was sent in to try the usual wild
passing game which the team behind
usually pulls. but up until then one
would not hnve known Princeton had
any passes except thC short time that
Garrity was in the fray. For team
that has hern the leader in modern
football il Is really diShCattcning to see
this revers!on to golden ninetes' y
stuff. The sub quarters are certainly
lacking in mental ability They ran
plays which were 50 obviously rule of
thumb plays that one would have be-
lieved Chicago knew the signals.
Everything went just where it was
expected.
Chicago Line Better
The Chicago center played in the line
on the defense throughout the game
leaving four defensive backs. One Of
them played deep. so there were really
only three men TO defend against the
pass. And still Ever plugged the line.
And ChicagOs forwards proved them
selves better thun PrincctOn'S during
the entire frnCas. The Tiger backs
seldom had Il Chanc" TO get started
before tlny We're stopped. Ard the
Chicago backs actually had U:no ia
pause and look for their holes before
they started.
The Princeton ends were woefully
weak. On the OffPnse they missed their
men. On the defense they got neither
man nor interference. Stinson. in the
second half, seemed to take n brace and
played a nice game. bur the rest 81 the
end play was poor. Colo on his end
runs. always got around the Tiger
wings; and although GilrOy or Wilmer
always caught him before he mndp any
tremendous gain, he usually ncttrd
yards or more before he was stopped.
They never turned him in.
Even the tnrkIing and interference
was bad. 1t was ragged and looked al
though the men knew nothing about the
clements Of tn" game. IIurlburt and
Thomas. going of tackle. would some
~ '
they were dropped. Or they would
drag the men with them. These two
men, by the way, are as nice a pair OF
line hitting bncks as the East has seen.
Heavy and powerful. they simply beat
their way through.
The Maroon'@ strong play was built
on the same typ" as the Navy s, start
ing like an end run and suddenly driv e
ing over tackle. The ends were
-mcarrd ard the tackles boxed or
smotherpd by the driving Interference.
Tho Chicagoans ran their plays from a
shift very much Ike the old Minnesota
shift, and how that team was drilled
Alonzo StaRg certainly knows his busi-
ness Every play went smoothly and
the team moved as by clockwork II
was q beautiful machine. They worked
an open formation very little. usually
to kick and several times to pass Occa :
rionnlly they would try an end run from
this formation, but the majority Of END
runs started from close formation.
Excel In Passing
ChicagO's passes from center were
better than Princeton s, The ball went
back like n shot, and accurate. VII
mer's passes. although much more ac'
curatp than last week, nr" still a lit.
tie slow, especially in reaching th'
kicker or passer. Van Gerhtg wai
always hurried IN his kicks and so wa
Nlacphee in his passes. OF course th'
line must take some blame for this
Once three men were through on a pass
One blocked it and another caught il
Had II not been for beautiful tarkl,
BY MacPhce there would have been an
other touchdown scored
The touchdown which Chicago madr
in the last quarter was tn" result of 1
well executed pass. The Princeton
hnlfback let the end get by him anc
that is all that is necessary. But tn
outstanding point of the pass was tina
the pasacr actually had time TO bluff T.
the right and then turn and throw T.
the left. Chicago's line held. Prince
IONS Dasscr had to chuck it, and chucl
It quickly, or be thrown for loss
Altogether the Chicago team va
more powerful. just as fast. smoother
, lender and seemed to know moro foot
, ball. The Chicago quarter chose hi
plays wisely and kecnly 1t won, ano
It was the better team and deserved T.
win. My only wonder is that the ScOr
wasn't lnrger GilrOy and Wilmer ar
: the answer 70 this. But Princeton vii
have to open up II she wants 70 win
The power is not there for straight foot
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