The New York herald., 1922-11-18
BETTING ODDS FAIL
TODISTURB TIGERS
Jungle Goes to Bed on Eve of
Game With Yale All
Confident.
ROPER TO USE GORMAN
Gambling Quarterback Hero
of Chicago Game, Will Lead
Bengal To-day.
BY w. o. MCCLELLAN.


eve of the annual Yale-Princeton
game, which will be played in Palmer
Stadium tomorrow, the Princetonians
saw an omen in an orange streak
in the west at sunset. Within the
clustered walls of the Nassau Club
Big Bill Edwards went through secret
practice in the snake dance preparing
for the inevitable in the event that
the omen of the orange streak came
true. With the betting against them
Princeton donned its pajamas in quiet
confidence. Football teams in the past
have crossed the dope and the bet
ting. and football teams will continue
TO do that little thing.
Tad Jones and his Yale squad ar
rived at Trenton and dug in for the
night. Reticence has been and will
be the watchword of the young men
from Eli. They do not regard the
fact that the betting and the ex-
perts hold them in high regard with
any favor, but deep in the hearts OF
the players the squad in blue is just
as confident as the squad in orange
and black.
Indications are that the game to-
morrow should be one of the best of the
season, and from speculative point of
view looks like an even money bet. Here
in Princeton, of course, you can get only
one side of the argument. The Prince
tonians are as yet undefeated. They
will go into to-morrow's battle with
their team intact and more or less un-
injured. Johnny German, the gambling
quarterback, whose head work helped
Princeton to win that absolute melo-
drama at Chicago, who was out of the
Harvard game entirely, will start to-
morrow. consequently the PRINCETON
team will be that much more formidable
than the team which snatched a victory
from the Crimson at Soldiers Field.
Luck Not with Bulldog.
II you could get anyone to chatter
in the Yale temporary camp over at
Trenton you might get the other kind OF
an argument. Yet the admission readily
would be made that injuries prevented
the Yale team that will face the Tigers
from being developed as their coach
would wish. 1t mixes matters when one
has to develop a quarterback after mid
season. And yet, when the result Is
Neidlinger, il is not so bad. Then, NAL
lory was pronounced unfit to enter to-
merrow's game because of injuries with
the battle few days off. To add pessi-
missn to the outlook of the Blue the an
nouncement is made on the eve of battle
that Wight too will be unable to play.
In the event that the dope and the
betting is crossed these facts could be
advanced as alibis. Not that Tad Jones
is of the type who would advance an
hlibi but the material is right at hand.
Predicting on the night before gets
one nothing but some derisive letters
afte the game. 1t was In this place
in 1916 that your correspondent pre-
dicted that the Tigers would tear Cupid
Blacks team apart and just as the pre-
diction arrived Cupid Blacks team was
scattering Tigers all over the field.
Somehow Princeton football started
n bit lububriousiy this year. The fac
hlty Interpretation of the faculty
rules deprived the Princeton team of
Gilroy before the season started and
there was much sadness over the
paucity of material available for the
team. The achievements of the Prince
ton team Indicate that the material was
not so impossible. While Roper may
hot have any temperamently individual
lists and stars he has football team
and 1t takes a team to win games.
Despite the jolts that have been given
its development Tad Jones also has
coherent team. At Yale they would
a little sooner In the season. but down
deep I think that they feel that the
development of the team into machine
is fairly we'll along.
When the members OF the Yale first
string eleven saw Princeton and Har-
ward at Soldiers Field the first reaction
was a wave of optimism which sub
sided after some second day thought.
The impression developed then that the
Princeton team might have been a bit
under wraps as they say at the track,
after they had their lead.
Rival Leaders Reticent.
From Tad Jones at Trenton came the
simple before the battle statement, I'VE
expect the hardest game we will have
played this season. All of the Yale
men are on their toes and In good con-
dition. ready for the opening whistle
tomorrow"
Bill Roper makes no predictions ONLY
intimating that IL the Bulldog should
chew a chunk out of the Tiger he will
have nothing to offer by way of an ex-
cuse. The elder Roper being retlcent,
Bill Roper. Jr.. aged IL. was pressed
for a prediction. The younger Roper
was loquacious but his prediction was
inclined TO be a bit Delphic. "The team
that makes the most points will win," he
said with conviction. Come to think
of IL Young Bill uttered mouthfui.
THAT is about as good a prediction as
anybody can make as to the outcome OF
to-morrow's fray.
The Yale team will rest at the Stacy
Trent Hotel tonight and arrive at Pal
mer Stadium just little before the
time set for the game which Is o'clock
The men in blue will take the field for
their FIRST practice at about half past
one.
Every available room in the village
OF Princeton Is stuffed with Princeton
old grads OF various vintage. There
are some who are survivors OF Bloody
Angle" that memorable bout with Har-
ward back In the eighties when fists
we're harder TO control than they are III
me Big @0PGr" sill EDWARDS su- arriAd early yes
,crday and after reviewing the town in
general was parked for the night near
Nassau Club. He went under canvas
n large area OF Il. William Is itching
for the opportunity to do his celebrated
snake dance. having recovered entirely
from his Terpschorean exercises at
Soldiers Field. Whether he will be GO
ing through his interpretative steps or
sitting in brooding silence while the
blue hosts surge between the goal posts
will not be known until the long shad-
ows drapc the field at Palmer Stadium.
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