The Washington times., 1922-11-08
FIGHTING SPIRIT
TESTS MERIT Of
GOOD SYSTEM
Battle Sat
urday Resolves Itself to
That Kind of Contest.
BY TOM THORP.
Football Coach New York University
and GridjrOn Authority.

Football Coach New York University
and GridirOn Authority.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-The
question of whether or not q
never-say-die fighting spirit can
triumph over a we'll devised sys-
tenn of play will be decided in
the Cambridge stadium on Satur.:
day when representatives OF
Princeton and Harvard grapple
in their annual football classic.
The Tigers have an abundance OF
fighting spirit. Harvard boasts OF
he greatest football system in the
country. The meeting of the teams
is going to be watched with unusual
interest 1t is one Of the most per-
picking problems that the football
authorities have had to battle with.
Upon the result hinges the future OF
many gridiron squads.
IL fighting spirit finishes on the
right side of the score, many schools
will discard their costly football sys-
TENS. If, on the other hand. system
triumphs, football is going to de-
velop into a game in which more time
and study must be given to instruct
ing it's pupils in the intricate secrets
Of a well-devised system of play.
Those who attended the Ph lce.
ton Chicago contest at Stagg eld
a few weeks ago, have the greafeSf
respect for fighting spirit. They
witnessed a sight that was enacted
i'm every big classic some ten or
fifteen years ago. They saw q spec
tacIe that has made football the
greatest OF American college pas
times.
Bill Roper deserves great credit for
the way his lads played against their
/ Chicago rivals. They left Tigertown
with only a fighting chance of win
ming. That they came through for
the coach is proof that he had in.
stilled the right sort of determination
into their hearts.
The rivalry between Princeton and
HSrvard dates back many years. To
date the record between the teams
favors the Tigers. Old Nassau has
twelve wins to it's credit to eight for
Harvard.
Charles Brickley, the greatest toe
artist of recent years, gained fame
by kicking three goals from the field
in the Harvard Princeton game Of
1912. The following season Bricklcy
again won for Harvard by his sen.
sational kicking.
The war then broke in on these
meetings, but in 1919 the Tigers came
| out of a very bad slump to hold a
strong Harvard team to a 1910 tie.
In 1920 the Princeton Harvard
game resulted in another tie score.
Harvard took the lead at the start,
but Princeton came through with
sensational spurt to 60 to the
front. A last minute forward pass
saved the Crimson from a beating.
The game ended i'm 14-14 tie. Last
season a 61-yard run by Ralph
Gilroy gave the Tigers their VIC
tory over Harvard.
It is in the hope that some other
Princeton star may arise to the oc-
casion on Saturday that all Tiger
town is going to Cambridge to root
for an Orange and Black victory. In
view Of the fact that each season fur.
nishes some new star in this annual
affair. it is hard to say just what
will take place when the elevens face
one another.
With one team fighting for its lifa
and another playing the game ac-
cording to Hoyle, II is difficult to
make predictions. The game will be
hard-fought throughout. It looks
like a fifty-fifty proposition. The
! fact that Princeton generally i'm
proves under fire makes II a hard
proposition to figure out.