The New York herald., 1922-11-18

gridiron battle with Yale.
1t will be the forty-sixth meeting
OF the Bulldog and the Tiger in the
oldest football series we have. 1t was
in 1873 that they met for the first
time and Yale, the favorite, was de-
feated. To-day Old Eli is the IA
vorite again-and Princeton bristles
with confidence and determination to
close its startling season with the
most startling of it's achievements.
Princeton men have it that theirs
is team Of destiny. They feel that
theirs is an eleven Of extremely high
intelligence combination which fell
heir to the old Tiger quality of alert
ness and the old Princeton reputa-
ton as an opportunist. They know
that Yale has been made the favorite
and they recognize the great power
and high potentialities OF the Ellis.
But they will concede nothing to Yale
any moro than they were willing to
concede anything to Harvard last
Saturday morning.
May Repeat GIories of 1911.
The Princeton team is face to face
with a great opportunity this day. 1t
finds itself confronted with the chance
to earn a glory which has come to no
Nassau eleven since 1911. Not in eleven
years has Princeton defeated both Har-
ward and Yale in one season. In 1911
1t was an opportunist team which won
the Big Three title for the Tigers. Sam
White picked up a loose ball and ran
for a touchdown against the Crimson
and repeated that stunt the following
week against the Blue.
Last week opportunity beckoned to
Princeton and II responded. The result
was a surprising triumph over Harvard.
To-day the Tigers will look for oppor-
tunity to beckon again. The Tigers
will be on the alert-eager. ready. re-
sourceful. fighting hard from start to
finish. 1t is not likely to be a team
mechanically near perfection. 1t may
not be one of the greatest elevens in
the brilliant history of the game at
Nassau. But il is sure to be n hard
team to beat. particularly on its home
ground.
Yale, unlike Princeton, enters the
arena defeated. While the Tigers have
gone through their season without a
setback-taking the measure of Chicago
and Harvard in spite of tho fact that
these opponents were rated higher than
the Princetonians-Yale has suffered a
beating. 1t lost to Iowa by one touch
down. But In spite of that. from the
cold angle of football technic alone, the
Blue is the more impressive.
Mental Side Important.
But in these parlous days the me-
chanical side OF the game alone does
not win the big battles. Fight counts
and 1t does not appear in the statistics.
Psychology counts-and IL does~not ap-
pear in the records. The mental factor
is of tremendous Importance. In the
old days the papers published the
weights and past performances OF the
rival teams and judged from these.
Weight was paramount To-day weight
IS negligible. 1t is what the players
carry above their necks which counts
most.
Yale will bring n strong line, particu-
larly at the middle. IL will bring tackles
who will stand up to their task. and
fine ends. IL will have a fine back
field-a splendid man at quarterback in
Neidlinger It is counted on to bring
varied attack-a more versatile and
more open offensive than IT has shown
to date.
Yale has acquired deception and an
air game as well. and altogether is a
well rounded football team. We saw
Princeton play Colgate and Harvard,