The Washington times., 1922-11-16
TIGERS AIMING.
TOD|SCOUNT
Eli WIN
Princeton Will Show No
Mercy on Yale at Palmer
Stadium.
by TOM THORP,

The Tiger and Bulldog are gong
to stage a finish fight in Palmer
Stadium on Saturday. Mercy will
be neither asked for nor given by
either team. The Tiger will be
there to prove that his win over
Harvard was no fluke. The Bull
dog is out to vindicate its coach.
The best scrap of the season is
sure to be staged. The Jungle
town eleven rules a slight favorite.
This, however, is not going TO
cause the Bulldog to fight with
less determination.
Bill Roper has about the niftiest
squad of warriors that the sport has
ever produced. Many critics are at a
loss to estimate their real value. On
paper they do not appear TO measure
up to some of their rivals. Colgate
is given credit for having outrushed
them. Chicago outplayed them by a
wide margin. Harvard gained more
ground by rushing and forward
passes. However. each OF these
worthy rivals had 10 be satisfied with
the small end of the score.
Princeton's fighting spirit proved
the deciding factor in each contest.
The Tigers refused to be defeated.
Any team'that enters game in that
frame of mind cannot help but excel.
1t is this factor that experts have
failed to take under consideration
when they made predictions.
Fight Is the prime factor 10 sue
cess in football. Without il, II team
can never win. With il anything
Is within its reach. Roper proved
the truth of this when he developed
his raw material into as fine fight
ing band rs ever SpOrted mole
skins. They are going to be a
mighty hard team to beat on Sat
urday.
Yale was for many years in the
same position that Princeton finds
itself today For seasons the Ellis
were given credit for having the
caliber Of team that is hardest to
beat.
Harvard came along after Hough-
ton, took up the football reins and
snatched this prestige away from the
New Havenites. 1t looks as If the
Crimson surrendered their right to
the honor in the Cambridge stadium
on Saturday.
Tad Jones has had hard row to
hoe at New Haven. The Ellis are far
from the football players that they
We're when Jones was an undergradu-
ate. The something" that made the
Yale Blue feared on the gridiron is
gone. Today n great many elevens
come to New Haven expecting to ad'
minister a setback to their Eli rivals
TNt oil
team must overcome considerably
more opposition than any of it's pre-
decessors. 1t means that the man
who occupies the coaching chair has
to face trouble in every preliminary
game. That saps his strength and
takes away strength from his players
IL means that the team must be
kept on ledge" all during the sea-
son. It Is the reason for so many
Of the small teams getting into the
championship class. No team, no
matter how strong IL Is, can be kept
up to its best game for more than
two weeks. Yale has been asked
to play at its best since the Carne-
gle Tech game a month ago.
The same may be said about
Princeton. Roper IL an instructo,
who believes in making his players
work to win. The schedules thai
have been arranged at Tigertowr
during the past few years have beer
stronger than before.
True, this has made the Tigers q
rugged lot. but 1t also has sent then
into many games with cripples. II
less capable trainer than Keene F'itz
patrick were In charge at Tigertowr
the Orange and Black would have
lost many games through injuries.
Fitzpatrick deserves great credit
for the able way that he has looked
after the physical condition of hi,
charges.
Yale's fine game against the Army
q team that plays hard. close foot
ball, Is what makes many expert,
believe that they will give Princeton
its hardest game Saturday. TIL,
Tigers are not any better scrapper,
than the band that Major Charlie.
DAILY has at West Point.
The later invaded New Haven foi
the sole purpose of outfighting tn,
Ellis. They left with a lucky Il,
score. That signifies that so far a.
fight Is concerned Yale is, well able
to take care Of itself.
For this reason II may be that
the fighting spirit Of the Tigers will
not count so much as many sport
followers think. II this proves the
case then Princeton Is going to
find itself hard pressed to keep its
head above water.
Tad Jones has fine team at New
Haven. Make no mistake about this
They are considerably more versatile
In their playing than most of theil
predecessors of the past ten years.
This they demonstrated in tn,
Iowa, Army and Brown games. I
would not be at all surprising to SEE
the Ellis uncover an attack that swep
the Tigers off their feet.
Jones has taught some Of the
best. up.to-date football that an El
aggregation has ever been instructed
In. The forward pass has played &
very important part in this game.
We look to see the New Haver
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