The Washington times., 1922-11-15

1t looks to me as though the who
will depend upon the choice of pl
If he is able to combine SCUM,
Yale has fine chance to win.
tive, the old Army game, as it is
much as 20 per cent better than
In these modern times, team
cannot afford to play safe behind
lead of one touchdown. It's best
defense is to keep right on scoring
as often as possible. not. of course.
taking unnecessary chances, but
shooting it's best at all times. II
it doesn't the other team comes
along. picks up loose ball or
snatches a pass out of the air, and
ties the score.
Personally. think Tad Jones
will show something new in the
way Of offensive tactics against
Princeton. 1t is my understanding
that the Blue has firm grasp on
the open game this season and is
fully equipped to use it to ad'
, vantage.
1t will be interesting to watch
the work of O'Hearn or Neidlinger
| in this connection. The choice be-
tween this pair for the quarterback
post is the most important deci-
sion Yale must make before the
! game.
Il think a grave mistake may
be made II Neidlinger Is not al
lowed to run the team at the out
set. This is not knock for
O'Hearn. He il really splendid
player with fine football instinct
but he has been out of scrimmage
| for six weeks with injuries and
worse still, has played In com.
paratively few games either this
season or last. No matter how
good man may be, he must have
actual work under fire to bring
him up to the big games with the
proper mental edge.
| That is where Neidlinger comes
| in. Starting with the Iowa game
early In the season, he has run the
! Yale varsity week after week in
manner eminently satisfactory. /
4 eoh SNU Soou iCoSoh " iVpio1E
him now.
OF course, Tad Jones faces
| great temptation with OHearn. The
latter is an ideal triple-threat man,
| possibly a better man in this re-
spect than Neidlinger, and certain.
ly Jones will be tempted to use him
| somewhere in the backfield.
! For my part, / believe it will be
well to hold OHearn In reserve for
the late stages of the game where
| his speed might count heavily
against a weare defense.
Princeton will enter the contest
with improved morale because of
it's victory over Harvard and will
have a decided advantage in tn.
fact that the game marks the end
of its season. That being the case,
it is a safe bet that Roper will
show everything he has, and II
would not surprise me to see Prince
ton play more wide open game
than 1t did against Harvard. As "a
matter OF fact, wide open game
may be necessary to pierce the
powerful Yale defense for a score.
Yale, at the same time, may not
care to show everything against
the Tiger because IL must save
something for Harvard, both in
strategy and men. IL is note
worthy, In this latter connection,
that Princeton emerged from the
Harvard battle In surprisingly
sound physical condition.
The kicking game, as usual. will
have a vital bearing on the result.
The Tigers downfield work in the
Harvard game was superb. and they
showed that they are as good as any
outfit lin the country in taking ad-
vantage of the breaks. This puts the
matter squarely up to the Yale backs
to handle the ball more cleanly than
Harvard did.
Failure to do so may prove fatal
with that bunch Of Princeton oppor.
tunlsts ever on the alert for loose
ball. They converted fumbles into
touchdowns against Chicago and Har.
ward and are ready to do the same
thing against Yale or any other team.
In yardage on punts, / expect Yale
: To hold it's own, whether IL is match
ing Wight, Neidlinger, Neale or
O'Hearn with Cleavee the. Princeton
kicker. Further. Yale boasts a slip.
pier set of receivers who may run
kicks back TO better advantage than
the Tigers.
Tomorrow Mr.. Brickley will dis
cuss the development OF teams by
various coaches In the East and
West)