Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-16
PRINCETON STOPS
COLGATE ATTACK
Ste am-RoIlered at Start, Tiger
FootbaIlers Fight Hard
and Finally Win
A NICE GAME TO WATCH
BY JACK STRuBING
Former Princeton Quarterback

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- started like n whirlwind Saturday
and appeared to be intent on marching
from the spot to which il carried back
the kick off straight across Princcton's
goal line. OF tackle plays, inb.
through center and faxed or actua
Criss were netting from 3 to
yards at clip.
Finally. however, the Tigers stiff.
fened, and Colgate was forced to punt
On the next play. Princeton puntcd
back. Colgate fumbled. Princeton re.
covered beyond midfcld. and from ther
on it was anybody's game until well
into the last period.
1t was n nice game to watch. Har-
lows team was drilled like an army
and executed the plays with clocklike
precision. There was. however, a
limited area TO these plays. TO wit. be-
tween the ends. The Mnroon's faith
seemed pinned on heavy line, followed
by husky. hard running quartet Of
haCks-steam- roller effect, in other
words.
! And steam roller It did. more than
once rolling the home team bnrk for
gain after gain. But, like most stcnm.
roller attacks. there wns limit to its
reach. and Princeton was always able
to stand at bay and fight EN- off when
! 'h'hbS sot NuHScious.
What Colgate Lacked
What Colgate seemed to lack was a
knowledge Of the fundamentals. 1t
couldn't punt. and its punts were
poorly covered. The Princeton receiver
always had n long start after he had
caught the ball. Colgate also was poor
catching punts. and this proved dis
astrous more than once.
! Tho MarOon's passing game was built
on the W. and J. style Of screened
baseball pass letting the line sift
| through and chucking the pass over the
! heads Of the incoming forwards. The
! Tiger line. however, was too fast for
them and smothered the passer before
! he had Il chance to get rid of the ball.
The play of the Princeton team was
! encouraging. True, there were some
! little defects found that caused no lit
! tie trouble. but on the whole the men
showed up we'll.
Outrushcd and rolled back at the
start Of play the Tigers showed an
ability to rise 70 the occasion and stage
II comeback. But what pleased most
was the ability displayed to follow the
ball and keep in the play.
On Jack Cleaves long rur some OF the
Interference was beautiful and when
he finally crossed the line there were
still some Tigers running with him.
Couldn't Open Holes
One of the worries Saturday was the
! inability of the Princeton line TO open
holes. This is probably more the faulr
of the style Of play used than Of the
mon themselves. The shift which
Princeton used consisted, in addition
TO the regular backfe]d shift. of a
n i,,n
center TO the other. This. of course
neCcsSitatcd the entire line moving
lateraiiy and then charging forward nj.
| most an instant after the men had
distributed themselves to their new
positions.
This obviated two things, n chance to
get set and q chance 70 pick assign
ments. The result was that the line
had 10 land and charge almost bllndly
without getting set. All of which does
not help when it comes TO opening
holes.
The chances are that the guard shift
will be discarded or more time will be
allowed the line in which TO complete
rs movements.
Pr!nceton's tackl!ng was improved
but still has room 10 grow better, IN
stead OF hitting the man with their
shoulders and wrapping their arms
around his legs at the same time the
Princeton men seemed now and then IN
try 70 grab ut legs with their aims and
pull the rurner to them.
This Is just pie for strong runner,
The squad probably will indulge in
some more live tackling this week.
Backs Improve
Running Of the backs was much
improved, They ran hard and thoy
I never said die" until there was no
| doubt about their being dead. They
seemed. however, unable to clean ur on
their various assignments. whether
because OF the ends and tackles ability
or because of Princeton's lack Of ability
j. hard TO say. The Colgate ends we're
good men in scrimmage.
Pr!nceton's helmsman showed rather
slow thought in the first half when he
tried time and again to make distance
through the line after he had found it
coud not be dcne.
Another time he should have drop
kicked on n fourth down, but passed
instead. The passer was tackled. Civ
ing the ball to Colgate on it's 35-yard
lin" instead Of the 20 If the drop kick
vas unsuccessful.
Another time on the third down near
the goal line he rushed the ball awav
from the goal posts and left himself in
a hole on his fourth down, IN n position
which made the score e-kick impossible,
In the second half after having been
pumped full of advice he opened UP a
little more and produced results.
Altogether the outlook Frightened up
considerably and with lots Of hard work
rhis crowd Of comparatively green men
should develop into good wide awake
football team.