New-York tribune., 1922-11-17
Two Powerful Teams

SEls Wltt 60 10 OSPAte on NASSAU
feM tomorrow with p stronger center
tic in Lovejey, cress and Crnikshank,
xha average around 2f5 pounds, and
s.A backfield slightly faste-.
But Princeton will take the field at
lame with two superior tackles in
Bsker and Treat, outstanding stars,
sad the moral impetus of 9 victorious
,ssaalt upon Colgate, Chicago and
navard
Two great tackles mean lot to any
,ssna. end the Tiger has them ali keyed
10 ier battle.
We look to see Yale gain more
round and make more first downs, but
tae waning season has shown how lit
.fs hat means when it comes TO the
final score.
PRINCETON, through the fine coaching
ofpll Roper and most excellent sup
sor.inr cast of instructors that include
Eos Laafie, Puffy Bigler, Al Wittmer,
ia Poe and, last but not least, Keene
sarsstrick, is now powerful machine
sosheg. none too brilliant upon attack,
hi vnssaally strong upon defense and
t.says alert for any hostile mistake.
Team for Team
Etuson is slightly stronger upon
Gssae than Yale. Yale is slightly
sadaser in attack than Princeton.
kTad Jones had Mallory ready and
gFBrn in top form Yale would be 20
n ssnt ahead on paper.
Is 1t is, with Neidlinger, Jordan,
Tint, Scott and Neele, the Bulldog
ii more backheld speed and drive
ia the Tiger, and if the Blues pass
81 game works well enough to give it's
naning game a chance Yale will still
Esd slight edge, but hardly enough
tsoFset even one bad tumble.
Last week in figuring Harvard to beat
Frinceton no one could take into ac-
count long series of fumbles by a
team that is noted for clean handling
IL the ball.
Yale has done very little fumbling 40
far, but there seems to be some abnor-
NAL CLEAN in Tiger eyes that starts
Princeton opponents into a fumblirig
ft-and once the ball bounces loose
there is sudden sharp oatthrpst OF
Tiger paws and claws, and the Nassau
cheering sector is bowling it's collective
head off.
Here is another matter: Newell
Neidlinger, a great halfback, is made
over quarterback of four games ex-
perience. And quarterback play to 3
certain extent must be instructive. No
man can acquire the art in less than
four hours of actual competition. Yet
he has been improving steadily, and if
he has good day in this, his biggest
test the Blue attack is going some
where, despite the strength of Prince
tons defense.
rs for what may happen, nearly
every one figured lot Of ground would
DO gained when Syracuse met Penn
state and when Notre Dame met the
Army. The scores in each case were
o70. And the Princeton Harvard
score. without any fumbling, would
nave been the same.
:, Yale, with 0'Hearn at quarter, Neid-
hnger. Jordan, Mallory and later Neale
and Wight at the other backfeld posi-
ions. would have easily the strongest
fSsckheld in the game, East, West or
ssufh. But t+Ifs" are quite another mat
tsrs and out of place.
As the actualities exist, the two
teams are so we'll matched that any
sight turn of fortune may bring vic
EotT to either camp and the defeat Of
ntisher could be regarded as an upset
any sort.
Figuring all breaks exactly even,
shich they rarely are in any game,
We slightly favor the stronger attack
,ag slde, which just now seems to be
This football doping is rasping sx-
.Nehee at best. Last Saturday out of
ssssnty-nine tahulations. we stumbled
ss ts,ce IN the way of" Fesults-H Harvard
Srlnceton with Illinois Wisconsin, only
recall again. the Shakespearian
slogan: "The evil that men do lives
slter SIG them; the good is often inferred
slfh the bones they pull" And twenty
a'ae out Of possible twenty nine is
triiie too swift for our gait.