New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
ClasOisag the Bulldog

/ Both teams made use often of running
from kick formation. The forward
passing was fair. Princeton not being
as deft as usual, but getting in one
| good one over the center of the line
with nobody near the receiver. There
were times when Yaie's defence was
| greatly. and purposely scattered, at
| one time seven men being back of the
| line.
gOne Of the best kicks was q beauty
| by Thomson from behind his own goal
hline. First one side, then the other,
gained on kicking exchanges and these
wiped out hard won advantages. Yale's
kicking was stcadier, for Princeton's
was erratic. Princeton's tackling was
far better than against Harvard and
was more uniformly good than Yale's.
Both tackled we'll for the most part.
A play by Baker when he lifted q
man up and carried him backward was
STACEY stuff, for the carrying part did
not mean anything.
Princeton has been blessed with ad-
mirable end play this year, and was to-
day Running kicks back on Gray and
have done better in the final period to
have gambled more with runbacks in
stead of playing it safe. In line de-
Tense Eli shaded the Orange and Black.
Each wing guardian was fooled for sew
eral fat gains, but no end is perfect,
and the end play on each side averaged
very high. All in all should say Gray
was the best end on the field and
Deaver close second.
In the Harvard game Treat was
better tackle than Baker, and he was
day, though not so spectacular. On
gains he followed the ball like a hound.
Baker broke through often, but as
often he. was one Of the spots where
Yale made big holes. The truth is, the
whole game considered, the Yale line
outplayed Princeton's and Cross, Cruik-
shank and Loxejog were steadierrthan
the Tiger trio. Nevertheless Dicken-
sions, and he and Gray did some beau
son broke through savaeely on occa-
tiful defense work in the final quarter.
That final quarter was hummer, and
all the skill at Princeton's command
was needed to turn back Yale's hard
but betimes misguided offense in the
closing moments.
Neale Live Wire on Offense
Jordan and Neale bore the brunt of
the Blue attack, and, whatever faults
Neale may have on defense, he is a
live wire on ocense He was the games
best threat. He kicked we'll for his
snds--both sides did that--and he ran
fast and was hard to pull down, though
| not hig man. Jordan played we'll
His line plunging had more drive to
it than l have seen before. Scott bal
ancedaupsa tidy offensive and defensive
game in the absence of Mallory.
| AS quarterback Neidlanger did not
shine and German, of the Tigers, was
the better of the two, I thought,
though he couldn't get loose to run
back kicks, for Yale had men in guam
tity down under kicks. German did
handle kicks we'll, however, a trihe
better than was done in Yales back
field
Cleaves and Beattie we're all Prince
ton had on the field to carry the ball.
Crun was stopped much better than
Harvard stopped him. Caldwell was q
| fine defensive back, Lovejoy a fine de-
Tense man as rowing center. Except in
Afford, of Princeton.
1t was one of those hammer-and-
tongs games, waged with great vigor,
but not. great brilliance or color
Cieaves's general wide-awakeness and
we'll distributed activities were feat
ure, as they have been with him all
fall.
Princeton was penalized only for
time out and delays and Yale suffered
comparatively little from penalizing.
Iii that respect there was much to
|, commend, especially by way of com
parison with scraps which have pre-
coded this one