Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-12-01
Princeton and Cornell
Indicated Thru Season
(By United Press.)


New York, Dec. Princeton, with
an established championship of the
Big Three" has as good claim as
any other eleven for the football charn-
pionship of the east.
Looking over the schedule which the
Tigers went through without being
defeated, perhaps they have the best
claim on the title.
Cornell, beyond doubt, has wonder
full team, but the Ithacans had no op-
ponent on their schedule to class with
Chicago, Yale and Harvard.
Lafayette and Washington and JEFF
ferson also had fine football machines,
but until both institutions established
the three-year rule of eligibility there
will always be some sentiment against
CHASING them with other teams who
work under the handicap OF a fresh
man rule.
In many ways, Princeton had a
most remarkable team in 1922. 1t
looked like the blossom of a bust in
late September, but it'll bloomed into
one of the greatest Of the many great
elevens that have carried the Orange
and Black colors.
Before each of the big games, the
critics predicted that Princeton should
not win, but they probably would.
The spirit of the Princeton team,
that never admitted defeat, even when
the evidence was powerful at hand Is
worded on sign posted IN the Tiger
club house:
"a team that won't be beaten, can't
be beaten"
The Tigers have been called arch
opportunists, eternal vigilants and
champion fuckers. Everything tits
them but the luck accusation.
The breaks did come for Princeton
in Chicago and Harvard games and
they didn't waste one chance to score.
When the opportunity came they made
the best of it, The luck all went
against them in Yale game, but won
because they got only one chance to
score and they scored on that one
chance.
Princeton had no outstanding stars
at the start of the season and perhaps
the Tigers will not have representa-
ton on all the All-American elevens,
but after watching that team play no
one will deny that 1T WAS A TEAM:
After what he did this season, Bill
Roper will have to be recognized as Il
great coach. In the last four years,
Harvard hasn't been able to beat the
Tigers and Harvard is generally recog-
nized as having the greatest football
system in the country. The Houghton
style of play is obviously superior 20
Yale's but it does not seem to work
against team that won't be beaten"
Harvard accused the Tigers of PLAY
ing dirty football in 1921 and 1922.
If there is any strain like that in the
Princeton players, it must get Itself
out against Harvard, because none Of
it has been apparent in other games.
Princeton admittedly plays hard foot
ball, it runs hard and it tackles hard,
but that is part of the game.
In the game against Yale, Pink .
Baker, the great Princeton tackle, had
a chance to throw Charley O'Hearn for
a dirty fall. O'Hearn is so fragile
that he might have been knocked out
70 rthe rest of the season with heavy
fall. Baker, however, didn't throw
him. He Just grabbed and held him.
Some stories are being told about
the horrible language that Princeton
used against the Chicago players last
wear and how rough work knocked out
so many Of the Chicago eleven.
II will be recalled, however, that sew
eral of the Princeton men were prac-
tically lost for the season in that
game. so if Chicago was being rough
ed they weren't taking it like little
lambs