The Washington times., 1924-11-13
By FORD c. FRrCK.
)W Tar can Princeton 90

How far can Princeton GO?
That's the question that's agi-
,tating the football world today
Princeton hasn't a championship
team or anything like IL. Prince
ton has been defeated by Nutre
Dame and tied by Lehigh.
But last Saturday Princeton
pulled the unexpected and now
she occupies the gridiron spot
light to the exclusion of stronger
and greater teams whose record
Is only that Of uniform success
and complete accomplishment.
A week ago few experts would
have given the Roper men more
than q fighting chance against the
Bulldog. Today the odds. favor
the Tigers to win and Yale will
90 into the fray an undefdog in
the betting and in popularity as
well. Proving again that public
sentiment is with the underdog
that stages an unexpected come
back.
This writer, like a majority oil
others, would like to see Princeton
win. His interest has been in
trigued and his craftsmanship aroused
by the wonderful play Of the Orange
and, Black last Saturday. But be
isn't making any bets, and his pre-.
dictionS are qualified. If Princeton
can show the same exactness OF
timing and smoothness of attack that
characterized it's work last Saturday,
then Yale Is due for a rough, tough
time.
But It is seldom that any team
maintains its greatness for consecu'
tive games, and Princeton against
Yale may be lacking some Of the
fire that earned the decision from
Harvard.
It's certain that Princeton sur.
prised every one by its showing In
that Harvard game. This writer
Is Of the opinion that Princeton
surprised itself as well. Chances
are that lot Of young men on
the Princeton campus, finding
themselves heroes over night, are
searching their heads speculatively
and are asking themselves, "Well,
we did IL. ! wonder hOw?"
Only time will tell the answer.
II Princeton really was inspired"
on Saturday then they will be a
bit slower when they meet the
Blue. II that showing against liar.
ward was the real Princeton form
then Yale is due for defeat-a de.
feat that will be definite and far
flung.
Yale and Princeton. Of course. hold
the center of football interest Got
Saturday But there are other good
games. New Workers, busy during
the morning, need shed no tears
over missing the Palmer Stadium
fight. For right in their own door
yards win be staged the Dartmouth.
Cornell battle-and from the stand
point Of football alone, that struggle
Is APT to be superior to the Yale.
Princeton scrap.
Both Cornell and Dartmouth are
going great guns right now. Dart
mouth, with tie at Yale and q
victory over Harvard, ranks q
favorlte in the betting. But the
Gil DObie crew seems to have
found itself after O slow start.
And no GIL DObie-coached eleven
can be figured out OF the rum
ming at any time.
Out IN the West chief interest
centers about the Notre Dame-Ne-
braska game--a fight which has
come to- rank as one Of the out.
standing features of every autumn
season. On form, Notre Dame stands
TO win. But Notre Dame has stood
to win on other occasions and has
found the Cornhuskers an impos.
sible nut to crack. If the Irish
do win--and they should-then
there will be all the more reason
for classifying them as the miracle
team OF the year.
Only Illinois can equal their
claim, and Illinois suffers from COM
parison when you take into account
the strenuousress Of the Irish sched.
ule and the tremendous amount Of
travelling they have done in the
course OF playing out their season.