Evening star., 1933-10-24

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Thus spoke a Southern foot
ball coach who last week watched
the Tiger almost annihilate Co
lumbia.
I'm Ropers best days Princeton never
bad a better foot ball team than now
represents it, and in those days it did
not have greater players continued
this coach 10 tell you the truth I've
never seen a better Primo eton team, or
perhaps more to the polnt. better
Princeton team in the making, because
this team is manly sophomore out
fit and has not yet reached its high
water mark, not by good deal.
Princeton was good against Columola,
lar too good as far as Columbia was
concerned; but before this season is
ended you will see Princeton team,
IN my opinion. as good as any that ever
wore Princeton suits. If there is any,
thing this Princeton team cannot do,
then do not know what it is
Whether or not this enthusiastic
opinion depicts with absolute accuracy
the strength OF the Princeton team and
stantiate with professional opinion what
has seemed to be in the minds of all
since practice began in September.
Even before the players got out for
their first workouts. 1t was stated pretty
freely that this was to be PrincetOn'S
year, that Princeton would have one of
its greatest teams
90 FAR nothing has happened to
= cause that thought to be altered
in the slightest. Against minor
opponents the Tiger won easily, won IN
Just about the same way that Tiger
teams used to win in the heydey of
their foot ball glory; and in the first
test against major opponent demon
strated a superiority that left no doubt
in the thoughts of those that saw he
game of Tiger power and efficiency. No
team could SO outplay good Columbia
eleven were it not exceptional
It has been long time since such
foot ball prospects existed at Princeton
and Princeton alumni are hailing the
changed situation with great delight
From all reports, more Princeton grad
yates from far and near visited Tiger
town last week end to see foot ball
game than went there in the whole OF
some recent seasons.
Princeton's line was SO big and pow
erfu and charged SO fast that IL simply
swept Columbia'S offense aside and bot
tied up opposing backs all afternoon.
And on the ottenSe 1t acted pretty mucn
as a group Of big tanks clearing away
barbed wire SO that the infantry could
get through. And those Princeton
backs showed ability to dodge their way
through openings and to 60, once given
the opportunity in an open field.
1t seems to be Princeton gear and
no one will regret if it is. The Tiger
has had SO many lean records recently
that few indeed are likely to cast en-
v1ouS eyes in this direction.
THIS week Princeton plays Wash
lngton and Lee. Two CT three
years ago the Generals went up
and brought home scalp by the score
Of to 0 and right now they have
very much better foot ball team than
the one that took that scalp There
fore, it would seem that the result of
Saturdays game should give fairly
good line on the comparative strength
OF Princeton's team of today and OF
yesterday.
washington and Lee, though, is good
enough to hold scoreless University of
Kentucy no mean feat. 1t may be that
it will do much better against Prince
ton than it did against Yale, to which
IL lost two weeks ago. 0 to IA. Possibly
Princeton will not defeat the Generals
as easily as they whipped Columbia, but
worries during the go minutes of play.
Washington and Lee, though. has an
eleven that should not be taken lightly,
even by Princeton
~EORGE WASHINGTON is getting
II ready for game with West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan Friday night at
Clark Griffith Stadium. The Colonials
are preparing for the game as If they
were meeting the strongest team in the
world, intending to leave nothing un-
done to come through with another VIC
tory.
West Virginia Wesleyan has for some
Of its opponents, New York University
this year, for instance. disconcerting
way of upsetting things generally.
Once in a while, with mediocre elevens,
It has come through Unexpectedly
against apparently much stronger
teams.
Catholic University looks upon Wake
Forest in pretty much the same way
that George Washington considers its
West Virginia Wesleyan game. The
Brooklanders know they cannot afford
to do much playing around if they are
to whip the North Carolinians. Last
year Duke thought it had soft spot
IN Wake Forrest, but barely eked out q
9-to-o victory after the hardest kind OF
q Tight.
Following Western Maryland's defeat
OF GEORGETOWN, hardly anything can be
looked for by Maryland other than