Voutume VI. No. 5.
NEW HAVEN, CONN., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1896.
Prick Ten Cents.
MR. BULL'S VIEW.
Princeton will Kick well this Year.
Comparison with Yale.
Both Princeton and Yale will be rep-
resented at Manhattan Field New
York, on Saturday, November 2lst, by
teams as skilled in the science of team
play, both ‘n attack and defense, as
their magnificent elevens of 1895. It
is, however, by no means so sure that
we shall be treated, during the early
afternoon battle, to the soul stirring
and wonderful playing of a veritable
flying demon—a Thorne, sure-footed,
irresistible, and elusive as a sunbeam.
But such examples of individual effort
do not crop out often in these strug-
gles between the sons of Eli and those
who wear the colors of the Tiger. And
as last year’s game proved the excep-
tion, so this year, in all likeliheod, will
the rule prevail of a stukborn, close
contest, with the yards gained One at
a time and not in bunches of fives,
twenties and half the length of the
field.
As the forward lines of the contend-
ing sides face each other many fa-
miliar faces will be noted with the
pleasure of an acquaintance renewed
aiter some star performances last
year.
MAN AGAINST MAN,
And of the more familiar will be
Church, the Tiger left tackle, and
Murphy, Yale’s right tackle. Both are
past masters or the art of blocking,
breaking through, tackling and open-
ing up, and though Church will out-
weigh Murphy by a goodly twenty
pounds, the struggle will be evened
up by the quicker-witted Yale man,
whose great store of nervous energy
renders him in strength the equal of
his opponent. The one hope of Church
to outshine his rival will be in runs
around right end in which he now ex-
cels.
Another pair will be Bass of Yale,
and Cochran of Princeton, at left and
right end, respectively. Last year
Bass distinguished himself by scoring
the first touch-down against Prince-
ton, after a run of nearly half the
field, while Cochran made himself con-
spicuous by his fine end play and swift
scurrying down the field under kicks.
This year Bass promises great things,
standing an excellent chance of being
rated No. 1 of the college ends, of the
year. His opponent, lighter by ten
pounds, at the least estimate, will
have to play better than he has ever
yet played to gain as much recog-
nition from the attending thousands.
Rodgers, Yale’s left tackle, will also
be generally recognized and as of yore
his head of golden hair will prove a
distinguishing mark in the line-up and
in the running of the ball in which
particular branch of the game he is
more than passing fair.
Opposed to Rodgers will be young
Hillebrand, whom Princeton coachers
look upon as a “find” of the first wa-
ter. Rodgers with greater weight and
far more experience ought to outplay
him. Hillebrand hails from Exeter,
where he played good football and
from which place he was persuaded to
head for Princeton, by Holt, now a
Tiger and last year a Harvard guard.
- Chadwick, left guard of Yale, played
last year and his great frame, gen-
erously decorated with shoulder pads,
will be easily discerned. The same
: Tuttle. King. Allen.
Benjamin. Hall. Swift. Rodgers. Brown. Morris. Hazen.
Walton. Sullivan.
Marvin.
Manifold. Cobb. Beard. Beck. Griswold. Abbott. Fincke.
Durston. Alport. Murphy. Murray. Chamberlin. Chauncey. McFarland.
Monks.
. Scranton. Ely. ‘Post.
Conner.
Drummond.
Mills.
Bass.
Gilmore.
Hinkey.
Griffith. Jones.
Gerard.
VankEvery.
Bement. Alexander.
THE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL SQUAD.
[From a photograph by Pach.]
may be said of Gailey, Princeton’s
center, and it may be added of both
that they are expected to improve on
their last year’s form.
Yale’s center and right guard and
right end, too, in the event of Hinkey
playing fullback, will give opportuni-
ties for new claimants for honors. It
is likely that Armstrong will play
right guard for Princeton, Tyler left
guard and Thompson left end, but all
these players appeared with the
Princeton team last year.
Back of the lines, Princeton’s trio
will be quickly singled out; Kelly at
right half, short and stout, Bannard,
and Baird, the fullback... Rosengarten,
an old favorite, will undoubtedly be
seen in one of the halves, as also will
Reiter, whom Coach: Morse thinks is
a coming star of great magnitude.
For Yale a lot of new men will play
behind the line on account of the
graduation of Jerrems, Thorne and
DeWitt. In brief these new Men are
Mills and Benjamin, substitutes last
year, and Van Every, Goodwin and
Chauncey, all of whom have scored a
success on school teams. Of them all
none promise anything particularly
krilliant, though Goodwin is fast and
under special conditions might make
big gains. He is very light. All in all,
Yale may, if Dame Fortune smiles,
turn out two halves the equal of
Princeton’s. It will mean hard work,
however. In any event no one need
expect to see Yale spring upon an un-
suspecting public a pair like the old
favorites, McClung:and Bliss.
Fincke, who played quarter last
year, will again appear to gladden the
hearts of Yale men on account, in
particular, of his ‘‘dead-sure’’ catches
and coolness. He may play at quar-
ter—perhaps at fullback—in either of
which positions he will give a fine
accounting. Hinkey, too, whether he
plays at fullback or end, will do like-
wise. Against Hinkey’s playing full-
back there is only one reason which
holds at all, and that is his lightness,
which, according to some, renders his
line bucking and interference weak.
The writer, however, does not take
weight into so much account and be-
lieves that, if Hinkey can be made to
kick both drop and punts, with ac-
curacy and unvarying success, he will
prove himself to be at fullback one of
Yale’s prime factors in Success against
Princeton, who by the way, in the per-
son of Baird, has a player who out-
weighs Hinkey by a few pounds only.
THE KIND OF GAME EXPECTED.
On Friday afternoon, October 22, the
writer saw the Princeton team prac-
tice on the Field and afterwards
Baird and Wheeler, first and second
choice respectively for fullback, prac-
tice field kicking under the keen su-
perintendence of Alexander Moffatt.
Afterwards, in contemplation the
kind of game which the Tigers would
play against Yale seemed as plain as
day. With a lot of fine plunging half
backs, in the persons of Bannard, Ro-
sengarten, Reiter and Kelley, and
backs, Baird and Wheeler, it seems
likely that-line plays will predominate
with an occasional double pass for
end runs by the halves, fullback and
quarter back.
Punts, too, from a first down will be
sprinkled generously in their play;
drops for goal whenever the goal is in
striking distance, and return’ kicks
rather than runs after a kick-off.
These conclusions are reached by a
process of reasoning simple in the ex-
treme. First, the Princeton backs are
none of them, possibly excepting Reit-
er, who will bear watching, fast
enough for out and out end runs. On
the other hand they are skillful at
short plunges and revolving mass
plays on tackle. Then, Smith, the
quarter-back, is a good runner, equal
to the occasions of passing the ball
neatly to a half or back, then run-_
ning up and getting the ball back
again and taking the end. Further-
more Baird is a drop kicker of such
accuracy and speed in getting the ball
away, that Princeton coaches would
be going against their traditions for
good generalship not to give Baird ev-
ery chance. And in case of Baird get-
ting hurt, Wheeler is also equal to
kicking drops successfully. Then, too,
Baird and Wheeler are both fine punt-
ers and are well versed in the science
of catching the ball, running up a cer-
tain distance and then kicking.
There can be no doubt that last year
after losing to Yale, Princeton men de-
termined to devote every energy this
year to the development of a kicker,
inasmuch as Yale’s victory was due as
much to superior kicking as anything
else. And having Baird and Wheel-
er, it is dollars to cents that the Yale
team will have to contend against a
kicking game. With Baird holding on
to the end, it looks to the writer as
though a Princeton victory—if it
comes—will be due more to an in-
dividual—to wit Baird—than any com-
bination of winning plays Princeton
can possibly use.
Hinkey can punt as far as Baird now,
and he may also yet master the drop
kick, for he is an apt pupil. If he does
not, Yale must impfove surprisingly in
attack to win the championship.
Ww. T. BULL.