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Show PREMIER BATTLE OF THE SEASON Princeton, N. J, No. 16 Princeton Prince-ton and Yalo are scheduled to meet on University field thiB afternoon In what promises to be ono of the premier pre-mier battles of the season Indications Indica-tions at the start were for a hard, close game The outcome of today's contest wjll have an Important bearing on tho final rating of the so-called "big olevens " Should Yale come out on top, Prlncoton with defeats bj both Harvard and Yale will bo out of the running, while should Princeton win, it will be either a caso of a three-cornered three-cornered tie or tho, championship for Harvard, dopending on tho outcome of tho Harvard-Yale battle a week from today. The Princeton eleven spent last night In town, the entire squad sleeping sleep-ing in Patton hall The squad attended at-tended the Joint concert of the Yalo and Princeton musical clubs, which was held in Alexander hall last evening. eve-ning. Tho condition of the gridiron Is fa-orable fa-orable for a fast game, being hard and fairly dry This has raised the hopes of the Princeton followers considerably. Both Confident of Victory, Supporters of both Heemed fairly confident of victory. The Yale followers fol-lowers are basing their Judgment of Princeton's strength on the showing of the Tigers at Cambridge two weeks ago, but Princeton enthusiasts have felt that the team did not display its true form in tho battle with Harvard and would give Yale a much harder fight than they gavo the Crimsons Tho Tigers are centering their hopes on the speed of their backs Captain Pendleton. Waller and Do Witt and the ability of the line to set the jump on their opponents. If the Orange nnd Black players find themselxcs equaled in. these departments, depart-ments, Yale's greater weight may proo the deciding factor. Princeton to win mii3t outrun and outfight their opponents. Betting Odds. BettJng is varying from 10 to 9 lo 10 to 7 with Yale on the long end. Considerable money has been wagered. wager-ed. Those who applied for tickets were forced to sign pledges not to sell them to strangers, a comparatively compara-tively small number of the precious pusteboards having fallen into tho hands of the scalpers. The probablo lineup. Yale, 'Princeton, Averv le 'Andrews Talbot It ." Phillips Cooncy . ..'lg -.. Shenk Ketcham c Blumcnthal Pendleton rg Logan Warren rt Penlield Bp-elster re Wight Waller qb S. Baker Spalding Ihb Pondleton Phllbln rhb Waller Flynn fb De Witt Rcferep. W. S. I.angford, Trinity; umpire, Xcal Snow, Michigan; linesman, lines-man, Lieutenant Nellj, West Point. (By W. J. McBeth.) New York, Nov. ifi. Yale and Harvard Har-vard are confronted with two great Issues in their annual game next Saturday. Sat-urday. F6r the moment tho result of tho classic has assumed secondary importance. im-portance. The main topic of discussion discus-sion among th6 respective followiugs of the time-honored rivals entirely eliminates the linal leault; each university uni-versity Is ontlroly absorbed with Its Idol "Lefty" Flynn or Charley Brick-ley, Brick-ley, according to whether the Blue legion le-gion or the Crimson host is gathered together. Greatest Back. Brlckley Is ono of the greatest backs that ovor donned the moleskin for Cambridge. He Is more than that ho. Is. ono of the grandest players of all gridiron history. Competent critics crit-ics have decla'red him the most capable cap-able warrior of all time But that seems estimating his value too highly It Is quite true that so far as tho PrJnceton game is concerned Brlckley nerformed rieed6 that would rank with the greatest efforts of any individual In any one game Still the Princeton battle Is but one of many, and football foot-ball reputations are more easily shattered shat-tered than built up. Won Spurs at Princeton. Brlckley -non his spurs in that game Ho neod not play so well against either ei-ther Browp or Yale as he played against the champion Tigers to go down In the annals as a star of the first constellation His worshlppeis maintain that agaln6t Yale he will be even better Such form would undoubtedly un-doubtedly prove detrimental to the chances of "Lofty" Flynn, brilliant as the latter may be Agalnn Princeton Brlckley was all that could be Imagined lie seldom fallod to make his distance through the grim Tiger lino, kicked field goals from all distances and from ail anglcH with an assurance almost uncanny Offensively and defensively, llko tho plume of Navarre his headgear flashed flash-ed Jn the thickest of the fight and before hs rushes the foe always gave ground Flynn, too has won his epaulets But not after the fashion of Brlckley The Crimson back, should he quit to morrow, would have achieved honors) enough for one year "Lefty" has never been put to the severe tcsi through uhich Brlckley passed with flying colors. The Yale fullback acquitted 'm self cn nobly In his only Impoitani game so far that against tho Arm somo weks ago His punting was nhcnomenal. his charging irresistible his running bacn of punts through a broken field superb in tho extreme Ono thine; only stood between Flvnn and perfection he showed a tendency to fumble in tight placeB. Fumbling Excused. Ynle followers excuse this fault as 3 minor detail of Flynn's real debut Thev have some grounds for argument, argu-ment, too, as It was the only occasion when th unir giant showed anv "buttcr-fingpr" torn'oncles Tho Bulldog Bull-dog following admits that Brlckley i in a class bv himself as a kicker of field goals Rut his honors as a line nlunper are disputed, while Old Eli's sons declare that Flynn will more than offset thh nd Tillage through his oth-or oth-or crei kicking urocllvitlos They figure him the oaual. if not Ihe su-iprlor, su-iprlor, of Harvard's Felton as a punter punt-er Tho flrp oT Ynlf onthnt'pm ovfr Flynn has bepu fanned bv Tod Coy. a -pent armilcltion to the coaching staff if Niw Haven Co is slmplv enrnn-turod enrnn-turod ov- Hp possibilities of thl cropn fullback Up says that Klyn" bv the time of the Hanard game will oufrlvnl hlni'-eif when Ted was at his hppt An Tod was one of the greatest great-est lino nlunglng bapks in the history of thp BUip. Ted Coy Schooling Flynp Cov will do'-ote his entire attention to hf schooling of Flnn from now mi 1 11 the closing parao of the Fc-ason. Thpro is nlentv of tlrnp for this wizard wiz-ard to bring forth a chamolon fit Jo hold hi own In the HsLs with Bricklev at his best |