Yale played hard but ragged football, and the outstanding feature of the game was the alertness of the New Haven players and their ability to take advantage of an opening when the opportunity presented. Given the ball by their opponents twice on the twenty-yard line, Yale was enabled quickly to convert the errors into errors, but at no other time was it able seriously to threaten the Princeton goal line. The Tigers showed an excellent defense, but were woefully weak in offensive play.
Yale's plays, however, proved that much remains to be accomplished in the coming week if it is to repeat with a victory over Harvard, and unless the line can develop a better defense and a more even and consistent attack, Harvard will be a logical favorite when the teams meet in the Yale howl next Saturday.
So far as it has any bearing on the coming contest with Yale, the defeat of Harvard by Brown must be cast aside, since only two of the players who faced Princeton opened the contest against the Providence eleven. That the Crimson varsity might have been defeated by the splendid Brown machine is possible, but certainly the score would have been far less one sided.
Colgate decisively defeated Syracuse with a charging and steady attack that even the heavy Orange forwards could not repel. Pennsylvania was victorious over Michigan, although the Wolverines kept the outcome in doubt until the final minute of play. 