Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-11-03
TO BE CLAD IN ARMOR.
"Phfl" Kings Device to Escape Injury
on the Foot Hall Field.

A very cunning scheme on the part OF
Princeton foot ball men has just come to
light. according TO the Philadelphia In
quirer. Phil King, the orange and blacks
dashing player. and perhaps the best man
back Of any college line today. expects to
play against Pennsylvania at Mannheim to-
morrow with his left side covered with
a solid piece of steel plate.
This will be startling news to foot ball
players, but ii is true, nevertheless.
There is no disputing the fact that King
is the mainstay of the Princeton team,
and with Phil injured the Tigers could NOS
possibly hope to beat Pennsylvania.
1t will be remembered that King was hurH
In the game with Pennsylvania last year,
and compelled to retire after about one
hours play. King has a very weak side.
and hard tackle in the tender spot is
liable TO place him hors de combat
In the game with Cornell at New York
King was injured a number OF times In the
side, and fairy rolled over the ground in
PAIN. Time was called frequently, until he
recovered sufficiently TO go on with the
game.
The Princetonians saw that unless some
thing could be gotten to protect Kings
side ne was liable to be knocked out Of al
of the big games.
King went to New York, and under the
direction of a skilled surgeon had a steel
plate made which tits snugly TO his left
side. This piece of armor is padded with
cotton, and is buckled around his body I'm
derneath his canvas jacket
King first tried this plate in the game
with Wesleyan on October Is. 1t worked
like a charm. Phil was in every scrim-
mage, charged the line, broke up the inter-
ference of his opponents and was never
once injured. The steel plate protected his
weak side to a nicely.
1t also noticed that whenever a
Wesleyan man tackled King and the two
went down the Middletown man usually
got the worst Of it, This was due to his
coming in contact with the piece of steel
over Kings side.
Very few Princeton men besides the Tiger
team know that King wears such a plate
The news was just little too good. how
ever, for these few to keep secret, and for
the last two or three days Capt. Mackey
George Woodruff and a number of the
Pennsylvania payers have known all about
Ii. The Information came from so straight
a source as TO leave not the slightest
doubt of its truth.
Phil King will not be allowed to wear
this steel plate i'm tomorrow's game. Capt
Mackey last night wrote TO DR. Brooks OF
Harvard. the referee in Saturdays game
apprising him of the fact, and demanding
that King be subjected to an examina tion
before the game
The rule on the matter clearly saws that
no player shall wear metallic protectors o,
any kind.
If King were allowed to wear this steel
protecuon on MS side IL would be just as
fair Tor the Pennsylvania players TO enter
the contest with steel plates on their knees
and elbows
When Princetonians read today that the
boys In red and blue are aware Of the mat
ter II is not likely that an examina ton OF
Kings person tomorrow will reveal the steel
plate. hut the cunnineiy devised scheme
Will have fallen through nevertheless.
In the interest of sport IL is 20 be hoped
King may he able to play out the entire
game. but he win have 70 do so with no
other protection TO his side than that ar
forded by ordinary foot ball garb.