Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-04

The New York Sun of Monday last
gives the following interesting dcscrip.
ton Of football prospects at Princeton
After weeks watching of Prince.
toms football candidates, it is safe to as.
sert that the outlook for the glory of old
Nassau Is unusually bright this year.
The fact that oil OF last years line, with
the single exception of Ballet, are now
on the field again is not the only reason
for such an opinion. A still more hope
full sign is the evidence Of increased sys-
tenn in the coaching of the new men.
There never were SO many candidates
out, and vet none of them has been
neglected. j. b. Fine keeps close watch
on them on all quarters of the field and
sees that every player gets due atten-
ton. As soon as a man shows himself
to be particularly promising player
Phil King or Capt. Trenchard takes him
in hand and gives him all the pointers
he needs. All the old players who are
not in the fray are on the field to watch
the new men and assist in coaching
them when King and Trenchard so de.
sire.
Phil King has already shown that his
work can scarcely be less valuable than
his playing last year. If there was any
self.coniidence on the part of the men
at the opening Of the season 1t is Ger
tainly rapidly disappearing now under
his faithful warnings. Capt. Trenchard
is with him, too, IN the idea that compe.
tition is the secret of excellence, and
there is scarcely Il man on the team, un.
less it be Wheeler who has tile right TO
think that he has a cinch upon his posi-.
ton. From the looks of the material ON
the field SO far Prlnceton's second eleven
should bo. nearly as strong as her first
eleven has been for some years.
Few other coachers have been here
yet, and 1t is not Capt. Trenchard's pol.
icy to have too many, and these must
submit their criticisms and suggestions
to the Supervising Committee, composed
Of J. b. Fine, Phil King, and Capt.
Trencbard, before they are given to the
players. No shouting at players on the
field will be allowed this year by any
coachers, exceptby Phil King and Capt.
Trenchard. Fine, King and Trenchard
will do all the planning OF new plays,
too. Individual coachers, selected chiefly
from the 80 team and those of the sue
ceeding years, will be here off and ON
throughout the season.
The t%enty-one men who went to the
training table last Wednesday are only
the first detachment. Capt Trencharl
is in favor of taking as few as possible
to the table, but the large number of
promising candidates will OF necessity
swell the number who will go in train
ing to the full limits OF the capacity Of
the Osborn club house. The men who
are there SO far are Crowds, Riggs, and
Rhodes, centres; Wheeler and Taylor,
guards; Lea, Church and Tyler, tao
kles; Brown, Trenchard, Armstrong,
Smith and Cochran, ends; Rosengar-
ten and Poe, quarter. backs Vcorhis,
Ward, Morse and Barnett, half. backs
Mccormick and Burt, full.backs.
A weeks work has shown even more
clearly that the line will not be greatly
weakened by the loss of Ballet, and that
Blake would have to hustle to hold his
place If he were here. Every day
Crowds is increasing his speed until
Trenchard begins to say privately that
he may yet even surpass Ballet in some
particulars. He certainly shows very
clear head and remarkable amount of
sand. His chief difficulty is his abund-
ance of flesh, but he is getting that rap
idly in hand. He has quick eve and
knows the game quite we'll Riggs is
rather his superior in this regard, how
ever. He showed in his work this week
that he has at least imbbed a great
deal Of the thickness OF Jesse, his
brother. He is II sure snap back, is full
of sand, and promises to give Crowds
all he eau do to hold his chance Of the
PLACE. He has been playingo on the var
sity side some this week.
Though Rhodes has been PLAYING at
centre most of the time, yet he is also
built well for guard, and may be used
in that position. Hayward, 'g6, from
Cornell, has been showing up well the
| past few days also as line man. He is
built for an ableguard. Mougey should
| be mentioned as a possibility, too. He
is a stockily built fellow Of about 100
pounds, and plays strong, steady
game. Brown will have to watch him
self, or he will be outclasscd by Arm.
| strong or Cochran at end. Cochran's
Lawrenceville training tells well for
him. He starts out like all end after
| Capt. Trenchard's own heart He is
heavier than Trerchard He has been
doing some fine tackling this week. He
is remarkably quick to see his advantage
in getting into the interference, boxes
the tackles in good shape and follows
the ball like veteran.
Armstrong, too, is no mean tackle and
plays the position in promising form for
so early in the season. Rosengarten has
now gone to quarterback, and promises
to make things interesting for Nelson
| Poo his nhlnlf
has had rather poor luck at half-back.
He tried for this position last season,
but was laid off with broken shoulder
the best part Of the season. lie started
again this week at half-back. His
shoulders We're heavily padded, but it is
rather Il dangerous position for him.
His running, though swift, is not parti-
culatly strong, and he is apt to be hurt
when ticrcely tackled. At quarter. back
he plays with cool head, and seems 10
know how to take ball from snap back
and pass it quito in varsity style. He
knows, too, now to get it into to play
with commendable speed, and has sand
enough to make his strength tell in
warding off tacklers in interference
plays or in pushing the ball ahead in
masses on the centre. He is little
heavier than Nelson Poe, but Poe has
had more experience in the position.
Now that Holly is coming back, and
Tyler may be taken from the line and
set again at full-hack, Mccormick may
be moro useful at half than full. He
has been practising there this week and
has done remarkably we'll. He keeps up
his practice of punting and drop kick
ing, toe, and, whichever position he will
finally settle down to. will, it seems at
present, depend upon whether he or
Tyler will make the most rapid strides