Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-28
OUTLOOK FOX TIGERS
Interest Already Manifested in Prince
toms Foot Ball Team.
PRACTICE TO BEGIN SEPTEMBER IL
There Will, However, Be Some
Preliminary Practice Sooner.
GOSSIP AS TO LINE UP

| PRINCETON, N. J., July 2S.-But a few
| weeks of summer remain and soon the can
| didates for the foot ball team will be ir
| town ready for another seasons work or
| the gridiron. AS usual, the most promising
of the candidates will be summoned tc
Princeton about two weeks before the uni
versity opens. A little practice will then
| be given them, consisting for the most part
| of learning the signals, handling punts and
| kicking goals. The lineup of the team for
| practice games will not be made until well
| on toward the end Of September.
| Capt. Edwards follows the old custom OF
mo summer practice but instructed the
| players on last years team, also the scrubs,
/ to obtain employment, or engage in sports
| for the summer, that would be best adapt
| ed to keeping their muscles and ligaments
| in proper form.
Trainer Walter Christie, who is spending
| the summer in Boston, will return in suf-
ficient time to have everything ready for
the reception of the athletes, and although
1t has not been officially announced by the
| captain, it is, nevertheless, well understood
that the players will don their foot ball
toys on Monday, September IL.
Question of Coachers Unsettled.
The question of coachers has not been
definitely settled, but there is good reason
to believe that "Biffy' Lea, 90, will be as
signed the duties of head coach. The as
sistance of King Kelly, D. NJ. Ballet and
Fred" Smith will be obtained, upon whom
most of the coaching will depend. 1t has
been recommended that fewer coacherS be
called here next fall, and the captain seems
to fail in with the suggestion. At rate
there will not be as many men directing
the work as there was last year.
With the exception of CrowhiS, left guard {;
Geer, left tackle, and Black, half back, all
the old players will return. The loss of
Crowds, who has been on the team for
tour consecutive years, will be felt most.
Mills 1902, and Cole, an entering fresh
man, will be the leading candidates for the
place. The position of left tackle, vacated
by Geer, will probably fall to Pell 1902 un-
less some one of the entering men win the
place away from him. The rumor that
Palmer. the famous left end, is now coming
pIck mas oeen dlscountenanced and In all
PROBABILITY he will be on hand next fall.
Back of the Line is Weak.
The back of the line, which was the
teams weakest place last year, will be
found a difficult thing to straighten out
Tor this season. There are number of
good men for all the positions, but many
OF them were SO badly crippled most of
the time last fall that the teams propress
was seriously :mpeded Half Back Reiter
mad dislocated shoulder, and Wheeler,
full back, suffered a severe injury to his
shoulder. Hutchinson, the STAR quarter
back was kept out of the games during
most OF the season with a sprained ankle
Among the other candidates for positions
pack of the line are kayer Ayres Maths
and Gilmore, formerly half back on the
Wesleyan team.
Taking everything into account it is
thought the team will be as good as that
or last year, which won the champion shin
from Yale. The class of 1903 will be larger
IMAM Its predecessor, and many of the ath-
letes who come in with the class may de-
Veiop into first-class foot ball material.
Nearly all the large games are played
| out OF town. but apart from the students
convenience it will doubtless prove a benefit
| to the team rather than disadvantage, as
| the relative strength Of other teams can be
more accurately judged.
Lightning Strikes Grand Stand.
During the thunder storm last night the
grandstand at the varsity athletic field was
twice struck by lightning The first bolt
| hit the flag staff the east side Of the
building, splitting it to pieces and shatter-
| ing two large beams The second stroke
| hit the roof near the large clock, and after
l demol1sh1ng the center figure fire fol-
| loved which spread along a beam, making
| Its exit down the east corner of the stand