The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-28

NEW YORK Sept. 27.-Hard work on
Princeton's football field began last Mon
day, when the varsity eleven lined up for
the first time this season against the scrub.
since then scrimmages with the second
team have been held daily, and the sixty
odd candidates have been sorted 80 that
Captain Pell has been able to pick the men
who will compose the varsity squad. They
are McCord and S. McClave, half backs;
Hodgman and MATHS, full backs; Duncan,
quarter back; Roper and Poe, ends, and
Wright and Losey, centres. These men en-
tered upon strict training last wednesday,
when they were taken to the training table
Other candidates VIII be added to tSiS list
as they show the necessary ability, and, il
the work of the last few days counts for
anything the end of the week will find
two or three freshmen among the honored
few. Dewitt, the Lawrenceville boy, and
Brown, the big Connecticut freshman. have
been in the guard positions in every line,
/ Up this week. and are developing into
good pair of linemen.
AS tackle and captain of the Lawrence
I vile Team. Dewitt has had more experience
| than his classmate. Brown has displayed
willingness to work and learn, when
! augurs well for the future. Not only has
| Dewitt proved that he knows how to use
| his 210 pounds to advantage in charging
! his opponents, but he has demonstrated
| that he is one Of the fastest linemen that
has played at Old Nassau for some zine.
J Repeatedly he has broken through the OPP
| posing line to tackle the runner for loss,
| while it has been no uncommon occurrence
| to see him go down the field under punt5
| as fast as either of the ends. Brown, how
ever, is slow in charging, and seems TO rely
| too much on his weight. He iS big. mus
cular fellow. six feet three inches tall. and
weighs more than 200 pounds. After he
becomes more thoroughly acquainted with
! the game he ought TO make fit man Tor
| Craig's old place.
Mills is his only dangerous competitor.
| Should a suitable man be found for The
pivotal position, the Tigers centre trio
will be as strong as 1t was last year. Dur
ing the past week several candidates have
been tried out at centre but Captain Pell
has made no definite selection as YET,
although he favors Losey and Wright,
who were taken to the training table.
Losey is a sophomore who played on the
scrub last season. 1t is not expected that
he will get the place. Wright also has
clumsy Butkiewiez, an Andover man, is
a promising new candidate, and as centre
on the scrub has been making game
fight. Many think that Dana, who pushed
Mills hard for a guard last fall, VIII
eventually get the call for the place
The coaches are already counting on Da
Wis TO fill Hillebrand's old place. AL
though only 3 feet S inches tall. he is
wonderfully we'll put together, and has
the reputation OF being the best prepare
tory school tackle on the field last fall.
While the athletic authorities have
been congratulating themselves upon the
filling of the vacant positions in the line,
it has been learned on good authority
that the faculty has been preparing a |
bombshell for them in the shape OF an
edict prohibiting Palmer, the old end;
Eeiter. the half back, and Charlie Young.
the Cornell quarter back, who attended
the Theological Seminary here last fall |
from trying for the eleven. All these men |
are eligible to play, so far as the inter
collegiate rules are concerned. but the |
action is being taken in accordance with |
a local faculty rule which debaTs any |
man from the eleven who has taken part |
in athletics for four years.
Palmer has played football for two sea- |
sons and was a member OF track team |
in a Western college for two years. while |
Reiter has played football! to the limit, |
although he has only entered three cham |
pionship matches. Charlie Young was |
member of the baseball team at Cornell for |
four years, but was eligible to one more |
season on the gridiron. Should the faculty |
carry out their threat It viii be a severe |
blow TO Princeton's chances. for It will |
leave only Captain Pell. left tackle; Nc
Cord and McClave, half backs: Maths, full
back. and Roper end, of the nineteen men
who lined up against Yale last season.
The loss of Young will be especially felt.
as word has been received from Quarter
Back Hutchinson that he will not return
to college this fall Duncan. OF the 1899
team, and Humbird, from Lawrenceville,
are the only other candidates fit to pass
the ball. Gresham Poe would be able to
care for Palmer's place, but it would be a
difficult task TO find half back equal TO
Reiter. Henry. a St. Paurs schOolboy. Is
the most promising half back among the
new men. and Underhill comes well rec
commended as a fell back. Twenty eight |
players have been taken TO the scrub train
ing table.
The, Yale football squad has been in
creased recently by the addition If Fred
Beck, the intercollegiate champion shot
putter, who is big fellow and viii prob
ably make formidable member of Yale's
team of giants. Sheldon, the New York
Athletic Club hammer thrower. is ex-
d l
Sheldon were on the Yale rush line three
years ago and they did some notable
work in the heavy battles 1t is expected
that they will increase the strength of
the Yale team very materially. Ward,
the baseball player. and Bloomer. the
Andover tackle OF last season. have begun
work with the Yale team and are under
the orders of Captain Brown. Trainer
Murphy. and Coach Mcbride.
Brown University has an unusually
good staff OF football coaches and trainers
this year The head coach Is E. ~ Robin
son. So who is a tried football leader.
He will be assisted by j. A. Cannon, 'JS.
and Hunt, '99. Graduate coaching is a
recent thing at Brown. but Il has proved
success, and Capt Washburn, CT the
Brown team. says that his men promise
to be both fast and strong. Thirty five
candidates have answered to the call
More than a dozen OF these men are
former varsity players. The other can
didates are big fellows, and in the prac-
tice that they have had they have shown
themselves to be quick and strong.
There have been four new additions to
the Harvard football squad this week
They are Howe who was substitute guard