The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-01
Tigers Weak in Their
Line This Year.
Many Veteran Football Players
Not to Return.
PLENTY OFGOOD BACKS
ssBiffy" Lea Likely to Be Chosen
For Head Coach.
But the Orange and Black Has
a Hard Task.


Princeton. N. J.. Sept 1.-The football
season at Princeton will open within
few weeks, and attention is already be-
ing given to ''Old Nassau's'' most popu-
lar branch of athletics. Jim Robin
son. who will train the Tigers this sea-
son. is now in town, and will be here
ready to size up all the promising new
material that puts in an appearance
between this and the day the regular
preliminary work begins-September ID
Captain Peu. has written to him that
he Will be here on September Is to
look over the new men and make any
arrangements that are necessary for the
work
Tt is an interesting fact that Prince
ton this season has the weakest aggre-
cation of football players she has had
in many years, and unless big effort
is put forth she must expect defeat at
the hands of the blue this fall 1t
may be said, however, that Captain
Pell, Trainer Robinson and the coaches
are fully aware of the situation, and
Will spare no efforts in trying to turn
out an invincible eleven
With but one veteran in the line it
is plain to be seen that this is the weak
est place in the Tigers team: Captain
the first line up against the Yale men
at New Haven last fall Arthur Poe,
Doc" Hillebrand, 'Bill'' Edwards,
Dummy Booth Craig and Palmer are
t.orange and black" 1t is hoped, how
ever, that Palmer will see his way clear
to return to his alma mater and rep
resent her on the gridiron again this
season. The best candidates for the line
positions are: Gresham. Poe and Kelly,
for left end; Mills and Dana, left guard;
Losey, Wright and Hale, center; De-
witt, 1904, right guard; Sheffield and
Robinson, right tackle, and Roper and
H. Little, right end. Several of these
positions ought to be filled from among
these men, as last years experience,
supplemented with the practice they
will get again, should develop some Of
them into strong players. The most
aggressive men from the above men
Sheffield and Roper. Each of them goes
into the work with lots of snap and dash
and uses good headWork In the game.
Judging from the number of men in
the race for the places back of the line,
there will be no trouble in fitting out
strong team of line buckers- Bosy'
Reiter, who made the only touchdown
for Princeton in the New Haven game
last fan, will be here to play his last
game for his Alma Mater. McCord, the
left half, who figured so conspicuouSly
as heavy line hitter throughout the sea-
son, is also on hand The other candi-
dates for the halves are BeardSley. 1902;
McClave, 1908; 1evick, 1908, who played
in many of the games last fall, and
Montgomery, 1902, For the quarter
back position there are three very strong
andidates-Hutchinso quarter on the
team last year; Charlie Young, of the
seminary, formerly quarterback in the
Cornell eleven, and Duncan. Princeton's
quarterback in 1898. All of them are in
the first rank as Quarterbacks, and the
one that wins out will doubtless be
equal to anything in this position on the
college gridirons. No fears are felt for
the place of fullback. Two of last
years substitutes, Maths and Hodge
man. will put up a hard fight for posi-
ton, and Childress, 1902 formerly cap
tain of the Northwestern college eleven,
is another very promising candiaate for
the place. OF the two former the chances
are about equal for either. Maths punts
better and is perhaps a little more ac-
curate in his work, but Hodgeman is un-
questionably the harder line plunger.
He is fearless, and seldom fails to make
a hole in his opponents line.
Captain Pell has not announced whom
he has chosen as head coach, but the
general opinion seems to prevail that
.-Biffy' Lea, last years popular head
coach. viii be asked to act in this ca
pacity again this season.
The new grand stands which are to be
eected on University Field will be one
of the features at Princeton this fall;
the contract has already been put out,
and work on the stands will be begun