The Washington times., 1902-09-08
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
down TO HARD WORK
Princeton Has More Than
One Hundred Men in Field.
SOME PROMISING MATERIAL
First Reports Always Discouraging-
Quakers Already Show Considerable
Specd-Carlisle Indians to Remain at
Home-Interscholastic Work.

| with the coming OF tho first cool day!
of autumn the sport-loving followers
turn toward football. This year ther,
promise to be more and better matche.
| on the gridiron than ever before, becaus,
of the manner in which every class ha.
turned toward the game which gives t.
the spectator an abundance of spirit ant
dash, and necessitates an immense
amount Of physical skill and develop.
ment.
There Is also the beauty of the stra-
tegic tactics which ofttimes give tc
the lighter and less robust player the
need of victory. Naturally the college
teams take an important place in the
eyes of all who follow the game close
ly, yet this season will in all probability
see the placing of several strong and
excellent professional elevens in the
field
The interscholastic games are more
important than is usual, because 1t is
from these teams that the players OF
the college elevens are graduated, and
the work of the schoolboys is frequently
as brilliant and clever in its way as that
of the more husky and seasoned players.
Changes in Rules.
The changes in the rules make it evil
dent that in general sense the play will
be about the same as usual despite the
fact that these changes are radical, the
most important being that the teams
will change goals more frequently.
Yale. Harvard and Princeton are ali
reported as having begun their work.
but not in the strenuous way that 1t
will be taken up within the coming two
weeks. All that has been done up to
the present time is the preliminary prac-
tice in passing and falling on the ball.
the punting, running down the field, and
starting at the signals, which have to
be learned, and in addition to this comes
the tackling Of the dummy. Captain
Davis has made the nest of his ar
rangements to have the majority of the
veterans of last years Princeton team
on the field OF Old Nassau. and begin the
real hard work in about two weeks. It
is stated that there are about 200 stu
dents who will strive for places on the
various Princeton elevens.
AS usual, the first reports are
somewhat discouraging At least FIVE Of
the old players will be missed, and il
is thought that it will be hard to salts
factori!y fill their vacant positions. The
men who are absent are former Captain
Pell. at left tackle; Mills. at left guard
Fisher. at center. and Meier, at quarter
back, and SchefIleld, at full back. In a
measure this Is somewhat made up by
the fact that Captain Davis will again
be on the team. and his ability has done
much toward inspiring confidence in the
chances of the Princeton eleven.
Promising Princeton Material.
Few OF the candidates for places on
the team are known, but the most prom
ising appears to be the player from the
Princeton Preparatory School. Barney,
who is big fellow, and should make a
power of strength for center. With him
school, Collins, and these men will do
much toward strengthening the team
II is also said that Montgomery will
I'LL the place at left tackle formerly held
ly Pell. Montgomery is expected to take !
1 post graduate course. which will en-
able him TO play on the eleven. Left |
~ either Short or Butkiewicz. Either |
Foulke or Underhill will have the posi- |
ion of full back. while Freeman, who |
made such good showing in the Yale |
game last fall, will probably be placed |
1t quarter.
ES-Captain Cochran. who held that |
'osltion with the teams of 1896 and 1897. |
viii act as head coach and he wifi be
assisted by several of the veteran play
RS who made big regulations when the
igers were winning their chief laurels.
Ihc schedule as arranged by the conf
nlttee is: October /, Swarthmore at
'rinceton; October 4, Lehigh at
Princeton; October s. New York Uni
ersity at Princeton; October I'll. An
lapolis at Annapolis; October 10. Hav-
'rford at Princeton October 1S Wash
ngton and Jefferson at Princeton; Oc-
obcr %, Dickinson at Princeton; De-
ober %, Columbia at Princeton; No
ember l. Cornell at Princeton; Novem-
er, s, Orange Athletic Club at Prince
on; November 10. Yale at Princeton.
So far as the reports from the Uni
ersity of Pennsylvania practice come.
he Pennsylvania idea this year seems :
O be speed above all else. because that
the one point that Coach Williams
aid stress on in the work at Eagles
mere. where ne team is rounding Into
hape Another important feature of
he work and one that has often been
sed at other universities, especially
eforc big contests, TO make sure of the
lays being understood. is teaching the
len the game on the blackboard after
inner With chalk lines, the plays can
c theoretically performed and then car
ed out the next day on the field.
Tho practice has resolved itself into
Uch the following routine: Forenoon.
ght worlS, such as tackling the dummy.
uniting. catching the ball and running
back, in all sbout an hours work. ,
i the afternoon for two hours the men
lay association football. a run, and
hort swim usually ends the days prac- ,
&c. One of the most important an ;
ounccrents is to the effect that the /,
style of Play this season :
i'll be changed completely from that Of 7
her years. No hard and fast system
ich as the guards back play, will be
sed Instead of that the play will de- T
md largely on the men: II they are ,
sht and speedy the play will be fast; =
heavy, line plays Will be depended !
ION for games. The Pennsylvania :,
mber "a. and play the first match of ,,
cir schedule against Lehigb on Sep r
mbcr 27. :,
DR.. Newton in Charge. c
Lchigh has followed Pennsylvania
I'd in the matter of early preliminary
actice. Moreover, under DR.. Newtons
rection, the Bethlehem men have also !.