Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

school. He is a cousin Of the famous T.
Truxton Hare. the former Quaker guard
and captain. Young Hare weighs 1877
pounds and Is s feet 1 inch tall, but is only
10 years Of age, and will hll out. At prep
school he played tackle, but his lishtness
and kicking ability are causing him 70 be
tried out as a fullback. He has Sloan as a
rival for the place and both men kick
fifty yards easily and regularly. IL may be
said that Pennsylvania is the only college
Of the Big Four whose prospects have not
diminished in the week. The Quakers are
almost sure Of having a much better team
than that Of 1901.
From old Nassau comes a louder wall
than ever. A week ago at least six OF last
years regular men were expected as a
n%ecleus, but practice began last Monday
and the week has developed that this num-
Der is to be reduced to I'VE, as Dana,
rightguard, will not be out. This leaves
only Captain Davis as left end, Dewitt at
right tackle. Henry at right end, Freeman
at quarter and McClave at halfback for a
starter. And even that little band is
threatened with further depletion. Davis
and Dewitt, two OF the especial stars, are
In trouble with the faculty because they
failed to pass the examinations last spring,
and they will not be allowed to play unless
they pole up and pass some now.
So on old men the Tigers find themselves
pinched. However. Coach Garry Cochran
finds himself confronted with the most
promising bunch Of new ones Princeton has
known in years, and he will do all he can
with them. though, Of course, they will be
green. The new material is Of such quality
that IT seems to assure to the Tigers a
great team In a year or so, IL not In 1902.
The heaviest man Of the new ones is a
prep school man from Lawrenceville,
named Roger. He weighs 290 pounds.
From the same place come the two Rafferty,
brothers, cousins of the Yale Rafferty,.
They play end and fullback. Another
prominent new one is Ross McClave, a
brother OF the present Tiger half. He
weighs $50 pounds, and is touted as a great
kicker. which will make him very valuable
to Nassau. From such material Cochran
and Davis will be compelled to find about
six-elevenths of the present seasons
team. and though the fact that most Of the
promising ones have had prep school ex-
p%erience is encouraging, yet to all intents
and purposes they are still green for
Princetonian foot ball men.
Feeling that in years past the Crimsons
have suffered more from entertaining than
from any lack Of It, Harvard coaches are
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row is the day set for the gathering at
Cambridge, and today, as last week, the
prospect is that Harvard will be compelled
to build almost an entire new team. Like
Princeton, only five old men will be back
for their places. Barnard at guard and
Bowdltch at end will be a skeleton starter
for a line Of seven men. and in the back
field Graydon full, Herman half and captain
and Marshall quarter are the old-timers.
This means one half, two tackles. a guard,
center and end to look for. Though prac-
tee has not yet begun, Il is safe To bet
the coaches are busy looking.
After Harvard's brilliant showing of last
year this smattering of the old stars is
discouraging, and hopes are not raised
much by a glance over the new candi-
dates. The bunch is not a very promising
one so far. Actual assembling may bring
out some new ones. To date Wright, a
law school man, "Zeus' Roberts and Sug-
den seem the strong bids for the center
job. The vacant guard will be the cause
Of a hot contest between Robinson, the
shot putter, and Riggs and Kidder, two
men from last years freshman team. That
gives a great bunch OF material for the
two places, but with the tackles comes
the rub. Cults and Blagden would be hard
enough to replace anyway, and It will be
a poor fellow for them that will be pulled
out Of such men as Wright, a sophomore,
and Jones, both substitutes last year, and
only mediocre ones. and Mills and Oveson
of last seasons freshman team. The tackle
positions are the places that make a team
strongest IL they are strong and weakest
II they are weak, and they are already
picked for the Crimson's soft spot this year.
Going out to the vacant end. there is a
good list of candidates, with the colored
man, Matthews, showing best, despite his
light weight. Clothier, the Philadelphia
tennis player. Burgess and "Dud' Clark
are other probabilities for the place. Be-
hind the line, meanwhile, Harvard starts
In strong. With three old men back only
one half is needed, and this should be cas-
lily supplied from such candidates as Min-
lin, Derby, Jones and Knowles. 1t is ru-
mored that Marshall, though a veteran,
will be hard pressed to hold his place at
quarter by Leo DAILY. a cousin Of the old
Harvard captain, and Baldwin and Parker
are also seeking the peripheral place.
Though the Yale Blues have been in
training all the past week. a stern silence
is being maintained regarding the team and
its outlook. Very little news of the squad
has leaked outside New Raven, but what
has come is In the nature of a blow to the
school. De Saulles. the famous quarterback.
is not to return and he has been counted
on all the time. He was last season
the greatest college quarter anywhere.
performing remarkable defensive feats in
the great game with Harvard. DAILY OF
West Point. Harvard's former quarter and
captain, was given the place on the ALL
American team, but De Saulles ranked
very closely to him and Days preference
came only because Of superior kicking abil-
ity. AS so often the case with foot ball
men, scholarship troubles cause De Saulles'
departure from college. Then comes an
other blow almost as hard is the announce
ment that Fullback Weymouth VIII not re-
turn. This puts Yale matters on a very
different basis from that Of a week ago.
Then II was thought that only two ends and
olcOtt as guard would be lost. That left
the back field intact. and left also more
linesmen than any other team Of the Big
-Four will have. Now the back field is
riddled, the two strongest men going. De
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