The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
LEADERS OF GAME
Walter Camp Discusses Playing and
Personality of Captains Of
Eastern Teams.
De Witt Of Princeton One Of the
Most Remarkable Athletes in
Country.

pers nowadays, and; during the brief but
highly exciting two months which COM
prise the football season, those who fol-
low the intercollegiate matches, annually
hear the praises of, certain remarkable
players and enjoy g look at the indiyid-
ua.s.
or the men who stand out prominently
as captains Of the big eastern teams this
season, each has some particular specially
which makes him noteworthy says WAL
ter Camp in Golfers Weekly. To begin
with, Princeton has In her captain, De-
witt, q very remarkable athlete q Those
WHO go to the intercollegiate track ath-
letic meetings will remember him as the
champion hammer thrower. Weighing
something over 210, pounds without an
ounce of fat and hard as nails, possess,
ing very. remarkable speed for so:> big a
! man, one can easily picture the force of
impact with which he strikes an oppo-
nent when he runs with the ball. And
he is doing far better work in this re-
spect this season than. ever before. His
particular speciality, however, is kicking,
and in that he stands out pre-eminent.
He can probably send the ball a greater
distance than any other man on the grldlron
| to-day, and his drop-kicking is quite equal
! to his punting. He has the credit, also,
| of getting out team at Princeton whose
attack Is far superior to anything the or
sons.
Captain Marshall of Harvard occupies
what has been sometimes known as an
! ideal position, for captains. namely, that
Of quarterback. Playing here. he is. of
course, better able to- direct every move
Of his team than "a Captain occupying
some other position, whose erliy means Of
directing the play s~to give instructions
to the quarterback or to change the quar-
terback's directions when they do not suit
! him. The question Y Is some times raised,
|, however, whether q captain, as quarter
back, does not have too much on his
| shoulders, and thus lose rather than gain
4 by the position. This does not seem to
have that effect on Marshall and he is
playing a better game than he played. last
/ season.. He has had a very difficult prob
1 lem to<face, in that the progress of the
i team has been slow and it met with dis
aster in the Amherst game, and had some
other hard contests during sthe time when
Marshall himself was incapacitated on ac-
| count Of an injury. He has developed,
! however. a team of lighters and their
work in winning the%game from the Car
ilis4e Indians, after the score was ii to
0 against them, was a. most creditable
piece Of work Marshall is thickset, fast.
and g. very accurate drop kicker. His
running back of the ball in an open field
is one Of his. strongest points. .{
| -5- ffaf1eFIy &InS SIlenG.
| Captain Rafferty, Of Yale Is an end rush
er of the quiet, silent type, but he has
thus far shown that. tho reserved, he is,
| like death and taxes, absolutely; certain.
He is not heavy man., and is Of an en-
tirely: different type from Captain Dewitt
Of Princeton, but he handles his men
/ well, and is himself one OF the most alert
/ like Yale's former silent captain, Hinkey,
/ for Rafferty, seems to possess that keen
scent for the ball that brings him to
! the point where he is needed with unfail-
7 ing and, generally, unerring accuracy. He
! is not a snowy. player, but he seldom
makes any false moves, and, in addition
! to the regular duties of his position, he
/; can usually be counted upon for aid to
his runners whenever needed. 81
Captain Smith Of Columbia plays In the
back field, and is big, powerful man
He strikes the line hard when running
with the ball, and is one Of the best de-
4 fensive players in backing up a line on
any Of the teams this year. In fact II
I was largely due to his work that Co.
lumbia checked powerful attacks by OPP
ponents which had been successful against
other teams before meeting the blue and
white. In the first half Of the Penn
sylVania and Yale games, Smith was a
I host in himself, and the opposing run.
ners, even when they managed to force
SOiuInDla SINE at spots, invariably found
Smith ready to drive them back before
they could get free. ;,
Metzgar an Aggressive Man.
/ Captain MetZgar of Pennsylvania, like
| Captain Rafferty, Of Yale, is an end rush.
er. He Is an aggressive player, driving
his men sharply. and OF disposition nev.
er to give up. He Is no giant, and OF
only medium weight. but he makes every
pound of that weight tell He breaks ur
interference well. and is very strong mar
when picking the runner. His task OF
+ bringing out a strong team was rendered
unusually difficult because many of his
players had been drilled in different
schools, and had hence distinctly different
styles of play. In the Columbia. game thi:
was a marked disadvantage to thu
Pennsylvanians, but 1t > may BIZ
that by, the seasons end, when theil
Thanksgiving Day contest with Cornell
takes place, they will have. reached q
point Of more satisfactory arnalgamation
Hunt of Cornell had one Of the most diff
7cult tasks Of any captain in building W
an almost practically new team. and that
i too when he, like Captain Marshall, was
inca uciata6 at tho- tina TJa ,,Io1,s