Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-10
Princeton Rooters Enthusiastic.


Fifteen hundred undergraduates marched
to University field. Princeton. yesterday
afternoon, headed by a brass band, in or
der to show their loyalty to the foot ball
eleven. Under the direction Of a corps Of
cheer leaders the students practiced their
songs and cheers for Saturdays big game.
while the varsity and scrub played a fierce
practice game for the rooters benefit.
Coach Edwards dressed his scrub eleven In
big white "Y" on the front. ALI the regular
varsity players ran through signals. but
Stannard. Cooney and Short were laid on
before the practice game and watched the
scrimmage from the side lines.
The work of the first eleven was without
exception the best seen this fall. In the
first half. when the first eleven had the
strongest team in, the scrub did not make
one first down, while the varsity scored
three touchdowns. All Of the touchdowns
were made after long end runs by Foulke
and Ritter. who showed Old-time speed in
getting off with the ball. Herring and Daub
the line. and the straight line plunging OF
the varsity was a disappointment. Craw-
ford and Tooker showed considerable i'm
provement, but they both missed tackles In
the open. Miller's punting was fair. but he
Is not yet covering enough distance to be
able to hold his own with Hoyt Of Yale.
There was rather loose playing In the
back field at times as both Burke and Rit-
ter fumbled badly. This was the only really
bad feature Of the afternoons work. and
occasioned great deal OF alarm among
the spectators, who fear the results OF any
misplay on Saturday Today's practice will
be secret and will probably be devoted to
bracing up the defense
Ex-Cracks Coached Yale.
If plenty of coaching will get rid Of the
fumbling which at times marks the play
ing of some Of the Yale men, they will get
N0t ", bao a.
ter Camp been seen so frequently on Yale
field helping to drill the varsity into
championship FORM and he was out yester-
day at New Haven longer than ever. He
thinks pretty well of the team that will
represent Princeton and does not hesitate
to say that to win Yale will have to get
the tallest hustle on that she has done this
season. He had Frank Hinkey with him.
as we'll as Burr Chamberlin and Rafferty,.
Murphy, Glass and Mitchell. There were
five hundred students at the field not only
to cheer the men on. but to sing the Yale
songs that will be heard in the game with
the Tigers next Saturday. There was a
mass meeting last night to again rehearse
the songs and to listen to addresses from
enthusiastic professors such as William
Lyon Phelps. who told the Yale men they
had the finest team on the gridiron this
season. but that In Princeton Yale has the
hardest foot ball problem she has had be-
fore her this year.
Ortmayer, while playing full back on the
varsity yesterday afternoon, was hurt so
that 1t Is believed he will be out of the
game for the remainder Of the season on
account of a badly strained right shoulder.
He has been playing at end and in the
back field and Is a good man.
The practice yesterday afternoon was be-
hind closed gates for the usual length of
time, followed by short scrimmage before
the public. The field was slippery and to
this condition was probably due some of
the fumbling by Rockwell and Hoyt of
the punts sent up by Mitchell, who was
coaching them Bloomer gave every indica-
ton that he will be able to last through
the game of Saturday. He played the en-
tire open half and 1t was a sharp and live
ly half, too. The varsity seemed to be in
fine condition, for three times it tore down
the field to the college team goal line. Re-
ceiving the ball on the 'varsity's 25-yard
line. the college eleven once reached the
varsity goal line. Roome going around the
end for twenty yards.
Harvard Working for Big Game.
The Harvard foot ball eleven coaches
turned their attention to offensive team
work. The practice yesterday at Cam
bridge was given up wholly to perfecting
the plays that will be used against Yale.
The men were put to running through their
plays. and after more than half an hour OF
this they lined up against the second team
for scrimmage that lasted over half an
hour In this time. the varsity scored five
touchdowns, though held several times for
downs by the second eleven. There was
considerable fumbling. due largely to Park
inson's poor passes. Brill showed up well
for the first time giving evidence OF be-
coming the player that 1t was supposed he
would make.
The coaches have now practically decided
| on the eleven that will begin the game with
Yale week from Saturday. Montgomery
and Randall will be the ends. These two
men have been playing their positions all
the week. and have improved steadily. Brill
and Meier are pretty sure to be the tackles
though Roger Derby has been making q
good showing since he got back into the
scrfmmage. Schoenfuss and Squires are
likely to be the guardss Schoenfuss has
been out ten days. but he has shown the
most natural ability of any guard who has
played the position this year. Parker will
b Ut center. Starr continues 10 Improve
1t Qeartsr back. and b now far aAsAA Of