The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-21
The Princeton Tigers Lose Six
of Last Years Stars.
PROSPECTS ARE POOR.
YaI0's Eleven Almost Intuct
and i'm Good Shade.
Haryard's Sole Desire Is to Beat
the Blue Team.
Pennsy Early at Work With
Exceptional Heavy Squad.

New York, sept. 1.-W1rnln Few
days candidates for most football teams
will respond to the call and start work
for the short, but strenuous season.
Several colleges have assembled their
squads earlier than usual and have had
the benefit of more than weeks train
ing.
SHOWN in the probable chances of
Princeton, which won the championship
last season. The record of the Tigers
last season brings them first to mind
as the likely factors for 100. But Old
Nassau is not likely to have things her
of last year has left college and the re-
suits this year will nave to be brought
forth from the few left overs" of last
season and the new material.
Capt. Walter Foullxe will issue the
first call for the Princeton candidates
on September 81, when college opens.
The Tigers will be one of the last of
the big colleges to call out their play
only three days to get in shape for the
first game of the season, which will be
played on September "a, with the Dick
inson college eleven, at Princeton.
Foulke has hard row ahead of him,
and will have to do some tall hustling
to get together an eleven that will come
anywhere near that of last year. Six
of the stars of 1903 are gone, and it will
require earnest enQeaVOr TO get men
who can fill their places capably. Those
of last years team VINO will not be in
college this season are: Henry, right
end; Dewitt, right guard; Davis, left
end: Reed, right tackle; Ross McClave,
fullback, and Vetterlein, quarterback.
Taking the two back field positions
which Princeton has to fill. it does not
appear likely that the Tigers will be
strongly represented at these points. At
quarter back Vetterlein was star. and
there is no one at present who has his
liabilities. Little Burke, substitute
last year, appears to be the only pos
sibility for the position at present. He
is the equal of VetterIein at all points
of the game and superior at running
back puntS, but he is so easily injured
that there is little likelihood that he
can stand the strain of a big game.
There appears to be no one at pres
ent who has a chance of filling Ross
McClave's position at full back with the
exception of Dana Kafer. The latter is a
star half back. but he hardly comes up
to McClave who, besides having the
usual qualities of a fun back, was an
exceptionally fine hurdler, and there
fore of great value to a team. Two end
positions, tackle and a guard, remain
to be filled. Cooney will play tackle,
Short will cover center, Dillon a tackle,
Capt. Foulke will play one of the half
backs, and there is plenty of varsity
material for another half back left over
from last year.
One department that Princeton will
be strong in is the kicking department.
According to Jim Robinson, the Prince
ton trainer, Norman Tooker, the former
Newark Academy star, will be one of
the greatest punters on the field this
season. While speaking of Princeton's
chances of success this year on the
gridiron, Trainer Robinson said:
Young Tooker will be one of the best
punters on the intercollegiate gridiron
this coming season. I let him take
things easy last year. and have been
developing him gradually. He can send
the ball fifty yards at any time, and
with plenty of practice he bids fair to
equal the record of John De Witt for
punting. He is an exceptionally fast
man, and while 1 may place MIN at
end this coming season, he will have to
do a greater part of the kicking for the
team. He is the only man now in col
lege who can punt consistently
Princeton has an excellent schedule
for this season, but is likely to meet
some strong opposition early in the sea-
son. Last year the Tigers We're held
down by Georgetown, and the Washing
this fall. There are nine games on
lows:
September Hutchinson at Princeton.
October 1-Georgetown at Princeton.
October S-Washington and Jefferson
at Princeton.
October 12-Lafayette at Princeton.
October 15-Anna polls at Annapolis
October 22-Lefigh at Princeton
October 29-Cornell at Ithaca.