New-York tribune., 1905-12-13
FOOTBALL NEXT SEASON.
Nucleus for Strong EIeUens at -Four
Big Universities.

It is far cry to the opening Of the football
season IN 1906 Much is likely to happen to
change the complexion Of the game prevent
the return Of men who are now counted on to
make up the nucleus for next years elevens at
Yale, Harvard, Princeton ard Pennsylvania
Unless, however, it be something of a most
improbable nature. the season, so far at least as
these four universities are concerned, should be
an unusually brilliant
All four will have a strong nucleus of players
to begin with, and this is particularly true Of
Harvard and Pennsylvania At Cambridge all
but two Of the eleven which lined up against
Yale are expected to return. and will make up
strong squad of experienced and capable men,
Carr Will be graduated in June, and Knowlton
who took Hurley's place captain when that
player was hurt. has played four years and
Will not be eligible. The team is also strong in
good substitutes, as NewhalI and Barney, who
played part of the time in the Yale game, will
be back, together with such other promising
men as Pierce White Mcdonald O'Brien and
Snyder.
Pennsylvania will only lose three men-Cap-
tain Torrey. at centre; Lamson, at right tackle
and Shebe, at left halfback All the other men
have from two to three years to play, and It Is
not surprising that the Quakers are looking
forward to the best eleven of recent years next
fall. Pennsylvania has now passed through two
seasons without defeat, and is counting on
making it three straight. The men who will
return are the two ends, Levine and Scarlet;
Rookie at left tackle; the two guards Robinson
and Hobson: Captain-elect Stevenson. at quar-
terback; Green at right halfback and FrolWeIl
at fullback. 1t will not be necessary even to
develop for the vacant positions,
Bankart, the old Exeter player, who substituted
for Captain Torrey, is a likely man. He weighs
1876 pounds, and all but won the position this
year by his clever work. Then there are Draper,
the 200-pound tackle, disqualified in mid-seasOn,
and Ziegler, the big guard, who had typhoid
fever early in the season. Both experienced,
brilliant players. Bennis, who made such
name for himself in two games. can be
counted on to take care Of Sheble's place at
halfback
The Yale team will lose six valuable men by
graduation. These are Captain T. l. Shevlin, J;
NJ. Gates, r. G. Tripp, A R Finn, L. Hoyt ana
G. Hutchinson. The recent remarkable work OF
these men makes it unnecessary to say how much
their loss will be felt Those Of the regular team
who remain are G. 8. Flanders, A. G Erwin, G.
W. Hockenburger, 8. F. B: Morse, + L. Eeeoer
Levine. T. A. d. Jones, II. Jones ana W. r.
Promising substitutes are Wylie. Dimes. Wer-
necken Peyton and Paige. Among those VINO
did especially we'll on the freshman team are
Burch, Dunbar. Soper and Bomar
The places that will be the hardest to fill are
those Of Shevlin and Gates. H. Jones should
take care OF one of the ends, and there are sew
eraI men, any one of whom may be developed
into an end for the other position Except TOT
the loss of Tripp the rest Of the line will prob
ahIv he unchanged, and should be exceedingly
strong The back field will be we'll supplied with
Roome. Morse. Levine and T A. D. Jones. with
Wylie Veader Wernecken and Dimes as excel
lent substitutes
Princeton also will lose six men by gradua-
ton, but in spite OF this will have strong squad
to begin with The players who will be lost are:
Bra sber and Tooker, ends; Rafferty,, guard;
Carothers, centre, and Bard and Mum from the
back field. OF these, Tooker's will be the hard
est place to fill, especially as he did the drop
kicking. There is no to step into Carother's
place at centre, and a new man must be de-
veloped for this position.
Captain Cooney Phillips and O'Brien are
strong line men, however, who will return and
the back field will not need any heipr with
turn. ~ :, ,
with the strong probability Of radical change
IN the rules and the outlook for strong eevens SO
uniformly bright at these four universities, 1t
would seem almost as If much would depend on
the coaching to insure clear title TO the 1870
championship