The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-21

Ssqhme for Two varsity Timber
9n This Fairs squad -SOmeGhlnE About
sHOrr OF Syracuse -Practeee OT EleVens.
While Princeton loses 1--WE OF It's best players
by graduation next June. there nevertheless
will be a strong array OF talent TO begin the
campaign next fail. The men who have
played for the last time are Capt. Mccormick.
nuback. Phillips. centre; Harlan. halfhacs.
and Brown and Wlster. ends. They are al
good men, but with the possible exception Of
Mccormick there Is nO reason why some
body cannot he developed to prove fully as
good. Mccormick was prominent in the eye
chEe1y a. a a line breaker. but he was a superb
secondary defence player and did quite "a
much service backing up the line az he did
ON offence. though "a good deal OF his defensive
wsskS being close TO the line. was not in the
llnteIight. 10 take his place there Is. among
others. McCrOhHn. the Holy Cross player,
WIS being ineligible for the varsity this year
played on the scrub team. Tie II fast and
heavy aud knocked holes in the varsity line
more than once in the practice. Another
likely candidate for Tullback is Coke. 90.
In losing Harlan Princeton loses a skiIful
drap kicker aud 1t will not be easy TO replace
him.
Almost without exception Princeton finds
good ends, and though Wi-ter and Brown
act a high standard there are good fish in
the sea. Welch. a sophomore. has the first
cal on the position at present. with DoWd
and Vaughan of the second string 10 choose
from, and one or two good freshmen
TO take Harlan = plaC" there are Read, trSt
substitute. who came mighty near qualifying
for the Yale game. orr. Ballou and Bishop.
tha last named a former Michigan player
who will he eligible next year. There ism Z
a. much likely material for centre as Tor the
other vacancies. Cass, "A junior, Is the most
probable man az present. He il light, but
in The backneId, but thi. is a day Of versatility
#1nF-fNOfhaI Ttn NRFz and fnF light centres.
OF the men Who played against Yale there
will be on hand next year Dillon, the star
,Sisgling, the tackles: McFadyen and Waller.
THE guards. WEIGH. end. aud TibbOtt. half
commend az this time. and to understudy him
there are Dawson. who Is "A good one and
lizard, the fast quarterback of the freshman
eleven. The Tigers are fortunate in having
.such a STRONG nucleus for a line. Booth ana
Siegling will he better players next year than
ihis and that means "A good deal BucklngS
jam and Ramman are tackle understands o.
Shility' Impr3yemsnt may be sSpeG,sdb az
of whom was strictly frst-class this year.
hut who made steady progress; MhaIeyi
y junior. WOehr, "a sophomore, and Dyer ana
McGgegoT. freshmen, will be other guard
candidatcs.
With Roper as head coach big things may
no expected from this supply OF material.
Hopper bas not turned out a champion yet,
hut he has come within an ace Of IL "a couple
of times. and under his tutelage Princeton
has played more scientific and MP to date
football than Was her wont before the advent
VI ANl'N'
The Yale freshmen this year did not equal
the record Of the freshman eleven OF the
year before in not being scored on. but they
won every game. ~ did their predecessors,
Yale freshman teams have not been beaten
for the last two years. and only eight points
have been scored on them IN mat time.
AndOVPT made two points against the present
freshmen and the Princeton freshmen six.
and that's all the scoring done against the
~ ySgpgsIerr since 1905, The team record
against AndOver. Il TO . against Exeter, 10 to
against Andover. - TO u against the PRINCETON
freshmen. and q 10 q against the Harvard
KiipaIrick. captain Of the team, weighs lsA
pounds aud played hHlfback. MerseTeau,
feft tackle. weigh 10 pounds. Statistics OF
other pbH yPrs ar" ~ follows. Davidson. end,
go pounds Grccnough. guard ga; Church.
quarterback. as: swan, tackle, t7S: Hyde.
centre. $50 knight end isO; haine1; End, ,5.:
Lilley, tackle. $50, FULLER. guard. 1873.
There n vRrSr'y material in this lot, such as
and Hopkins. fitzpatrick With his weight will
NJ iRwell With the Yale backiield. though there
line. line men Mn he needed more. Green
ough. guard. r. a stamping hig fellow. weigh
ing over 200 pounds aud being = feet :. Vale
needs tackles NOR" than guards neNt year.
and there ma be some -hitt ing to make room
for GIeenOugh. Ncen,rc also Is needed, since
CongdOu j. u senior. and Hyde has a TAR
Chance Of making TIA" place; Mersereau
will fry for one Of he vacant tackle positions.
lie Is "a hi light, bt has a, year IN which TO
put on Weight. a. has HOPKINS. the quarter
back Iiaines Is spoken OF as q very pr0mi--
lug end. He has nice weight Tor the position
and is tall and rangy.
4 pIsver whose work this season is consid-
creshby his friends 10 he worthy OF recognition
Is HOIr. right tackle Of the Syracuse eleven.
Iiorr went into he laInyette game last SAT,
Ihc work in ground gaining. lie made no
less than I0o wards Of the 2SJ made by SYRIA
lie weighs 30 pounds. but can run "A hundred
yards III something like n seconds. tie IL n
every pIay in the first half Of the Lafayette
game until they finally dtd him w, says one
TShc say nin play we also S dsG rhs p ~ ! ing
az the pest defensive tackle he had seen play
in~eafs. The Lafayette game, according to
wlfiFb HOrr vas thrown for a loss. something
that did no. happen in the Yale and Carlisle
games.
eSpulment made on The disputed forward
pass ? ne ePnsylyanis-Michisa game
"fosR Knows every comma IN The rule book,
az We! as every italicized word and every
don't believe, any play that he had mapped
playA-SThe protcstauts should take into
sonsidrratiOn the fact that they looked Al the
pla rom the side and were In no position 10
iudE@ Afbether the ball went five wards either
way Of the centre. referee Murphy val ched
the play from behind u and from an excellent,
Naturally his decision was impOlitiC. hut
ynuAL"he accepted as correct. There may
have been n question II II had rome To "A dis
pute over the Interpretation Of the rules: but
The play vas an illegal one and the penalty
OllOwe
pTibADELPHJA. Pa. Nov. III, Tho fresh
nap team OF the University Of Pennsylvania
eat up lively Capers to-day with the varsity
eleven in the first actual Sc since
the "PennsvlVania- Michigan contest. The
practice was secret. The fun varsity team,
except Gala CHER and HOllenbaCk. was in
the slineup, so u WAS no substitute team
thaf the yOun gsteTs kept on The jump. The
field was slippery. making the use OF the
forward pass aud newer style of football
which has come so hard To the Pennsylvania
eleven this year still more uncertain TO their
unsteady hands. Twice when forward
rsasses were tried they resulted in touch
Gowns. one for each team. The first one was
tried at midheld. when Lindsey. the fresh
man end, secured the ball and scampered
down the field for the fret score. Almost
on the first play after the kiCkOn Scarlet.
right and on the varsity, duplicated Iindseys
run on a short forward pass. With the ex-
ceptlon OF these two passes the varsitys
play was much like the first Of the season,
A. having to resort 10 line bucks and old
footpail TO do its gaining.
ITHACA, y. Y. Nov. 20. O'Rourke, Cor
nelfs tackle. was an the field to-day for the
first time since the SWarthmore game. but