New-York tribune., 1907-09-11
LEAGUE LEADERS WIN AND LOSE
PRINCETON OUT TO WIN
Big Bill Ed7cnds Talks about the
EleJen and the Rules.

we going after Yale this year as we never
have before" said Big Bill" Edwards star guard
of former Princeton elevens and now Deputv
Street Cleaning Commissioner. princeton is get
ting mighty tired of being beaten by Yale AT foot
ball and her baseball victories do not make I'D for
football defeats" Mt. Edwards said further:
This year there is fighting spirit at Princeton
that surpasses anything have ever seen. Every
member Of the football squad every coach. every
undergraduate seems filed with the determination
to win the annual football game"
Mr. Edwards has lately returned from a short
visit to Princeton. where he looked over the var
s1tys football material and talked the coming
season with the coaches. our hackfeld this
year" he said. enthusiastically looks about the
best in the East, or. far that goes. in en-
tire country. There Dillon one OF the best quar-
ters the game has for years. to run the team:
there is Captain Mccormick. by many considered
the best fullback playing the game last year, and
there Harlan and Tibbott halves That
makes about good backfield any coach
could ask for TO start the season with.
In the line Princeton has lost severely from
graduation and she will have to develop some good
replace those that have left Wister last
years An-American end, will be back. and he
should be even more brilliant end this year
than last. Princeton hardly draws good
wished for. and in that respect Yale is the most
fortunate of all the Eastern colleges. But this
year the Tigers win have of the strongest
freshman teams in the country. There is splendid
football material entering the college"
Mr. Edwards said he thought the changes In the
rules this year would improve the game. He
thought that the longer halves would prevent the
numerous tie games that proved so unsatisfactory
10 both teams and spectators last year In regard
TO the changes made in the rules governing the
forward pass. he said he thought the result would
he a slightly freer offensive game especially when
the teams playing outside the twenty five
yard lines
Roper will again be Princeton's head coach. and
he and CAPTAIN Mccormick have ordered the Tiger
candidates to report for practice on September l5
Mr. Edwards said that nearly all the members or
last seasons team who eligible this year are
back already and doing little light practlce
Princeton plays her opening game on October
against Stevens.
''Do you think Princeton will be able to beat
Yale this year?' Mr.. Edwards was asked by a
Tribune reporter. ..
Il have thought that so often in times gone by
he replied "only to find that thought wrong. that
] would not think of making any prediction SO
early as this. But I will say that Princeton men
Will be satisfied with nothing less than victory
this year They are going after with deter
nination that looks hopeful"
Mr.. Edwards said that the temptation would be
strong for him to run down to Princeton TO assist
in the coaching during tho but that keeping
the streets of New York clean gave him so much 10
do that he was afraid he would have to forswear
the Joys of donnng the noeskins again. But 1t
IS mighty hard to keep away from the gridiron.
concluded of the greatest of ell guards as ne
turned the mass OF letters on his desk with a
sigh.