The Washington herald., 1907-08-25

CroWell the ex-Swarthmore quarter The
coaches will have their troubles ia max
ing use OF all the other candidates. IN
Pauxtis and Miller. Of the freshman
team. they have two ends who are var
sity material, right now. Maeklin. the
old 81. Paul's School captain. fresh
man tackle and full back. VIII have TO be
cared for somewhere. and this viii prob
ably be in the line. In the back field
Sokers and Bradley will make strong
candidates.
There are very few changes In PENIS
coaching staff. Torrey will once more
be field coach. and viii have a frst-class
lot Of assistants. DR. Carl Williams viii
again be the head Of the advisory board
Of coaches with George Brooke an ac-
tive assistant Il is planned 10 have
both OF these men devote more dine TO
the eleven this year than they did last.
TiHSrr Look Strong.
Princeton will lose heavily in the line.
but outside OF this the Tigers viii be
exceptionally strong. and well able 20
care for themselves. OF the line men
Princeton loses Hoagland at right end;
and Stannard and H. Dillon. the two
guards. This leaves. OF the entire line.
only Wister at end and Phillips at CEN
ter. The back field. however, is intact.
E. Dillon. the best quarter back Of the
year. VIII once more run the team from
this position. while Capt. Mccormick
will be at fun back. with RulOn-Miller
and Harlan as half backs. With this sort
Of a back field, Princeton is sure 70 be
strong The line may not prove so
weak. for Princeton has some first-class
substitutes and good squad OF 1906 fresh
men from which to build
The head coach will be W lscE--. who
held the position last year. His active
assistants Will be COoney and Mum. ex-
tackle and half back respectively. All
told, the Tiger outlook is bright, and
Princeton will make a strong bid for
championship honors. which she divided
with Yale last year.
Harvard in Poor shape.
Football matters at Harvard are in a
chaotic condition. II was not known I'M
Ill well along in the spring that Harvard
would have a football team at all. But
when permission was given for the con-
tlnuance Of the sport It was hedged about
in such a manner as 10 make the de-
veIopment Of a strong team a dlmcult
matter. There have been many criti-
cisms. most OF them from Harvard
sources. about the policy which led to
the selection Of Joshua Crane as the mead
coach. Crane derived his experience in
the game nearly a score Of years ago
and since that tine has done very little
active coaching. 1t IS not believed that
he can do the Harvard football men very
much coed, and dire things are predicted
on this account
There was much disappointment at
Cambridge when Bill Reid refused 70 re-
turn. Reid worked extremely hard for
three years to put Harvard football on
arm basis; but he was antagonized to
such an extent that he encountered trou-
bic every way he turned. Since there IS no
evidence that Harvard men have re-
formed in this respect, Crane may have
his troubles
The Harvard eleven is fairly well pro-
vided with veterans from 1905. OF last
years team, all but four Of the men are
back The men lost are Pierce. the left
tackle; KersbUrg. left guard: Osborne.
right tackle, and Foster, left half back.
This leaves Starr and Mcdonald. ends;
Burr, right guard; Parker, center; New
hail. quarter back; Appolonio. right half
back. and Wendell. full back The Grim
son viii not suffer in the slightest for
lack Of veterans. But there is every
reason for the belief that Harvard VIII
not have as many frst-class men from
the last years freshman team. The IN
certainty that prevailed az Harvard all
Of last year, and the year before had n
tendency 10 drive promising scholastic
players TO other universities where they
knew the game would be played. On this
account the Crimson coaches will have 10
depend more upon their 1896 regulars and
the substitutes.