Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-13
Tiger Foot Ball Men at Work.

Tiger Foot Ball Men at Work.
No one can maintain that Princeton's
foot ball authorities are lacking in APP
probation OF the work they have be-
fore them this fall On the contrary.
they have been going about the pre-
limfnary part Of the seasons work
with such thoroughness and enthusiasm
as to arouse some criticism among the
students interested in other sports. The
daily sight of two elevens at work i'm the
gymnasium Is so unusual for Princeton
that the critics are asking why this tai
ent should not be devoted to the base ball
team, the candidates for which are now
at work in the cage.
Coach Roper explained the reason for
all this industry at a recent meeting Of
Princeton alumni. His theme was the
almost amending series of defeats by
Yale. His theory for the termination of
these defeats was a more thorough coach
Ing system. in particular one which got
the candidates at work early in the
spring. He Is trying to put this part OF
the program into operation now. He is
not worried about Princeton continuing
to show superiority over Yale at base
ball. What he desires above all else Is
to build UP foot ball machine as sue
cessful as that in base ball. To do that.
he says, two things are necessary-a more
thorough coaching system and a bigger
can solve. but the increase I'm the num-
Der OF students is beyond his reach.
Cornell Foot Ball Changes.
Cornell is now engaged in reconstruct
Ing her foot ball machine. The Ithacans
at the close Of the 1910 season had to
acknowledge that the two fundamental
weaknesses OF their system. last fail at
least, was a poor schedule and a weak
coaching staff. The publication this week
Of the schedule shows that one-half of
the problem has been solved. Last fall
the schedule was not only light one
nelrs opponents for the first half of the
season were unusually weak. Most Of
the teams met prior to the Harvard game
were In the class Of high schools. Then
when the Ithacans met such teams as
Harvard and Pennsylvania they were not
in condition to do themselves justice
This years schedule consists Of ten
games. They are so carefully graded that
the team should develop gradually. There
Is not a weak spot in the whole list. If
anything, it looks as though Cornell
might find some Of the early games
little more severe than anticipated. For
instance, the Ithacans meet Oberlin,
Pennsylvania State College and the Uni
constitute three very hard games and
the 1thac will have to be on the alert
to avoid an early season defeat. There
will be much interest in the outcome Of
the game with Pittsburg Cornell is the
first big team this institution will have
met. Last year Pittsburg Went through
season without either a defeat or a point
registered against her Inspired by this
record, the Pittsburgers tried to get a
game with the University Of Pennsylvania
or some other big institution. but Cornell
was the only team that consented to a
meeting. This will be the big game of
Pittsburg's schedule.
The big games in November are with
Michigan. Chicago and Pennsylvania. All
these will be hard battles. only one game,
that with Michigan, being played at
home But if Cornell gets safely through
the month Of October she should fare
well for the second half Of the season
Just now the Ithacans are worrying
over the coaching problem. and old grad
yates are Offering advice as to the solu-
ton of the difficulties. To an outsider it
looks as. though Glenn Warner, himself
graduate and former coach, though
now at the Carlisle Indian School. ex-
pressed the right idea when he suggested
that Dan Reed be made the head coach
and given full charge, thus doing away
with the big coaching staff which has
been running things of late years War
ner makes the point that too many
coaches are worse than a single ind4vid-
ual. This applies TO Cornell with partic-
ular force because that university is so
inaccessible that the coaches have great
difficulty in returning with any regularity
to aid in the coaching. Therefore Cor
nell.s coaching problem is peculiar one
in which the different conditions demand
a different remedy. Glenn Warner un-
doubtedly has had more experience than
any Of the other Cornell foot ball men,
and if they are wise they will listen TO
him.
Yale's Coaching Innovation.
Billy Lush. Yale's base ball coach, has
made change in his coaching methods,
which calls for a discontinuance of the