El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-26

I championship caIiber and this line i'm
proved steadily as the season wore on.
! For years past the Princeton line has
been as good as any in the east This
| year the line is better than last, so by
| the simple process of reasoning you
can arrive at the conclusion that the
Princeton line, is some" line and that
the Harvard and Yale backfields will
| have q big job on their hands when
they attempt to break through.
With the line taken care Of the
coaches turned their attention to the
backfield and the news went out from
Princeton that no kicker could be
found AS the season wore on the I'M
easiness, which this news precipitated
in the Tiger camp, increased almost to
CONSERVATION Find a man who can
boot the ball" was the motto of the
Princeton coaches.
"HObeys Baker Is a Punter.
The great "HObey" Baker was tried
out as a punter. Now HOBBY has a
knack of shooting the ball neatly over
the crossing from the 80 or IS yard line
but when it came to booting the ball
out of dangerous territory, HOBBY
couldn't send the pigslkin for more
than 30 or 80 yards. He simply wasn't
Then someone discovered a young
ster named Giles, who had an idea that
he had a toe capable of sending the
leather on a nice long journey. Giles
tried it out. In practice he made SIS
so against it Things began to look
promising but the trouble was that
Giles could not lift the leather high
enough to give the ends a chance to get
coaches pinned their faith to HOBBY
Baker again.
Law May Punt for Tigers.
Last week the name of Buzz Law
burst forth on the Princeton gridiron
like mushroom after a summer show
er The coaches said Bug was the
man to punt for the Tigers when they
entered into the Harvard and Yale
clashes, They said Buzz" could go out
on the field and send that little old
Football so yards or more without ex-
ertng himself At that time the far
heralded Buzz was in the hospital
with bad foot. He couldn't get into
the Syracuse game and we have vet to
see him in action.
II Law VIII only live up to his repu-
tatlon which has emanated chiefly from
the coaching staff. Princeton will be
able to take care of herself in punt
ing duel.
Stars in BaekfieId.
Hobey' Baker and Brad" STREET. are
the two twinkling lights in the Tigers
Dacktleld- Last year Bakers Speciality
was oashlng through a broken field or
skirting the ends on wide runs. This
year Hobey" appeared in the camp
carrying 10 or y pounds more weight
than last year and started in on Iine-i
p pLiIis he mas shown a remarkable
aolilty Ior hitting the line hard and
sliding through outside the opposing
tackle. STREET. is the husky full back.
weighs about 1S5 pounds and is built
on the regular lines of a steam roller.
ana the men who have tried to tackle i
MIN say he IS just about as difficult to !
stop up as the aforementioned steam |
Click has also shown up well in the
backfield, while Merritt at half plavs |
good game. He shines particularly in
running interference for Baker. when
the latter is carrying the ball.
"Stew" Baker for Quarter.
EInmons and Stewart Baker have
both been tried out as quarter ..steyE,'5
Saker, who is a brother to s'Hobev''
las shown some disposition to tumble
IL times, but the coaches hone TO he
iDle 10 eradicate this trouble before