Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-09-27
BIG PTGSKTNNERS LIMBER UP
Eastern College ElevenS Preparing
for the Seasons Games.
HARVARD IN SPLENDID SHAPE
Last Years Champions Are Well
Equipped 60 Meet onslauGht
of An AspiraRts 60 Top
of Foot Bail Honoru.

| NEW YORK, Sept. 8--The heavy artils
| lery OF the eastern college foot ball
brigade unlimhers today and the boom
OF punt and drop kick II heard on many
a varsity grldlron. Harvard, Yale, Prince
ton, Pennsylvania, Cornell Dartmouth
and many other eisvens enter the field.
majority playing the initial game OF their
schedules. while all report excellent ma
torlaI from which TO build up teams,
which late IN November will be battling
for eastern foot ball supremacy, the
coaches make no secret OF the fact thar
In almost every case they are counting
heavily upon veteran players about whom
they will build tho 1914 foot ball machines
In this respect Harvard, which holds
the 1918 honors, is unusually well equipped
for the hard campaign, which includes
games with Yale, Michigan, Princeton,
Brown, Washington and Jefferson and
Pennsylvania state, This schedule prob
ably the hardest that has been undertaken
by an eastern team in recent years, places
a heavy strain upon the team, and II 10
certain that far more than the usual
number OF players will be used In both
the major and minor contests II "
fortunate. therefore, that Harvsrd IL we'll
supplied with first and second string vet-
eran material. In Captain Brickley the
Crimson has the most consistent drop
kicker of modern foot ball. This IL n
great asset, but the team as whole must
bring Brickley to within striking distance
OF the goal and hold on defense while
no gets his kicks away safely.
Harvard Has old BaeINfield.
For this purpose Harvard has ma$
jorlty OF the line and back field which
last autumn brought a championship 20
Cambridge. on the line Cowan and Pens
mock are again available a. guardsi
Trumbull and Soucy for either center or
tackle and Hardwiok and Coolidge at
ends The hack field Ia intact with Logan
at quarter, Mahan and Bradlee at half
back and Brickley at fullback. Coach
HauEhton's problem II 10 develop from
the second string and 1913 freshmen squad
two tackles and one end. To select three
or four suitable players from squad oe
some seventy candidates is not task
beyond Haughton's roach. and with
satisfactory second string, Harvard's
lineup problem should be solved early
this season.
AZ Yale the outlook Is not 90 satisfao-
tory. Graduation cut heavily into the 1919
eleven, and Coach IIinkey will have to
tin0 new pIhNNEn AbF = Nhh1pN VI FtNNT
lions OF the regulars. but three OF last
years veterans are left in Captain Tall
bott. left tackle: Quarterback Wilson and
Halfback Knowles Wilson and Knowles.
between them. scored close 20 30 per cent
OF Yale's touehdowns last autumn. There
are several second string letter men who
should tit In acceptably In Carter, Hub
bard and Brann, ends; Way, substitute
tackle, and Wiser. Guernesy and Mac
Loish FOR the back field. The freshnien
eleven should also yield some powerful
linasmen and back field material. ana
since Coach Hlnkey will undoubtedly in-
augurate new coaching policies. II may
prove that he can develop stronger MAJ
chine from this more mouldebis ma
teriai.
PriucetOn Plays Open Game.
New coaching methods ut PFineeton
mark the Tigers 1914 season and under
the circumstances the veterans available
may not prove as valuable as would Be
the case we're the old policies to be con-
tinued II IL generally understood that
Princeton will play an open game, using
many forms OF the forward pass modelled
along the lines OF the Notre Dame at
tack as shown at West Point against the
Army, II this proves correct fast, active
and rangy players rather than heavy
weights will be In demand. Some OF the
1918 letter players will undoubtedly prove
acceptable, while new regulars may have
to be developed from former freshmen
and second string material Princeton II
we'll supplied with veterans, having Baker,
Brown, Shea and LAmberton for sndas
Captain Ballen for tackle. LongStreteh.
w. Stuart and shenk for guards. r.
Trenkmann. ]. swart, Haviland ana
Nourse are the best OF the center cAndi-
dates. A new back field will have TO be
formed with F. Trenkmann, Boland.
Dicksman, Drigss and Law as tho
leaders.
Pennsylvania and Cornell. which close
the eastern college season with the
Thanksgiving day game at Philadelphia
report large squads with a fair number
OF veterans and many promising noviees
and substitutes. Coach Brooke must build
up a pair OF fast ends and a steady Gems
ter In other respects the Quakers are
we'll supplied with veterans Butler and
Borie are the best candidates for center;
Murdoch, Rooms and Kelly furnish Ru-
cleus for ends; Harris and Carter ara
veteran tackles. while Captain Journeay,
Russell. Wolfe and Pepper are the lead
ing guards. In the back field Moffith.
Avery. Bolger, Merrill, Irwin and Jones
all have had experience In big games,
and with the new material from q squad
from which a fast offensive and defensive
quartet should be selected.
Or. A. l.. Sharpe has an excellent squad
OF experienced players with which TO start
the season at Cornell For linesmsn there
are available Captain oHearn. Shelton,
Mehaffey, zeman. Lautz, Hart, J. d. Nc
Cuteheon. Williams. Cool Prick. X. G.
MeCuteheon. Munslck. Mallory dallosly.
Snyder. Macdonald. Sherwood, Gilman.
Carnal, Gass. Holtz and Jamiseon. In the
back field Philippi. Barrett, collyer. Lair.
shuler. Taber. Hubbard and schliehter
form the foundation Of a formidable az
gregatlon OF fast. active candidates.