The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-26


 of punt and drop kick is heard on many varsity gridiron. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania. Cor nell, Dartmouth and many other elevens enter the field, a majority playing the initial game of their sched- ules. While all report excellens ma teriaI from which to build up teams, which late in November will be bat tlfng for Eastern football supremacy, the coaches make no secret of the fact that in almost every case they are counting heavily upon veteran players about whom they will build the 1914 football machines.
 In this respect. Harvard. which holds the 1918 season honors, is un- usually well equipped for the hard campaign which includes games with Yale, Michigan, Princeton. Brown Washington and Jefferson and Penn State This schedule, probably the hardest that has been undertaken by an Eastern team in recent years, places a heavy strain upon the team. and it is certain that far more than the usual number of players will be used in both the major and minor contests It is fortunates therefore, that Harvard is well equipped with first and second string veteran ma teria1. In Captain Brfck1ey, the Grim son has the most consistent drop kick CT of modern fotbalI- This is a great asset, but the team as a. whole must bring Brickley to within striking dis tance of the goal and hold on defense while he gets his kicks away safely. For this purpose Harvard has a majority of the line and backfeld which last autumn brought cham pionship to Cambridge. On the line Cowan and Pennock are again avail able as guards; Trumbu11 and Soucey for either center or tackle and Hard wick and Coolidge at ends. The backfield is intact with Logan at quarter, Mahan and Brad1ee at half back and Br1ck1ey at fu1Fback- Coach Haughton's problem is to develop from the second string and 1918 freshmen squad two tackles and one end To select three or four suitable players from a squad of some seventy candi- dates Is not a task beyond Haughton and with satisfactory second string Harvard's line up problem should be solved early this season.
 At Yale the outlook is not so sat isfactory. Graduation cut heavily i'm to the 1913 eleven and Coach Hfnkey. will have to find new players for a number of positions Of the regu- lars brf three of last years veterans are left. In Captain Talbot, left tackle, quarterback Wilson and half back Knowles. Wilson and Knowles between them scored close to fifty per cent of YaIe's touchdowns last
 
 string letter men who should fit in acceptable in Cater, Hubbard and Brann, ends. Why, substitute tackle and Wiser, Guernsey and McLeish for the baskfieId. The freshmen eleven should yield some powerful since Coacr Hinkey will undoubtedly iDaug-urate new coaching policies it may prove that he can develop a stronger machine from this mou1daible material.
 New coaching methods at Princeton mark the Tigers 1914 season and un-. der the circumstances the veterans available may not prove as valuable as would be the case were the old policies to be coneinued- It is geneF- ally understood that Princeton will play an open game using many forms of the forward pass modelled along the lines of the Notre Dame attack, as shown at West Point against the Army. If this proves correst, fast active and rangy players rather than, heavyweights, will be in demand. some of the 1918 letter players will new regulars may have to be deved- oped from former freshmen and secs onr string material. Princeton is we'll supplied with veterans, having Baker, Shea and Lamberton for ends; Capt. Bal1in for tackle; Longstretsh W.
 
 Trenkmann, J. Swart, Haviland and Nourse are the best of the center can didates A new bacl1ne1d will have to be formed with F. Trenkmann. Roland, Dickeman. Drfggs and Law. as the leaders.
 Pennsylvania. and Cornell which close the season with the Thanks giving Day game at Philadelphia re- port large squads with a. fair number of veterans and many promising nov. ices and subsidiaries Coach Brooks must build up a pair of fast ends, and a steady center In other respects the Quakers are well supplied with veterans Butler and Borie are the best candidates for center: Murdock, Kons and Kelly furnish a. nucleus for ends; Harris and Garter are veteran tackles, while Captain Journeay, Rus sell; Wolfe and Pepper are the lead ing guards. In the backrie1d Moi filth. Avery, Bolger, Merrill. Irwin and Jones have all had experience in big games and with the new material from a squad from which 9. fast of fensive and defensive quarter should. be selected.
 Dr. A L. Sharpe has an excellent squad of experienced players with i which to start the season at Cornell For linemen there are available Cap 1 tain O'Hearn, Shelton, Mehamey, Ze- man, La.utz, Hart, J. D. McCutcheon, | Williams, Cool Prick. K. c. McCut- cheon, Munsick, Mallory GaTlogly, Snyder. Mcdonald, Sherwood, Gilman l Carnal, Goss, Ho1tz. and Janieson. In i the backfield Phil1ppi, Barrett, Coll yer, La.hr. ShuFer, Taber, Hubbard and Schlichter form the foundation of a | formidable aggregation of fast active candidates.
 The death of James B. Sullivan. secretary treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Union, American Olympic | sComnliSsG on and famous amateur sports authority, removes an Ameri- can track and field devotee, who was noted throughout the world as an ex- pert on all forms of athletic exhibd- tions. His decisions and records were accepted in all countries where track sports are held, as being abso-