Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-19
pRINCETON'S COACHING SYSTEM
IS CONSTRUCTIVELY CRITICISED
Alumni and Players Almost Unit for
Change in Methods of Foot Ball In
struction, Is Opinion Expressed

scented Princeton in good many
years."
Coleman P Brown of the class of
1906 summarizes the criticisms of the
| alumni as follows:
! 81. We started out this year with
| the best material we have ever had
even the coaches acknowledge that.
Had Harvard defeated us by u goal
! from the field or two goals from the
| field, I would have had nothing to say.
but this defeat is a, disgrace. Our
| coaching system must be entirely
wrong. We have got to mako some
| change.
'e. 1t is the fault of the coaches. We
have nobody who knows how to teach
offensive foot fall. Since 1896 We have
never had a team that has won a game
, by crushing it's opponents. We can
win Il game once every five years on
the other teams mistakes, provided
our defense is strong enough to keep
them from scoring, otherwise we sim
ply cannot win.
IS. We might just as well acknowl-
edge that We do not know how to
teach our teams offensive foot ball
This being so 1 am for getting some
man. like Warner OF the Indians, or
Sharpe OF Cornell. or Cavanaugh Of
Dartmouth. who will take entire charge
of the team and teach it how to vim
With players and alumni up in arms
against present conditions, it is hardly
necessary to make the comment that Il
different system is almost IL surety for
the fall of 1915; furthermore, too much
Is generally known of the faults of
to think for an instant that
the change will not be one Of great
benefit. And Princeton deserves better
things. No finer spirit is to be found
in any college in the country, and no
other institution is represented by
teams that are a greater credit, wheth-
err in victory or in defeat. than those
that wear the Orange and Black.
Three of the local college basket ball
teams are scheduled to play on foreign
floors tonight. George Washington is
to appear at Annapolis in the first con-
test for the Navy five; Gallaudet goes
to Annapolis also, but to meet the
and Catholic University is to play
Loyola College at Baltimore.
George Washington is almost GER
tain to meet with defeat at the hands
improved any by having its captain
Shaver, out of the game. Gallaudet
ought to have an even chance against
st. Johns, while Catholic University is
fact that it is playing on the home
floor of the latter.
The Georgetown quint lost a close
game to the Fordham basket ball team
in New York last night The Gotham
ties Won by margin of ) points, the
score being 81 to 2S. The Blue and
Gray led during the greater part of
the contest, but was noSed out in the
closing minutes.
There were an exceptional number of
fouls charged against both teams.
Walsh of Fordham threw thirteen
goals from the foul line, and Kelley of
Georgetown got ten.
Business High ran away with the
contest it played with the Army and
Navy Academy basket ball team yes
terday afternoon, winning by a. very
one-sided score. The Stenographers
worked their plays about as they
pleased, while they were too strong on
the defense to allow much scoring by
their opponents. Buck Wise proved the
star, throwing eight field goals.