The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

~ WILLIAM HOf.LEN BACK.
Captain Of the University Of Penn
sylvania 1908 Football Team
and AII.American Ha1fNack.
Princeton, after many years on
changes In it, football system that were
more or less Unsatisfactory. has at last
found ono Of her worthy sons who has
taken football by the horns and bids
to develop a system that will place
Princeton Mt the top Of the football lad
der.
John Speedy Rush 70 the mani
Though not a varsity player while at
tending Princeton. ne M doubt would
have peer M Of h stars had he been
allowed to participate in h KIM ID col
leee sports. His track work wa too es-
sentiai to Old Nassau for him to try for
the team. However. he was q close STU
dent Of the game. having . q star
while AZ prep school Since his grad
he hAs had charge Of sports at
the University School at Cleveland. Any
follower of the game the wonder
fh work III accomplished while there.
One Of his pupils was no less than tho
great Sprackling. the phenomenal quar-
terback Of Brown. who practically de-
feated Yale II to 0. One of his other
proteGes Is Barrett, present quarterback
and captain at Cornell and incidentally
ono Of the sweetest players that has
graced tho gridiron in many days.
Rush has assumed h burden At
Princeton and his maSterful hand has
shown its power since the very begin
ming. In the first place he surrounded
himself with two of Princeton's great
stare to assist him-Jim Cooney. cap
tain. 'O6. and Howard HeMyend wing
positions. The spring practice was most
aud tho work accomplished
was put 70 tho test AT the very outset OF
this season. when Princeton met and de-
feated the powerful Georgetown team.
coached by Exedine. the old Carlisle star.
to the tune OF Vwo touchdowns. with only
three days of actual practice.
Rutgers. tho next opponent, was
coached by Foster Sanford h old Yale
idol, all winter with n Get purpose
that Of defeating Prirceton-after
thirty-two yerrs OF reversee. But here
again the Orange n Black varsity
Jumped into Sanford's men n before
had found their bearings the Tigers
had annexed 10 points and were Their
content to remain on the efensir
throu6hout the remainder of the game.
So old Sandy Will ave to spend another
winter with hds pets before having an
other chance to twist the Tigers a
The coaching stan has no predictions
20 make excep that the team is being
developed gradually with two Objects
that Of defeating Yale n Harvard.
The team Is to be brought along slowly.
trying to accomplish a little each week.
until the two crucial tests. when Rush
hopes to have a emooth running ma
chine. This may not Be accomplished
this year, as II takes time to make a
perfect machine, m the undergraduates
AZ we'll as the old grads must bear In
mind that Rush has a tremendous n
before him 30 install his system and get
It working smoothly in one year. How
over, the writer can freely predict that
Princeton will come back n her own
during Rush's regime.
Haughton. the games most successful
coach. had to devote five years at coach
ing Harvard before he succeeded in scor-
ing a touchdown on Yale. In 1905 he
succeeded in defeating Yale 40 by a
drop kick. In 1909 he vas defeated so
by Ted Coy's nimb!e toe. In 1910 and
1911 neither team scored. but In 1912 his
system came into its own and accom-
plished his great ambition by crossing
the Yale goal line twice.
The material at Tigertown ehis fall is
very green and cannot be classed as
more than fair. However. the team has
possibilities. Captain Click is a very
heady and resourceful quarter and half
back and will make q good leader. He
has one fault-that OF playing too hard
and subjecting himself TO injury when ne
should save all his powers In order to
execute his cool judgment in the han
ding OF thet team.
Ames il a why little quarterback
who has . lot of natural ability and is
fast on his rect. He was under a severe
handicap las ear playing under his
father, Snake Ames, who was then head
coach, His work 90 far this ear has
shown great Improvement and speaks
we'll for the future.
briggs. %fullback. Ia the best kicker the
writer has seen this year. He gets his
punts of we'll and they carry for fifty
to sixty yards. with good height. which
gives the ends time 70 get down the
field to cover them.
T1bbott. tho ex-Ge-mantown Academy
boy. Is holding down one halfback posi-
ton and looks like q fixture. judging by
the showing he has made in h past
two games. II vas his run in the Rut-
gers game that swung the tide IN Prince
toms favor. while in the Syracuse game
his nimble toe gave the Tigers their only
score. Tbbott is a brother of he IA
nous All American haifback of '0s.
Shea seems 20 hav the call for the
other halfback position. He runs hard
with the ball and Is hard to stop. n good
fighter and Is In tho game at all times
Buzz Law, who was one of Princeton's
most dependable men last year, has tus,
reported for the varsity. He Is still
able 70 kick tho ball for an average OF
fifty yards. and will make a strong bic
to retain his position In the ~backfeld.
Lamberton has possibilities. lie Il
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