Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-01

v. M. STEVENSON teams as h
stand today. Princeton is green and is
under an entirely different coaching sys-
tenn than has been used in the past.
believe that the Tigers will come fast
toward the end OF the season, as Rush,
the new coach, appears to be working on
the proper lines, but they are far from
strong now.
Cooney is one OF the best line coaches
In the country. and had he been on hand
at all the practices think the Princeton
line would not De so far behind form.
but he has not been on the field often
and the line shows II.
On the other hand Rutgers has been
prsctcing steadily since early in August
and is in November form for an October
game.
RUTGERS CRITICISED.
There is some inclination to critlcise
Rutgers for unsportsmanlke spirit In
taking an unfair advantage of the Tigers,
and the feeling appears to be general at
Princeton that this will be Rutgers last
year on the Princeton schedule. 1t is
barely possible that Princeton, in the
event Of defeat this fall, will likewise
prepare early for the Rutgers game next
season and give the New Brunswick col
legians one crushing defeat and then
sever athletic relations.
Now to get to the two teams as they
bAduu lOhhN anu my ItdSOus III lillnh-
ing that tine Tigers are due to 20 down
TO defeat. In the first place, Rutgers,
with the advantage of the extra month of
practice. is further advanced than
Princeton. It also has more seasoned vet
Grams and more natural football ability.
Rush's material is mostly green, in fact
is so far from being of big college calibre
that wonder just what method was used
In coaching the freshman team last year.
The backiield should come along in good
shape. although the lack of weight will
be a severe handicap until the line starts
TO show, and there is little prospect of
the line developing for three weeks at
least.
LINE POSSIBILITIES.
The best of the Tigers line prospects
at the present time are Gennert and Sem
mons, centres; Hogg and Love. guards,
and Mclean, Halsey and Kaufman,
tackles. The former is light, but he is
fast and great fighter, but Semmons
appears to have better possibilities. as he
is an ideal man to play a rowing centre.
He is big and strong, has great speed,
and Is also a fine tackler. 1 would not
be surprised II Gennert were shifted to
end In the future. At the present time
Sermons has a bad knee, and Gennert
will be needed as substitute centre until
the big fellow gets into shape.
AAusn 10 well pledbeu WIN the showing
of the backleld to date. Click looks much
better at halfback than he did at quar-
ter, and ne is likely to be one of the
stars OF the year. briggs is a fine all
round back, being one of the best kickers
I'm the East. while Lamberton is also a
powerful player who has the needed ex-
perience.
Quarterback is the only backheld POSI-
tion that is worrying Rush. Ames is the
choice for the position for the Rutgers
game. but with Haas and Eddy showing
better every day. he is likely to be re-
placed before long. Ebberstadt, the for
mer Exeter player who ran the team in
the closing minutes Of the Yale game last
year. is due to be with the squad soon,
and he will probably be the regular
quarterback. He appears to know more
than the rest of the quarterback candi-
dates. and his generalship should be
worth more than the individual ability Of
his rivals.
But with this line-up of green men and
badly coached line, the Tigers have
but one chance to stave off defeat at the
hand OF Rutgers. Their greatest chance.
aside from weather, lies in superior sun
stitutes and lack of generalship that
may result from Foster Sanford's deter
mination TO make mass plays the feature
of his offense.