New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-31
Princeton Hit Hard by
GraduatiOnS Last
Season Brilliant
Nv FRANK O'NElLL

ant than looking backward. Just as
the hills Of the distance look greener
than those closer at hand. as tho val
leys that lie affair are always more fer
tile thap those at our home, so the
prospect Of another year is brighter
than the year We have lived.
So let il be with football. The vic
tories and defeats OF past year may
be forgotten, or plans may be made to
avenge them. The mistakes Of omis-
sion and commission are not without
their lessons 70 coaches and players
alike.
A Harvard stripped Of its football
crown is not a pleasant Harvard. The
Yale Bulldog. smsrtins under n thrash
ing from Brown. Is turly Bulldog.
The Princeton Tiger, limping from
blows by Harvard and Yale, is not a
tractsble Tiger.
All three may lose their i'll humor
while looking forward to brighter days
in the season OF 1917.
Pittsburgh, champions Of the East;
Colgate. Brown, the Army and those
other teams which enjoyed successful
seasons, await the call 20 arms in an
other yesr with joyful anticipation.
Hope for new and greater triumphs
I fills the football breast
Yale, Harvard. Colgate, Brown, the
Army. the Navy. Pennsylvania and
/ Pittsburgh will start the season OF
1917 with seasoned material to choose
/ from in building their teams. Yale,
although il loses men like Captain
Black, Harry lie Gore. Club Sheldon,
} Moseley and others, will have practi.
cally a veteran eleven at the start OF
/ the season. Harvard loses only few
men. while Brown, Colgate and the
ARM viii start the year with almost
/ the same teams that played IN the
/ final game.
Hard Hit by Graduations
Princeton will be hardest hit by
eraduations. Every regular except
( Wilson. the captsin-elect, and Halsey,
the giant tackle, will have been gradu-
ated by the time the call for candidates
is sounded next fall. Whether this
must be looked upon as real disaster
! or q blessing somewhat disguised Will
| be answered next sutumn. speedy
/ Rush will have his chance 10 show what
B men schooled in his system can do. lie
B will have Wilson, Funk and VIM, ends
who learned their fundamentals under
/ Rush. The probable leading contenders
/ for tackle positions will be HalSey,
/ giant in physique. and McGraw, who
/ did some commendable work last IA
I II Parisette returns to college from MI
I litia duty on the border another worry
will be relieved. Ruth, Warden and
Bryan will try for guards. The last
ramed is a star in the making, but in
cined toward mental and physical laIi-
ness. There is little material in the
backfeld except Comey, who is an all
around player. lacking only IN weight;
Yale is especially blessed with tried
material for the start OF the 1917 sea-
son. Callahan. veteran of the Prince
ton and Harvard games. will return.
[ Gait and Baldridge, guards Of no mean
i ability; Captain Ii Gates will be at one
/ tackle and Charley Taft may be at the
ether. Comerford, who won his letter
/ last fall, is regarded as q certainty ~
/ one end, with many promising candi-
/ dates for the other end. Toad Smith,
perhaps the best quarterback in the
/ East, who fell i'll before the Princeton
/ game, and his understudy, La Roche,
will be in college.
Neville for Backfield
For the backfeld there is Neville,
who scored the touchdown against
I Harvard: Braden, capable drop kicker
and a whirlwind player besides. with
promising material from the freshman
team. eager for chance, Old Eli
1 should have remarkable season.
Harvard will not suffer by graduation
TO any great extent: Captain Daamuh
will pass on. as will Harte and Cool
idge. and some Of the second string
men as well. but a nucleus for a win
ming team will not be lacking. Captain
| Wheeler. the tackle; the meteoric Eddie
! Casey, Ralph Horween. Flower, Bond
and Thacher remain. So do Robinson,
who is rated as the best drop-kicker
on the squad; Murray, the second
string quarter; Sweetser, tackle OF
no mean ability, and there will be men
! from the freshman and second string
elevens to fill the gaps. Tommy En-
wright. who has had bit of trouble
with his studies. is eligible again, and
probably will play. Boles, the half
hack, has been in difficulty, and is
thinking of leaving school, 1t is said
Colgate and Brown lose few men;
! Captain Horning. the tackle, and
Goods. a guard. will pass on from Col,
gate, but the rest of that WONDERFUL
eleven will return. Sprague and wade
will be lost to Brown, but the others
a rOrSf o n "A
Conroy. who is ratod as greater
Pollard. will make his bid for fame.
Pittsburgh loses half dozen men, in
cluding Bob Peck, the great centre. The
Army may play without Elmer Ohphsnt
and Gene Vidal next season. Inc
faculty will coteh them IL they don't
watch out. Cornell and Penn will be
well of for material al the start, and
look forward TO successful seasons.
Few Changes in Rules
When the football rules committee
meets early in 1917 to discuss the needs
of the game il is probable that few
changes in the playing code will be
made New legislation Is needed on
The forward pass play. The matter OF
nicking of men from behind will be
brougbt up and the much-mooted cues
ton Of abolishing the kicking OF gosi
from touchdown will be brought up
once more.
There is urgent need Of ruling on
teams interfering with ends gong down
for forward pass. With ball IN the
air. an end running loose, certain Of
making , gain OF thirty-hve or forty
yards, and possibly a gsms-winninS
touchdown, il is deemed good football
by some to grab, trip or otherwise I'M
peds his progress. taking the penalty
Of fifteen yards. 1t has been urged by
NM N MT tha ball In MAY at the