New Britain herald., 1919-02-24
PRINCETON RUSHESr
FOOTBALL SEASON
Undergraduates Already Talking
Of Rosy Prospects for Next Season

Princeton, N. j, Feb. 24.-With the
recent publication Of the 1919 foot
pail schedule and the imultaneous
announcement that Bill Roper will
axe speedy Bush's place as varsity
coach next falls renaissance of foof~
Dall is coming to be more and more
lmpat1ently awaited in the Tiger camp.
mat the first post-bellum encounters
with Yale and Harvard will inaugurate
a new order of things as far as scores
are concerned is the profound belief
here, based on present prospects for
next falls pigskin personnel.
Although only two former varsity
men are expected back in college next
year, a wealth of material is offered
in the former 1920 and 1921 fresh
man events and last years informal
team. The undergraduate opinion is
that Roper has the basis of a machine
hat will bring a major victory for the
Tigers for the first time in the history
of the Palmer Memorial Stadium.
Four Apparent Fixtures.
No small amount of competition will
have taken place before the 1919
Orange and Black eleven faces TIE
Crimson for the first time in two years
positions may be now prophesied with
Il fair degree Of accuracy, namely,
centre, quarter, a tackle and an end.
These known quantities are Callahan,
captain of the informal eleven and
named third all American centre last
year by Walter Camp; Murray, Camps
all American quarter. and Funk and
McGraw, who was regular end AMI
tackle respectively on the 1916 Tiger.
team.
These men will not find the running
especially smooth, however. Centre
will produce some strong competition,
with Scureman and Cooper. both of
the 1921 yearlngS in the foreground.
Six men are in line for the guard posi-
tons. They are Rothchild and Taylor
of the informal eleven, and four
promising 1922 candidates-Sincla claire,
Porter, McManmon and Mcnamara,
who have experienced considerable
prep school success.
Tackle promises to be one of the
most popular POSITIONS and Dickinson,
Keck, Morgan and McCaull appear the
most likely aspirants. The first two
were big factors in the Yale freshman
tilt two years ago, while Morgan and
McGraw were both on their freshman
teams, the latter having captained last
years cubs. Still another possibility,
is Lynch, likewise 1921 standby,
while it may turn out that McMan
mon will fit in better at tackle than
at guard. -
The ends are not SO strongly repre-
scented. Funk and Harvey. the latter
of the 1921 and informal elevens.
should be the choices. but Davis and
Wilson are possibilities.
Abundance of Backs.
In the backield, Murray, at quarter,
will meet strong competition in Shrub
ing, the 1920 captain; Sweet, a sen@a-
tional gridiron star and one of the
fastest athletes in college, and Lourie,
a former Exeter leader. In this de-
partment Hopkins and Jacobs are also
experienced men, the former having
plated the Tiger Cubs to we'll earned
victory in 1917 over the Eli young
STEERS.
Eight halfbacks are on deck. Densp-
sey, a freshman was given honorable
mention last season by Walter Camp.
and should put UP a stiff fight against
Thimble and Opie, the stellar lights
on this years basketball quintet. Ray
mond, Streetman, Scheerer and Nc
Cormick have considerable experience
on the 1921 squad, while Lyons dis
tinguished himself last fall by His
brilliant punting for the informals.
At fu1lback, Knox, who was spec
tacular perform err OH the 1921 organ
ization. and two freshmen with repu-
tations, wittmer and De stefano. are
expected to fight it out to satisfac-
tory conclusion.