East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-10-16
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PRINCETON. n. j., Oct. 16.-
rhe Princeton foot ball team has been
particularly hard hit by graduations
and ineliglbilty. but Coach Bill Roper
g confident Of building a champion
hip combination out of the wealth of
lew material
AS Is the case with most big eastern
elevens. Roper's hardest task is to de-
gelop a suitable pair of ends but. in
addition he must construct a back
field.
Although IL lettermen returned 10
'chool this fall few Of them were reg
lars. Men must be developed 10
axe the places OF such stars as Stru-
ling. Tr.mble. McGraw and Williams,
rho graduated. Holmes Snively. Eu-
Ter. and Lipscomb, all members OF
,st years freshman team. are mol
vaila ole either because of leaving
.hool or being declared ineligible.
| Out OF the squad OF 65 that reported
] ,r first practice the following appear
| have the bexi chances OF making the
irslty:
Ends-Ra Raymond, Jones. Davis and
.egendre. Tackles Keck. Rutan
Hopper, Halsey and Upson. Guards
Thomas Dickinson. Morgan and Nc
Caull. Center Callahan, Opie and
Scureman. quarter. Lourie, ,Stimson
ind German. Halfs, Gilroy. Wittmer
and Murrey. Full, Scheerer, Gilroy
and Lourie.
Raymond was a varsity end last
year. Davis also has had varsity ex-
perience. Jones was a freshman end
in 1919 and Legendre formerly star
red with Tulane.
stan" Keck was one of last years
stars. but was out of ,he game most
of the time with injuries He weigh
200 pounds. is a terrific line plunger
and an accurate place-kicker, Rutan
was on the freshman team last year
Hooper, Aalsey and Upsom played on
last years scrubs Thomas was sub
sttiute center last year. Dickinson
Morgan and McCaull have had varsity
experience. The later may have
made regular but for injuries.
Captain Mike Callahan will be un-
der-studied at center by Ope and
Scureman. The latter was a sub-cen-
ter when his leg was broken last year
Lourie, who played in part of the
Harvard game last fall, is a good open
field runner and is sure on punts.
Stimson and German alternated a,
quarter on the freshman eleven.
Murrey. who kicked field goals
against both Harvard and Yale last
year, seems to be certain as half
back. Gilroy was full on the fresh
man team. Wittmer has had varsity
experience.
Scheerer is one of the best punters
in the game. He also is n good ground
gamer. as evidenced by his perform
ance against Yale last year. Gilroy
and Lourie may also he tried out at
fun. Others who are showing well on
the squad are Cleaves, Gordon and
| lCutchins.
Princeton opened with Swarth-
more here last Saturday. The next
game will be with Maryland State.
Washington and Lee plays here Oct.
and 6: the navy on Oct. 23. West Vir-
ginia, which defeated Princeton 25 to
| 0 last year. comes Oct. 80, Colgate,
which administered { to defeat to
the Tiger last year, has been dropped
from the schedule. The only out of
town game is with Harvard at Cam
bridge. The teams tied 10 to 10 last
year. Yale. which Princeton beat IS
to last year, comes here Nov. 49,
The Yale game will produce the
unique feature of brothers, captains OF
their respective elevens, facing each
other at center. They are Mike Cal
lahan of Princeton and Tim Callahan
of Yale, The latter, who was captain
last year. was reelected.