The Washington herald., 1920-11-05
Roper Satisfied" Issues
Statement Praising HIS
Squad-Fitzpatrick Says
Men Are ''Fit"-Lourie
To Start at Quarter.

PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. A.
Princeton's football team had its
final workout before the first classic
Of the yean at University Field this
afternoon and left for Cambridge
at 1880 tonight. Coach Bill Roper.
seemed satisfied with the eleven and
issued the following statement: The
men have progressed a lot in the
past week and while we are not
over confident. we know they will
give Harvard a battle all through
the contest"
Keene Fitzpatrick. trainer. found
the men physically At and added
thu the team would be all right
once.it Eot started So all Princeton
now IL thinking OF nothing but
Harvard. and the outcome OF the
game.
The undergraduate body feels
much the same as the coaches. They
know the men and they know their
qualities Of fight and hard play. and
IL is enough to give them confidence.
At a mass meeting last night they
gave the team a show of that conf
dence and plan to continue the good
work when they once get inside OF
the Crimson stadium Nearly all the
student body will accompany the
team. with a big band.
Hold Light Practice.
Practice today consisted merely in
dummy scrimmage against the
scrubs. who once again used the
Harvard formations. The afternoon
did not prove a lot about strength,
but II showed what the probable
lineup when the game begins
Saturday will be as follows:
Ends. Stinson and Legendre: tackles.
Hooper and Keck; guards. Nc
Mannon and Dickinson; center,
Callahan: quarter, Lourie: half
backs. Garrity and Gilroy; fullback.
Scheerer.
and Raymond will get into the game
at end. Halsey at tackle, McCauley
at guard, Murrey at quarter, anc
Wittmer at fullback. There is also
a chance that Cleaves will substi-
tute at halfback. Harrison Thomp-
son has not had enough experience
this year and Rutan is not in good
enough condition. SO these two.
counted on In the early season.
viii watch the fray from the side
liSes.
The entire squad. scrubs and all.
will be taken to Cambridge, alto
gether about 100 men. However.
most of the students did not go
with the team and will leave sepa-
rately tomorrow.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 4.-Har-
wards football practice behind the
closed gates OF the stadium this af-
ternoon was a little different from
that Of yesterday except that there
was no scrimmage.
The customary round Of funda-
mentsls starting with a talk in the
football room formed the ma 'or part
of the afternoons work. The var
sity and substitute elevens had a
long dummy scrimmsge, with the
latter using Princeton formations TO
some success
Coaches Pick Lineup.
The lineup for the Princeton game
has been decided as follows: Left
end. Kane; left tackle. Faxon: left
guard. Tolbert; center, Havemeyer;
right guard. Woods: right tackle,
Hubbard; right end. Crocker; quar-
terback. Fitzgerald: left halfback.
Owen; right halfback, Churchill:
fullback. Captain Horween.
Hubbard said his leg was in fine
shape this afternoon and he hopes
to play the whole game. Duke
Sedgwick, who played tackle in all
last years big games, will not start
against Princeton. but in case he
is needed will be substituted. Gas
ton. the regular right end. will not
play at all. Crocker takes his place.
Both Sedgwick and CASTOR are on
the injured list.
Tomorrow's practice will be open
for the first time since the third
week in September. The under
graduates will march to the held
to cheer the team. There was a
rousing football mass meeting to-
night. with Capt Horween and
Coach Wilmington as the chief
speakers. Princeton will have the
field from 4:15 on. After rpactice
the Tigers will spend the night at
the Belmont Sprints Country Club.