New-York tribune., 1920-09-26
Jones Driving
Yale for First
Game Saturday
Thorne Murphy Appears to
Have Fine Chance to
Win Quarterback Position
By Ray Mccarthy

the coaches of the various college
elevens if indeed not all of them, have
practically decided on their line-ups'
for the season. Thus we note that at
Yale the same team with one or two
changes now and then has been run
ming through daily signals for the last
ten days. Which means that Tad
Jones evidently has fne-combed about
all of the material on hand. has picked
what he wants and is ready to fold
his team into shape.
Yale won't get started until Satur
day, when it meets Carnegie Tech in
the bowl. 1t may be that after this
contest Jones will see fit to make sew
eral changes. But it is more likely
the big weaknesses have been elimi-
mated in the daily scrimmages and that
whatever future changes will be
wrought will be those of a very slight
nature.
This is the lineup which will start
the game against Carnegie and which
is likely to see service in most of the
other games on the Blues schedule:
Left end, Shevln; left tackle. Dickens;
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right guard, Herr; right tackle,
Walker; right end, Dilworth; quarter
back, Kempton; left halfback, Aldrich;
right halfback Webb; fullback. Jordan.
Captain Callahan, of course, when
he RECEIVERS from his injury, will re-
place Calvin at center, in which case
the latter will probable be shifted to
guard position. Acosta has shown
that he is still about the best guard
Yale has and will be used in that posi-
tion when he RECEIVERS from his injury.
Then there is Sauerback, who is MAX
ing a strong fight for an end position
and who. when he gets back, will prob
ably take Shevlin's place. Ray Nun
ger, another likely end candidate, will
have to fight it out with Dilworth.
Probable Backfield Changes
In the backheld the most probable
changes are those of Thorne, Murphy
at quarterback and Frank Kelly at half
back Murphy is toosgood player to
leave off the team, but for that mat
ter so is Kempton. Therefore, what
is likely to take place before the sea-
son ends is for Jones to shift Kempton
to a halfback position and put Murphy
in at quarter. Kempton gets away much
faster from half than he does from
quarter, and his generalship is no bet
ter if as good as Murphy's.. Aldrich
and Webb are quite sure of their posi-
tions from their play to date, although
Kelly, who was to captain Rutgers last
year, is a nifty performer and would
fit in nicely on the Blue eleven. He
may yet land berth,
But no matter which Of these play
ers are used the eleven as it lines
up looks exceptionally promising on
paper. 1t possesses both weight and
speed, and if it uses combination
of the old and new game, as it will
probably, it should be a hard team to
beat.
Syracuse has practically the same
team for use this year as it had last,
80 that we need not tarry long with
any description of the Orange. Cowell
in the Salt City team and he is said
to be better player than Ackley was.
Harvard, Penn, Penn State. Rutgers,
Lehigh and the others showed yester-
day what they could do and what may
be expected of them in the future. 1t
is the unknowns who will get off this
week that most of the football fans
are now interested in.
Cornell is one of these, and from the
reports emanating from Ithaca Dobie
is having a hard task constructing his
team. But then one would never know
just how hard that task was if he
depended on the tall and silent one
1or ms Information. Ahe oph'hA mas
nothing on the former Navy tutor
which is nothing to his discredit. But
Dobie is inclined to be somewhat of
o pessimist, and if you hear that Cor
nell is very poor this year that will
probably mean it is great.
Only few men Of previous varsity
experience will be found in the Cor
is likely to include Finn at end, PEN
dleton at guard, Horrell at center,
Knauss ct tackle and Mayer at half
back.
For the other wing position Dobie
has Hoff, Wilson, Cuneen and Munns.
Of these, Munns, who played on the
freshman team last year. appears to be
the most promising. Carey looms up
as the most likely candidate for quar-
terback, while the other halfback posi-
tions will probably go to Jewett, Lech-
ler and Livingston.
Princeton Has Many Veterans
They are not doing much worrying
at Princeton. There are seventeen vet
Grams on hand and several good new
corners. And, what is more, Bill Roper
is back on the job. That is the way
the Princetonian figures it out. In the
first place there is Captain Callahan
for center, who is sure to be better
than he was last year. Dickens and
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the guard positions in proper manner.
For the tackle positions Keck and Ru-
tan, from last years freshman team.
look like the best choices.
AS backfield candidates Roper al
D ready has Lourie and Murrey for quar-
terbacks, and Sheerer, Wittmer, Gar.
rity and McPhee for the other three
places, besides a wealth Of new mate
rial. No, indeed, Princeton needs to
worry but little as things now stand.
Young Ellery Huntington, who is
succeeding Larry Bankhart at Colgate
appears to have the biggest task OF
anybody we know of. Just where and
how ne is going to replace such stars
as Gillo, West, Anderson, and Watkins
is more or less of an enigma that will
probably remain unsolved. Baird, Web
ster and one or two others comprise
Huntington's veterans, SO that to turn
out team the equal Of Colgate's OF
recent years is no child's play and O
job we don't envy Huntington at all.
The three local colleges, Columbia
n. 7. U. and Fordham, have big squads
working out which contain a lot of
good material. The season locally
looks like one of the biggest ever, jhst
as 1t does nationally. BY Saturday
every team in the country viIl hs ~