Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-05
TIGERS DRILL FOR
BETTER CONDITION
Perfection Of Plays Secondary
to Work for Better Wind
Among Princeton Athletes
PLAY COLGATE SATURDAY
BY JACK STRTBISG
Former Princeton Quarterback


Tho Princeton athletes this week are
putting in ono of tho hardest Of the
season. Tho game on Snturla, Is with
| Colgate. hut this is not the reason why
| I'll" Tigers arr being Subjected to such
4 severe drilling. The NIvy game.
. which is sure to be- one Of the toughest
on the schedule, Is slated for OrtOhCr H.
RiIl Roper. the Tiger head coach. was
not at a,l satisfied with tho cord,tion of
/ us players as shown in tho SWarthmore
| "omN. And it is condition he is seek
ing now.
"Princcton's greatest fault in the
| opcnlng game said Roper. was lack
! Of wind. | was aStoniShcd by the way
! tho men : tongues hung out at the end
| Of the first fiv" minutes. It was not an
! exceptionally warm day and there was
! no cNcu~" for the lack OF wind 1t
wont happen again.
! Wind Is Necessary
\ team that has TO slow up to catch
/ its breath every three or four minutes
| : going 20 fall behind at each pause.
! Good wind is Il result Of good condition.
combined with strengthening Of the wind
| muscles. To strengthen you must CX-
! "rciSc Long. easy exercises will not
, do it, but short. sharp sprints, combined
/ Hith dodging. starting and stopping sud-
| denly, will give man vast amount
| NOR" wind.
With the showing of the individual
! mon Roper was for the most part SatiS-
/ fed They did fairly we'll individually.
, but as team they wcrc awful. The
! Navy game is only eleven days away
| and we certainly must drill.
kpCk and the baCkfCld played good
| 60 first game football but tho line
was n local. 1t seemed to run well be-
| tween stations, but thcr" wCr" too many
| stations. Then. too. the backs became
| tagged. Lourie. after his long run. was
! almost done. And all of them had to
| pause now and then to catch their
! breath. Whether they are slow round
! ing into shape or not is hard to tell.
Physically they seemed well. but there
were q lot Of casualties. \ man Is hurt
mUCh moro "osiIy when he Is not in hrst-
/ class condition.
| Kconr Fitzpatrick, the Corning
trainer. has peculiarly difficult job
! this year. The men must h" brought
| virtually to top form for the Navy game
| and hold there for tho Yale game four
weeks later. Tho only let down h"-
| tween th" Navy and Yale is Virginia.
! and they cannot afford to let down too
! far then or they will never get back to
! top form for Johnnie Harvard week
| later.
Will Save Regulars
The fr>t-string men will probably
| he saved u~ much az possible, and on
| tho afternoons Of the game will be
! vankrd as soon ns feasible for the
! safety Of III" game. Last Saturday
! Kcrh was the only regular to finish the
| game, bur he could play doGbl"-
| header and feel better for It. The rest
| Of III" team was out Of thC gam" by the
! beginning of III" fourth PERIOD and
| the majority by the middle Of the third.
Some Of the players wSe forced to
! retire. And with her laV Of reserve
| Princeton cannot afford TO have this
| happen. Louric. Garrity, Snively, f..
Stnson and Il couple Of others, while
! they might have finished, were in bad
! shape. More resistance must be de-
v"lop"d. And the only way this can be
| accomplished is to make the body resist
50 often that it gradually becomes i'm
| muu".
Once he gets his men in shape Roper
believes in light work. But they must
| be IN shape. It's going to be ham
J NOR aud smash and drill and drill and
! Ihc weak won't be those on the team.
| Foothal has changed the old order of
! beef and Drawn, but it has not changed
( I'll" old order Of first class condition.
d The advantage Of weight and power
. hu, been ~uppiautcd by the advantage
. If speed and stamina. The team that
4 can "uN" faster longer than the other
, team viii own IL" pigskiu at the end Of
/ lH" game. That is the coaches aim
Wis wr"k-better condition and Il
smoother team. Work is the only path
I nd kn h, l.,