Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-30
TIGERS WARNED
ABOUT GARNET
Roper Expects Swarthmore
Eleven to Give Princeton
Real Battle Tomorrow
OVERCONFIDENCE is FEARED
BY JACK STRJBING
Former Princeton Quarterback

FORMER princeton VuafNtnNh
Princeton is not Understanding the
strength Of the Swarthmorc eleven,
which cntcrtains the Tigers at the Pal.
mer Stadium tomorrow.
Bill Roper. in particular. Is warning
about ovcrcontidCnce lie points out
| that that Roy Mercer with n veteran
team is bound to push the Tigers to tho
| limit
This game Saturday" said Roper
| in talk to his pupils" is going to be
that. 1t may be that KrcK and Lourie
are better than any tackle or quarter
back in football today. but two players
don't make a football team. We have
to work. and work harder than ever
before.
II don't know what Mercer has up
his sleeve. but with tho material he has
on hand and his football knowledge, he
has us all worried. We are far from
what we should be, and the result is
very much in doubt"
Big job for Roper
Roper has big job ahead of him
this year to duplicate his clean slate
| of 1920. and 10 knows 1t.
The squad this week has been worked
rather hard considering the fact that
Roper is an advocate of az little work
as possible. At Tigertown they reCog-
niZc the mettlc of the Little Quakcrs
and expect to treat them accordingly.
And this Swarthmore crew is one to
be feared. It's really remarkable that
a college Of but wo-and a hulf hnu-
drpd men can produce such a team. Last
year thev were the only team that
pushed over PrinCCton's goal line. The
other tOuChdOwnS were made via the
aerial route. This year they have twelve
Of the IS" back. Except for last year 5
guards and Larkin, the captain and
| tackle. the team Is practically intact.
| To fill the vacant positions there is
| plenty Of steam and meat available and
| It Is going to be used to good advantage
The baCkfeld is good. Captain
GciEcs. about rs big and as fast as
minute will direct and lead the team at
quarter Asplundth. the biggest man
back of the line, is enough to worry the
| best teams in the country. He can kick
| high and far. His punts are little short
of marvellous for their distance. height,
accuracy and consistency. Add to this
the fact that he carries the ball well.
has 2lO pounds with which to do it, and
| can pass. A 21O-pound threat.
| Yarnall. another back of last year,
! is one Of the sweetest broken field run
ners the Quakers have ever possessed.
The fourth man will be from White.
Carter and Esrp, who are no mean trio
in themselves.
Jackson and Buttcrworth Ends
On the ends the Garnet has Jackson
| and ButtorwOrth last years wings. who
will again cover the big boys puntS
and look after their other duties. They
were good last year and should hc bet
ter this. Ogden and Willis are two vet
Gran tackles from 1919. The guards are
somewhat Of a problem. Coach Mercer
has NOss. 210 pounds, and Earnshaw,
who is almost as big. The other can
didatcs, Shoemaker, Rauh and Knauer.
are somewhat lighter. Dick Cornell,
with two years experience behind him,
will give Princeton green CcntCrS an
exciting afternoon.
| Princeton's play will be confined to
fairly straight football. Th" machine
has not as yet become sufficiently co.
ordinatcd to attempt anything Compli-
Gated. In fact, LOurie will not have
more than nine or ten plays to choose
from. Ropcr's idea is to start with a
small assortment and work on them
until they gV IKE clOckwork. Then he
begins 10 cxpHni,
For the offenSe, Princeton will in all
probability have Stinson and Snivcly.
ends; Kcck and Hooper, tackles Baker
and Wilmer. guards. and Lipscomb,
center. On the defense, Wilmer drops
out of the guard position to bnck UT
the line, while LipsComb slips over tC
the guard position. Lourio will pilot
the team. oiilroy and Garrity will be
paired off as before. The fourth man
will be chosen from Afford, Newly
Van Guerbig or Cleaves, while BOl
Sunson and Waddy MacPhcc will strive
to tiIl Louri"'S shoes should he be forced
to retire. Don Griffin will be held il
reserve for thp center job, Morgan fol
tn" guard, Rutan for the tackle anC
the ends will have TO finish the game
themselves; there are no substitutes.
So whatever the outcome. il is goinG
to b" n grand battle. and the margin o.
points at the last whistle will probably
not be worry great. It's anybody's game
until then.