The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-23

Does any man in the audience re-
member the great team Princeton was
TO havd this fall, with the loss of only
four veterans from the 1920 champion
ship outfit? One at time. gentle
men; your haste is unseemly. Ger
tainly, everyone remembers.
A Team That Was.
Yes. IL was a great team" Bill
Roper told the writer at the recent
dinner given in honor of the visiting
oxford and Cambridge athletes. at
was Just that"
Somewhat startled by his use OF
the past tense. we were constrained
ing Immediately.
Instead of losing only four vet
erans," Coach Roper explained, 1--WE
will retain only four-nameiy, Stan
Keck. Don Lourie, Hank Clarity and
Gilroy. The rest are either ineligible
or have left college"
And there you have the left to
right on Princeton prospects for the
hardest season ever mapped out for a
Tiger eleven. Gone are Dickinson and
McMammon, the two guards: former
Captain Callahan. the center: Hooper,
a varsity tackle: and Legendre, Stin-
son, Raymond, and Davis, the alter
mating sets of varsity ends, not to for
get Frank Murrey, who ran the Yale
ends dizzy in the first half of last
years great Tiger triumph, and Joe
Scherer. one of the best punters in
the East.
Need New Line.
OF those named, Callahan, Scheerer,
Legendre and Dickinson have gradu-
ated; the others have left college.
BY no means the rose.tinted future
that BIZ Roper and Nat Poe look ed
upon at the conclusion of last fall
successful campaign. 1t means that
they will have to construct an entirely
new forward line around Stan keck.
OF course, keck is something of a
foundation to build upon, speaking in
a loose and offhand manner. The
fact that he is one Of those who will
return means that at least one side
of the line will be reasonably strong,
but 1t always takes two sides to mkae
a story.
1t will be no part OF a sinecurc for
Roper when he sends in a green line
against the Navy at Annapolis. Chi
cago at Princeton, and subsequently
the two big clashes of the year with
Harvard and Yale, There is an old
gridiron saying that a, team is nc
stronger than its forward line.
In this connection Roper is pleased
to announce that Pink" Baker, n
varsity guard of two years ago, will
be available. Pink" will plug one
of the holes in the line and IL is
likely that Wittner, a substitute back
whom Roper characterizes as the bes,
defensive football player he has ever
seen, will be used at center.
Thompson Needs Luck.
Wittner will hardly be needed in
the backfield. since Lourie and Gar
rity, all-American choices, and Gil
roy, a fine defensive player, assure
another smart combination behind the
line. The fourth member of the back
field probably will be S. Harrison
Thompson, the present A. A. u. al
around champion. Much is expected
Of Thompson, who apparently can dc
everything a football man should dc
except keep himself out OF the hos
pital.
In this respect Thompson's anat
omy seems to be as fragile as wine
glass. but perhaps luck will be with
him this year.
With these players as a nucleus
the team is by no means a forlorr
hope. But the great machine thai
was to sweep everything before il
this fall? That, according to Roper
was but a mirage that led him no
where.