The New York herald., 1921-09-25

doubt. will again be played by Army ami
Navy this fall. As Harvard and Prince
ton are the teams Of the East which
finished most formidably last fail. 80 to-
gether they begin the gruelling grind
of the next ten weeks the two most for
midable eievens of the Atlantic eeaboard.
with Harvard potentially the stronger.
Each eleven starts the campaign OF
1921 with nine veteran varsity" play
ers. all OF star magnitude Harvard
also Is equipped with splendid second
ary squad from which TO fill tho two
vacant positions and TO provide reserves
so st. ong and clever that 10 call them
substitutes would be misleading. They
are alternates equal 10 the veterans.
While Princeton also Is sufficiently
strong In reserves likewise TO man the
two vacant positions. Princeton will be
weak in it's number of other reserves,
and unless a punter Is developed Prince
ton also will be deficient at full back
position. Robert Fisher of Harvard can
man his ends with the two veterans.
Capt Kane and Crocker; the tackles by
Lockwood and Hubbard. the guards by
Brocker and Brown. and the centre BY
Tierne. OF these men all are veterans
except Hubbard. The latter will be re-
membered as the most active giant on
the 1924 freshman eleven. Fisher also
will have two other stars for end. One
OF these is Clark Macomber. the agile
yo ng Centurion who captured the cru
cial forward pass from Buell. In the
Princeton game last fall. thereby saving
Harvard from defeat. The other is Ed
ward Crosby of last seasons freshman
eleven. Behind the line Harvard's tre-
mendous power not only continues but
Increases. The super-star Charles Buell.
t. al
with his forward passing and drop
kicking. Similarly the Crimson has its
great punter and runner of 1920. Roscoe
Fits, Churchill. as well as George
Owen. Harvard's best known all-round
athletic star and possibly this fall an
All-American football man.
At Princeton William w. Roper's
galaxy Of stars presents familiar
array. Looming vividly as ends stands
Stinson, Sn;vely. Scott. Gaines and
Ross. Stinson played credltably In sew
eral games last autumn, while Snively
was a star on the eleven ineligibles
facetiously styled the "Omelets" n re-
markable array OF football players so
we'll coached by Nat Poe that they
could have played at parity any regu-
lar college team In the country. Four
truly great players are ready 70 fili
Princeton's tackle positions. They are
Kecl, Cooper. Rutan and Pachal Curl
ously there were at Princeton last fall
two veteran guards OF the 1919 eleven
who were ineligible but who to day are
eligible and pressing aggressively for
ward for the position of guard. These
are Baker and Morton.
A Princeton Giant.
Princeton also has giant among
giants, Lipsconlb. who has the making
of q mighty guard. At centre. the place
made vacant by Capt. Callaghan. new
player must he made. 1t may be Griffin,
II may be Wittmer and It may be Lips
comb. The next few weeks will tell.
Behind the line Princeton can present a
complete veteran varsity back field.
The sparkling names of 1920. Laurie.
Garrity. Gilroy and Cleaves. again will
scintillate in the chronicles of the 1921
gridirons. but there will be no Scheerer
and no Murray, punters and drop kick
ers par excellence.
Yale also has a number of the vet
Grams of the big games OF 1920, but
these are chiefly those who were sub
st!tuted in those conflicts for first string
players. All great stars. however. have
to begin somewhere and maybe these
Yale alternates began last fall and SO
now are entitled to be ranked as full
varsity players. At centre In place OF
Capt. Calaghan, who was graduated.
Yale will have Cross. who also played the
position last fall. The veterans Quaile,
Hidden and Davis also are available for
guards The two big Blue tackles. Into
and Mackay. both OF whom played
against Harvard and Princeton year
ago. are on Yale field to-day. So. too is
Cutler. Yales regular end Of 1920. There
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player, Diller. who presents the possi-
biiities ofa marvellous end. IL Is stated
by inside wiseacres that Sturm, tre-
mendous back Of last fall this year will
be made into an end Charles O'Hearn
has won the right to be classed with
great auarterbac cks. At the outset he
looms as Yale's player in this position.
Across the line OF backs Yale will have
Capt Aldrich. Jordan. an alternate
OF 1870. and Mallory Of the Freshman
team.
Tire veteran personnel at Cornell. at
Pennsylvania, at Lafayette and many
other football powers il so large that It
mey be sail that in no year have so
many colleges commenced a season with
80 many veteran players around with
which 20 build a new team. In the
Middle West last fall two elevens divided
first honors. They were Ohio state and
Notrc Dame. Predictions for this sec
iion at this time are impossible, since
In the Middle West schedules are not
graduated. For instance. Northwestern
must meet Chicago. Minnesota and Wis
CO nsin on the fret thrae successive Sat
urdays IN October and minor elcvens In
November. Nevertheless. the possession
of ex ,eptonai material iustifes the Sc
lection of Notre Dame and Indiana as
two leading contenders. Both will play
on Eastern gridirons.
Therefore. Old Football Fellows OF the
grand stands and hresides. prepare for
the best ard biggest season you have
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