The New York herald., 1921-10-11
News of the Gridiron
Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK Hz.ALr

Special Despatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
PRINCETON, N. J.. Oct. 10.-Prospects
for Princeton victory against the Navy
Saturday at Annapolis were delivered a
staggering blow to-day when Head
Coach Bill Roper announced that it was
quite unlikely that Don Lourie and
Hank Garrity would be in shape to play.
On the play before he was taken out OF
the Colgate game Lourie got In pile.
but he walked Off the field without diff
Guilty, and nothing more than the usual
bruises were thought to have been his
fate. over Sunday. however. the ALL
American quarterback developed a bad
leg, and the coaching staff is very du-
bious of his ability to start against the
midshipmen.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. Oct. 10.--Tad
Jones gave the varsity a rest from
scrimmage this afternoon following their
hard and wet game against North Caro-
lima on Saturday. but the head coach put
the first eleven through long and
snappy signal drill. Speiden at right
halfback in place of Mallory was the
only change in the varsity lineup that
started the game Saturday against the
Tar Heels.
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PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1G.-During n
scrimmage on Franklin Field to-day
George James. one Of Penn's backheld
men. suffered a fractured shinpone and
was carried Off the field. James, who
comes from Crosby High School, Water
bury. Conn. was running back punt
when he was tackled hard and fell back
ward to the ground, twisting his leg be-
meath him. At the same time the weight
of the tackier fell on his leg.
Special Despatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 10.--Percy
Haughton, head coach and the Car of
Harvard football, who was refused
admission for a time to the press stand
Saturday for the purpose OF getting In
formation on possible Indiana weak
nesses, will have a working ticket from
now on. Haughton was held up and
only until he was vouched for by a
newspaper man was he allowed into
the upper regions of the Stadium. There
he found DIR. Billie Bull, the Yale scout.
who told Percy that It was easy to get
in when you knew the ropes.
Fordham football followers received
quite q shock yesterday when IL was an
nounced that Sylvester Fitzpatrick. cap
tain and star left end OF this year 9
Maroon eleven. will be out Of the game
for the season. Fitzpatrick broke a
smali bone In his right wrist during
Saturdays game with Catholic Uni
versity. The injury. though not pain
ful one. will require at least six weeks
OF treatment before Fitzpatrick will be
able to play again. His loss Is hard
for Du Moe, as the coach had placed
great hopes In Fitzpatrick for the sue
cess OF the Maroon in the coming games
with villanova. Lafayette, Boston Col
lege and Georgetown.
Following Columbia's smashing de-
feat OF Wesleyan on Saturday Coach
O'NeilI satisfied himself with putting the
Elue and White teams through n light
workout yesterday afternoon. Although
he seemed well pleased with the work OF
the team In the second game Of the sea-
son he continued to lay stress on the
fundamentals. SO that signal drill, punt
ing and work on the tackling dummy
featured the afternoons work.
Anderson seems to have clinched his
position at quarter by the exhibition he
gave against the conquerors OF Stevens.
AT any rate, he directed the first team
yesterday. Galloway. the big negro vet
eran. reappeared at guard as running
mate to Walder.