The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-15
FOOTBALL LOOMS UP
ON DISTANT SCAPE;
PREDICT BIG YEAR

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Right in the
midst of all the tennis and polo activ.
tiles, the hot baseball race, track and
field sports and big golf, football pops
out of the closet.
Princeton made the first gridiron
crack of the year when Bill Roper,
coach of the Tigers, sent the call for
the candidates to report on Sept. IL.
Roper's big problem is to develop
a quarterback OF the caliber of Maurv
Trimble and Don Lourie, two All.
American men. a touch job! Six can
didates,-Barry, Pegenkopf, Richie,
Wingate, Fuwer and German are out
for the position. They are all prom
Using and they will have to be to step
n the shoes of two such illustrious
predecessors.
This time last year, Princeton was
being hailed as the sure champion of
1921. A team of veterans was coming
back and the combination had been
so successful that nothing appeared in
the offering to beat them. Injuries
early in the season shot the eleven to
pieces and instead of having the most
brilliant record Of years, the Tiger
machine was the biggest disappoint-
ment of the season.
Yale finds herself in the same posi-
ton that Princeton was last year. The
Ellis lost a wonderful player in Mac
Aldrich, but the team this fall will
start with a bunch of veteran players
and the prospects are bright for a
championship eleven.
Harvard is also looking to a big
season. Several empty places on the
line will have to be filled, but the
backfield will be a veteran combina'
ton of great ability.
= Harvard looks to be heading for a
better all-around season than Yale or
Princeton. The Crimson lost only
t~wenty-three major sport lettermen by
graduation, while Yale dropped forty
and Princeton lost eighty-one.
Because of the great success Of the
University of California eleven in the
past two years and for the reason that
another big east-west championship
can be expected in December, the east
will be watching California football
with great interest.
California's chances for 1922 depend
entirely upon what kind of a new line
Andy Smith a develop to succeed
Latham, Mcmillan. Crammer, and
Barnes, who have all left school, &C
cording to information coming from
the coast.
The backfield is expected to consist
of Witter, Morrison, Nisbit and Mich
OILS. Nichols is said to be almost as
good a passer as Brick Mullen. last
years sensation, who has graduated
Erb will be back at the quarter anG
will be understudied by O'Brien.
Dope filters east that California MAJ
not play one of the eastern teams thi:
year, as they may have a difficult
problem in winning the championship
of the Pacific Coast from Stanford.
Stanford under radio" coaching
from Pop Warner and with his as
sistant Tiny Thornhill in active
charge, is said to have most promisine
prospects.
Uncle Charley" Moran announces
that Centre is coming back to beat
Harvard again this fall. Bo McMil
lin is gone, but Moran say he has :
lot of other Dos" ready to step il
the hole.
Iowa coming east to meet Yale ant
Princeton going west to play a return
= game with Chicago will furnish two
b of the most interesting intersections
conflicts of years.