San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-25
Sea Soldiers Building Up
Football Teams With
College Men.
PRINCETON VS.. NAVY
Tigers, Acquisitive, Prob
ably Profited by Notre
Dame Defeat.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

Copyright. by The San Antonio Light.
New York. Oct. 26.-Apropos of the
game between the University of Mich
igan and the Quantico Marines two
weeks hence, it is interesting to note
that the sea soldiers are very ambiti-
Gus. Within year or two, IT reports
of recruiting of athletes which the
writer heard in the West are true,
the Marines probably will be ranking
in football with the two national serv-
ice institutions.
According to a high Western Con-
ference Official. graduates who have
shone as football players in their I'M
dergraduate days are likely to have
as little trouble securing commissions
in the Marine Corps as graduate col
lege football stars have in getting ap-
pOintments to West Point. This does
not mean that the Marines will take
any athlete. He must have degree
from college or university. and. OF
course, must satisfy the authorities
as TO character and the like.
Even so. since the Marines are a
desirable corps with definite tradi-
ton and high standards of service, the
chances are that Annapolis and West
Point are shortly to encounter a most
| formidable service rival.
Princeton's game against the Navy
on Saturday will show whether or not
the Tigers have profited by the ex-
perience of the Notre Dame game
Certainly both players and coaches
must have learned something that will
accrue to their advantage. As re-
suit of the 25-to-0 beating administ-
cred TO Nassau by West Virginia in
1919. the Princeton system acquired
things that were almost directly re-
sponsible for the productive three
years that followed. The Tigers are
an acqusitive bunch and history may
repeat itself.
From what the writer had heard
from Princeton. Saturdays defeat was
taken in the proper spirit. The. game
was arranged chiefly because the
coaches wanted their men TO have the
experience of playing against knute
Rocknes wonderful outfit, and all
the chances are that the South Bend
eleven will appear in Tigertown again
next year.
Everyone out West who has seen
John Levi of the Haskell Indians in
action, say he is the greatest back IN
every respect they have ever seen.
When under way in the open field he
is practically unstoppable and IN
throwing the ball. punting or crash
ing the line he is hailed as in class
bv himself. At the close of the hard
Minnesota Haskell game, Levi modest.
ly remarked that he thought he would
have done better if he had really got
warmed up.
Nilstead. the Yale tackle, who hailed
originally from Wabash. came TO Yale
via Syracuse. When he turned up at
the salt city institution from the west
he said he wanted nothing but the
most difficult courses, that he was
there TO study. The trouble was, ac'
cording TO Chick Meehan. that he be-
gan TO tell the professors just where
they erred in their manner of teach
ing. One readily can imagine what
happened to this young blond giant
at examination time.
One afternoon Milstead came out on
the Syracuse field-this was two years
ago-and told Coach Meehan he would
| like TO get little practice on the
scrubs. Meehan let him go in and then
had the pleasure of watching him tear
holes in the varsity lire and lead In
reference that resulted in three toucn'
downs. Then Meehan gave the varsity
the ball and told the backs to tear
into Milstead. He threw them back
for half an hour. but eventually sue
cumbed to the pounding. g.,
THE greatest tackle l ever saw,
saws Meehan. Stan heckE :, NO
Keck wasn't in Milsteads class"
Consider King College located IN
Bristol which is half in Virginia and
half in Tennessee. This school has
an enrolment of rs students. Last
wear. with 81 students. King ran. VI
n total of 49S points in its eighl
games. establishing the seasons mgr
score record. Teams met in compiling
this mighty total were V. Z. l., Ius
culum. Milligan, Maryville. Roanoke
East Tennessee Normal. CumberlanG
University and Lenoir. Lenolr, VIII
$50 students, was showed under, w
TO o. and Tusculum, 80 to ). Before
the tornado got going two openlnE
rames were lost to V. =. /. and 10
anoke. Thus far this season King ma;
beaten Bluefield College. Us to
Tennessee Poly. ~ 10 0, and Zion
- % n. in all IDS DOints IN three