Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-30
SAFETY FIRST
WORKOUTS FOR
PRINCETON CREW

New York. Oct. ,29.-(By A. Ply
Unusual precautions have been taken
TO prevent injuries to any of his
squad have been taken by Coach
Bill Roper OF Princeton who has an
nounced that his varsity will not
take part in actual scrimmage dur
ing practice sessions throughout the
rest OF the season.
This action has been taken despite
the fact that all OF the Tigers except
Jake SlagIe were on the field and in
uniform at yesterdays drill. Slagle
was resting from a battering receiv-
ed during the Notre Dame contest.
Dummy scrimmage. in which his
men will polish UP their offense by
walking through plays. will be the
program at Tigertown henceforth.
Roper Is Of the opinion that his
squad will get as much benefit out
of the safety first" workouts, COM
bined with the usual snappy signal
drills. as they would from the actual
and sometimes disastrous contact.
The result of the experiment will
be watched with interest in the
showing OF the Tigers In their re-
naming games with Swarthmore,
Yale and Harvard and may influence
other coaching systems IL the squad
does not lose perspective in its
tackling in the actual games.
In football camps throughout the
land the widely variant theories OF
different coaches as to the amount
of work needed between contests
will receive an unconscious test.
Some mentors already approach the
Roper idea while others insist that
plenty OF hard work between games
keeps their players from going Stale
or getting soft and apprehensive.
Yale. preparing for the Army
game which may prove n repetition
OF last years affair. when Eli first
| showed it's great strength after the
Cadets had taken the first half. kept
it's nose to the chalk lines in a long
and hard test which will be repeated
! today. Captain Lovejoy was In
street clothes. and Bench. Luman,
Pond. Bingham and Cottle were on
| the side lines but none is seriously
| injured and will be in today's work
out.
! Columbia and Cornell went on
| with preparations for their battle al
| Ithaca Saturday after the authorities
| Of the former had announced their
| decision not to cancel the game be-
cause OF the death OF Coach Percy
! ID. Haughton. stunts" planned. will
| he abandoned. Houghton's death
also sobered the practice workout a,
| Harvard.
Dartmouth having taken Harvard
! and Yale lin stride" has begun Us
pointing process for Brown and Cor
nell, traditional opponents. Brown Is
particular. with the memory or rs
save threat to Yale last week; vii
he approached with care. Cornelt
possible reconstruction, after tW'
weeks rest following brace OF dc
feats by Williams and Rutgers. i
expected to be revealed when the DIG
Red meets Columbia.
Army held a strenuous workon'
Yesterday in preparation for az
and will conform to the rest
theory during the remainder or tine
week. Navy was at work construct
Ing n new outfit to send against Pent
! state after the disruption OF the reg
ular team by a faculty edict banning
four because of studies. .,
| La Fayette and Pcnnsylvania. po'r
undefeated. girded determincdiF iol
their battle at Philadelphia. syracuse
10 nreparing to meet Pitt. Rutgers
and Lehigh will have minor opPo
| ncrts in Franklin Snu Marshall anc
J Muhlenberg.