The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-17

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While not attempting to belittle
the victory Of Marquette. the lads
from the Midwest certainly played
q good game, yet the writer cannot
help but state that, iii his opinion,
the Navy is going TO pur up a far
stronger game against the Tigers
than they showed last weekend.
The Princeton-N Navy game is one
In which both elevens play their
very best football. 1t has been the
contest on which a majority Of the
critics judge the strength Of both
teams before their final classics.
Princeton looks ia have strong
eleven. Lehigh deserves great
credit for the way they checked
the Orange and Black attack. Il
takes a first-class squad to stop
such able line players as Bill
Roper has down At JungletOwn.
~
One of the scouts that covers the
Tigers weekly for rival is the
authority that Princeton looks to.
have the best team that has been
developed down at Tigertown in
some seasons. The fact that this
individual has watched the Nassau
lads in more games than any other
person outside Of those associated
with the team, makes us think that
maybe the Lehigh game was not
truly played game so far as Prince.
ton was concerned.
We cannot see any earthly reason
why. Roper should allow team like
Lehigh to hold his charges to
Scoreless tie. In fact, we are sure
that il the Tigers played under par
it was only because they had an
off-day. Or maybe they under.
estimated the strength of the eleven
from South Bethlehem.
Jim Baldwin certainly brought up
9 finely coached eleven with him.
They gave their Nassau rival plenty
to think about. Only for some bad
breaks that were against them, the
Pennsylvanians would have chalked
up win.
IL Princeton played mt its best
last Saturday then the Tigers ARE
going to find their task Of getting
In shape for Yale and Harvard 3
mighty hard one. It win take bet
fer football to hold the Ellis or
Crimson eleven to a tie than was
exhibited at the Palmer Stadium
gridirOn last Saturday.
For that very reason it IS likely
that the tongue flashing the players
received this week is sure to spur
them to their very best efforts. Bill
Roper is past master in. talking
fighting spirit into an eleven. He
talked the Tigers into couple Of
championships.
The 1911 champions were made
90 because of the fighting spirit that
Roper put into his charges 1t was
pure fight that won for that team.
The last championship that the
Tigers won in 1920 was another ex-
ample OF what Roper can do with
Q squad of players.
They out-fought their rivals by \
wide margin. In 1919, after being
beaten by a couple of so-called minor
colleges, Roper brought his players
around to stand off Harvard in a
memorable 1910 tie and later beat
the Els up at New Haven. It
takes some coach to accomplish such
q feat.
Slagle Is said to be second Dan
Laurie. The latter was one of the
greatest backs ever developed down
at Tigertown. That is saying a
mouthful. Princeton has contrib.
uted a great number Of classy
baclfield stars. For that reason
the eyes Of the football community
are going to be focused upon the
deeds of this Tiger star.
SlagIe il an open field runner,
0 deadly paSSer, ~ heady field
general. Upon his shoulder Is
going to be placed the burden OF
directing an attack that is ex.
pected to open the eyes Of the
football world. It is said to be
an open attack that will equal
the best that Knute ROclxne, has
ever produced.
The story goes that it was being
kept under cover to match against
the Notre Dame 'offense a week
hence. However, the fact that the
plays used last week did not meas
ure up to expectations caused the
board of strategy down at Tiger.
town to order the string taken OFF
their bag Of tricks.
For this reason the attack that
the Jungletown crew will unleash
will be watched with considerable
interest. Anything that can show