New Britain herald., 1924-10-29
DUMMY .SCRIMMAGE
 0N AT PRINCETON
Roper Taking No Chances on
 Men Getting Hurt
By The Associated Press.

New ! ork, Oct. 29.-Unusuaf pre- cautions to prevent injuries to any Of his squad have been taken by Coach Bill Roper Of Princeton who has announced that his varsity will not take part in actual scrimmage during practice sessions throughout the rest of the season.
 This action has been taken despite the fact that all of the Tigers ex- ccpt Jake SlagIe were on the field' and in uniform at yesterdays drill. Sagle was resting from a battering received 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, combined 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- mainng games with Swarthmore, | Yale and Harvard and may influence other coaching systems if the squad does not lose perspective in its tackling fin 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 stars from going stale or getting soft and apprehensivc.
 Yale and Harvard
 Yale, preparing for the Army game which may prove d repetition of last years affair when Eli first showed its great strength after the cadets had taken the first half, kept it's nose to the chalk lines in 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 sidclines but none is seriously injured and all will be in today's workout.
 Columbia and Cornell went on with preparations for their battle at Ithaca Saturday after the authorities of the former announced their de- cision not to cancel the game be- cause of the death of Coach Percy D. Haughton. Stunts planned will be abandoned. Haughton's death also sobered the practice workout at Harvard.
 Dartmouth Works Hard
 Dartmouth, having taken Yale and Harvard in stride" has begun it's pointing process for Brown and Cornell, traditional opponents. Brown. in particular, with the memory of its savage threat to Yale last week, will be approached with care, Cornel's possible reconstruc- tion, after a two weeks rest follow ing a brace of defeats by Williams and Rutgers is expected to be re- vcalcd when the big Red meets columbia.
 Army held a strenuous workout yesterday in preparation for Yale and will conform to the rest" theory during the remainder of the week. Navy was at work construct ing new outfit to send against Penn State after the disruption of the regular team by a faculty edict banning four because of studies.
 Lafayette and Pennsylvania, both undefeated. girded determinedly for their battle at Philadelphia. Syra- cuse is preparing to meet Pitt Rutgers and Lehigh will have minor opponents in Franklin and Marshall