Evening star., 1932-09-15
TIGER BACKGROUND
BEGETS GOOD WILL
Brilliant Staff of Coaches
Will Attempt to Recoup
Nassau Prestige.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

n YEW YORK, September IS
M (C.P.A0 Members of the
! Y Princeton foot ball squad
are reporting at Old Nassau
today. In a day or two it is ex-
pected that between 80 and 80
candidates for the varsity eleven
will take the field.
1t is fitting that the eyes of the
foot ball world should be upon
Princeton this year, not only be-
cause of the effort that is being
made to restore to the Tiger that
prestige which many feel is his
due portion, but because of the
manner of the essay.
Primarily Princeton has always held
an important place in the Autumn
sport. Great names, great achievements
and an honorable career marx the
annals of Princeton foot pall and her
position among the leaders IS a matter
OF glowing tradition. College men
wherever they may be, Ncrtn, Eass,
South and West, wish her well if only
because the background of the game
they love means great deal to them.
And when Nassau trails in the ruck, as
she has been doing in the last three
or four years. foot ball men generally
are oppressed by sense of loss.
IN an effort to re-estabiish herself in
i the game, the university called to her
assistance an extraordinary group Of
instructors, young men of exalted char
acter and marked achievement as play
ers and coaches and scholars at various
Fritz Crisler was a crack end a cap
tain at Chicago and later righthand
man to Alonzo Stagg; later still coach
and athletic director at Minnecota. He
has Phi Eesa Kappa key and the
Western Conference medal for cut
standing scholastic and athletic ability.
Tad Weiman. former Michigan head
coach, won honors precisely similar as
a player and student at Michigan. So
did Earl Martineau at Minnesota and
so did Dixon at Chicago
These men. first. last and always, are
teachers. Whatever Princeton does in
this first year Of the Crisler administra-
tion-and 1t would be unjust to expect
tain Of one thing: The team will know
lot Of foot ball before the season is
ended.
THERE is an excellent chance that
J. Princeton will have a formidable
line. She will have a rugged. pew
erful, fast and enduring get Of forwards.
Stick a pin in that prediction-which
relates to the first string wall. A week
Of practice will give better idea Of
the substitute material than now exists.
In the backfleld greater doubt OBJ
tains. It may be said, however, that
field coach, Martineau, last Spring and
action Of Purnell in a Spring sport.
Draudt, on crutches last Spring as the
result of Neg injury, Is expected to
report in good shape. A rugged Wheel
horse back of the type of the missing
James is greatly desired and unless
some find Is made the Tigers will have
to do without one In such case the
team will play foot ball all season
under material handicap.
nRINCETON will play the line-shift
I attack which Chicag ago-Crisler play
ing flaming game at end-demon-
strated so effectively at Princeton in
1921. Minnesota used it last year with
results even better than might have
been expected of heavy, slugging
team. No player but the center Is ON
the line at the initial lineup and the
hep into position-tackles paired when
the line Is unbalanced-wiIl be made
through two or more deliberate steps.
The initial backfield formation is bal
anced, further arrangements depending
upon the nature Of the play. 1t is a
very pretty attack to watch and when
well accomplished gives the defense
,alo h ai..lr .l.1