The Washington times., 1938-02-11

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Bill Corum signed the
Job in Tigertown at an un-
happy time. AS much football,
in all probability, as any coach
in the country.
There are two schools of
thought among the Princetons.
One school longs to return to
the graduate coaching system
that existed for almost 10 years
before, in desperation, they
turned to CriSler. This group is
boosting Charlie Caldwell, of
Williams, and points out that a
graduate coach couldn't have
done worse with the material at
hand than did Crisler last sea-
son.
The old boys-and those who
are demanding a Princeton
man for the Princeton team"
are largely the old boys-have
something there. Capt. Charley
Tolls Tigers weren't world
beaters last autumn. They
weren't as bad as they were
made to look throughout most
Of the season, either.
SAVING FOR WHAT?
Crisler handled what was an
average squad Of present-day
college players as though he was
getting it ready for the junior
prom. Or possibly the Christ
mas vacation. Fritz started the
year by saying that the boys
were couple Of years away and
that too much shouldn't be ex-
pected of 'em.
Since a players varsity career
Is only three years, at best. If
he's two years away in his soph.
omore season, maybe he should
have stood in bed"
I don't know what was wrong
with Princeton last fall. But
that it was something in addi-
tion to subnorrnal material
seemed pre- tty conclusively
proved in the Navy game that
wound up the schedule.
The Tigers really looked like
a football team that last after.
noon. You had a feeling that
somebody should have warned
them in September that the sea-
son ran only for a matter Of
eight Saturdays. They looked
exceedingly like a group of
trusting young fellows who had
taken their coach's word for it,
and were charting up for next
fall.
Which practice Of aiming two
years in the future would strike
me as questionable, considering
that the sometimes stalwart
sons Of Nassau play Yale and
Harvard once a year, every year.
DIDN'T GET BEST
Putting my point with brutal
1rankneSS, a prerogative I take
as a Self-elected Tiger rooter, I
never thought Crisler got quite
the maximum out Of what
looked to be remarkably fine
squads. Which is strictly a per-
sonal opinion; quite possibly ar
unfair one. Perhaps those fleet
and lean-flanked young Tigers
looked better to the reportorial
eye than they really were.
Perhaps they were picture
players, and the Yales and the
kelleys and the Franks really
had their number when the
"blue chips" were placed.
This much, however, strikes
me as almost a sure thing
Either it must be Wieman for
the next couple Of seasons, or
the Princetons must adjust
themselves to face another
period Of lean Tiger pickings.
Even if Caldwell is the best
coach ever. which he may be
for ali this bureau knows, he
can't walk into the job on the
eve Of spring practice without
assistants and hope to get any
where at all in '38 or far by 80.
Thus CriSler, however reluc-
family, left Princeton in a spot
where it will take Wieman and
like him, or take another series
Of lacings and like those. You
pays yer money fer yer A. A.
ticket and yer takes yer pick.
That's the set-up at the oxford
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
at this writing.