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Show I THE FOOTBALL OUTLOOK aS aB OPINIONS OF AN EXPERT By FRANK O. MENKE. XK,W YORK, Sept. (3. Watch Princeton ! From thi early September Septem-ber angle it looks a. though there will be very little -if anv twisting of the Tiger' tail thin year, becHune Princeton Prince-ton looms up right uow a power that may crush in it mighty jaws everv cn-rm'v cn-rm'v that offers it battle. Prin'-eton jumps into the season with n ine bark field men and ten linesmen left from its 11M4 team and, with a new coach John H. ("Speedy' ) Rush, who is touted as one of the host little foot-hall foot-hall educators in these brave and free I'nited States. In addition to the seasoned veterans from last year, about twenty players who starred on the 1914 freshmen eleven, are up for a try for the var sity this year. No football coach in the history of the game over had better material at his disposal than Rush has today, and if he doesn't weld together a whirlwind eleven it will he s mighty surprise. Kddie. Trenkman, Shenk and Ballen, all linesmen, and Freddie Trenkman. fullback, were the ony regulars that Princeton lost hv June graduation", and there 'are a doren cracking good plav-ers plav-ers read;. and able -to plug up the aps they have left in rhe eleven. TheHe are the nine backs who ar trying for one of the regular backfield jobs: ("lick, quarterback nr halfback; Ames and Eberstadt, quarterbacks; Dickerman, Roland. Moore. Origgs, Tib-bott Tib-bott and Law. halfback? an-! fullback.. 1914 Backfield Intact. It was the combination of Qhck, Moore and Driggs and Dirkerman. rushed in as the secondary backfield against Vale last year, that tore the Vale line to shreds in the last period of play. It was this quartette that took up the I battle when it stood IP to 0 against ! Princeton, scored two touchdowns by the greatest bit of football ever shown anywhere, and was well on it wav to a third touchdown when the final whistle forced the four to ceafe their merciless hammering against the broken brok-en Vale line. And it looks as if this combination will constitute the regular Princeton bftck field this year, although Law, a mighty hooter, "and Tibbott may beat out Driggs or Dickerman. KOUTSS and (Jennert are the candi dates for renter. Both are good men, but the chances arc that Cenncrt will land the job as regular. Foster and Heyiuer will win the guard positions unless one or another of last year's ' ' freshers ' ' shows something remark-Sble. remark-Sble. McLean, the regular tackle of last year, is sure of the same job this VCar, Love, Bigler and Hogg are the bet looking candidates for Ballen 'n old job at tackle. There are nine candidates for the wing posit ions four newcomers and five men who got a lot of experience last vcar. Shea, the regular in 1014, is almost a certainty as one of the ends, with Lamberton, Brown, Charles and Highley battling for the job of guarding the other flank. Of the four, Lamberton has the best chance, al-though al-though Highley is a speedy man, a biwc kicker and a fine receiver of forward passes. 1916 Outlook Bright. The heM part of thf JVincetcm outlook out-look is that the majority of the men who fill make up the team this vear arr juniors, which means that they will have another year after this one in which to further the gridiron honor glory of their alma maters. Tibbott, frige?, Ames, Eberhardt, Dickerman, Moore, Xoiirse, Gennert, Foster, McLean, Mc-Lean, Bigler. Hogg, Charles and High-Icy High-Icy all are juniors. The onlv men Princeton will lose hy ISHrt graduations are Heyinger, Love. Shea, Brown, Lamberton, Lam-berton, Boland, Law and Click. Two things counted against Princeton last year: Its men lacked experience and the coaching system was a joke. ThiR year finds those faults removed. Kvery one of the best-looking Princeton Prince-ton candidates got a lot of seasoning last year and Rush gives evidence al-icady al-icady of being a real coach. One thing is sure he will be the coach at Princeton Prince-ton this year there won't be dabbling by a dozen coaches, assistant coaches, as was the case in 19H. Which causes us to conclude with the injunction: Watch Princeton! |