Show Famed Princeton Coach Succumbs Bill Ropers Roper's Death Ends Ca Career Career Career reer of Great Sport Lover PHILADELPHIA Dec 11 One POne P of footballs football's famous William W W. Bill BIB Roper the tile man who taught Princeton elevens to make touch downs of or fumbles and then carried his fighting spirit into politics and business is dead at the age of 53 He succumbed yesterday af after r a R two month fight against Infection robbed of ot a chance to enjoy tion of two of his most cherished goals repeal repeat 0 of prohibition and legalization tion of Sunday sports in Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania A militant member of Philadel Philadel- phia's city council for 14 years Roper fought hard and long for both In that time he led the Tigers to three Big Three championships He I left Princeton in 1909 and md coached the University of ot Missouri eleven winning win ning the Missouri Valley champion ship The next season found him back backwith backwith with the Tigers however and that year the thc team whipped Yale Harvard and Dartmouth Born in m Philadelphia in 1880 Roper is survived by his widow and two t children His son William W W. Jr was a member of orthis this j years year's ears cars Princeton football squad and like his father played end services tentatively tenta have been set ct for Tuesday I I |