Word: roper
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that Coach Roper of Princeton sent against Yale on Saturday, 14 will return to college next fall, and the Tigers hopes for next season are consequently of a distinctly rosy complexion. Captain McMillan, Nassau's capable leader; Dignan, line-breaking left halfback, and left tackle Gates are the only Bengals that upset Saturday's predictions who will not report to the Princeton mentor next September...
...line-plunger, Dignan had no equal on the squad, unless Prendergast was his superior. As a defensive back, he easily outshone the bemasked Tiger substitute, and one of his chief contributions to Princeton this year was his service as a receiver of the aerial threats around which Roper had built his offense. With Dignan gone, Slagle will have to be supplied with a new battery mate...
...Coach Roper of Princeton kept backs Slagle and Bridges sitting on the bench beside him lest they get hurt before the Harvard game this week, but he sent Dignan against Swarthmore, knowing well that if Dignan were not there to punt, if Dignan were not there to throw passes, hit the line, and tackle, his team might make a poor showing. Dignan did well. Score: Princeton 19, Swarthmore 7. Harvard managed to beat William and Mary though there were Boston "townies"* who left the stands loudly insisting that Mary had played the whole game-that if William...
...Roper, the other speaker at the meeting, amid cheers, said, "The World thinks that Princeton and Harvard are going to fight for the booby prize, and that afterwards we shall lay our heads on the block for Yale...
...Coach Roper kept his first lineup intact today and appears sure that this team will face Harvard. A second backfield, composed of Ewing, Bridges, Weekes, and Beares, seems likely to replace the first quartet of Caulkins, Slagle Dignan, and Gilligan. Weekes has been out with an injury but will probably be in shape by Saturday...