Word: roper
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Bingham '16, director of Athletics was early this week elected president of the Eastern Association of Football Coaches and Athletic Directors by unanimous vote of the members of the organization. He succeeds W. W. Roper coach of the Princeton football team...
...feels inferior is suffering only by the kindest stretch of the imagination from a complex. But even an actual inferiority can be swept away in the glamor of a football triumph. It should be unnecessary to point out that the benefits were conferred upon many who never made Coach Roper's squad. When Wittmer gets loose the most meager freshman in the cheering section is also free and hellbent for glory. "Hold em!" shout the undergraduates in the stands, and as they cry out they brace their legs against the concrete and all their muscles are ridged and tense...
...Coach Roper gave his backs their first interference of the season by moving 200-lb. guard Sam ("Bruise") Levine to fullback. Wittmer scored all touchdowns. Princeton 20, Lehigh...
...Bill Roper has worked his men into furious frenzy and if they don't get Yale, they will get Booth. And therefore, though I hesitate to predict any victory, I can say that extensive research has proved betting against Princeton is often unsound. Harvard 16 Holy Cross 7 Yale 6 Princeton 0 Dartmouth 19 Cornell 12 Pittsburgh 20 Carnegie Tech 0 Notre Dame 14 S. California 13 Purdue 7 Iowa 6 Tennessee 14 Vanderbilt...
Between the halves Coach Alonzo Stagg said something to his son, Quarterback Paul Stagg. When the Chicago team came out for the third period it moved smoothly down the field for one touchdown, then raced widely for another. Top-heavy Tigers obeyed as well as they could Coach Roper's furious "Get-the-hell-in-there-and-fight!" Chicago 15, Princeton...