New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-24
YALPS FOOTBALL TEAM.
ON THE WHOLE A NOTABLY srpovo y

. ON THE WHOLE A NOTABLY STRONG oyg
! NEW HAVEN, Oct. 23.-The eleven that vii,
defend the far fame of Yale football field thIs
fall veteran one. Iss players have all had a arra
experience and are men OF strength sand" whiis
the makeup OF the team has not yet been officially An
nounced IL may be stated with considerable Certainty
that the eleven will be composed OF the following men,
huSh"rs-Corwin. 81. captain; HamlIn ~, Sheffield
woodruff, 49, Carter. 81. sheffield; Wallace 49, GIL
81; Corbin, 80. Quarter-back-Beecher's 3 Half.
backs WatkinsoD, 's9, and Morrison 90 Fau.back
"irtenDurg. 80. Most Of the giants Very few
OF them UP the scales at less than l75 pounds Corwin
the captain. was on last years team where he
did remarkably good work He 10 not an 20.
pecialy brilliant player. but is very steady and
sure He has good command over his mon, and Is an
excellent disc plnarsn lie injured In the ches, In
the Ysle-Prnceton game last fall and has yet fully
recovered but will probably be all right by tho middle
OF November. Hamn Is OF the tackers IN tho
team. and Is fast runner He is very strong and has
knack OF breaking through opposing rusblpe win
celebrity which Is astonishing He severely in
jured IN of hs legs while practising tho other DAY.
and some OF the lisaments were badly strained
he not be able play the great With Hxr-
ward end Princeton In III At cas(os place will probably
be taken by Pike, end-rush on last years Wesleyan
team. Pike Is one OF the heaviest tho
team, but is rather slow and clumsy. Woodruff
is the giant OF the eleven. He pulled
In the Varsity last spriog and is considered one OF
the most owerfu men In college, Carter 10 also very
resolution. Wallace Is one OF the INST brilliant players
who Represented Yale the football deld. He 10
OF medium height. weighs about 16j pounds aud ~
swift ruGn-r and sure tacker. IN him Hsryarf
will mud man VINO bear watching all the time. t;li
was substitute last year, but hs hne WORK this fall
short and stocky, but quick in hs aud
Can run 100 yards 10 about los. seconds CoFbin
also substitute last year, tut has improved
greatly since then. Brecher. tho famous quarter.
back host In himself The fact that he is Erand-
Of Henry Ward Bcecher. adds his reputa ie
II the smallest man In the team and does weigh
deer. IL was Beecher alone OF all the Yale team who
stood any chance Of catching Lam when latter
made his phenomenal run when brought victory tho
Prncetons last year. lie Almost ei-d,
quite equal the task present ne IA troubled with
knee when may IHcon y.n-ncs aim greatly ~ ia
docs not tax" ONT WskIDson. king Of hsf backs
made fer himself IN the Princeton asst fail a r-pu-
tstion winch viii last nietme. He Is not REMARK
the hnest ever seen on the football field Ia this respect
IN The opinion 0f tue best crtc.,no player
pos ble goals f-i and PLAYS to win All tho
time Morrison. tho other ,lf- back. Exeter man
This is his first wear In the Yale expert
snce. hot Is Improving rapi nv. wrteDburg VIII" Will
the quarterback the team last year and nis
w"rk In Mighty spoken Jf lie Is cool and deiherse,
TWO lmPor ant requisites which fu-bAck OF all men
Individually and collectively the team is as strong
"A sd fS no fatal np' !pr, the Of n'A OVER Err
confidence which has so OFTEN proved
to Y.es athletic organ lzalions in times
ng table two WEEKS and u practising Two
ours daily the uen are required to retire at 10 30
'c"rk every night except Saturday, AMI 10 abstain
rom the OF tobacco and liquor. A glass OF al-is
ermttei once a day Mary of the mon take exercise
he gymnasium In addition TO their field practice
The ZANE with Harvard will he played At Cambridge,
ovrmber 90 Tate will send up about 300 men to sap
Lace on TranksgIvng day. but where II Will ne played
rmains To he decided IL absolutely refuses tO play
ON H,rvard and Princeton on the hume grounds %
lese colleges