New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01

the first touchdown of the game.
II. H. Claiming, right haf-back, is special
student. lie is slight, weighing lao pounds.
He is a serous-looking young man Of twenty, out
He, Ames. Poe and Black are strong comblna-
ton. Jere S. Black, the left half-back is son
courageous as his old grandfather. He plays the
style of rushing started by Terry, Of Yale and
does it well. Black is junior. He weighs 81
pounds This is his second year on the team
Wood is q substitute The other substitutes were
Jones and Symmes, rushers; Adams and Romans,
half-backs; Lillcy quarterback; and Lewis, full
back.
YALES wEARERS OF THE BLUE.
The best man on the Yale team this year was
Captain Charles o. Gill. This was his fourth
year and his best He is of John Gill, the
wealthy halter, of Orange, n. j., and about
twenty-five years old. He was graduated from
Yale last year, but is now in the Yale Theological
School Besides playing football. Mr.. Gill rowed
on three of Yales victorious crews. He is more
than an athlete in the ordinary sense of the
word. lie is a student of everything that he
takes hold Of lie found Yales prospects rather
blue in football this year, and was placed in
about the same position that Captain Peters was
in 1885. Like Peters he developed good
team. which was beaten by a magnificent COM
bnation from Princeton.
Walter c. Camp is credited with saying that
Captain Gill knows more about football than any
PLAYER in the country. That is high praise.
CAPTAIN Gill plays at left-tacllle He weighs 70
pounds. and is remarkably fast runner for such
heavy man. lie is "A hard tackler and difficult
man to tackle. -. , -.
w. w. Heffelfinger; '91 S, the left guard, gives
promise of developing into one of Yales towers
OF strength He weighs 90 pounds, ana this year
PLAYED hard and brilliant game. This is his sec
ond year on the Yale team lie gives ms opponent
tha arl- a ODm M
was the freshest man in the field and SAID that he
did not have enough 10 do. lie has long been
member of German turn-vereins
" c Rhodes, '91, right tackle is one OF the best
men in the rush line lie weighs l 65 pounds in
training but he is extremely strong and quick;
He has the genuine Yale dash, and goes for the ball
every time He has played at lae since his fresh
man year, and was elected captain of the team this
wear, but resigned.
PITCHER AND END RUsHER~
Another wel-llnown rusher is A. A. Stage, OF
tho Theological School the well-llnown baseball
nitcher. He has played left end in the rush line
for two years and is a steady, Woodworking
man lie tackles we'll and follows the
hall as all Yale rushers do. Some
timos he gets in a fine run. c. W.
uartwell. the right end rusher,. weighs l65
nounds fifteen more than Stage. He is taking
nost-graduatc course lie is crew man, Dut thls
was his first year on the eleven.
r Hanson, 90, the centre rush, is another new
| ,an on the team lie is the patriarch, ana tips
tbe scale AT / 50 pounds. Hanson played an en-
erSetic game in the Yale-PrincetOn game and kept
Georqe and Jones busy. a. w. Newell, 'sl, the
r;ght guard, made his first appearance this year
as a regular rushcr He weighs - pounds
W G Wurtemberg. Of the Medical School, the
ouorter-back, has played that position on the
! -, for two years. He substitute half
| hanT in the great Harvard-Yal game of 1887
| n"d made a touchdown for Yale Like GILL;
S,agc Hanson, Rhodes and McClung, Wurtem7
ber9 learned how to play football at Exeter. He
ras craduated from Yale last year. Nuremberg
s n strong tackler for n man who weighs only
,b;nlk Undoubtedly he helped Captain Gill a
treat deal this year.
| BACK OF THE RUSH LINE.
W Harvey, 'ol. right half-back, was a
| rocuIar member of the team this year for the
arst time. Unfortunately he sprained his ankle
earlv in the season. and that crippled him in the
thanksgiving Day game He is fast Splinter,
and weighs 1873 pounds L. c. McCmng '92,
nlaved left half-back last year. lie developed
| ,nto an even player. running, kicking and catch
| in,, vol lie had his wits about him in the
| princeton game, and some of his " headers were
,yeII done His weight is 1875 pounds.
| Vale may find an Ames in ii. Mcbride, 30 >,
| 10 he comes back another year. lie played a
sbarp. brilliant kicking game against Princeton,
| His work was not appreciated by the crown
| nerbaps because he was matched against the peer
less Ames He is 1.-THE, graceful fellow welg"-
ing 1855 pounds =, ,.
| BARNES Williams. Ferris, Ndams, >. Morrisoii
r Morrison, Townsend, McCntock, Bliss ana
Graves were substitutes They are all GOOD mn
and may be developed into regular men ASA'
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