Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-11-20
THE FOOTBALL OUTLOOK.

Yale Loses One OF Her Strongest
Players at the Practice Yesterday
Yale Men Confdent-Other News
From the Campus.
The Yale varsity players went out to the
field yesterday afternoon to have their next
to the last practice before the great Har-
ward game of Saturday next. Fate was
against the proposed change of Billy
Rhodes from his present position to that of
end rush and putting Mills in his place.
This was voted by the eleven Tuesday
night, but the news came on later that
Mills father was critically i'll, and later it
was reported that he was dead, which necessitat-
ed one of Yale's most promising players to start
at once for his home in Denver. So yesterday
the rush line presented its usual appearance with
the exception Of substitute in the place of Cros-
by on the end, who did fairly good work. The
general play of the team was eminently charac-
teristc of Yale'S practice short time before the
crucial test is to be applied. The men fumbled
badly at times and were slow in getting away, al
though they began to warm up some before the
tween the merits of the two The points are
p perhaps, Of Bliss as an ali around player With
Bliss and McClung as half backs Yale will be rep
ever before.
But the team is fortunate in having choice
between such men as Bliss and Williams. One
run, resulting in touchdown. was made by the
former yesterday nearly across the entire field,
| Those two men have a loving affection for one
another it seems when the little light haired
| freshman is lodging and twisting in and out
from among his adversaries under the protector
| Ben Morrison played full back but that place
next satuTday The last practice will Be had III
afternoon which will be devoted chiefly to the
polishing down Of fine points and there the
| Yale men feel confident is apparent. Never be
| fore have they had such a team to play low and
been brilliant Individual players on the different
/ teams, some perhaps more so than any now; bui
| the style for individual brilliant playing seems
| now to be a thing of the past and the era wei
begun for the entire team contributing it:
share in a brilliantly executed piece of strategy
| Betting just at present is not active, some
little money being Sent back and forth Earlier
| in the season even money was put up in limlteC
quantities but now Harvard demands the odds
instances of to and to being accepted.
| Over 900 grand stand seats have already beer
| sold In this city and still the demand con
Of the most interesting foot ball contests ii
| years.
CAMPUS NOTES
| Last night the Yale Union held its week.,
meeting The question was: Resolved, Tha
the country is ready for the abolition of the pro
tective tariff" The speakers were, for the afiii
native: Ryder 81, Austin 90, Newell rs; for tn
negative: Thurber 81, Marshall '9a, Eddy 90. TIL
| rule expelling absent and unexcused disputant
| went into effect last night.
| The first of the chamber concerts give
| last evening in North Sheffield hall by the Be,
thoven quartet of New York. A fine program wa
| rendered.
/. Haydn-Quartet, op. IL, No. 9 in G major
| 9. Bach-a. Air; b. Gavotte from major suit
3. Beethoven-Quartet, op. SO, No. Z, in Z mino
The Yale and Harvard Gun clubs shoot mate
| at Springfield on Saturday morning. Farwell
| (captain), Floyd Jones o. Seely 'ea. Burrell
and either Calhoun or Hoyt will be Yale's repr
| sentatives.
| Dalzeli. Hoppin, Parker, Townsend. walcott
81 and Shewill L. s., have been appointed lea
ers for cheering at the coming football game.