Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-09
xALE,s IMPROVED PLAYING.

Chances Good for Winning the Championship-Tea Work Neces. sary to Success - Plenty Of Good Materlal-W0rk of Individual Play. CTS. a-
 The work of the Yale football eleven has improved materially during the past week and their prospects for future suc- cess much brighter. While there is still quality of winning games-team work nevertheless the general work of the team is much better and the ball is handled | more quickly than has been the case at | any time this year. With little more | practice and better acquaintance with the manner of play, it is to be expected that better team work will be acquired | and the eleven perform equally as good work on the field as any of it's prede- cessors. The team individually is strong one and composed of reliable and brilliant players, but their work col lectively-as @ team-is at the present time little uneven and shows the neces- sity for hard, conscientious practice. Cap tain Rhodes should teach his men the necessity of team work, factor which has been more instrumental in winning the championship for Yale in seasons past than all the brilliant individual plays that could possibly be made. Let the team | together and, with the excellent | material on hand from which to select the university team, it's friends ! and well wishers need have no fear as to it's ability to meet and successfully cope with all corners. To be sure, the game l with Wesleyan was severe disappoint- ! ment to the members of the college, but | it must be remembered that it was the l first game of the season, and therefore ex-
 cuses might reasonably be made for the 1 poor work of the team. On the other
 hand the result of the game the Crescent l Athletic club last Saturday was most l gratifying, showing 0 wonderful improve l ment both in play and team work, and resulting as it did in 8 we'll earned victory for Yale over some of the strongest veteran football players, including both Yale and
 Princeton men of by-gone days. The vic tory was all the more satisfactory because ! defeat for the Yale team had been gen. orally anticipated.
 1 Considering the marked improvement in
 play which was apparent in the latter
 game, it seems certain that Yale will be in ! very much better form before long. Of
 the individual playing of the various can
 didates for the eleven 8 brief resume is as
 follows:
 Captain Rhodes is proving himself to be
 an excellent and competent captain in
 every respect. He keeps good watch over
 his men and either praises or censures
 them, as occasion may require. Ever since
 his advent upon the team in '88 he has
 been an excellent tackle and brings
 with him to his aid in explaining ' tha iroI
 from having served under those able and
 successful leaders, Captains Gill and Cor
 bin. McClung seems to have lost none oi
 his old skill in getting through the oppo
 nents' line. He gets hold of the ball 1T
 good style and dashes into the line almost 1 if not quite in his old form of last year
 Harvey's best point is in his runs, but ht
 has not made very many this season fol
 fear of injuring his ankle again. His kicki
 are good when he makes them, but he ii
 apt to be little too slow in getting the he will undoubtedly overcome both o1
 these tendencies and do good work for the
 team. Bliss '93, Hartwell, Morrison, lief
 felfnger and Townsend are all doing goo6 l work, but are at times little slow, but
 this defect will undoubtedly be remedied
 ere long, as each days practice shows {
 perceptible improvement in their play. Among other candidates who aspire tt
 place on the eleven are Wallis and Milli for left, Tackle, Bayard, Crosby and War
 ing for the ends. Barber and Bayne are
 the candidates for the position of quarter ! Bliss '94 creates an excellent impression His play is much like his brothers, but h.
 kicks the ball better. Holcomb and Cox are both doing fairly well at center, ,thougl the position is hard one to fill. Val | Ingen is also doing excellent work.
 On the college side, Moyle, Ballet s | Barnes, Ousley and Mccormick are work | ing hard and doing good service.
 There are quite number of good mel | in the freshman class, who have turne' : | out for practice under charge of Howlan '91.
 Taken all in all Yale's chances seem t be pretty fair this year, and the teal
 when selected will undoubtedly give 3 | good account of themselves upon the field