The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11

W W DHto htetu - Hhuut tor
Material = The Indication. Point TO
strength on tho Line and Ends. but Weak.
ness In the Centre-.A Long List OF Cam
aiiates-TenehIne TO Begin at Once.
Cambridge. Oct. 1O.-From now on Harvard's
football team should show steady improve
ment. For two weeks wall has steadily gone
M from the college that tho playing Of tho
football men was wofully weak. and many a
Harvard man has longcd for n ray OF hope
that the crimson might como out on top ut
Springfield in the grcut game with Yale
Nov. II.
Meanwhile Capt. T-afrord has paid little at
tenton to tho genera! depression around him.
but has kept hard ut work in tho course that
nc and his two coachcs-Stcwart and Adams
had planned out. They hnvo been passing
through n sort Of preliminary stage in the
training OF Harvard's eleven. and it Inns
seemed MS though littlo progress has been
made. but Capt. Trnf(or,l and his coaches
know differently. All this limo they have been
simply material hunting. and now that they
know somewhat where they stand they are
prepared to really begin the big Job they have
Got on their hands.
That means that on next Monday they will
begin the six weeks course of instruction
which it is expected will put in the field an
win. SO far the candidates have been taught
almost nothing; but they have been looked
over most thoroughly until those whose bust
ness 1t is to teach Harvard to play football! this
year feel that they have pretty good under.
standing of what they have got to work with.
What this two weeks OF investigation Inns
shown may be summed UP in this statement:
That Harvard will have ar eleven that will be
strong Eehiad the rush line. strong on both
ends Of the rush line. but, SO far as can be told
now, weak in tho centre.
The plan has been to weod out the unprom-
Using material until about thirty OF the best
men in the college should be left. These thirty
are to form the so-caled Football Squad" on
whom tho coaches will lavish their time and
instruction in the next six weeks. Should tho
series Of class games develop any man who
gives evidence Of being Varsity material he
will be added to tho squad" and take seat
at the training table. where 1t will be football
for breakfast. football for lunch. and foot
bail for dinner From now on Coaches
George Adams and George Stewart will
be on the field daily. anI they an
ticipate material assistance from several
other Harvard men. In addition to the gem
eral charge of tho men and the coaching which
these two will do Dudley Dean Of last years
team tho greatest quarterback who ever
needed. to give points to his successor. John
Cranston. rs good n center as " Papa Corbin"
ui Yale or Irinceton's Giant George" WILDE
on the field frequently to play against the man
who hopes to fiji his shoes at centre.
In a very few days Capt. Comnock will be home
from abroad. and his special duty will DO to
teach two orthrre novices how to play end rush.
1t had been hoped that Perry Trafford. who
dmmcd the mighty HefTelilnger's reputation
mt Springfield last November. might have the
candidates for guard under his instruction
throughout the fall. But the fact thnt he is to
enter Il New York law Office on Monday makes
that improbable. For fear that he might not
be able to get on again. except for one or two
days. he has been here since Wednesday.
Perry Trafford is as brainy n player as the
game ever had and in the few days he has been
here be has been able to give the big fellows
who hope to play guard on the Har-
ward eleven n lot OF valuable instruction.
In fact. even tho little time he has had
with them has been Of such help to them that
they have shown marked Improvement in
their play. He was really the advance guard
of the force Of instructors who We're not eX-
pceted to take up tho work until tomorrow.
day now and then. and whether he comes or
not will make great difference in the playing
do the work that he is peculiarly adapted to-
The football situation to-day is almost ex-
actiy the reverse from what it was u year ago
this time. Then the surfeit Of brilliant ma
terial at Cambrdge, made everybody take II
the campaign was ony,as old as it is now.
many an , mt, Harvard man was
Sf nat 'H very his TIME cs T%ud R boat ' 81
lalo vas laying awake nights trying
TO @n at H h Ts didn't h sves h ss to
terial that Capt, Comnock had. and the outlook
at New Haven II the middle. Of October was
site. The Yale thermometer is way up and the
Harvard j., mercury is rapidly falling: But in
team as ever went ont Of New Haven. It will
tbs s m RInpS 81 3 s Tserd to do
linz sds ssnRa r4 nos
at fa fa"k ali football enthura aasT EnSw
A. sn rushing. breaking hal, back Lake
sss Es sk SGr b%t there
tt hangs "a OYER him that nwipI suspense to
While SorSett f IS s aHfpsa ssa
!oana Wan%s fear fns the af mot sssa
aE TX an.a rst sht exercise n ssr ons
inS rs OF course he cannot be worked hard
Tomy sHerwn ha sa.E OF Tho Bis f f styIe
il 9a d1y Ght exsTcse and m
which went back on him last year: Ho, wants
lis 'lcs VIII give hlm no trouble. But tho
toS point of absolute necessity, because they
10 not want I" run tho risk Of losing him in
tho two following years BY hurting his leg
again; SO. unless it appears in y few weeks
that they absolutely cannot get along without
him. Sherwin will rest this season. and will
then hs tho better for II another year
Tho biggest hunt has bccn for n half back OF
tho Lax: stamp. Who can he his substitute IN
the hill with hard work is Waters. who last year
was considered n g"nd-sizcd freshman. but
Mh9 has filed out until now n.hIs second year
and Very plncky., understands the game fairly
wei. as he has played bcioro--being end rush
on his class team last year.-but. as is the ease
with two or three more o. Hnrvards best men
this year. he Is under tho ban Oh account OF
slender marks In Inst years examnnations. BY
big. strong Wcsterner hasibeen tried little
rs Lake. half-hack hut only with lair success.
His namo is Oppenheim. But so far he does
not give very great promise. Another man Of
wind. Is White. who has won laurels on the
cinder path He il much the style Of n player |
that Williams was mt Yale last year, and Droba-