The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-10
KICKS AND KICKERS.

Yale May Weaken-Princeton Players
Bruised-Hoboken Team Beaten.
The Yale athletes are disturbed. Tit
attitude of Harvard may influence them
to recons ider their action and unite with
Princeton and Harvard in modifying or
resembling the undergraduates rule. They
have concluded ii will be moro profitable
10 make the change desired By the others
than be deprived of meeting Harvard's
team, as the latter is determined not To
meet Yale. which violated Lass Summer
the very rule It nov u holds and
Is now planning to break IL
sgain and play Greenway on
It's football team. There Is No
doubt, however, that the hrse TINA Yale
tries to play n IN au intercol.egiate
contest the music will begin. Before
that time arrives it Is expected that this
force of graduates now at work will
secure another intercollegiate meeting
aud Il repeal OF the rule, or Yale may c Ill
a university meeting u resclnu the
action taken last wintsr. Tne question
of a new league would then follow. A
large majority of graduates and probably
a majority of the undergraduates are IN
favor of a triple league.
The Princeton College paper In last
nights issue states In a semi-onclal way
the position of Princeton In regard to tue
undergradu ate ru lie. The new rule was
considered as a N ere start toward Inltl-
ating a change. Princeton's stand IS not
for the absolute repeal OF the under
graduate rule, but for the substitution OF
a mcdinsd rule for the Que now In force.
The football practice was light al
Princeton yesterday owing to the bat-
tered condition OF the players. who were
injured in the Lehigh game and the ex-
IRENE heat. Captain Trenchard did not
-, - frNp pnfhlnhAr a ffll rnhaU haufn0
received injuries in Saturdays game
which necessitared his staying over yes.
terday. President Thompson returned
with him for treatment. Trenchard
coached the team In the second half to-
day, but did not play. Hall has a bad
bruise above the eye. but was In his
place at the practice today as usual, and
did some brilliant work In rackiing.
Toward the end of the hour President
Thompson coached the scrub team. In
the first half 1t seemed impossible for
the men to summon any energy, but in
the second they picked up and played u
fair game. King played at t1cKie part of
the game, Barrett taking his place at
half. Poe was az quarter aud Blake ut
full back. Ward and Barrett did ths
best work for the backs today. and Hall
was most conspicuous for his plays ia the
liue.
In the sprint of W heats per sixty
yards at the close of the practice KING
and Hall were among the s2eediesr.
Jack Nc Masters begins tonight a new
feature in his training, from which he
hopes great things this year. Beds have
been fitted up III the clubhouse. and
henceforih the fourteen most likely men
10 make the Varsity te am are required
to spend their lights there. They will
retire promptly at half past ten 2. NJ.
aud rise at seven. Jack McMasters is
determined that no lack of training at
least shall mar Prlnceten's prospects.
The football teams OF the Hob0ken
Wanderers aud the Ashland Z. e. had a
spirited match, under association rules,
at the grounds of the latter club. Brook
iyu,l yesterday. The Ashland kIckers
cieyerly defea ted the visitors by a score
of 3 goals to l..