The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-14
ONTHEFOOT-BALLFIELD.
pryyEW or TIE PRINCETON. YALE
AND HARrARD TEAMS.
.,.ucs of Morse, ut PTincston's
rtsr-Baek-Ya'e's Old Men nor
i'm Such Good Form.

t cn''ld never have played the place in
/ championship form. lie was SLOW IN Gis-
/ Ing the signals and in order 10 get ihto
! the interference quickly thought IL heces,,
| sary to pass the pail back with one mana
| while on the run. This was entirely too
| risky and resulted. in the Lehigh game,
| in some shameful fumbles. Morse had
been laid off for nearly TWO weeks WIN
/ a sore ankle. His rest has not been bad
! thing for him, however, for he was get
/ ting just a little fine: tie comes back
| into the game now with herceness OF
/ play which is an excellent tonic 10 tne
| team who have been growing little Ist-
/ less under the bruises OF two weeks Of
| hard practice. Morse, though he has al
/ ways played half-back at Princeton, is
/ an old hand at quarterback having play
] ed 1T for two years on the Orange Attn
| letic Club team before coming to Prince
! ton. He Is remarkably cool-headed
player and is undoubtedly the strongest
runner on the Princeton field For this
reason he will be sorely missed at half
back His place, though, can far more
easily be supplied there than at quarter,
for he IS player after Phil Kings own
heart In this position. He will be able
10 steady the line about as well as King
himself, and Is giant at interference
The new rules will allow him frequently
10 Eet the pan Tor a heId run even while
playing quarter, and here he is unsur-
passed. He has Phil Kings trick of turn
ing around when tackled thus, twisting
himself out Of the hands of his tacklers
sprawling, TO sprint off like shot for
touchdown. In some Of his runs this
week he got through the whole opposing
d deam Co. TINS way and cleared the
run. with him at quarter the Princeton
team VIII not be greatly weakened by
the loss OF Phil King.
The change Will leave a big hole at
hait-hack, but new material for. this po-
sition is coming out every day There Is in
fact q plethora Of candidates. Reiter
mas shot into prominof ce this week as
PACK. lie was played In the Prince
did good work. He is not a very heavy fell
low. and not nearly so compactly built
as Morse but he is n fast Splinter and
makes up In his line plunging for his
iack OF weight In his speed in getting
started. The great difficulty with Prince
tons new backs this year Is that they
stop when they hit the line as If expect
ing To be tackled. instead of shooting
through before the opening is blocked.
Reiter is just reckless enough TO make
a good back. Rosengarten has been
laid off all the week with a sprained
ankle. McCormicks stock as a half
back has gone down a little this week
fumbling for his own glory or the good
OF the team He has been sent back on
the scrub again-fOr the last few DAYS
and Norhis has taken his place on the
Varsity line. Ward IS still resting with
TO show some superior skill in hitting
the line which gives him now about the
best chance for full back. He can hold
his own against any of the candidates in
punting. His weak point though is tack
ling. Here Tyler is ahead Of him. This
is Tyler's best point though, for in run
ming and line-pluneing he Is poor. Nc
COrmick Is probably out OF the race for
full-back now for he falls TO snow suffi-
cient skill in tackling.
PrinCetons veteran line are steadily
getting up to last years standards. Cen
ter will be the only weak spot in il. Har-
ry Brown has been playing brilliant
end this week And Beef" Wheeler
has been surprising himself.
CHANGES II y,tE's rLrvrN
The recent practice at Yale reveals
the fact that there is likely to be quite Il
few changes In this years eleven. Some
of the old men Will have to pick 10
TO hold their places from the new men
and some who played last year are like
ly TO mold different positions this year.
The giant guard, Hickok, has been hu-
inflated by being placed on the second
eleven for several days and Chadwick,
who did some good work at tackle last
season, has been put in mis- place. He
is counted a fair match for Hickok now,
only that the veteran has the advantage
IN endurance and viii probably win the
place. McCrCa has shared in the nnmliia-
ton, too, and with Il little less certainty
OF regaining his old position. Brown is
He was substitute guard last fall and
played strong game against MGCrea.
He was one Of the athletic team which
Captain Hickok took to England with
him last season. McCrea never was so
level headed as HickOk. He is slow, too,
and not quick TO see point of ADVANTAGE;
Hekok viii probably brace up and hold
his place and that will leave Chadwick
Brown and Cross all to work against
McCrea. Then. too Beard IS being talked
of as "A good guard by the Yale cOachers.
He is playing IN his old place. at tackle
yet. but he Is big enough and quick
enough for a guard. but hardly quick
enough for an ideal tackle. lie may be
showed over 20 Stilman's side before the
season ends. Sulman still holds center
against all opponents, What he lacks in
quiCknesS he gains In stability and while
he never will be an ideal center because
Of his apparent inability to get into the
play after ne has snapped the ball, yet
there is no opponent who is Likely TO
supplant him. freshman from Indiana,
WhitcOmb, would probably have been
heard from as tackle for he started out
brilliantly. but he has not been in col
lege year yet, and so cannot play, ac-
Cordng TO the rules regulating the Yale
Princeton game. He has been retired
therefore, to the second eleven.
There Is some talk now or Greehwia5E
leaving end and going to half-back. lie
is a strong and swift runner and the
coachers think, would make quite a PACK.
Hnkey's younger brother might then
take GIeenway's end. He has been play
ing that position quite like tine silent
Captain" himself recently.
Morris IS pushing Adee hard for quart
eT-oack and is counted by some as the
most hopeful candidate for that place.
Finke's :ackling and interference has
been much complimented by the critics
the past week too. With these three,
Yale will not be weak al quarter TO say
the least. InqueStOnably the best half
back Yale has among the new men, Is
Dewitt I'm the game with the Crescents
In fact he was the only one OF the
backs that hit the line with anything
like speed. II he continues TO improve as
he is doing now he will be in the class
with Laurie Bliss before the season ends.
He would have been on the Yale team
last fan but for his refusal TO pay.
WHAT HARVARD Is DOING.
Harvard is spnding so much time put
ting into practice the new coaching the
cries of DR.. Lathrop that it is rather
hard 10 know what her men are good for
IN real football The theory of Harvard
coachers this year is to play as few
games as possible and make the daily
practice chiefly drill in signals, punting,
catching, falling on the ball and sprinting
with only about fifteen minutes of real
playing at the end Three weeks and
more have passed and yet those who go
10 Soldiers held are stili treated TO the
sight OF fifty or more candidates divided
into little squads and still drilling in
the rudments of the game, with here and
there a little special attention To the
more promising men. DR.. Lathrop thinks
Harvard men. heretofore. have been too
heavily trained and aims 10 have the
men leave the field eager to play rather
IMAM have TO be urged on TO the point
of exhaustion. The theory certainly is
good, but whether such practice is sum,
cient TO give men the wind" TO stand
the strain OF great game remains yet
to be seen. Some prominent ex-players of
harvard are OF the opinion that Har-