New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-04
HARVARD.
THE MAKEUP OF THE VARSITY FOOTBALL TEAM
ALMOST SETTLED

THE MAKEUP OF THE VARSITY FOOTBALL. TEAM
ALMOST SETTLED.
Cambridge Mass. Nov. (SpeciaD-On Nednes-
day evening Captain Fennessy assembled the can
didates for the varsity crew. In addition 10 'he
dozen men who have been rowing on the river all
the fail under his charge thirty aspirants Tor
places in the varsity boat appeared. A majority
have already rowed in their class crews. Ihere
were no particularly promising men among the lot.
During the week the regular candidates Tor the
crew have been In training on the river uh'e' zap
tain Fennessy and Coach Watson FOR the most
part they have been rowing In the following or"er
Stroke X. IL. Stevenson. 81; !, Is ii. Lewis No.
G. A. A. Sprague. 81 D. f. Dufileld, w. D. l. u
Stevenson. 90: g. r. NJ Townsend go . j. H. bui-
lard 49, bow. f. NJ Forbes, &c
At recent meeting of the Harvard Cathohc
Club the following officers for the year were elected
President j. F. McGrath. 95; vce-presiden;' d. r.
Pbelan '9j: secretary, D. =. Gately jr; treasurer
f. Otis. L. 5.
The college cycling association VIII hou 'e"-
mile road race November H.
The finals and doubles In the harvard Trims
tournament resulted In a victory for ID. b. Reed ana
D. n Chase. who won from G. L. Wrenn and a.
s Pier by a score of 4-s. 6-S. 4-S, 6-i, g.
The fourth ten of the Institute OF no Includes:
F. X Herman NJ. f. stone A. Forbes. r. r. FOX
c. Benson. A. II. Iadd A. \. Beale I. NJ "eid'
D. Dean. F.. HOLSTER. Seven of the len are prom
nent in athletics.
The football team has not made great progress
during the last week The period has been one OF
transition strict training. Up TO Sa'Wu'Y q
week ago all the energies of the players anu
coachers were given preparation for the 'oHheii
game That was no sooner over than the team
went into hard training. The coaches heid meet
ing AT the Parker House Sunday ana outllhed
a new policy to be begun on Monday OCTOBER -
The first new feature was the establishment Oh Two
distinct training tables A. the first the VARSITY
plavers and a few substitutes have their meals
., tho other the members Of the second eleven.
rbis MAN will be followed during the rest or the
saason The object is to get the varsity players
more Intimately acquainted with one another IN the
hone OF securing better team work on the Heiu. y
second step was a complete change Of signals lor me
varsity eleven. The eleven also went INTO secret
nuractjce From this time forth the varsity team
will not appear in public except on certain '''
occasions Only active coaches VIII De a''o"''
within the field and every man has agreed not 10
write for any newspaper or periodical MoS' VI "'e
uort during the week has been desultory. on Mon
dav the varsity could not practise IN secret p''""
Tho fence was not completed. on Tuesday ana
v,.odresaav the field was so wet the plays could
No, he at,emp,ed on Thursday the team p aye =
the Boston Athletic Association The latter 'irV
was weak and hardly gave the college '',h s.i, =
,ba team did ANYTHING like the work II should 40
en- late in the season. Saturday was devoted I,
-, her light practice again, as severa players VI
-. pro,,idence 10 Gee the Yale-i5rOWn game me
Students will be appeasel by an occasions. riS y,
Omen practice There IS considerable disstslt,'.o
over the secret practice. ana TINS St.p - co"''''
rhe team will line up at Springfield as follows
Left end Emmons Jeff tacklr; ,r shaw rgS,
r rna D. N shaw; right tackle. Waters, rish
end BreweT f MIeao Mamsn
Fairchild or Whittemore