The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-09-23
NOW COMES THE FOOTBALL.
mn OUTLOOK VERY BRIGHT ron
STRoNG TEAMS.
Corneu Promises to Have the Greatest
Eleven she Has Ever Put on tho Fieid-
Marshall Newell TrnInine the Men.

Correu Prowise. TO Have The Greatest
Eleven she Has Ever Pat on tho Fieid-
Marshall NsNyen TrnlninG the Mes.
lrRAcA. n. v. Sept. oe.-Tn calculating the
football teams which will be in the fore this
fall Cornell must be counted upon. The work
OF her eleven last year was of course very poor,
but 1t can be safely said that never in the his
tory Of football at this university have the pros
poets for turning out a irst-class eleven been 30
excellent. Cornell has this year something
which she lacked ever since the game was
started here six years ago, namely, a
frst-Class, competent coach. In Marshall
Newell, the ex-Harvard PLAYER, II Is
believed here among the experts. Cornell
has found a jewel Of a coach. He arrived here
on Tuesday. and has been down on the field
every day with the candidates.
At present there are In all sixty candidates In
the field, and considering that the university Ia
not yet open. this large number indicates the
feeling that exists among the students this year.
The number will be increased TO a hundred or
more within a few days. and 1t can be seen
at once that with such a field to pick
from tho makeup Of the team must,
with q man Of Newell's judgment TO choose
them. be good. Newell Is exceedingly popular
with the candidates. He dons a suit each day,
and Is In the thick OF the battle every moment,
with q word Of praise for this good play and a
reprimand for that bad one. Old football play
ers in practice admit that in the three days
Newell has been here he has instilled into them
more knowledge Of the game than they had
dreamed existed. His system Of teaching is
certainly excellent, as each days practice shows
marked improvement in tackllng. breaking
through the line, and blocking.
cor the position of full hack there Is prac-
tically no competition. Oil, last years full
back. has apparently n walkover. lie has been
all summer in Ithaca practising kicking under
the instruction of March, the old Lafayette
player, Oil can kick the ball far and quick,
engaging the ball and the like. For quarter
back there are hye excellent candidates:
the little fellow who PLAYED right end in last
years Harysrd game; Wyekof: and Baker. a new
who tackles well, and can pass the ball rapidly
end accurately, and is the, heaviest Of the lot.
right half back. lie is temporary Captain OF
the team. He played right half last year ana
smith, who played on the Msnlius College team
last year, Is counted upon. He Is not here yet but
South America the steamer being now due.
was so phenomenal that the place is being re-
seryed for HIM 50 sure is the management that
For ends there are eight candidates: two who
are doing very fine work are Cool and Terry.
SOOl- mas plhytu buDstltute LOT three years. For
tackles the candidates number to-day twenty
five. a great many OF them doing promising
work.
Pop. Warner returns to college tomorrow
and will play right guard, as he has been
on the Cornell eleven for the past three
years. Joe Colon. who played on the '9l and 90
teams. is back, and will undoubtedly play left
guard. Elmlra will furnish the Cornell centre
with fennell. who Is large and powerful. and Is
thought to be the best centre. ever at Cornell.
Z. o. Armstrong, who played guard for PEN
nington last year, will enter Cornell II he does
not go to Columbia. IL he comes he will be tried
at tackle. He is considered a good one. There
Is also a probability Of Townsend, who also
played guard for Pennington last year. coming
10 Cornell.
With the chances OF these two players coming.
the material now here, and the almost certain
good material which comes with every freshman
class. Cornell hopes to redeem her football repu-
tation. -. strong is the feeling OF confidence
In Newelrs ability to put an Al team
on the field, bets are being freely Of
fered. with no takers. by the sporty stu
dent clement that Pennsylvania will be
defeated this year, Harvard will not score more
than IL points and Princeton not over is, and
that all the three teams mentioned will be scored
against. Cornell will make her first appearance
m New York city this year on Oct. 20, when she
viii play the Princeton Tigers, and again on
Oct. - against Harvard. The game with
Pennsylvania will be played in PHILADELPHIA In
November. 4 bet was offered tonight OF 90 to
% that Cornell would shut Lehigh out and score
81. p Jints at least against her. The first game
this season will be played next Wednesday at
Ithaca between Cornell and Syracuse.