Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-25
FOOT BALL IN SEASON
Beginning Preliminary Practice at
the Big Colleges.
MANY new MEN ON CORNELL'S TEAM
Good Material for the Yale
Eleven.
HARVARD'S TEAM AT WORK

University Monday, although a number Of
foot ball candidates have been practicing
daily on Percy Field for the past week,
and Marshall Newell of Harvard, Cornelrs
coach, has been present. Of last years
team Warner and Colvin will be missed
from the line and Marion from half back.
Billy Oil will not be seen at his accus
toned place at full back There have been
many rumors flying around as to his re-
turn, but it is now positively settled that
he will not play for Cornell again, and that
there Is great rivalry between the Cres-
cents of Brooklyn and the Orange A. C. to
secure him.
The first game of tho season will be
played tomorrow, when the Syracuse Uni
versity team will line up against Cornell
at Percy Field. The three big games in
the schedule are: With Harvard on October
q, at Cambridge; with Princeton on No
vember 8. at New York city, and with the
University of Pennsylvania on Thanks
giving day, at Philadelphia.
There Is goirg to be little trouble about
the Cornell-Princeton game account Of
the difference in the playing rules. Cor
nell Will play this year under the rules
made by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Prince
ton wants to play under the rules made by
Princeton Marshall Newell sug--
gested that both sides play under last
years rules. This will probably be ac-
ceptable to Princeton.
Joe Beacham and Tausig. who made such
excellent records last year at ends. are
both back, and tackling with theiG old
time brilliancy. Rogers. last years right
tackle, Is still doing good work.
For Warmers place at right guard an eX-
cellent man has been found in Ed. Sweet
lard, who played on the Union College
eleven last fall.
For full back there are number of can
didates. but none so promising as Jackson
of Chicago, who played full back on the
Chicago A. c. team last year.
For left tackle there are candidates I'M
told, and good ones. too. A number of the
Brooklyn Polytechnic boys are trying for
places, among them being Backus, last
years tackle. OF course, Capt. Wyckoff
will be in training for quarter back.
YnIe's Foot Ball Players.
The first lineup of the season of the Yale
varsity foot ball team took place Monday
afternoon on the Yale Field and was wit
messed by several hundred people. A good
many of the students who are already in
town for the opening of Yale University to-
morrow were present and had an oppor
tunity of sizing up the material from which
the varsity team for 1896 will be selected.
The candidates for the university eleven
who lined up against a scrub college team
were as follows: Left end. Bass; left
tackle, Murray; left guard. Chadwick: CEN
ter, Bennett; right guard, Rogers; right
back, Fincke; left half back, Mills; right
half back, Dc Witt; full backs, Thorne and
Jerrems.
The two teams practced for eight min
utes for each half. and the work was
spirited for the time being. 1t was very
evident that the exceedingly hot weather
was against the playing. and after ten min
utes of good. hard work the men wilted,
and the energy in the play became some
what abated. Thorne, the captain of the
team for this season. played while, and
then made way for JerremS, who put a lot
OF vim in his work
When Capt. Thorne retired from the prac-
tfce he turned his attention to coaching the
players and devoted the remainder of his
afternoons work to that of instructing the
candidates for a place on the varsity eleven
how to play foot ball. During the few min
utes that Thorne was engaged in play he
kicked a goal from the field, much to the
astonishment of the crowd of spectators,
and then he retired to the position of coach
Jerrems taking his place on the varsity
team. Bass is a quick player of the ex-
Capt. Hinkey type, and has push to him
that fairly insures him a position on the
team.
Murray played substitute for a month
last year on the varsity eleven but failed
to make the team because of unsteady
work.
Chadwick is giant and is a good PLAYER.
Bennett was last years center rush in the
freshman team, and did we'll there
Rogers was on the freshman team last
season, but played tackle in the Harvard
game at Hampden Park in 1884, and did
splendid work there.
Beck was captain Of last years New
Haven High School team, and is a promis-
Ing freshman player.
Hlnkey, brother of ex-Capt. Hinkey, Is
considered successful candidate for right
end.
Mills was too light to get place on the
team last season, but has since developed
into very good foot ball timber.
De Witt would have beaD p,o,,obar of
capt. Hinkey's eleven last season, but he
was taken down with typhoid fever.