The morning times., 1896-10-21
=. ON THE GRIDIRON.

Tho game of football scheduled for to-
morrow between PotonIacs aud Hampton
Athletic Club, is Off Manager Schell
wired Hampton yesterday caucelling the
game. The POtoniacs have not shown up
we'll in practice, so Ii was Impossible to
get together u team capable of putting up
good game against the strong Hampton
boys.
The practice of the c. A c. candidates
grows more encouraging each day. Reeve
Lewis, the strong half back, was out yes
terday. Gapen is at center. and the team
is rounding into shape generally.
L, is possibility that the Potomacs will
be uIsbanded shortly. Few men have
appeared for practice, and there seems
an entire lack of interest among the play
ers A football team VIII not go without
enthusiasm.
The meeting of the high school football
representatives, which was to be held
yesterday, was postponed to this afternoon.
The ShamrOcks address letter to The
Times correcting the statement that their
team was defeated by the Business High
School last Saturday. It was the team
of Woods Commercial College which the
high school team defeated.
Princeton has shown unlocked for
strengt! in the kicking department, is was
shown by Baird's work in the game with
West Point last Saturday. Baird is u
great punter and Il dangerous man to drop
goals from the field.
This year Yale and Pennsylvania are at
4 loss for men who can be relied upon to
send the ball out of danger by a long
quick punt. not to speak OF sending the
leather over the bar after touchdown
has been made or OF dropping n goal. one
at the most difficult feats in football.
Pennsy lvania is mourning the loss of
Brooke, and can find no one to fill his
shoes. while down at Yale the coaches are
signing for another Brink Thorne, or a
Butterworth. Louis Hinkey's weak kick
ing S the cause OF sending him back TO the
line where he belongs.
''Bum" McCung is coaching the Duqucsne
Country and Athletic Clubs football eleven.
"Biffy" Lea, of Princeton, is whipping
the Lafayette College players into shape
for their game with Pennsylvania next
Saturday.
Sameaskeyu, the sturdy right tackle of
the University of Virginia, is Russian.
He was at William College last year and
played similar position on the team.
The officials for the Harvard Pennsyl-
vania game are announced as: Referee,
Vance Mccormick. Yale; umpire, Whycoff,
of Cornell. and linesman. Graves. of Yale.
Brown University has two stars of the
first magnitude in Capt. Colby, who plays
quarterback. and FultZ. the balfback
Hall. the Brown fullbaek. was knocked out
by goal post in the Harvard game, last
Saturday. He was running for the ball. and
did not see the upright, with the result
of a head-on collision
1t is rumored that Hopkins and Aiillard,
the old Brown halfbacks, have joined
the Orange A. c. and will play against
the Boston A. A. next Saturday.
tIot
annual game between the freshmen Of Har-
vard and the University of Pennsylvania
will be played at Cambridge on November2.
Because Yale sports have an inside tip
that Lafayette will win their game with
the U. of +. they are covering all the
PENNSYLVANIA money that can be found. II
is said that Brink Thorne, captain OF last
years Yale eleven, who entered Lafay-
ette, will be decked in u uniform OF the
latter college. Thorne has been with Capt.
Murphy since Saturday learning new tricks
which he intends to spring in the Penn
sylvania game.
Special attention has been paid at Yale
10 the Interference of the eleven. Capt.
Murphy handles the men skillfully in work
ing out systematic team drill. Walter
Camp, the veteran coach and old-tme
adviser, made his first appearance of the
year recently, and gave few useful hints
TO Tie captain. L lie man COacnlnS OF tne
week just past has been done by George
Adee, the '94 quarterback, and by Clar-
ence Dewitt, haIfback for the last two
years. Their attention has been almost
wholly devoted to the back field men.
Yale students still are fearful of the center
OF the team. They feel that it is the one
weak point most carefully to be watched
II Fincke's lame leg gets well he will
go back TO his old place at quarter and
Louis Hinkey will play on the end.
II the West Point cadets continue to i'm
prove in the brawny game OF football some
of the fine elevens of the colleges will be
outgeneraled in tactics and lose a game
one Of these days.