The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-11-16
THE BIG FOOTBALL TEAMS
TALE TEAM DEVELOPING RAPIDLY
 IN RECENT PRACTICE.

Won From New Jersey A. A., Saturday,
 by 16-O-Princeton's Hard Practice and
 Probable Line Up Against Yale Saturday
 Harvard Defeated by Boston A. A.
 Saturday.
 During the past weeks practice the Yale Varsity eleven has greatly im- proved in dash, snap and all around playing. The best of the old Yale coaches were present, among them be- ing Vance Mccormick, Heffelfnger, and Hartwell, In the light work done for the first few days of the week, there was reason for feeling discouraged, but Thursdays and Fridays play was hard, clean and fast throughout, showing greatly strengthened team and individ- ual work. In the first half each day the university and college elevens have lined up against each other, and then, only the first team being retained on the field, the men have been drilled in their heavy formation plays and in the finer points of the game, preparatory
 to the Princeton game.
 The most prominent feature of the weeks training has been the develop
 ment of A. H. Hine '9S M. S., at half or full back, much time having been de-
 voted to his kicking, especially at goals from the field. At this he has proved
 most successful making several long ones Thursday and Friday. Fincke has
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 considered sure at tackling and catch
 ing punts Mills, Benjamin and Con
 ner are the other candidates for posi-
 tions back of the line, the last named
 being new at the position, but making
 good steady gains as his work in the
 Brown game showed.
 In the line Chadwick and Murray have both improved greatly in offen- sive work and sureness of .tackling. Chamberlain still shows his usual ac- tivity and gets into almost every play. Tn Saturdays game with the New
 Jersey Athletic club team Yale showed
 up well, the score being 16 to in Yale's favor.
 Hines playing at half back was sharp and strong, though his kicking failed to come up to what it was Friday, when he kicked two goals from the field. Benjamin played his old position at right half, his line bucking being par
 ticularly strong. Fincke played his
 usual game at full back, his bunting being particularly good. Ely at quar- ter ran the team we'll. He got into all the plays, and made good gains when he had the ball. With Hinckey still sick, it seems possible that Fincke may play full back in the game next Satur- day. Should this happen Ely is sure to play at quarter.
 In the line Murphy and Chadwick did
 specially good work The entire line
 did well and proved to strong for the
 New Jersey backs. The team as a
 whole played well together. The in terference around the ends. however,
 was not strong, and the backs often failed to follow it. This has been one of the chief difficulties the coaches have encountered in developing the team. Rodgers, as usual, made material
 gains when the ball was given him. He is one of the surest ground gathers, and will be used to a good advantage in the Princeton game. Connor at right end played better than ever. His
 strong points are getting down the field on kicks and securing the ball on fumbles,
 Saturdays game was the last ofsthe
 season, but the team will be put
 through some hard practice the frst
 part of this week.
 PRINCETON'S PRACTICE. {
 During the past week the Princetons have been putting in hard practice un- der the direction of all the old coachers and the Tigers now have strong hopes of winning the football championship of 's6. After the Harvard game the team was given two days rest and on Wednesday of last week lined up Tor practice. Games have been played daily since between the varsity and scrub teams and will be kept up until next Thursday Both Kelley and Cochran were una
 ble to participate in the practice games last week, and Barnard, Hillebrand, and Baird have practiced only part of the time. Kelley and Cochran will be used very little before the big game. | Cochran has an injured shoulder and l is carrying his arm in sling, but the coachers think he will be able to play l the first half of the Yale game, after which Thompson will go in at left end, l Brokaw going to right end in place of | Cochran.
 l Thompson has shown rather poor | form this season. but showed up well | in the Harvard game.
 Kelley is being carefully saved by the l trainer, in the hope that he will go into 1 the Yale game with his old-time dash. He is the surest ground gainer of the | backs, and consequently Princeton chances of winning will be materially affected by his physical condition. He ! is not at all likely to finish the game, and it is thought that Barnard will also be obliged to retire. Wheeler and Reit-
 CT will take their places, and are relia- | ble men, Reiter Is especially strong al | holding his feet in mass plays through | the line Rosengarten, who played | brilliantly until injured a few days be- l fore the Harvard game, and who was | the star half back of last season, is l now out of the game for the season, ! with a sprained ankle.
 1 The lineup against Yale will prob- Ia ba the ga me a if wa a pra iY1cf liar.