The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-23

| accident to Il player to II minimum.
Momentum plays are practically climi
mated and mass plays held N check.
No player can take more than s..;;ie
step before the ball Is put into play.
according to one rule, and another for
bids five men TO bunch inside the tack
les. The old rule of heeling q catch
has been revived. but the catcher is
protected by penalty of Il loss of fif-
teen yards against interference or be-
ing thrown. On Il fair catch the oppo-
nents must retire ten yards from the
mark of the catcher
fale's team this year will be made up
largely of new players. and Capt Muir
ply ana the big army of Yale coaches
nave lots of work TO do training the
men ana picking out the proper mate
RAJ 10 make up team fit TO represent
me all blue on the gridiron. OF last
years team there are II. w. Letton,
VINO Will try to play full back; l.. Hin
Key and Bass. ends; Fincke, quarter
back; Chadwick, left guard, and Can't.
Murphy al right tackle. Players have
10 DE found to take the places of Ter
remS Thorne. and Dewitt. back of the
i'he;Rogeri. left tackle. and the Crosses
NJ Isht guard ana centre. Vance Nc
CNflnick. eX-Capt. Thorne, and F.. But
teiWurth have been busy coaching the
new men during the past few weeks.
ana Ii is said that they have deyelopej
some rafting good men. some of The
most promising of these are McFarlana
al guard; b ok, tackle: Hail, a good end:
Barnes. half back; A. r. Squire, hair
PACK and II. Il. Benjamin. half back
MN oTlnick MAD the candidates for ba cks
al liair!SDurS, Penn
me University of Pennsylvania team
mas been training at Mecox Inn, on Long
aSland. and John G. Bell. chairman of
The Football Committee. is delighted
w , me work of the men. He says the
I l.a
!aS' year In spite OF the fact that Brooke.
the full back, and Williams, the o,la,ter.
WillTot lie allowed TO play
thc schedule of the university of
penhsylvania team ~: September 20,
franklin and Marshall at Lancaster,
. ienh.' october ;, HIcknell at Philadel-
phn october :. naval cadets, at An
napoIs; Ootober 10, Dartmouth, at Phila-
delphia; October 81. WASHINGTON ami
Jefferson, at Philadelphia: October 81,
Lehigh, al Philadelphia: November Z.
Pennsylvania State College. at Ph,la,
delphia; November 2l. Cornell. at phiia-
delphh; November &c, Harvard, at Cam
bridge.
OF the four b:G colleges, Princeton suf-
dGiS me least from loss of old players.
me players have been training at As
bury Park, burt are now back on Brokaw
Field, and are work4ng hard The linz
ms year VIII be almost the same as last
season, unless a good playe! should turn
up among the new men and depose one
OF he old players. This is the line:
Galley. centre; Rhodes and Riggs,
guards Church and Tyler. tackles
cochran, right end. Armstrong Is show
ing up prominently as a tackle. and a
| new man Will have 10 take "Bimy" Lea's
place. Sutcr. PEG and Smith are the
quarter backs, Barnard and Kelly half
backs, and Baird and Ayres, full backs.
Wheeler, brother of Beef VIII eler.
the famous guard, IS a good punter. and
Is one Of tine bes; of the new men
! Harvard has six OF last years players
as foundation. The losses aye A. ana
Z. Brewer who We're two OF the hard
est workers on the team; Newell. a very
faithful player. and Rice and Hot. The
/ o!d PLAYERS left on the team are Capt
Mf'sht.ngton and Dunlop, half backs
;eaie, quarter back; Cabot, left end. and
me fMo shaws a; eight guard and cen
ire There Is some Very promising ma