The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-22
YAAE TEAM IN ED snAPE.
Must Improve Wonderfully If 1t Expects
to do Anything This Fall.

Must Improve Wonderfully If 1t Expects
to do Anything This Fall.
The remarkably close score made in
the game Wednesday with Brown evil
IDENTIFY impressed the coaches of the
Yale eleven that unusually hard sys-
tematic work must be their programme
for the rest of the present football sea-
son. The big games with Harvard
and Princeton are close at hand and
they realize that the Improvement in
the team must needs be rapid and sub
stantial if victory, or even close con-
tests, are to result from the meetings.
Tomorrow the defenders of Old Ellis
good name will line up against the
peslsy red skins from Carlisle school.
This contest will be close and exciting,
and it's result will in a great measure
determine Yales chances in the games
which will decide the championship
for the season of '97.
The work at the field yesterday af-
ternon was the hardest of the season.
EIefiiefinger '91S., the great guard;
Bliss '93, Brink Thorne '9e, and Lou
Hinkey were out in suits. They played
on the college team. Heniefnger at
his old place at right guard was pitted
with Cadwalader. "TIeff." was full of
tricks and broke through the big Law
renceville freshman at will He was
full of his old time tricks, and if Cad
walader didn't profit from this exper-
fence he will never be able to play
that position in any shape.
Thorne, Hinley and Bliss were the
backs for the college during the first
part In the second half they coached
the men.
Captain Fred Murphy of last years
team came down from Boston, where
he is in medical school to give the
tackles q few pointers.
He devoted most of his time to AL
len, the 1900 crew man, and Post. AT
present the appearances are that Allen
will play the position so exceedingly
well filled by Murphy last year-right
tackle. KID Wallace was also on the
field, but he didn't assist in the coach
ing. Two full thirty-minute halves
were played and the Varsity only scor-
ed twice.
CorWin made several very clever
runs, one being about forty yards.
Mcbride is not a bowling success at
full back. He kicks entirely too slow,
is unable to place them and quick ends
or backs can get in on him every time
and block his kicks. Beside being slow
he fumbles a great many times, and
man can't be successful full back and
tumble the ball. He must be depended
< ,<pon almost every time to catch a
kick, and Mcbride is scarcely ever
able to hold the ball.
Stoddard, who is trying for quarter
back and has been especially favored
by. the coaches is one of the poorest
excuses for a quarter back that has
been on the field for some time. He is
slow, inaccurate and is not in the least
heady player. A quarter back is a
man who must be able to take in the
situation at a glance and instantly de-
eide on the play which will be most
advantageous.
He doesn't seem to have the ability
to make the men work, and keep them
in the game, as several other men who
are trying for the same position and
have been given only few opportuni-
ties to play. Most of yesterday after
noon was devoted to strengthening the
ends.
Most of Browns gains were made
by end runs. This WAS not so much
the fault of the men playing those po-
I sitions as it was that of the umpire ir
failing to see the holding by the
Brown men.
These positions, it must be conceded
are the weakest on Yale's line an6
must be strengthened before the team
will be a winner.