The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-10-20
YALE PLAYS BROWN TO-DAY
THE CONTEST VIII BE CLOSE AND
INTERESTING.

Assist In Coaching the Line Men-Uni-
versity News.
The prospects Of a victory for Yale
on the gridiron to-day are quite prom
Using. Several of the men who have
been on the hospital list for the past
week or two have recovered sufficiently
so they are at least able to appear on
the field in their suits.
Benjamin, who was injured in the
first game with Trinity about four
weeks ago. returned to his position at
half back last week.
Cutten,the big theologlan,on whom so
much depends, who has been put by the
coaches for record breaking center,
appeared on the field last week, but
didn't get in the game until Monday
last.
His absence for two weeks has been
very detrimental, as many import
ant ricks and plays which the coaches
have shown the line men have not been
learned by him.
| Yesterday Marshall, who has shown
up remarkably well at center on the
Varsity, played the same position on
the scrub and kept Gluten on the move
all the time.
Norris Ely, the game little quarter
back, was out in his suit but did not
play. 1t is expected that he will be
able to participate in the game with the
Indians next Saturday.
Gilmore, who had his knee injured
last week, resumed practice to-day and
played fine game.
Abbott, who was sub-tackle last
year, has for the past year been play
ing end, and has shown up so we'll that
it was intended to play him there in
the game with Brown to-day. Unfor-
tunately his left leg was badly injured
in one of the scrimmages yesterday,
which will necessitate his laying by
for week at least
Charlie Chadwick, the strong man,
has apparently lost all the ability to
play good, fast football that he ever
possessed. He has been decreasing in
this respect for the past ten days and
yesterday was taken from the Var
city and placed at tackle on the scrub
team
Yesterday the Yale coaches were no
doubt aware of the fact that the game
with Brown to-day will be one of the
hardest fought contests of the season,
and in consequence the practice was
much sharper and more spirited than
usual.
Since Foster Sanford has been in
| pGt
in that city, the efficiency of the work
of the line men has steadily decreased.
He is recognized as one of the best men
in America to handle candidates for the
line, and the Yale management has
decided to secure, If possible, his as
sistance for the rest of the season.
Captain Rodgers seems to have al
most wholly recovered from his sum-
mer illness and his playing for the past
two or three days has been marked with
that spirit and dash which was so no.
ticeabie last year. He expects to play
the entire game against Brown to-day.
Arrangements for the big game with
Princeton are progressing rapidly. The
immense east grand stand is complet-
ed and the west nearly so. They both
stretch the entire length of the field
and rise at an angle of As degrees to
a height of about sixty feet.
There are twenty rows of seats and
the seating capacity on each stand is
about 10000.
! AS no vehicles will be allowed on the
grounds, Marshall, the liveryman has
built about $50 feet of railing directly
opposite from the field and expects to
accommodate 200 teams. This will be
of considerable convenience to the pat
rons of the game.
! About the first of November candi-
dates for the basketball team will be
called out and preliminary practice for
the winter games begun. Several new
plays will be introduced this year. and
winning team will no doubt be de-
veloped
| The victories of last years team
caused it's supporters to grow in num-
bers and it has assumed rather prom
| inent place in Yale athletics.
Yale men are to be accorded the priv
ilege of listening to Joe jefferson, not
as an actor, but as a lecturer. On the
occasion of his former visits to this
city. he has accepted an invitation to
talk informally to Yale undergraduates
and when the students learned that he
was to present THE Cricket on the
Hearth here Friday night, they set to
work to secure his consent to address
them. Mr. jefferson has accepted the
invitation and will speak to the Yale
men on Friday afternoon. The place
has not yet been selected. He will
speak under the auspices of the Yale
Union on the Drama" In connection
| with this lecture MI. Jefferson has
made the following request: Il would
| like the students to prepare three or
four questions pertaining to the drama,
and I do not desire to know them till
they are handed to me in writing at the
time they are asked
H. G. Whitney of Toledo was elected
temporary football captain of Amherst
yesterday Captain AFTER was disabled
early in the season and will be unable
to go back into the game this fall.
Whitney is member of the Junior class
in college and plays right half back on
the Varsity team. He is without eX-
ception the headest, and probably the
Quickest player on the team. Whit
new played the same position at right
half back on Amherst's Varsity team
during the season of 1895, and was con-
sidered Amherst's best ground gamer.
Whitney being a hard worker himself