The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-08-26
YALES FOOTBALL TEAM
OUTLOOK J UST AT PRESEN TRATHER
 DISCOURAGING.

Captain Rogers Just Recovering From an
 Attack of Typhoid Fever-Team Will
 Not Go to Travers Island Candidates
 Actively at Work-yaluable New Ma
 terial-Promising Last Year Substitutes.
 The outlook just at present for Yale's football chances this fall are rather dlscouraging to those who would like to see the blue this year again head the list of college teams on the gridiron. It had been hoped last year when Yale was so unsuccessful with Princeton that this coming season football team might be turned out which would re- gain Yale's laurels lost last fall, but a prominent old Yale coach in speaking last evening of the outlook for Yale this fall winning the championship, said that just at present the outlook is dubious.
 Captain Jim Rogers, on whom de- pends in great part the proper prellml- nary training of the squad at the op- ening of the college year, is now just recovering from severe attack of ty- phoid fever, and 1t is feared that he will not be in condition to begin work with the team when college opens. He has been confined to his bed for some time at his home in Toledo, O., and is just beginning to sit up. Manager TWitchell of the Yale football team received letter from Captain Rogers yester- day The letter was written by Cap tain Rogers himself and was the first one that he wrote after he began to sit up. It is said that in the letter he proposed plans for the team at the opening of the year, and substitute captain be appointed in case he could not get back to play.
 | Following the custom of the past two years, the Yale team will not go to Travers' island this year for prelimina- ry practice work before the opening of the college. In fact the men will have no practice together until about Sep l tember 20, when 1t is now arranged for them to return to New Haven. This will be ten days before the opening of college and during this time it is eX- pected that the men will be given some hard work at Yale field to Timber up for the harder work to come later. Each man of the football squad was given a football at the close of college and was ordered to take individual practice in kicking, bunting and catch ing while at home during the vacation. It is said that these orders have in most cases been fully carried out and that the men have kept themselves we'll up by individual work. Of the old vets, that is, men who have played on the team more than one year, only two will return to college this year. They are Captain Rogers and Benjamin, SC that if Captain Rogers is unable to play, the team will be still further | weakened.
 Yale will, however, receive one valu- able addition to her team this year in the person of J. c. Cutten, who will enter the Yale theological school this year. Cutten graduated from Acadia university in Nova Scotia in 1896 and entered the Yale senior class last year While in Acadia Cutten played on the football team there for rour years, and | explained the team in his senior year playing center. He weighs about 200 pounds when in training and is consid- cred good man. He could not play or the Yale team last year under the un- degraduate rules, but will be eligible this year, and is expected to greatly l strengthen the team. A good center will be greatly needed this year as Chadwick, who played that position fol
 Yale last year graduated in June He has, however, thought some of entering the Yale law school this fall, and in tha case would be eligible to play on the team for one more year, as he has only played on the Yale eleven three years. If he returns either he or Cut ten will probably be played at guard. Of the substitutes who played las year and from whom some good mate rial may be developed this year ant who will return are, Dustin, who played substitute guard; the younger Sutphin also sub-guard; Mcfarland, sub-cen ter; Conner, and J. P. Camp, sub-ends
 Atkin and Hines, sub-half- backs, anC Gerard, sub-full back. Of last year.
 team Hamlin, Ely, Hines and Benjamin
 will surely return