The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-15
NOT ABOVE CRITICISM
WORK OF YALE'S ELEVEN TESTER
 DAY, VERY DISCOUR4GING.

Is a Constant Shifting of PIayers-Ab- sence of Team Work Very Noticeable Captain Rodgers in the Gamo Again Cutten, the Big Center, Has About Re- covered-Other News Notes.
 The makeup of the Varsity eleven at present is just as uncertain as it was before the fall practice began. Every day so many changes are made that it is impossible for those interested to get any sort of a line on the men who will face Princeton.
 The advantage Of this constant changing of men cannot be seen by the supporters of the blue. The coach es may know how this method will de- velop winning team, but any one who knows anything about the training of a football team knows that where two men play side by side for week or so at a time they are able to depend on each other, and consequently there is more team work.
 This team work is absolutely neces- sary in the modern game. The day of individual playing is past. Last years work in the game with Princeton should have been a good lesson for Yale so far as individual work was concerned. The feam work was rank, while the major ity of the men put up fine individual game.
 Another thing which is hard to un- llerstand Is the manner in which four men who were called back for early practice have been completely turned down since Coach Butterworth took charge of the team. These four men altogether have not had more than a half dozen chances since the first of October. These men have not had the chance to display their ability like sev- eral of the fortunate ones who happen to meet the favor of the coach. They have the ability, and it is either lack of personal friendship or favor that has relegated them to the rear. The cus- tom of former Yale coaches to give each and every man a fair and impartial chance seems to have lost it's force with Coach Butterworth.
 The changes of yesterday were sev- eral and quite surprising. Marshall, who has been playing guard all fall, was put in at center on the Varsity and Chadwick guard on the scrub. Me Farland has again appeared on the field and he was tried at guard on the scrub. Chamberlain played end for the scrub. Captain Rodgers and Ben- jalnin both played at the respective po- sitions of left guard and right half. The work of the scrub was especially mo- ticeable They succeeded in forcing the Varsity down the field and scored a touchdown.
 The Varsity team as it lined up in the first half was composed of the best men on the squad and the idea that what may be called Yale's representa- tive team should allow the scrub team to succeed in getting a touchdown is very discouraging.
 Cutten was out in football togs yes- terday for the first time since his re- cent injury. He has about recovered.
 E. Hale, jr., '9S, has been taken to the University training table.
 Mcfarland, '9SS,, has joined the foot ball squad again.
 The Harvard '9s football team has voted to challenge the '99 football team of Yale.
 The Kipling club will hold it's first meeting next Monday evening at 3S3 Berkeley.
 The fall regatta will be held next Saturday on Lake Whitney. The crews entered are the senior, junior, sopho- more and freshman class crews. An effort is being made to have the scrub crews, which were such an interesting feature of the spring regatta, take part but it is doubtful whether sufficient men will come out as so many are now interested in football and track ath- 1etics.
 The first issue of Volume VII of the Yale Law Journal will appear on Fri day Among it's contents will be the following articles:
 Absolute Power-An American h. stitution," by Hon. Simeon E. Bald win of the Connecticut supreme court; s'The Remedy for Lynch Law by Will liam Reynolds of the Baltimore bar; "The Influence of the Eighteenth Novel of Justinian," by Robert c. Fergus, D. C. L., of the Chicago bar.
 By the will of the late John F. At water, '34, a valuable piece of property will come into the possession of the university at the death of Mrs. At water, who at present has the income of the estate. The property which is situated opposite Sheffield hall, extends 116 feet on College street and 90 feet on Grove street. The land is now oc- cupied by five brick houses. A conser- vative estimate fixes the value of the property at s40,000. The land is con- veniently situated for the further ex- tension of the Sheffield Scientific school if necessary.
 The Yale Gymnastic association has commenced to make active prepara- tions for it's winter work. This year. besides the regular annual exhibition with the Princeton gymnastic team, there will also be exhibitions with Co., iumbia college at Newark, N. J., at Hartford and at Bridgeport. The class es have not yet been formed, but the dates for meeting will be decided on in a short time.
 The instructors in the work this year MilI be: