Evening star., 1898-10-17
Glanoing Over the Leading Foot Ball
Elevens.
GOOD PROGRESS IN THEIR WORK
Men Likely to Represent the Big
-Four.
HARvARD'S NEW POLICY

The timber for the varsity elevens on
| the gridirons Of the big four in the foo:
! ball world has about baen selected and the
| process of turning 1t down to championship
! form is we'll on. With the exception of
Pennsylvania, the big elevens have rounded
| into fair shape considerably earlier in the
| season than in previous years, and ths
| coaches have had less work in the wedding
| out process than usual This fact has fig
| ure ed materially in the showing of the teams
| during the first part of their schedules In
| that development of team play has been
evidenced that could scarcely have been ex-
peoted so early.
Yale.
| Yale is following the same conservative.
| careful system of training that has turned
| out so many winning teams for the blue,
but, as previously stated. has been playing
remarkably good foot ball. considering the
age of the '3S season. AS usual with the
! approach of the harder contests, there has
been an influx of coaches at New Haven
within the last few days, among whom was
Frank Butterworth, whose arrival was
marked by even harder work all around.
| Butterworth was largely responsible for
| the condition of the eleven which last year
| lowered the Tigers " colors and, it is
EeeuleSS 10 say, IN have COHSlucEdDle "
say in the making UP of this years team.
| There Is q hoie in the center OF Yaes
line which is bothering the coaches con-
siderably and bids fair to prove hard to
fill satisfactorily. Six men, three of whom
are pew. have been worked in the center
position during the past week. and the ex-
pertS are hardly yet satisfied, though the
theolog' Cutten. evidently has the call.
| Brown and Marshall promise to prove fix
! lures in the guard positions. and MCGEE,
providing he continues to show the game
he is now playing, will probably play the
opposite tackle to Captain Chamberlin.
Sharp, Coy and Siocovitch are out for the
| end positions, and the first two named have
! a little the better of it, as Slocovitch is de-
cidedly erratic in his work. Behind the
line Yale is especially strong. De Saules,
barring an accident will undoubtedly re-
| main at quarter and Mcbride will proba-
| bly, do the kicking: For the backs Benja-
min Dudley Townsend and Marvin give
| selection hard to better, as they all
| good ground gamers Benjamin and Dud-
! ley would possibly prove the stronger COM
bination. :n2iqE
Princeton.
Lafayette gave the Princeton Varsity
surprisingly stiff argument last Wednes-
! day and found d number of holes in the
Tiger" line which will need considerable
| Strengthening before the big games. Prince
| ton is playing the same plungng game as
| of yore, with very heavy team, but with
considerably more attention paid to the
value of a kicking game. result largely
due to decided find in Matues, new man
| and promising fun back. who puts plenty
| of distance into, his punts. The Princeton
! center trio hardly lack in weight with
| Crowds, Booth and Edwards in the posi-
! tions. but is hardly aggressive enough.
! Hildebrand and Geer make a strong team
| in tho tackle position. and Will probably
| hold their places. On the ends, Zoe. La
Dol md NraiO
| ton. with the choice in favor OF Poe and
| Palmer who are possibly the faster men
| and will prove more effective In kicking
game.
| In the back field Rosengarter will prob
| ably play quarter and Matties' full back.
! though Wheeler is possibility In the lat
ter position should he succeed in getting
| his injured arm into shape. Report has it
| that king Kelly may don the canvas
again. and in that case his position behind
| the line is assured. as he Is one or the
| greatest ground gamers Princeton has pro-
| duced. The Princeton eleven is not as
| strong today as the veteran team which
| wore the orange and black last year. but
the material is good and will be we'll
worked out before the big games are due.
Harvard.
| Harvard goes into the '9S season with a
! radical change in policy, and one decidedly
| for the better. Past seasons have taught
! the crimson kickers the worthiessness of
complicated forma tions and elaborate trick
| plays, and the Harvard coaches are drill
| ing the team his year in hard, plain foot
| ball with the best of results. The material
| at Cambridge has always been of the best.
| but has generally been sacrificed to the
| hobbies of favored coaches, and the change
| is a well-timed and will undoubtedly prove
| wise one. The weakness of the team evil
| denced in the games already played is a
| leaning toward individual playa fault
!, fat. ,,-t nGf
| teams Boal, Sargent and Burden form a
| strong center trio. which will scarcely be
| bettered, while Eaton and Mills VIII pI OBJ
| ably hold the tackle positions. tochrane
| and Helowell seem the choice for ends,
| and DAILY and Sawin are trying for quarter.
| with the choice in favor of the former
Dibbler will play one of the backs, and
| Kendall or Gierasch the other. Reid will
| in all probability take the full back posi-
| ton. though he is at present laid up with
| an injury received in the Amherst game.
| Harvard scores far speak we'll for the
| change in policy, and the crimson team
| promises to make a better showing this
| year in the big games
| Pennsyivania.
| The material in the University OF Penn
! sylvania team is ffrst-class. and the Quak-
| ers have. as usual. been piifng up big
| scores in their early games. but decided
| slump has taken place during the week,
until the Varsity finds considerable trouble
| in holding the scrub in practice, anG the
! Quaker adherents are wondering why.
| With Hare developed and McCracken in
| the three center positions Pennsy is very
| strong, and Goodman and Carnett promise
| well in the tackle positions. Folwell and
| Hedges or Coombs Will play the ends. Gar
diner needs considerable training at quar-
ter and may be displaced by Hedges, who
has been tried in that position. Walker
| has been putting up fair game at full
back though somewhat slow. He is by no
means sure of the position: Captain Out
| land has been piaNpg about all the game
| for tho backs, though Harrison, in spite
| of his light weight is promising and may
be able to hold hisf place. The Quakers
! need to take a decided brace. however and
| a number of changes will probably be made
| in the team before the Harvard game.
| Comparison.
| While a comparison of the relative
| strength of the first elevens is hardly yet
| warranted Indications show that Yale
| probably can today put the strongest team
in the field: Princeton, Harvard and Uni
! versity of Pennsylvania following in the
order named Harvard takes precedence