New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-21
FOOTBALL.
PRELIMINARY PRACTICE WITH THE PIC
SKIN AT THE BIG COLLEGES.

SKIN AT Ihf bl' Nol'LI'br"7'
Princeton. \. J.. Sept. ?o-Eishtcen men appeared
on the Varsity field to-day and were put thtoush
, little lmbering-up process. Ry the end OF the
oL tbis number is expected to ne increased three
fold and something definite in the way of an eleven
developed Just at this point the state or anairs
Is delightfully."- chaotic. II is not the Idea OF the
management however. tn begin real football WORK
until tomorrow when the 'hNc'siS pce"' "'
lSsd year of academic life,
70 dov tho first coaches appeared on the field TO
aid Captan Hilebrand in his work OF wedding out
the eleven. John Poe who regularly has charge "t
the backs came last night, and Howard {. brokaw
of New York. who played a star game AT 'hu Ill
1896 came to coach the end candidates. The chances
OF having a good end to replace Garry Cochrane are
growing decidedly brighter. Following close Oh the
news that Lathrop. who substituted last year.
would be mustered out OF his regiment this week
came the tldngs that Oglesbys knee would allow
him to play. aud he appeared to-day. oSlesoy was
considered one OF the best of the candidates last
year he seeming To initiate cochrane Sr'at pom. or
always being the place where the ball zen on the
ana s,nashinr Interference but his knee was
1ured early In the season ana he was removed from
watkins. centre field of the baseball nne and can
didae for quarterback. came out to-day Watkins
has many points in his favor. He Is sure passer.
has u good head for running a team. and Is Il very
hard and certain tackler hut he has hitherto been
loo light 10 be used on the Varsity Beam. end on
the scrub Of last year Rosengarten substitute quar-
terback Arthur Poe, who is also trying for quarter
l
plete the list OF material I'M to date.
New-Haven. Conn. Sept 20.-The first practice
game In which the college and Varsity ccvens
strove TO score played this afternoon on Yale
| Field IL was a short practice with the pigskln.
only ten or nfteen minutes, The playing hard
and fast. but very loose. Captain chamberlain
got into the game himself and coached the men
from his position ut tackle. as he Is still without
the aid OF a coach. Harmon Graves formerly
hafback oh tho 81 eleven. Will come 10 New
! Haven tomorrow. and Will stay here until Frank
/ Butterworth arrives. Buttcrworth will be here on
! Friday. and Saturday will 10 with the team
10 the Trinity game.
! The most interesting feature of to-days practice
was the strength of the college line, which held
| the Varsity rushers for three downs on the one
| yard line. Neither side scored. but good work was
done by the men individually. Corwin. at half on
! the college side, injured, being kicked on the
thigh An injury like this laid him up for a long
time last year.
| Richards at guard Durston and Chamberlain at
tackle Coy and Schweppe at end. Sullivan at
quarter Beard and Benjamin at half and Marvin
at fuback Beard played his freshman eleven
two years ago. but has not had much show to play
since. He did we'll to-day, and shows good speed
| and excellent Judgment
| Cambridge. Mass. Sept. :o.-The second day $