The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-29
ROGERS IS HEAD COACH
ANNO UNCEAEENT MADE BY CAP
 TAIN M'BRIDE YEsTERDAY.
Prominent Yale Athlete Accepts the Important Position-short but Lively
 "o''ce Yesterday Afternoon-Bnt- terworfh Views Material sVith Favor.

FF"ctice Yesterday Afternoon-But- ] tefworsh Views Material gVtth Favor.
 The official announcement of Yalee l cholce for the position of head football
 Soacli TOT the ensuing season was made l oy Captaln Mcbride yesterday. The | man thus honored is James Otis Rog- CTS 9o, captain of the '97 eleven and one ot the foremost of Yales athletic auVlsera and younger alumni The
 cholce created no surprise among the undergraduate body, as it had been | confidently expected, the only cause of delay being the undecision of Rogers himself. who at first did not see his ! way clear to having the necessary time at his disposal. An arrangement Whlch he has been able to make with the Harvard faculty, whereby he might continue his studies in the law
 school, and at the same time be at
 liberty to devote his available time to
 football at Yale, has however cleared
 matters up, and he has accepted the protfered position. He will be assisted, as heretofore, by Billy Bull and
 Frank Murphy, who will not allow the
 work to lapse any during his enforced
 absences.
 The announcement was received with
 enthusiasm on the campus yesterday
 and at the afternoon practice q large
 number of students thronged to the
 field. The practice was held for the
 first time on the regular field, which
 has now been enclosed once more on
 all four sides by the big bleachers. The number of candidates who reported
 was quite as large as yesterday and there were some new faces among them. George Goss, freshman, who played on the Hotchkiss school eleven for two years before coming to college and who won heavyweight wrestling match for the freshmen on Wednesday night, was on hand, and was imme- diately put into the game by Mcbride. He played at right tackle and covered the position we'll, breaking through the line quite frequently.
 Besides Rogers, Murphy and Bull, ButterWorth and Ely were also on hand to direct the work of the men. But little time was spent in preliminary work, and the men selected for the varsity eleven at once lined up against the college eleven. The ball was given to the former in the first half, and they steadily forced it down the field. Me Bride followed the line with Rogers and Bull and kept constantly shouting ad- vice to the players Mcconnell played center for the varsity, Cunha being laid up with sprained foot as a result of the work of the day before. Beside him at right guard played Charles Brown, a brother of Gordon Brown who stood behind him and steadily coached him in handling Wade, who opposed him. Brown is a freshman but played for three years on the eleven of Groton school, and understands the game thoroughly. He handled Wade in masterly fashion, although the lat ter is an old player, and weighs at least 200 pounds. Brown and Leary are likely to be strong competitors for the position of left guard.
 Behind the line Sharpe played at full back, and made some good gains 1 through the line. When the ball was brought to the fifteen yard line he , tried for a goal from the field, but fail- ed, the ball going to one side.
 Tn the second half the ball was given to the college eleven. Dupree made some good gains for these, but the varsity line as whole was much stronger than it was yesterday, and heir gains were immaterial,
 Practice was over before o'clock, the quickest this season, and the coaches seemed we'll satisfied with the work of he men. Butterworth, the veteran coach, who had been silent spectator # the practice, was asked what he thought of the material. He said, with l smile, that it was too early as yet to orm an opinion, but he thought they we're a likely lot of youngsters.