The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-10
Alumni Weekly.

| statement Oy Walter Camp In thls Alumni Weekly.
 The Yale team will not. as was al first thought, be picked after the game with Pennsylvania State college on Sat
 urday, The fiercest competition for positions on the eleven in the big
 Jim" Rogers said last evening that
 the men would not be selected before
 the middle of next week. MT. Rogers also said that the hard detail practice
 now being given to the eleven would
 not cease at the end of this week, but
 would be kept up, if necessary, right
 up to the Harvard game. He said that
 the trouble with the Yale eleven is not
 lack of good material, but lack of
 knowledge of the game. Outside of the
 men who were on the varsity eleven
 last year he said the men as a whole
 are a green lot, and the stiff daily prac-
 tice now going on is necessary in order
 to bring them to a right understanding
 of the game.
 Coach Rogers words at this period
 Of the elevens development are full of
 significance. They not only explain
 the policy of the coaches in pursuing
 their present tactics in regard to the
 eleven, but they also show in just what
 light the eleven is regarded by the
 coaches. The practice, ever since the
 Columbia game, has been daily routine
 of the hardest kind, in which nearly
 all the substitutes have been given a
 trial against the varsity players. The
 work has been hard on the latter, and
 the policy of the coaches in keeping it up has been wondered at. Coach Rog- CTS words explain the matter fully. The Yale eleven this year is very like
 ly in the same position as was the '97 eleven, which beat Princeton when all hopes of a victory had departed from the breasts of its sympathizers. The eleven was composed almost entirely of green players, but practice such as the present eleven is receiving brought them to the fore. It is not at all un- likely that the 1900 team may do like wise.
 If the men suffer not from over training towards the last of next week, the eleven will certainly be as full of football in the Harvard game as it is possible for it to be. In the daily prac- tice they show the greatest improve ment with each succeeding day. In yesterdays practice the varsity scored upon the second eleven in the first half minute of play and the whole practice of the afternoon was characterized by the same snap and quick playing, For hn fsct i,,,n e.i, Ja;. game all the members of the first elev- en were in line. Cunha succeeded Tom ltnson at center, and taking into con sideratio his sore shoulder and long l rest played fairly good game. His | playing now though, is not much su- perior to that of Tomlineon, and he | will have to show the greatest inn | provement in it to assure himself the | position in the big games. Brown and | olcott lined up as guards Hale and | otillman as tackles, and Gould and | Winter as ends. This lineup is the one hat is receiving the most attention | rom the coaches, and it is likely to be he one eventually picked for the de- ,isive contests. In back of the line the has settled down to two pairs of men for the halves, either one If which is likely to be chosen. Sharpe md Adams and Chadwick right half. All four play a sure game, and show plenty of grit Besides them Dupee | md keane are strong possibilities. The ormer has been tried at full back dur ng the practice games of the last two lays, and in this position has attracted considerable attention. His bunting is luite remarkable, fully up to that of 1cBride, and should the latter feel in disposed in any of the games to come e may be given a trial
 Reference was made above to the possibility of the men overtraining themselves in the hard work which is ow required from them by the coach- s. Every precaution is being taken 3 prevent such a catastrophy, and ach player is being watched from day 9 day by Trainer Jim Robinson, to revent them from getting out of con- ition. pr. T. J. Sanford of this city, ne medical adviser to the team, dined 'ith the men last evening and took ote of the food they are given, and le relish with which it is eaten by le prayers. Ine numDer at the var ty training table now is eighteen In a signed article in the Yale Alum weekly, which appeared yesterday, Ialter Camp wrote as follows
 From a wealth of raw material a ( lirly active and very willing team has t zen developed by the energy and per f stence of MT Rodgers and Captain cBride. The early progress was slow | nd tedious, Then followed a period a
 decided encouragement eliminating
 the victory over Wisconsin. Wheth- i
 this success had a deteriorating eff ct or not, the team did not advance ring the next week, and upon meet g Columbia suffered a defeat that 0 emed for the moment paralyzing to y 5 progress Then the university it. u If came to the front and showed the d am that there was confidence in their t. ,ility in spite of the disa ster Under d is inspiration and aided by the re- m of a number of devoted coaches t. e team has taken on new life The ft 9aknesseS of the individuals are a town, and are not regarded as un- Their play is not yet up
 that of Harvard nor up to the stand d of veteran team, and so there is l a II much to do. The makeup of the c wen will be such that to beat it will M