The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-21

eft end. Craig; left tackle, De La Mater
t s1 s2fFE TsS gs sG Haor TsS
end, Rutsson quarter back Roberts left hall
'ThornS; fui back. Blunt This team averages
l4s ponnds. The centre men average lo'
represented the university in some time.
ITHACA Oct. 20 Cornell football enthusiasts
. again had cause this afternoon 70 be diacour-
aged with the prospects OF Their, Varsity toam.
After, very, satisfactory. signal practice the
former having the ball aud the result was that
The scrubs not only held the Varsity hut broke
'.incrrtion. Several times the new formations
were tried. and each time the second team sue
the Intention Of Goach Haughton to permit the
! Varsity to score one touchdown. hut atterahout
by 0 the varsity he ras s Il. team from the
! field. BY many this apparent weakness Of the
the is to s %o2R
scrubs. almost to a man. know the Varsity zig;
! the most vulnerable points In the line. On
! tn" whole the work to-day was anything but
team will md Lehigh ready TO give them
a hard game tomorrow unless there is some
! Varsity end Is laii up with lame ankle. and
/ will be out ot the play for time. Tanssg
played i in to tom" game. Capt. st"rbueS
vi n all PROBABILITY hi not RarteirS"te IN fhs
| in the tackle positions. Foger and Mueden.
rs hs
is as much to be accomplished as there was
week since.
NEW HAVEN. Oct 2o:-If there were any
men Gr9nnd YGs FIELD loot Ss
game. When pract co began at = o'clock the
| big gates to the enclosure were closed az a
guard to all but the niayers. and for three
quarters OF an hour star &C, Sha an session
ssysr in ? !Se eo 81" w,na sn% %n,fI t rash.
half Of about ten minutes the university
scored twice against the college side and
| not enough vim in the men to rIenss the coaches.
A very encouraging feature In the afternoons
F Maze was ina at T" Franc. and
hid, excellent work when the college had the
ball, Several tines inc he vent thro%Eh ,nr his
below Francis's stature in, the offensive game.
| last two weeks TINT nobody doubts his ability
to win the tackle position. 1t would now seem
opposite tackle. For i time he stood still and
even fell from his hest form. but he has passed
that place now and to-day was the most active
man on the team and made n good part OF the
game. There are no misSiyings here as to the
outcome OF the game with Wisconsin to-mor
| row.
CAMBRIDGE Oct. 2o.-To-night Harvard is
| ready for the much Wanted Brown aRRrrRa-
ton, and hard game is expected to;morrov.
es Of hSe BEEN fn@
New England colleges. am. everybody in Cam
erid;' My realizes that il thy can mako 81,
VII MAKE i's best sTorts 0 to Keep ' hsm rom rom
even moaey ' at TeaSits tSas BroW" would
not not sGor, but he greater Part Of
| tice this afternoon was short hut very snappy.
The mon were only kept at it ten minutes, but
lasted consequently the scrub was riprcd up
the back n good style. the Varsity Ieng able
a. the sGs egd
Istt , Ss $seE ana Hill I'D K:nd" e fuIi
usual stood at quarter This Combination d ID
some beauti y team work and when they did
made some good individual runs.
The severe practice at Columbia Yesterday
was surprise to many who thought the team
6ses Stafford Th
he PIT siShteen men on the scrub team and
BAL over the line for a t9uchdown before many
recty. almost Wholly u" agai s,sfA the "e VARSITY
center sePts aad guard. and Tor a time large
lines yelled fora Varsity brace and this came.
For twenty minutes the backs hit the scrub
| INV anu NV Slndil gains managed TO score
twice-never max ing much over the requisite
five yards on -four downs. On the line ur Will
Behind esK
ence. The field is twenty. yards shorter than
the regulation distance. which accoun,s for the
| many touchdowns in twenty-five minutes OF
LsTsP ION; Morley and Wilson for the 'var.ity
several Kicks, Blocked the first Of which % rel
| suited in safety.
Berkeley School team, defeated Dwight
Berkeey's first game OF the season and they
bows played q much better game than at any
other time during the season. but they still
Their tackling was out OF the regular order.
their Interference wretched; and in following
evenly contested, The ball was fn IN 's cd and
exchanged hands several times. Berkeley got
i c En- pwgh,s ten,yHrd line from where
| ktcH"t goal. No more scoring was done in
this, half In the second hnlf the Dwight play
| goals wero Kicked. Dwight managed to score
ana running forty yards before he was downe d.
IT was easy work for Dwight TO send Bundags
over for touchdown. The try at goal failed.
PHIIApELrH1A. Oct. .20.-Pennsylvanta in.
auGnrated secret practice on franklin Field
| is expected with Lafayette Tomorrow Tricks
| have been OF rare occurrence in the games to
date. but to-day quite mum Dor Of them were
prartsed SO that they can he used on Inrav-
| cite in preparation for the coming Chicago and
| Harvard battles: This. mum per OF the coaches
| pronounced as foolish, as the men do not yet
know the rudiments let alone fancy work.
Infayettes guards back tore many big holes in
| Princeton s line and It should do even more
! against the weak Quaker defence. II nevor
| rams but i pours at PENNSYLVANIA and to-day
! the already long cripple list was added to by
an injury to Hall Back Smith. He wrenched
! his ankle in making tackle and cannot play
! tomorrow.
| CAMBRIDGE. Oct. 20-ThA Harvard football
! team to-niGht received a challenge from the
( University OF California for game 10 be PLAYED
| n San Francisco on, Christmas Day. As the
! Crimson eleven will have finished its season
| and gone out Of training long before that time
and as the, consent Of the Athletic Committee
| could probably not be obtained for such an
extended trip. the challenge had to he declined.
! ID. A. Baldwin, former Phillips Exeter
| Academy quarter back and captain was elected
cantain Of the Harvard freshmen eleven 10
! night. j. l.. Knox was also appointed tho
elavens head coach, in place Of j: f. Norton
! shaw. resigned. The dates OF the Harvard
IreShm"n games are Pennsylvania. Nov. 4;
! Yale. Nov %.