The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-14
SANFORD ON DECK.
Ex-center of Yale Shows Cunha Points
of Game.


New Haven, Conn, Nov. 13.-The
sensation of the day on Yale field was
the appearance of C. Foster Sanford,
the former Yale centre and the present
coach Of the Columbia foot ball eleven,
who was invited to assist in the work
of coaching the Yale players. He took
the entire lot Of college and varsity
forwards to one side after the hour
of secret signal practice, and instructed
them in some of the finer points of the
team play and also in individual work
He particularly instructed Tomlinson in
playing of centre and Olcott and Giles
in the position of guards.
Meanwhile, Captain Mcbride, Dupee
and the leading candidates for back Of
the line were on the other end of the
field practicing catching and punting.
Cunha was with them. The varsity and
college sides were soon lined up for two
Commute halves. The playing was fast
and fierce, particularly during the first
half, Is men being put into the college
side whenever the varsity had the
ball. This was of course to try out the
offense. The playing of Hale at left
tackle was the feature of this half.
Hale has not been playing for a week,
but today played with vim and speed
that was furious. He placed himself
once again distinctly in the lead for
tackle Once he broke through, blocked
Hyde's kick and secured the ball after
it had bounded fully 10 yards out of the
squad. Hale was complimented highly
by Sanford and the coachers. Gile
played a star game at guard opposite
Olcott, and for his work was placed on
the varsity in Olcott's place.
A regrettable feature of this half, the
only one that Mcbride took part in,
was his fumbling of punts. His own
kicking was good but he twice in sue
cession missed easy enough catches
and only secured the ball by falling on
it. Besides Sanford, eX-Capt. McClung
and Butterworth We're on hand to as
sist Coaehers Rodgers, Bull, Hinkey,
Murphy and Cochran. Sanford will re-
main with the team tomorrow He said
after the practice today that he wished
he could spend a week with the team,
as the material was good but needed
special coaching Despite the rather
hard work, the men finished fresh and
strong.
Head Coach Rodgers of the Yale foot
ball squad said tonight, when asked
for a statement as to what players
would compose the Yale foot ball eley-
en- in the Harvard game, that although
the coaCherS had held conference TINS
evening, they had not selected the~elev
en- and that the choice would not be
definitely made for two days at least:
There is much uncertainty as to the
ends, one tackle and the halfbacks.
Hubbell and SchWeppe seem to have the
call for the ends, and Hale and Still
man for tackles, but of halfbacks any
two out of. six or eight may
go in to start the game. Coach
Foster Sanford took Cunha, the big
Hawaiian, by himself, this afternoon
after the days practice at the field as
he did previous to the field playing, and
coached him in the playing of the CEN
ter position, showing him all he knew
about now to fill the place.
Four hours of individual coaching
hard and nerye-racking, took ten
pounds off Cunha in weight, and tonight
he is utterly exhausted but triumphant
in having learned much about playing
center. Tomorrow he will get chance
to use his new found knowledge.