New-York tribune., 1899-11-17
FOOTBALL.
YALE Is FULL OF HOPE.
THE BRACE OF THE ELEVEN IN THE LAST
WEEK GREAT STIMULUS TO THE
NEW-HAvEN STUDENTS.

New-Haven Nov. Is (SpeciaD.-Yale held her last
practice this afternoon. and tomorrow morning
The team and first substitutes will start for Bos-
Ton The rest Of the squad. together with large
delegation OF undergraduates. will leave here early
Saturday morning by a special train reaching
Boston after noon.
The fast snappy practice this week has raised the
expectations OF everybody. and few students can
be found who have hopes OF victory. Frank
Hlnkey is reported as saying: Yale has as strong
A line as. and better set OF backs than. ever be-
fore" At any rate. the team has been improving
All the week under the constant supervision OF the
band OF coaches. and It will take wonderful team
10 triumph over It. The presence during two DAYS
Of Foster Sanford Coumbias coach did a great
deal ,or tbs men. There is no one who
Inspire as we'll as he that aggressiveness and dash
necessary TO a good centre or guard. BY HIS sug-
gestion Hale tried a rush and al
ready the wisdom Of the change Is apparent BY
reason Of Olcott's improvement under his vigorous
coaching Sanford has established a centre trio Of
the first order. The tackles have shown through
out the practice the same dash and speed which
characterized their work against Penn State
College. Especially in following kicks they are
almost as swift as the ends, making It hard
matter for the opposing back TO slip by. The alb
sence of Hale at tackle in he plays centre
will not be keenly felt Francis. who has shown
added speed and effectiveness. is playing fully as
well The ends who have presented many prob
well and breaking up the interference with ac-
curacy Since Hubbell is ahead Of the other can
didates he will surely be found az one extremity.
while Snitzer, Gould. Winter and Schweppe are
lighting for the other position. The last named will
the game, but because he is not in the best OF
condition he will probably last only one half.
Back of the line the Improvement has not been
SO rapid Fincke's work has been far below his
usual standard. and he has had good rest. Wear.
who has taken his place. has great ability in run
ming back punts and will be valuable substitute
Il Fincke is forced to leave the game. The final
decision as to who shall line UP as halfbacks will
moi be made until just before the departure for
Cambridge. Sharpe and Richards may be called &
trained Vale will rely mainly Keane and Chad,
HsIiowei and Campbell for Harvard, are weak on
the defensive Dupee Will have a chance to show MS
powers OF sprinting His knee, which was slightly
and Will not bother hin, by Saturday.
u Harvard's kickers because he has the ability
to pa.e his kicks and he is also sending the ball
6s6ee 3se 10 STS get doWn the the ed @ Sharpe has psc
tised this week and has improved "a IN pHmTs'
Against such fierce team as Harvard ne VIII
hardly have sufficient TT tine heoo2ad 8nd ne VIII be lucky
With Cunha out Of the game Yale has no one one
kcks Brown and Hale have been tried at kick
Ing of. but neither OF them can equaI me Dig
the game the coaches may yet decide 10 play
Cunha in which case Hale will resume his old
position OF LETT tackle
How strong Yale's offence will be against Har-
ward cannot be seeu until the game itself Behlnd
.osed gates with the utmost secrecy the new plays
nave been rehearsed. But one which consists OF
tandem -lav on tackle has been used openly, anu
fbis has proved highly successful against both the
scrubs and Penn State. In the main, hoWeVssI'
Yale will play straight old-tashloned doSepasi,
veloped from year 10 year according 10 her stano-
ards Il the field is dry end plays VIII De re-
sorted to since both Dupee and Richards are gIeSt
sprnters each being a valuable member OF one
track team. On tho defensive, While improvement
has been shown. there has been little chahee 10
measure IT, because the scrubs and Penn So So
were weak on the offence II Yale.s line can WIN
stand the heavy onslaughts Of Ellis and war
ren che will be victorious. But that II Is O's
one. .s +ha+ the
Manager Rockefeller has announces ina tha' four 5ng
tbosa nd tickets allotted More than seven huroItu
uodergraduates will leave here by the specaI u an an
Gaturdav morning and many more Will slaI ~ ~
morrow afternoon Great disgust is expressSo av
the -ung OF the faculty not 70 grant a raJ,
g sa-urdav morning II has beer the custom 70 ONT
Rotations on the morning Of the day OF Inv D.s
me- ont Of town but this year the faculty ndte
So+ed 10 hold them as usual. Because OF tnIS
ruling many men will be unable 10 20 10