The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-26
SIGNAL PRACTICE BEGUN
sN1PPY WORK OF FOOTBALL MEN
 1T YALE FIELD.

Gordon Brown Arrives and Piays-Eiy on sileiines-Coach Murphy Win ,.o,,eyc Eleyeu-No Head Coach Yet.
 Signal practice for the members or the Yale football colony was carried out for the first time of the season at Aale field yesterday. Coach Fred Murphy was present and instructed the players after the lineup.
 Promptly at o'clock the field was invaded by the little army in blue Jer- seys and padded jeans. Immediately half dozen balls were flying in the ar and there was a period of warming up."
 Presently the squad divided, the can didates for back positions lining up to receive their customary punts, while the line men, under the supervision or James o. Rodgers, practlced talllng OH the ball and tacklng the dummy III another part of the field.
 Coach Bull, the former well kho"n fullback and champion drop hchei' stood at the fifty-yard line ana ooiii- barded probationers with long driVlhs punts. He was dissatisfied at the sius- gishpess shown in approaching the pall' | and in lack of concentration upon tiSe subiect The ball, he said, should De watched from the moment that IL lele | his foot, and judged more accurately as it approached the applicant Dupee, Blogden and Kiefer did some clever work for Bull, for which they recelVeo due appreciation. Kiefer, however is "impossible" because of interference OH l the part of the faculty.
 1 Gordon Brown returned yesterday | fresh and sunburned from his vacation. | He had been travelling, he said, and was unable to be present when the practiee l began a week ago. He playeu very 'moderately, as he was desirous of | avoiding stiffness. Charles Brown l9Vo | his brother, is to arrive Thursoay' anu will immediately join the squad. ne has had q successful probation upon the eridron at Groton school, an lnstltutloi which is a nursery of football. Gayloro of I.awrencevile is another freshmai candidate of golden promise. AL the field yesterday there were no freshmeH candidates, the colony being made ul by the members of the 1902 team, anc players from the junior classes.
 The practice concluded by the candi dates lining up in two elevens to ue velop their skill in passing the pali blocking and getting down the field. Tn terference was a strong feature Of thl play. Signals were used for the frs time. The varsity eleven was arranget as follows:
 Thomas, left end; Stillman, lief tackle Brown, left guard; Cunha' cen ter. Rowland, right guard; Francis right tackle; Coy, right end; Flnkt guard Sharpe, left halfback; Kiefel right halfback; Mcbride, captain, full back.
 Sharpe had recovered from the injur to his foot and was allowed to play
 Coy was succeeded by Gibson. Dupe
 was not included in the lineup. Aucf , inclos, one of the most promising car . tlidates for halfback remained idl'
 JJpon the side lines were Dr. Hull, tf
 medical adviser Morris Ely, the qua , terback, who will participate to-day Robert Hxon, assistant manager an
 Sid Coe, trainer.
 Murphy and Rodgers coached tf
 two eevens. Murphy said that l
 thought Yale had better material tha
 ever, "as they always had" and tht
 the outlook was indeed promising.
 No head coach has as yet been ar \ nounced, although it is supposed thf
 Bull may accept this position. Rodt
 CTS, on account of his duties at the Ha
 yard Law school, will be unable coach during the entire season. Thor
 and Butterworth are expected With
 a few days,
 The first game is scheduled next Sa
 urday with Amherst. It will be shor
 consisting of fifteen-minute halves.