The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-07
YALE TEAM TO BE PICKED
BEST PLA YERS 10 BE SELECTED
FROM squad THIS WEEK.
Positions Yet to be FiIIed-TackIes and
ENDS Not Decided-Cutten May with.
draw from Practice

Several hundred students from both
the academic and scientific depart
ments at Yale attended yesterday az
tefnoon's practice of the eleven, At
the field they all sat together and sue
ceeded by showing keen appreciation
of good playing. in instilling much
more life into the practice than was
expected, it being the first since the
West Point game. Few of those who
played in the game on Saturday took
part in the practice, they having been
ordered 10 rest by the coaches. These
latter were present at the practice in
undiminished numbers, and allowed
those players who were on hand no
respite from their efforts. Their num-
Der was augmented by the presence Of
Ray Tompkins, captain of the 'S7 elev
en-, and Billy" Rhodes, captain of the
81 team.
The practice for quarters of an
hour was secret as heretofore. At 3
o'clock the gates were thrown open to
spectators. The rest of the practice
was one of hard detail, and was strung
out to rather unusual length. In the
varsity line was noted the presence of
Stillman, at right tackle, who has been
prevented from playing for over d
week by an injury similar to that sus-
tanned by Coy, the varsity end. His
companion tackle was Allen, the crew
captain. Francis and Hale, the other
candidates for the position, played on
the second eleven. The work of these
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be carefully watched by the coaches,
as it will be somewhat of a toss up
between them for the positions Cum
ha, Brown, Olcott and Fincke We're
given a rest and did not appear at the
practice. Gluten, of last years eleven,
who strengthened the line so material
ly by his playing in the practice last
week, was not on hand either, and his
absence was somewhat felt by the
coaches. He is suffering, it is said,
from a carbunckle, which gives him
much pain 1t is not thought that he
has withdrawn from practice for good,
and he will probably appear this after
noon. Should the team have Cutten
with it for the next two weeks little
apprehension would be felt over the
center of the line in the Harvard game.
Already Cunha has benefited very per-
ceptibly by the veterans presence, as
was shown in the West Point game on
Saturday.
One of the tasks confronting Hinckey
who is coaching the end candidates,
is the development Of the right pair Of
men for the Harvard game. Snitzer
who played the position with Gould in
Saturdays game, is not a poor player
but neither he, Gould nor Winter are
up to the form of Schweppe or Thorn
as, who started off the season so prom
isingly. Schweppe has bad shoulder
and Thomas is still suffering from the
injury to his eyes received in the CO.
lumbia game. Therefore neither are
certain of getting into shape again in
time. 1t was thought last week that
Half Back Sharpe might be tried in
the position, and he was replaced by
Dupee with that intention His work
in the West Point game, though, show
ed the effect of the excellent practice of
the week, and Captain Mcbride now
seems inclined to keep him in his regu-
lar position. If either of the present
ends prove unsatisfactory it is prob
dble THAT StOu pair can De made
from some of the candidates for the
position of half back, of which their
are quite number. Adams, Dupee.
Richards, Minor, Chadwick and Bur
dick are all fast, speedy players.
outside of the ends and center and
possibly the tackles there is not much
about the team that is causing the
coaches anxiety. This weeks practice
Will bring the best men to the fore,
and the game with Pennsylvania State
college team on Saturday will doubtless
reveal the men who are picked for the
big games. Over the showing of the
team in the West Point game the
coaches are rather taciturn, although
it is evidently not because of any dis
satisfaction They have not as yet de-
termined whether or not West Point
was stronger when she met Yale than
in her contests with Princeton and
Harvard, and can therefore make no
real comparison between the teams.
'"THE DRUMMER ROyn