The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-22

The Brown team got down to solid.
hard work yesterday. and the practice
was very encouraging. All the regular
men. with the single exception. OF Tin
shehan, were out. and lined up against
the second team.
Bates opened up by kicking some Of
his long. spiral punts down to the backs.
while the iinemen were drilled In getting
down under them.
After a half-hour OF this preliminary
work the teams were lined up I'm very
peculiar fashion The entire side of the
Varsity eleven was pulled over against
the opposite side. and then the second
eleven line put behind them to brace
them up This left four Varsity linemen
and the four backs against double num-
ber on the other side.
Ball. Paine and Bates were doing the
rushing. however. and even against such
big Odds they managed TO make their
distance each time.
After they had scored a touchdown on
this combination. the Varsity backs were
pulled over on the second eleven, ana
the Varsity linemen were given a chance
TO show what they could do on defence.
Sheehan's absence was felt here TO
marked degree. and the regular line SEEM
ed 10 be all at sea in stopping plays BAH,
Bates and Kimball never failed to gain
ground through the firsts line. BY a
series of smashing mass plays these fel-
lows, with the seconds linemen 10 aid
them. took the ball across the varsity
line, Ball making the touchdown.
Toward the close or ,he ar al's,noUn =, ,',ars >
ter back. willis kimball relieved Bates at
full back.
The signal practice ran of much more
smoothly than the night before, the pres
ence of tho regular men being the cause
of the improved playing. No new plays
will be tried against syracuse saturday,
and Brown will rely solely on her straight
line smashes and end runs. Capt. WASH
burn Is expected 10 be out of the hos
pital and ready for practice either today
or tomorrow, and his presence VIII
greatly increase the good work OF the
team.
The Syracuse boys will arrive I'm town
today, and spend two afternoons I'm Prov
idence before the game. During this pc
riod they will indulge in secret practice
and do all in their power 10 get accus-
toned 10 their new surroundings In time
for Saturdays game. The Syracus. team
has been coached this season by Sweet
land, the old Cornell tackle, and they
have made wonderful progress under his
direction. a week ago last Saturday
they played the strong Dickinson team,
ana defeated fncU. Last SATURDAY
triumphed over Rochester.
The Syracuse Weekly, in commenting
upon the coming game with Brown, says
that II their team puts up the game
against the Providence college that IL
showed against Dickinson, the result
Will be a surprise. The article admits
that Brown has very strong eleven,
and praises her for her good work in the
Harvard game. IL also says that n SYRIA
cuse victory is unexpected, although not
impossible This Is the farthest point
that the New York boys have ever
reached on a football trip and the rumor
IS that they are very anxious TO do
themselves credit.
Brown, however, will be ready for them
end her supporters may safely count on
a decisive victory.
Coach Robinson was assisted yesterday
by Emory. 81.
The Varsity lined up yesterday as fol-
lows: r.. e., Abbott: r. l., Whittemore;
r &; Melendy: c.. Wheeler; l. g.. Hall: l.
l.; keene / e., slocum; q. b.. Scudder
tNade): r h. b.. Ball tBarry); l. h. b.,
Paine (Newton); (. b.. Bates OkimbalD.