The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-24
The East Tries New Men in the
Football Lineup.
Capt. Starbuck Watches Cor
nelrs Players Closely.
ARE PLEASED
Tigers TackIing "Straw Men,
i'm Snappy Fashion.
Harvard Has a Squad of Heavy
Weights This Year.

Ithaca, N. z, Sept A.-Cornell's foot
ball team lined up. for the first scrim-
mage Saturday afternoon. The two
teams We're thrown together at ran
dom, simply to give the backs chance
to see what they could do with straight
plays. Captain Starbuck said after the
practice that the play was exception
ally snappy for the first line-up. The
scrimmage was continued for fifteen
minutes, and none of the participants
showed any signs of WEAKNESS after it
was over. Coach Haughton thinks the
past week Of light practice has rounded
the men into very good condition. Sew
eral new men came out to try for the
line. and Captain Starbuck wore
broad grin when the practice was over.
Among the more promising are: Hunt,
"a, who weighs 200 and comes from
the St Paul school at Garden City;
Kinney, '04, weight 1856 pounds. who
comes from Lawrence school, and Vor-
his, '04, weight 1879 pounds. from the
Cleveland high school. Bobby Young,
last years quarterback, was on hand,
and will remain to coach the candidates
for his old position for a week.
Princeton, N. j., Sept. 24.-The candi-
dates seemed TO show the advantage of
late hour practice by the snappy play
they put UP Saturday afternoon. The
old straw filled dummy was called into
use for the first time this season. Cap
tain PelI carefully watched every man
as he made the dive at the Stubbed legs
Maths and Dodgeman are both inn
proving wonderfully in kicking quickly.
The candidates We're given the first
chance to show their real worth In a
position, a rather loosely formed line
up having been tried. Dock HilIe-
brand was on the field in football togs,
and carefully watched and corrected the
linenen in the formations. Only the
simplest plays were tried. Sam Craig.
guard on last years team, viii not be
back this year, having gone into the
ministry. Young, the seminary student
from Cornell, was out and put up a
lively practice
Cambridge, Mass, Sept 24-Captain
Daily and Coach DibbIee have begun to
thin out the Harvard squad. and the
varsity team is beginning to take shape.
The first game of the season will be
played one week from Saturday, and
the managers want to have the per-
manent lineup well under way by that
time. Very little work was done Satur-
day. The squad of heavier linenen has
been Joined by Riggs of the 1903 fresh
men, 194-pound man, who stands over
years scrub, and Henderson. 1901, who
rowed the fogr-oar last spring.
Spratt and Henderson are out for
tackles and weigh 181 and l73 pounds
Lee. Blagden, McGrew, Lewis, White
Well, De Long, Carroll, Jim Lawrence,
Barnard Grew, and Fox, a new man,
who played with 1908 last season. Next
to Lee Carroll is the sturdiest man for
guard, while besides Jim Lawrence for
tackle, Barnard and Lewis would be
first choice IL a lineup was necessary
today.
New Haven. Conn, Sept. 24.-Coluna-
bia university's football squad came to
the Yale field Saturday afternoon to see
Captain Gordon Browns men work.
Rogers, the big Columbia guard, sprain-
ed his ankle SO badly that he will be out
of the game for month and may be
able to play nc more this season. FL. B.
Weekes wrenehed his knee and Austin
tackle, got a badly cut forehead Half
of the Columbia's squad quit their train
ing quarters here and went back to New
York to take examinations in their stu
dies. beginning on Monday. This prac-
tically ends the training of the squad
here. At the Yale practice Frank But
terworth's coaching was a feature HIS
handled the backs especially. Sharpe