The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-11-21
SPORTING NEWS.
Yale Takes a Slump i'm Her
Practice Work.
Second Eleven Scores Fifteen
Points on Regulars.
MEN WORN AND SORE.
Fincke Likely to Succeed Wear
at Quarterback.
Harvard Cripples Return to the
Work Again.

New Haven. Conn. Nov. 21.-The
scrubs scored Is points on the Yale var
sity team yesterday in less than ten
minutes of open practice and prevented
the regulars, at that, from making a
single touchdown. What took place IN
the secret practice, however Is not re-
vealed. Ten OF the points scored by the
scrubs We're credited to Sharpe, whose
brilliant run of half the length of the
field would have set the spectators WIid
with enthusiasm had il been made IN a
championship game. Sharpe broke from
several tacklers in succession and was
twice tripped up, but, almost unalded
by interference, crossed the goal me
Three minutes later he dropped field
goal from the 80 yard line. Wilhelm
scored another touchdown in short or
der.
The facts stated indicate what sort Of
game the Yale eleven put up Were II
on any day but one following a hard
game it would cause panic But the
coaches do not think the showing 1ndl-
Gates reversal of form. Wear. Sheldon
and Capt. Brown, however, looked drawn
and ashen-p pale, as if we'll worn down.
Bloomer looked tired and lighter in
weight, but played hard opposite the
sineWy kunZig. Coy was not played
except in secret
Quarterback Wear was perfectly con-
sistent with his record of the season and
fumbIed with regularity nearly every
punt that came to him. Frank Barber,
80, who played quarter on Billy"
Rhoades' team in 1891, came to coach
Wear, but Wears case seems so aggra-
waiting that it is apparently chronic. The
coaches seem to think so, for they call
ed Cook and Sharpe into play today and
kept them catching punts long after the
open work ceased. This is regarded as
indication that FinclSe will probably
go into the Harvard game at quarter
back, and the big half-backs, Sharpe
and Cook, start the game.
Yale is brushing up the fine points of
the more brilliant and varied style of
play for the Harvard game. For in
stance. Hale was tried repeatedly today
by Coach William T. Bull at kicking
line Hale missed only one out of six
attempts. But in the hard work of
scrimmaging Hale and Fincke were
spared. They were played only in de-
fensive work, Cook doing most of the
running with the ball for the varsity
Trainer Murphy is anxious about the
men There is grave danger that I'M
less the work of the week is light the
rush line will lose snap and vim. The rest
which the scrubs had enabled them to
so into the play with SO much more
force and speed that they in turn made
practically the same team that defeat
ed Princeton on Saturday look fully as
helpless as were the Tigers.
HARVARD CRIPPLES RETURN.
Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 21.-The prae-
t1ce or the Harvard team was mostly in
side the baseball cage, because of the
cold rain outside. The work in conse-
Quence was not effective nor valuable
L AAE Sls5A1d4a were Iun through nan
an hour and some of the men were Civ
en- individual coaching. Then the two
elevens We're sent out TO Wallow around
in the mud for 40 minutes in an alleged
practice half It was terrible work for
the players and did not produce any
definite results. Captain DAILY was in
uniform again and seemed to be nearly
recovered from his accident He still
limps, but says he feels well, and Mac
Masters says he viii surely have the
captain ready to play the entire game
next Saturday. Ellis and Sawin were
also out and played through the prac-
tice hair. They are nearly well again