The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-05

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ing-Poor Showing Against Tufts
NEW YORK Oct. 4.-The condition of
the Harvard team at present is far from
inspiring After being scored on by the
third eleven Monday the men took a
brace and roughed 1t gloriously on Tues
day, with the result that three men were
carried off the field. Hallowell the star
right end, sprained his ankle, and win
probably not appear on the gridiron for
| three weeks at least. Howe, a freshman
and promising guard, fell in fierce scrim-
mage and wrenched his leg breaking sew
eral little bones above the ankle. He was
| taken to the hospital and will not play
football again this year.
| Roberts, the 275-pound guard, who has
proved an exceptionally good line breaker.
! wrenched his foot and will be unable II
| play for week. The game with Wesleyan,
| the first of the season. demonstrated that
it will take no end of practice to get the
| men in swing for good team work. The
line work was unequivOcably bad, and
| showed no organization. and though the
running of the backs was of the highest
order, there was no unison Of effort. AS
Wesleyan did not get the bali In the first
half there was no chance for the crimson
to demonstrate how strong she was on the
defensive.
When the second eleven was put on the
defence in the second half. however. the
Wesleyan backs ripped up the line, making
short work of r. Lawrence, left tackle. and
Lee, left guard. At centre neither Sargent
nor Leyden played with any snap but
trusted entirely to their weight to hold
up the line. Haryard's centre is only in
the first stages of development. The game
put up by Barnard and BIagden showed
that much practice was needed before the
centre can even be called good. There is
still possibility of Boal. who is now in
the law school, coming out. II he does the
crimson line Will be considerably strength
ened, as he is a-splendid guard. Harvard's
backs have shown that they can be de-
pended upon in the big games. A little
more team work and organization of effort
is al that is needed.
Daily at quarter has shown his ability to
iafuse the needed amount of ginger into
his men and he has a clever substitute in
Sherlock, who will be played at quarter in
most OF the smaller games. Herman f.
Kendall and Gierasch have shown great
ability back OF the line. In the Wesleyan
game they did splendid work in conjunc-
tion with Stillman on tandem plays, al
though they did not hit the line low
enough. Stillman Is only fair on the punt,
but with practice he may develop into a
ine kicker Hallowell's place at right end
will probably be filled by Dudley Clark,
who is good sprinter and tackler. Camp
BELLS work at left end is up to its usual
standard. If the team works hard and
does not do up any more of its good men
the crimsons prospects are almost as good
as last year at this time
Ridge Hart, one of the best halfbacks in
New England, has left Yale and gone to
Princeton. He was looked upon in foot
ball circles as a valuable addition TO the
Blues eleven, and his going to Princeton |
is considered as no mean loss to Yale's |
gridiron Hart Is one of the best all |
round athletes that the New Haven (
schools have turned out in years. He /
is fast Splinter, a good wrestler and /
thrower. He was captain of the Billhouse |
eleven which held the Connecticut State /
championship in 1S9S-tS99 and captured |
the Yale cup. He caught for the Connec- /
ticut baseball champions in 1898 and also |
for the Yale Law School team in 1893. !
Leonard Thomas, 1901. of Philadelphia,
returned to the college yesterday. He |
was one of the crack ends last fall who |
was disabled. He will play again. Jim /
Hyde, the new fullback, has been doing
good work lately and Is looked upon an
one of the strongest men in the back
tions to the team have not yet been work.
ed into condition.
At present there is no department con-
nected with the Princeton eleven that is
attracting so widely the attention If the (
undergraduates as the one which has to
do with the physical welfare of the play
ers. The students know that Jim Rob-
inson, the new trainer. is placed in a !
trying position, and they are watching
r. n yrh no will no. oh 10
to accomplish what two trainers imme
diately before him failed to accomplish.
namely, the training of the Princeton
eleven without interference by the
coaches. II is a well-known fact that Old
Nassau has the reputation OF Daing one
of the hardest berths that tralaer can
get.
According to Jack McMaster's story. it
was the opposition Of the coaches to his
methods that landed the crack Tiger eleven
Of 1897 in New Haven in such poor condi-
ton and gave to Yale what was consid-
cred 10 be a sure victory for the Orange
and Black That Christie and the coaches
were at loggerheads during a large part of
last season is also an open secret. 1t was
no uncommon occurrence last year TO have
the coaches disregard the trainers orders
TO stop play. This is how affairs In the
training department stood last fall and il |
was with knowledge of the situation that
Robinson said at the beginning of the sea
son: "A trainer has all that he can do il
he attends to the physical welfare of the
men properly and, therefore / shall not
NEEDLE with the coaching department. The
same may be said of coach in his line of
the work and do not expect to be inter-
tered with In the training of the players.
So far, the new trainer has maintained
absolute control over the development
of the men physically and is in perfect |
accord with the coaching authorities |
His every command has been needed to
the letter, as is illustrated by the re-
spect shown his recent order prohibit
ing line-ups and scrimmages from being
held on days before match games. Al
though the practice in former seasons |
was usually light before big games, |
there was always some scrimmaging
Robinson's word begins the practice and
his word ends it, and the contrast be-
tween the slip-shod manner in which
practice was conducted last year and
the regular order that exists now is a
subject of favorable comment among the
undergraduates. The men are all in
good condition. Robinson weighs the
players nearly every Say and strives to
prevent them from losing weight Pro-
vided the harmony between the trainer
and coaches continues it is thought the
Tigers this year will enter their big
contest In splendid condition.
Saturdays game with Tufts demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the coaches that the
cadets are working into shape very slowly
They played in a half hearted way, falins
to put any fire into the play at any stage