The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-23

The Brown team. fresh from Its victory
at Chicago went through very light prac-
tice on Andrews field yesterday. Very few
men showed up for work. and there were
not enough out TO make up second
eleven. No one was injured Saturday. but
the men seemed TO think that they had
earned n day OF rest. and Coach Robinson
graciously refrained from calling anyone
down - ~
Capt washburn was on the field. but
took no part in the practice. while Tom
Barry failed TO appear at all. All the 9TH
er regulars" were out. however and, n
place OF a game with the second tea m.
they went through some good signal rrac-
tice in preparation for the Princeton
game next Saturday.
Coach Robinson has decided 70 make 4
change In the code OF signals IL be used
against the Tigers. and they will be va
ried hereafter in every game. BY some
unfortunate occurrence last year, the Dart
mouth team were In possession OF all or
The Brown signals and II Is not intended
thot the thing shall occur again this year.
The opinion OF the players as TO the
game in the west seemed TO be thas. had
Browns f,mbling been adulterated by
about FIVE hundred per cent, the score
would have been 24-0. They are supported
IN their opinion by Coach Stagg OF Chi
cage. ana by many other eXrerts VINO
viewed the game The work This week,
there fore. Is going TO be directed mostly
10 the elimination Of this discorraginS
and often disastrous fault. and the man
who fumblcs the ball next Saturday viii
be open To some pretty severe censure
from all sides. The defensive work OF the
team this season is the best In the his
tory of the college, while this years
Princeton team is the weakest that the
Tigers have sent forth I'm many moons.
II may he a little early TO propaecy, but
it cerfainly looks as IL chances were new
er Lr. > hter than now, for Brown 10 break
away from old tradition. ana administer
defeat 20 one OF the big four. The men
ere oil imbued with this idea, and the
work OF all the coming week will be de-
voted TO the one great end whl IN Is, in
reality, not an impossibility, namely, the
defeat OF Princeton.
The practice yesterday started I'm with
the regular kicking To the backs by
Bates. "Bllls" punung out in Chicago at
traoted much favorable comment, and
when he is i'm form, there isn't another
man in the game that can beat him. The
back who can cleanly handle one or
Bates kicks need have no fear of fuXn-
bling for the big fellows long spinals are
the most difficult Of all to handle. The
linemen practiced running down under
these pun.s and tried to get the man with
the hail; but Newton and Ball generally
managed to elude the big fellows, and
carry the leather safely back to Bates.
About four o'clock Robinson lined up
the team for signal work. He put lots OF
life into them and made them play just
as fast as If they were in n game. Wade,
who has greatly improved since Tho
Pennsylvania game. ran his plays off like
lightning, and IL was noted with pleas
ure that his tendency to tumble has great
ly decreased.
The feature Of the afternoon was the
quick, clean manner in which the trick
plays were run Off Robinson has taught
tho team several OF these little turns anJ
one of them may come In 70 good advan-
tage later on. The practice concluded
with a mile run around the field, which
Is thus far the longest of the season.
Long halves will be played next Saturday,
and the Brown men need all the wind
they can develop. TO hold out TO the end
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