The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-30

Around HIS End-Best Playing Since
the Days of Frank IIRnlTey.
Yale turned over new leaf yester-
day in her football policy. Cook and
Sharpe were notified that they would
be given a last chance at half-back
and Coy and Gould would be tried just
once more at ends. If they failed they
would be relegated to the list of sub
stitutes. Cook and Sharpe have not
played as fine before this season as
they did yesterday. They succeeded
where they have continually failed be-
fore. They hit the line for substantial
gains. Gould and Coy were, however,
still as unsatisfactory as ever, and 1t
looks as if both were doomed to retire
lment. Last night indications were that
one Of them will be replaced by Harry
f. Benham, a freshman, who was to-
day taken on the varsity squad for the
| first time. Benham broke up the var
sity interference with an accuracy not
shown by any end since the days of
TIinkey. His playing was a revelation,
and he soon had the grand stand spec
tators on their feet yelling for him like
mad.
| Benham is New Haven boy, and is
possessed of all the qualities that go to
make up the varsity player. The only
| thing to his disadvantage is his light
weight. He weighs only 140 pounds,
yet his playing against the varsity yes
terday was the finest exhibition of end
play seen at the field this year, He was
quicker and surer in his tackles than
the veterans Coy and Gould, these
players being completely out-classed
by the little fellow Time and again he
smashed the varsity interference and
downed his man for loss, and it was
impossible for the first team to make
gains around his end If he is able to
hold out he will doubtless be on the end
of Yale's line in the big games to come.
Shortly after the second half opened
some new plays We're tried in the var
sity, and in one of these, when big Cap
tain Brown took the ball for one of his
bull-like rushes, Benham was Temporal
rily laid out. He had broken through
the line and had downed the big cap
tain for loss of a couple of yards. In
the scrimmage Benham was hurt and
was unable to pick himself up. After
few minutes he revived and was wild
ly applauded by the spectators as he
started to resume play. Mike Murphy,
however, thought it was time for him
to stop playing, and started to lead
him from the field Benham didn't
want to give up the game and protested
with Yale's trainer Captain Brown,
seeing this, came over to Murphy and
said, Come, Mike, let him play, want
to see him finish the half" Head
coach Mcbride also said he wanted
Benham to finish the game, and so he
was allowed to play it out. His good
work continued, and on every play he
was applauded. 1t is not every day in
the week that Captain Brown says
Come, Mike I want to see him finish
the half" and this little speech might
mean a great deal in the end.
Benham was captain Of the Hillhouse
high school team last fall and the year
before last, and was the best player in
his position of any in the interscholast- |
ic league. He caught on the Hillhouse |
base ball team for the past three years. |
In that position he had no superior in |
the schools.
Another man that football enthusi- |
asts have picked out to be a good end |
Is Fox, now acting as third or fourth |
substitute half-back. Fox has got the |
build and speed of an end and it is |
thought that if he We're given a good |
trial and plenty of coaching he would |
fill the bill.
Iu all. or1 4
afternoon. There was no suggestion of |
the fact that Yale had been through a
hard game on Saturday, except that |
Wear, Stillman, Chadwick and Sheldon, |
who received slight injuries at Column
oia, were given a days lay-off. Fincke |
was reinstated at quarterback and |
Bloomer was given Stillman's berth at |
light tackle. The scrubs were on their
nettle, twice holding the regulars for |
Towns, once inside their own five-yard
inc. The varsity scored twice, Sharpe |
md Cook each making a touchdown, |
The finest work of ex-Captain Cham
berlin, who played tackle on the scrubs,
prevented the varsity from gaining on
lis side of the line, and Benham's
ackling kept the regulars from making |
| yard on the other wing. Harry Cross, |
96, arrived and assisted in coaching the
enter men. The coachers yesterday
rdered the center rushers to pass the ,
,all back the rest of this season into |
,unting it into play with a snap. This
echnical question has been debated all
he fall without a decision being finally
yrrlVed at till noon to-day, when the
nferiority of the snap-back method |
vas agreed upon as demonstrated in
he Columbia game.
THE BIG SOUND MONEY PARADE Il
Which is to be Held in Hartford Sat-
urday.
Great interest is aroused in the COM
ne, sound 1nAnnM 1nnrnfln Ia h, lnold CO. |