The sun., 1900-09-29
FOOTBALL.
Practice Of the Big Eievens-Ready for the
OPENING Of the Season.


CAMBRIp1R, Sept 2s-narvard's football
outlook was not frightened very much to-day
The third eleven. which has held the Varsity
80 we'll this week. was again brought out, This
time the elevens were lined up for fifteen and
twelve-minute periods. and in that time the
Varsity could score but once. This touch
down was due. as was the one on Wednesday.
TO end runs. For the second time the Var
sity suffered the humiliation Of being held for
downs, an event that happens but few times
in season. The Varsity was unable 90 make
any consistent gains at centre. largely
forced the Varsity line for long gains.
Throughout the practice game ne Narsiiy
started slowly and failed utterly 70 block holes,
Herman was put on the VARSITY behind the
oo poorly. p'Ks Kernan made one high long punt but
4 got away so slowly that Roberts almost
blocked the ball. For the third eleven. IN ad-
atGP faesied 70 lRe Renasi sSIip pi piof loss seven
ySd and .hInS M'S made 1SS Ssysi,1 ;sTeTsl G9d ns
Considerable uneasiness is felt oyer the out
fY@e TRe Coaches oa smSe 6dpe hat the anns S9%eh
Ss ds bs ssS gyePP o Peep ae
Without Without the % Disgrace Of being scored against,
Ill
be seen from the fact that the coaches put
the whole squad back TO the preliminary work
OF falling on the ball, tackling the dummy,
catching punts, &c, this afternoon. To spend
most OF the afternoon doing such elementary
work when the season Is two weeks old Is
something most unusual.
Yesterday afternoon the candidates for the
New York University football team commenced
scrimmage work for the first tine this year
the crack guard OF the Centenary Collegiate
Institute OF Hackettstown reported for work
sresbmen SnS out were: Tuthil from Flushing
High School who was tried at full back and
punted well: treiberS centre & WaL and LIP
ofWesterleish Collegiate Institute. and Morrison
Of dwight School OF the upper classmen who
were playing for the first time at N; Y. u, were
1902. and Young 1908. Bergman, the tackle of
the 'os team who is back az college was tried
in the line with Brennan Of Manhattan College
IN Monday the practice will commence on Ohio
Field il the authorities are willing. and the
tackling dummy will be put In place. During
the coming week the eqachlna iorce WI con
'e7. Evai 'ss. Young, 's2. and Jones. 1902
The latter will not play this year as he Is In train
ing for track athletics. Manager could an
oct l3 Oct 20 is open owing 10 cnnce llation
The first game will be played on next Saturday.
when the team will line up against the alumni
to-day only three minutes. in their prac-
tice on Osborn Field to push the strong.
est ~scrub" that could be picked about
seventy yards down the grldiron for the first
touchdown OF the season. The entire distance
was covered by plain. straightaway football,
but of the hardest and fastest order that has
been seen here this fall. De witt. the fresh
man guard, who had two fingers put out OF
ioint Yesterday, will not be able 10 play for n
week and his practice was taken by Wright,
n sophomore Henry, from the St Pauls
School PLAYED at half and was usually able
10 gain his distance, although he was not used
40 often as either Maths or Levick, Hale, n
sophomore, was at centre opposite TO hitkie,
wiez, the Andover man. and those who watched
the struggle say that II was royal battle.
with the odds slightly In favor OF the former;
ora Gardner, a senior. has been appointed
captain Of tho scrubs
ITHACA Sept ~ Cornell meets Syracuse on
tho gridiron Tomorrow and II Is feared hero
to.night by the student body that the eleven
from the Salt City will prove as much Of sur
nri.e as Iafayettes did last year. syracuse
ls coached by I'd Sweetand, who played on
cornell's team for three years and who was
elected 20 the football captaincy in his senior
year hut was turned down by the athletic
Council When Sweetand was chosen coach
~ Svracriso this year he thought he had
chance 10 get even. Accordingly, he got the
candidates ont very early and they have been
workIng hard ever since with this end In view;
Fortunately for the Ithaoans, however. he viii
meet a team which has had hard work ana
which should at this time OF the year stand
good chance with any team In the country.
Tonight the Varsity we're lined up aRaihs'