Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-24
ON THE GRIDIRON.
The Teams are Getting Down to Hard
 Practice.


 Ithaca. N. Y, Sept 24-More than forty freshmen reported for football practice at Cornell yesterday and went through q short practice under instruc- tions from Coach Duyal. helsquad, however, will strengthen the varsity eleven very little, as it contains few heavy men. The average weight of the line candidates is 167 pounds. Sub stitute Tackle Smith of last years team and Substitute Quarterback Fin ucane joined the varsity squad yes- terday for center and end respectively. Van Alstyne has been transferred to tackle and Hunt put back to guard. Smith probably will be placed at cen ter and Davitt shifted back to tackle.
 Cambridge, Sept 24.-The Harvard football squad had its first lineup yes terday Two elevens were made up and put through signal practice. The Yale "snap" was used by the center men. Captain Campbell played at left halfback both morning and afternoon, but this is only temporary position for him. Stone a promising candidate for quarterback, strained his ankle badly, and thus contributed the first accident of the year. Graydon, Bald win, Devens Rainsford and Grew of last years squad reported yesterday. The squad numbers sixty-three.
 Princeton, Sept 24-Football prac- tice yesterday afternoon was quick ened a few points over that of last week. The dummy was set swinging and the players given instructions on tacxling it while in motion. A short time also was spent in falling on the IaoH of iaIl iaIr were chosen and run through the vari- ous formations. From now on the work will be harder than heretofore, and will last fifteen minutes longer daily. Captain Pell has selected the following men to run through the sig nals after the regular daily practice: Fisher, Hale, Wright, Mills, Dana, De witt, Short, Sheffield, Roper, Kafer, Henry. Underhill, R. McClave, Me Cord, s. McClaye, Davis, Meier, Mi mott. Foul1e, Freeman, Gordon and Vanderhoff.
 New Haven, Sept 24.-Tn warm sun that made work doubly hard, the Yale football squad was sent through a stiff lineup of nearly thirty minutes yester- day. Altogether the practice was more than an hour long, the work for the entire squad being running down the field, catching and passing the ball, falling on it and rehearsing signals. Two full eleyens then were sent into a fierce struggle, in which neither side scored, except once on fluke when Hart blocked an attempted punt by Whitney. Interest for the crowd of several hundred prospective freshmen lay in the size of the rush line a big ger aggregation of candidates prOba- bly, never having been together even on Yale field. Quarterbacks De Saul1es and Winslow were placed in charge of the two teams. On the first Holt was center; guards, Murphy and O'Neill; tackles, Goss and Francis; ends, Raf- ferty and Ferguson; halfbacks. Chad wick and Hart; fullback, Whitney. Facing them were: Center, Hamlin; guards Drummond and Swan; tackles, Overall and Cranberry: ends, Captain Would and Ward; halfbacks. Fox and Eaton; fullback, Vanderpoel. Wenell had a trial at bunting to halfbacks. 6. T. Adee came yesterday to join the coaches.
 Middletown, Sept 24. Football prac- ] tice at Wesleyan began with nineteen 1 most of them of last years | sGuad As yet little freshman material has come to light, but several good l men are expected to enter. The pros 1 petcs for strong team this year seem bright.