The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-28

NJ" INN sept. t'.-int college
teams are A'FaeninS njo something like
lo"inah CONDITION. and the end of the
week secs the doubl" practice. which has
been the general rule, abandoned for the
single afternoon lineup FOR ssrimmaEe
drill Whatever hight tasks the candidates
nave had IN the past two weeks has de
Neloped into serious and hard work to-
day, when the session really starts
with dozen games For these contests
some of tho colleges are I'D prepared
fennsy'an is making violent efforts
10 get into shape. Cornell is not as far
advanced as she would wish. and Iiar-
ward WEI have difficult task in getting
into presentablc form III time For ten
days the Cornell candidates have been
working on Percy Field but until now lit
Tie could Do accomplished save putting 'Ae
men IN condition for the harder work
which rs to follow
on thursday Coach St1TnGck decided
mat ne would not r'GNiF" his men 10 don
Ih'-f logs ana hereafter practice viii be
confined To the Afternoon
Up 20 this time CornsIIs prospects have
been somewhat gloomy. Despite the large
corps OF candidates who have siEniied
their intention 90 coming out regularly.
few possess the qualities from which good
football players are made the candidates
Tor the line positions are almost 20 "a
unit deficient in experience. and what is
worse. but two mon weigh Is" pounds or
over As big Dan Reed sends his men
through the various maucuvIos his face
bears a cynical smile for no three men
are equal 10 the coach. and in teaching
the aspirants for the guard and tackle
positions the art Of breaking through.
Reed losses of his opponents with ridicU-
Ious case
When II is considered that Cornell must
develop tackle to take the place Of Al
eNander, a guard to ill borntr's post.
and a centre 70 assume the reSuouSihiIi-
ties formerly Tfrforr,,T l-- Ns-79gl. this
dsartb Of -. r,,....r;,r g.; ~. -, -
"' - wa 'N''' "iY
mehl 10 the coaches.
To be sure there is Hunt who weighs
is mounds who was fsfrI,- good last ,-..,r
&c - -,,t.-s.,-.- - ~ -. - -
oS SUBSTITUTE. Jul ule year y training
does not seem TO have improved him
much. Cooper. another. sophomore. who
vrss mural ..-,-1,- g., ~, ..,...., r-.t 49,
'' All " ,- -
VS. looheu upon as d man likely 10 make
the team II his injured knee did not both
er him too much But as vet the big
80 r., -. -. o.. ~. -.--- -
-" --'-9 -O' PL1 'l' ga "l'i'''i 80 anu
MS ADDRESS couIu not DE learned oE the
coaches
Coach Reed thinks that perhaps ne has
, f,5 &, 81, ...r-y., 80 - H., 49,.
- -
oNeISIo"h country boy. VINO weighs %
pounds. and who. day before yesterday,
came TO the Ithacau line coach's notice.
and vas AZ or,ca set to ,rorL, NJ rra1fr,,i-
-,
nary pIdSuNv. llvsdH II very d"h"d u
In his movements, but is in good physical
condition and may nc i11sr tho man 70
beat o4I+ Hunt and CooDer md mir off
- '-' 60 ol1-' 60 go
with captain warner AT guard hardee
is now being tried at right tackle. and il
- - .,-.7 -,
ne Is 40 sutH man as -AltAe'H1eIr Ho"-
ever who hlled the same hole last year
Back Of the line. Coach Starbuck has
much the same sort Of a problem 10 con-
front. Candidates i'm great numbers are
out irving to make the positions made
vacant by the graduation of Morrison and
the head coach at right half and fuUbacy.
but none OF the men possesses the weight
or ginger Of last years players It IS
very likely that SChOolkOpf. last year s
substitute fullback, will be the regular
IuHbaCk this season. while kilburn is the
most likely man for right half at present.
Managers Senior and Norton are con-
stautly scanning the freshmen as they
register and trying TO find heavy men to
report at the field. In this they meet with
little success, as the entering class as a
rule seems TO be made up Of q younger
and lighter Set Of men than usually.
In tho game with Colgate today "a is
likely that at least two fun eleveus will
b. used al IL is COTueilS policy 10 give
all promising men a trial in actual play
in tho early minor games
The coaches at Princeton are pursuing
a somewhat unusual course IN trying out
the candidates for the orange and black
eleven this year. Almost TWO weeks have
ELAPSED since the men first appeared on
the field. vet there has not been a single
lineup. In other seasons. last fail for
instance. the sCrimuagc work was intro
duced a few DAYS after the PLAYERS re-
ported and was continued almost daily
until the men had been thoroughly sorted.
This year however the practices thus far
d.. #.FH UF|f. 4 HH.-flH d ~
running through formations and in tack
ling the dummy. Il IS the cOachers pur-
pose 10 have their pupils so familiar with
each play that when the season s real
strain begins there Will be no Interrupt
tons to explain this or that movement
and an efforts can be applied 10 the de-
veIopmsut OF the team work This plan
was uppermost in the minds Of Prince
tons directors when they abUllSle. the
customer trip south al the beginning OF
the season and omitted all contests until
October Q almost q week later than the
dates Of the opening games arranged for
some Of the other big eleveus
Whether OF not this method Of develop
ment viii be advantageous for the first
fevy games remains TO be seen. but 10 is a
fact that the pisskiu chasers al Old Mas
sau know more real football now than has
usually been known by Princeton squads
at this period Of the season In introduc-
ing each formation the men have at first
Lfeu sent through 10 on the walk. so that
every one was able to ascertain lust
where he ought 20 De at each stage Of the
play. Then the pace was gradually quick
ered. until the PLAYERS wer- running as
fast as they could and rchearsing the drill
without q hitch Tn this way each Ordiu-
noe r..a.