Waterbury Democrat., 1901-10-04
ON THE GRIDIRON.
The Candidates are Being Needed Out
 in Practice.

WoakQoSS anu tue uduSSAS WAA~iA threaten- -her on the gridiron this fau The lethargy which characterized her work yesterday afternoon in the game with Amherst was in yesterdays prac- tioe, to a certain extent, shaken OH. Linemen and backs received the hard est kind of work at starting, getting down the field and falling on the ball The practice opened with the entire squad divided into smaller squads for more individual work. Goss, whose costly tumble of Wednesday, shut Yale out from another touchdown, did not improve as much as might have been desired, and was very slow in breaking through the line, as were all the attempts of the Hnemen yesterday. The poor attempts at stopping the at tacks on the center were noticeable and the coaches worked hard to ale viate this difficulty.
 The afternoons lineup consisted of one ten minute half, in which the var sity team scored two touchdowns against the college and at all times kept the ball far away from their own goal. The feature of the game was superb end run by Hart, he clearing the college left end for sixty five yards, making a touchdown. He received good interference. The loss of Sheldon at guard is greatly notice able. The big fellow is not yet over his attack of malaria and is not ex- pected on the field for two weeks, if at all this season. Could he be placed on the Star City line, permitting of the taking of Olcott to put in as a back, the change would be invaluable, and would give Yale what she needs, 8 plunging back.
 Princeton, Oct 4-The Tigers pound ed out two touchdowns in their twen- ty minute game with the scrubs yes terday afternoon. The team play was ragged at times and fumbles occurred frequently, but then there was some brilliant individual work The feature was long run by Freeman, the fresh man quarter back. He got the pig skln at the center of the field, and pro- tected by good interference, cleared one tackle after another until he had crossed the scrubs last chalk mark. Practice at New York university was hard and fast yesterday and the squad had thorough trying-out in preparation for the game tomorrow. Coach Rorke tried the men in new formations in order to arrive at the strongest possible combination. Man. ager Thorne announced that the game With Wesleyan for tomorrow had fal- len through, and that instead a game would be played with the Fordham college at Fordham.
 Philadelphia, Oct ..--In their efforts to remedy the defects shown in We'd nesday's game with Franklin and Mar shall the university of Pennsylvania football coaches gave to the varsity and scrub a hard hours scrimmage yesterday afternoon. Every man on 1 the Held was put in the lineup and ! the practice was the fastest and fierc- est of the year. Seven graduate coaches were out in uniform and worked hard with all the candidates. Ludes, Mitchell and Donaldson of the 1 varsity were put on the scrub, and | Gardiner and Dale saw the practice from the side lines.
 Ithaca, N. r., Oct 4.--Captain War her of Cornell last night chose the fol- | lowing men for the training table squad: Kent and Davitt,. centers; Hunt, Warner, Bakewell and En- mons, guards; Lueder, Smith and Harnie, tackles: Tydeman and Taus- | sig, ends; Finucane and Brewster, quarterbacks; Purcell, Coffin and Sheperd, halfbacks; Schoellkopf, Xiii burn and Torney, fullbacks. There was spirited lineup between the reg | ulars and the second eleven at Percy. field yesterday afternoon. The varsity was victorious. by a score of F to nothing, and kept their opponents from gaining much ground through l the center.
 Columbia's football prospects are not so dark as they appeared in the | early part of the week. The game
 with Rutgers on Wednesday showed l of what material the men who ap-
 peared on South field for practice proved that they are equal in every
 way to the old substitutes. The first real lineup between the varsity and
 scrub took place yesterday, and the
 varsity had a tussle to make one touchdown. The team is counting
 upon the debarred men being reinstat-
 ed. but if they are not the Blue and
 White will have good scrub to fall
 back on. That much was proven in | the Rutgers game, and further demon
 strated in the practice yesterday
 Cambridge, Mass, Oct 4.-Harvard's
 football practice yesterday was the
 most encouraging of the season. Ris- l tine again was tried at right halfback.
 with Miff1in and Jennings at fullback
 and left halfback respectively. These
 backs made better showing than any
 combination tried so far. Matthews at quarterback on the second eleven did the best tackling of the day. Two | halves were played of F and 15 min
 utes, but there was so much fumbling
 that neither side could score. A new
 candidate for center appeared in King,
 from the law school. He is the heavi-
 est man now on the squad, weighing 1 close to 270 pounds. Putnam, the half | back. has been persuaded to start | training again. Some question has 1 been raised as to the eligibility or Jen- nings. owing to the fact that he coach | ed the team at Dartmouth after his | oraduation. As he received no money for his services, his amateur standing cannot be questioned.
 Washington, Oct 1.-The practice cannes between the varsity and the scrubs are made harder each day and i inc Georgetown team is rapidly getting tbe form that insures good game with the Middies on Saturday. The