Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-30
ON THE GRIDIRON.
Gossip About the Boys Who Make the
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been temporarily disqualified, nine only having been declared eligible to play--less than full eleven-while the disposition of the cases of the rest is not yet known. The men declared ineligible to play are Captain Harold H. Weekes, half back; H. A. Fisher, right end; J. B. Fasola, full hack; A. Pembroke, end; A. Schramm, end, and G. c. Green, guard. The case of K. $. Smith, Weekess running mate, is also in the balance.
 There is a feeling at Princeton that the team this year is one of consider able possibilities, depending, of course, on the development of the material in- dividually and as a team. There IS big, strong and scrappy material on hand, and that, said Princeton man yesterday. sis what we have been waiting for" But there is also a feel- ing that the time in which to develop this material is not any too long. The probable caliber of the new men is such that they, together with the old men of tried worth, give Princeton a fighting chance for a winning team
 At Yale the three positions that will require the greatest amount of coach- ing and drilling to fill properly are the
 
 sition. The end material is fair, but both of last years ends are gone and two new men must be worked over until they are able to fill the vacancies. The extremities of the line, therefore, will need more coaching than other line positions, and. the Blue is forum ate in having as head coach Swan, who played end last year and knows the requirements of the position. Holt, Glass and Goss, the center men, are as near to sure of their places as any man on the team, barring Captain Chad wick, and should be the strongest cen- ter trio on the field this season. A pIunging back is much needed and to develop the man for the place and to bring the ends up to the standard are matters which will call for no little close application in the coaching line.
 Captain Herman of the Harvard war; sity football squad was in the lineup for the first time this fall yesterday and after five minutes of play he was forced to leave the game on account of an injury to his knee. Al Stillman joined the squad yesterday, becoming a candidate for full back. Matthews, the lscoIored athlete, also came out yester- day as candidate for end. In the 1 lineup the varsity scored two touch downs on the second, Graydon making one on 8 line plunge and Meier making the other In the lineup between the varsity and second substitutes, the second substitutes scored, Foster taking the ball across.
 Princeton, Sept 29.-The Tigers yes l terday afternoon had their first real test of the season. They lined up with the scrubs in a regular contest of fif- l teen minutes and made one touchdown. Moore, freshman from Exeter, had the honor of scoring the Orange and Blacks first points. He got the Ieath- CT on the scrubs 3-yard line, after it had been rushed from about the cen ter of the field, and played past right 1 tackle for the score. At another time the varsity had the ball on it's oppon- ents' 5-yard mark, but the second-rat- l CTS held staunchly and took the pig skin on downs. As this was the first attempt that has been made to play the game here, the formations were neces- sarily loosely put together. On the whole, though, the showing was good l The line men charged we'll and put lots of scrap into their work, while the back field went through the entire af- ternoon,s play with but one tumble l
 New Haven, Sept 30.-The first seri- ous accident of the year on the Yale football field occurred yesterday after noon when Bowman. the freshman from Hill school, was knocked out and had to be carried to the side lines. He was playing full back on the college team at the time. On a center play l he struck the line very low, was thrown on his head to the ground and received a bad kick in the neck Bow man was stunned Water was given to him, but he did not revive and had to be carried from the gridiron. At l the side lines he recovered sufficiently to be able to walk to the cars assisted by a trainer and HinkIe of the football squad. He was sent to the gymnasi- um in a special ear and late yesterday afternoon had recovered sufficiently 'to take walk in the open air. It is ex- pected that he will be in condition to play Wednesday,. One long run was made by Jack Ward on the varsity team, who netted forty yards before being brought down. The line work yesterday of the Varsity was good, but the college line gave an exhibition that all but took the breath of the coaches. The varsity backs had carried the ball to the college one-yard liney Here the college made a stand and it re- quired two plunges before the varsity could land the ball over tue line.
 Tn an interesting game of football on Sunday the Golden Stars were de- feated by the Simonsvilles by the score of 8 to 0. The winners would like to play any team in the city, the average weight of whose players is under no pounds. The lineup of the Simonsvilles is as follows: T. Riley, c; William Thibault, r g; T. El- 1endor, g; F. Quinn, t; J. Huyand, t; S. Smith, e; J. Clancy, T e; F. Adams, q b; c. Smith, h b; J. Ray, b; P. Smith, f b.
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