The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-08
YALE HAS HARD-LUcK STORY
Old Eli Starts the Regular Tale OF
Drawbacks and Disappointments.

DFdWpdCKS anu DISdPPoiIlTSttSs
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Oct. Yale
football coaches have felt a series of
drawbacks and disappointments in the
teams development. The Gripping OF
Rockwell, the best quarterback on the
squad, the injury to Bowman, who Will
be the fullback picked for the games
with Harvard and Princeton in all
probability, and the scoring against
by Tufts, have all been conspicuous
examples of the rasping experiences
which have piled up on the coaches.
The continued reverses have led to
a decision for a shake-up, and the
team will be found playing within q
week in a different order than that
maintained now. The left wing has
been very cratic. Moorhead has prov
ed easy to elude at left, and his miss
ing of two tackles in quick succession
was mainly responsible for the scoring
of Tufts the first time the Masachu-
sets players have ever crossed the goal
line of the blue.
Hamlin, at left tackle, has also been
slow and easy to manage by opponents,
although he has improved in his rush
ing with the ball. Neal will be tried
steadfastly in Moorhead's place at left
end and Shevlin will be given chance
at tackle. He has out-played Ham
lin both in practice and in the prelim-
mary game lnlS ldll, Dul - yet liza
perienced, and the coaches have felt
that it would be more valuable train
ing for him to be kept on the second
team, playing against the clever Ho-
gan, than it would to go on the varsity
and face an inferior player.
Bowman was about to be given a
thorough trial in the back field when
he was injured. Vanderpoel has not
shown up in fast form at fullback and
inta hn-
ing brought along fast for the posi-
ton. McClintock shows great posi-
bilities because he is so heavy, and
kicks so we'll, but he is very slow, and
does not plug the line forcibly enough.
Indications are that Vanderpoel will
be played in most of the minor games
but that the man picked for the Har-
ward and Princeton contests will be
either McClintock or Bowman.
The coaches feel that the material
for the halfbacks is not coming along
fast enough. Hinkle and Ward have
been developed up to play fair game
against the small colleges, but both
are so far from satisfactory for games
of a high standard that special coaches
for the backs alone will be kept mere
to drill them in documentary work for
weeks. Aside from these men there is
scarcity of promising material for
have shown only second rate form.
The Gripping of Rockwell leaves
Metcalf as the only candidate for quar-
ter who is satisfactory. Tflney, the
freshman quarter last year, has round
ed out this fall more slowly than was
hoped and Rockwell has pushed past
him in the race and was on even terms
for the position with Metcalf when he
was injured. The return of Burnside
IN
for the position, has been promised,
but WinsloW feels that his first duty
lies in bringing his BASEBALL team in
to organized form this fall. He has
had charge of the baseball squad the
past week and expects to remain with
them another week before joining the
football squad.
In the right wing of the rush line
more strength is shown. Coffin at
right end is fast and is accurate in his
tackling. Hogan has steadied down to
fine defensive work and is one of the
best ground gamers on the eleven when
given the ball. GoSs is Improving
steadily and the fact that Kinney, the
freshman from Andover, is not making
as rapid progress as was expected, mas
made Goss safe in his position Tor the
present at least. Glass, at left guard,
is the life of the team. He has not yet
done any running with the ball, al
though plays will be introduced with
him as the pilot before the season
closes. AS an interferer he is in every
play. One of the unfortunate features
of the situation at present at Y ale is
that substitutes have come along too
slowly in their development and the
second eleven, or first substitute team,
is not nearly as productive of possible
| varsity material as was expected when
the season opened.