Waterbury Democrat., 1902-09-27
ON THE GRIDIR0N.
Some of the College Games Will start

some OF Ine college Games VIII. ptarl
 To-day.
 Providence, Sept 27.-The practice
 of the Brown Varsity team yesterday afternoon was the hardest and fiercest
 yet. It took the Varsity only seven
 plays to rush the ball down oyer the
 line for touchdown. The ball was
 then given to the scrub and it took
 eleven plays for them to get it down
 to the 25-yard line, The work of the
 tackles and backs was exceptionally
 good.
 One of the most likely candidates
 at Georgetown university is a Mexican
 named Frerer. Carlisle has it's In
 d1ans and it's Esquimau and negroes
 have been valuable players at Har-
 yard and Williams. The Georgetown
 squad is composed of about forty can- d1dates and the outlook is regarded as good, although several valuable men have been lost by graduation. The training table was started yesterday.
 Princeton, Sept 27.-Rain interfered with the Tigers practice again yester- day afternoon and the men had only a short drill in running formations. Vetterlein, the freshman from the Penn Charter school, was at quarter, and he dropped some clever goals from the field. His bunting was also good. Butchers twisted knee is still. sore and he will not be allowed to don his uniform again until next week. If the weather clears up some, the coach. es will put ten men in a regular line up to-day, but they do not want to. risk getting any injuries at present on. slippery field.
 New York, Sept 27.-In the first scrimmage for the year for Columbia the scrub tore through the Varsity line for five yards and followed this with other gains of from six to nine yards, until the ball was fifteen yards from the end of the field, when a fum- ble gave the Varsity the ball. Cap tain Weekes and the other backs made persistent gains, but tumble lost the ball. After several exchanges Smith of the Varsity broke the scrub line for run of twenty yards, which would have meant a touchdown were it not for flying tackle by Fasola, the scrub end. Tn q few minutes Smith scored the only touchdown of the day, mak- ing the score to Q the final score.
 Ithaca, Sept 27.-Cornell did not in- dulge in very vigorous work yesterday afternoon. The Ithacans must meet Colgate on the home gridiron today and in view of the stiff practice which  day afternoons it was concluded to3 give the Varsity rest yesterday, The most of the men appeared in togs. and there was some semblance of sig nal work Captain Warner took an active part in the coaching of the two scrub eleyens, which were later lined up against each other. Not sat isfied with the way some of the men were playing. their positions the four coaches took sides and hot scrim- mage followed, in which the coaches had pretty strenuous time.
 Cambridge, Sept 26.-Harvard will play her first game of the season this afternoon ens Soldiers field. consc-- quently. the. work yesterday was bit lighter than usual. The Varsity prac- tised formations on the kick off, and the eleven got together well. BOWditch went into the scrimmage for the drst time and played his usual brilliant game Dodge promising tackle, is on the cripple list and Randall, half back, who played first base on the Varsity last spring, is out temporarily with lame ankle. Graydon is being tried at both tackle and full back. Davenport, a former Williams tackle, weighing 192 pounds, joined the squad yesterday. He was on the second eleven last fall. Cutts and George Lee of last years eleven assisted ln coaching.
 New Haven, Sept 27.-Ya1e opens her football season for 1902 this after noon at the Yale field with the Trinity college eleven. The coaches decided yesterday afternoon to try all the men possible during the game so as to give every candidate chance to show what kind of battle he can put up. Yesterday afternoons work was in for the Trinity contest, although Yale thinks she has an easy mark in the eleven from Hartford. The three inches of mud which cover ed tne field made the hours practice somewhat hazardous for the men who had to catch punts and tackle runners. Glass did not appear in the practice for the coaches. He would not take any chances with his lame back by playing in a downpour. Morton filed his place. The new men out yesterday were Ogden, Himmelman, Vincent, Stringer and Wallace. All were menl- bers of the substitute squad last sea son.
 The seating capacity of the Yale football field is being increased by about 5000 seats. This will provide or over 22,OCo persons.
 The University of Pennsylvania can after four weeks of practice at Eagles Mere, Pa, have returned to