The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19
NEWS OF THE LEADING
EASTERN FOOTBALL TEAMS
Yale Has Progressed Considerably. Although More Coaches Are
Needed-COaches at Pennsylvania Are Beginning to Believe
That Their Present System of Defense Is Entirely Wrong
Dodges Amateur Status Is Questioned at Harvard.

effort to provide an expert to coach each
and every position on the team. In carry
INK out this plan attention mas been gwen
not TO any one man. but 90 all the avaitaole
material Tor esch position. The coaches
have Indicated that II they can fnG new ma
terlal which - better than the otd me-
win not hesitate 20 put the cid material on
the scrub team. As a result Shevlin. me
freshman tackle: Kinney. the freshman
guard: Rockwell. the freshman quartz.
and Bowmau. the freshman mll back. have
played on the varsity eleven Just about as
Holt. the veteran center. has had 70 step
aside occasionally TO give his rivals =
chance TO show what they can do on the
Competition FOR tue positions from tackle
10 tackle II the hercest that has ever oeea
known at Yale. The scrub rush line Is tEst
about as big aud heavy and almost a.
More Than one 81. the veterans have been
reused uD by this competition aud COM
PEELED 10 put forth their best efforts ir
order to hold their places The result mas
been thar the Veterans have begun 10 I'M
prove. Goss ard Ham!in and HOGAN have
played during the past week a. they never
played he:oTc. simply BECAUSE Iney nave
and Glass have been pretty well shaken M
at times. hut their playing has always been
Of such a character that it has left no
doubt that they are the best men for these
The strength OF the Yale team to-day is
from tackle TO tackle and at the half backs
The ends. the quarter and full back posi-
ton are all pretty ragged and any one OF
AAtNE lAaAFH - EAAAA NktM ~ ~ NNlAFlrs 4 W.
ends are very slow indeed In getting down
the field and at present their work Is being
done by the tackles and the guards.
The entire team + suffering from the
ragged work OF the quarter backs. none
OF whom has as yet shown any signs Of
real development. At full back the situa-
ton IL r tribe better because there L. more
material for this position. But Yale TO-DAY
does not have \ full back who * really Mt
to play behind such a rush line as the blue
has. II will take several weeks OF coach
Ing to decide this position. Nanderpnel has
been r~elcEated 20 the scrub team recently
and the coaches seem to have turned their
attention TO McC1intock and Bowman. The
latest discovery for this position Is Farmer.
one OF the freshman hiif backs o. last sea-
son.
IL to the present week Yale scarcely did
I week. however. the coaches began 10 open
up on the punters and they have had plenty
I Of chances 70 show what they could 10. In
this work Bowman and MCCiintock are
pretty evenly matched Both are doing fair
work NanderpOel Is the best man In the
squad at full back when he plays his game
His trouble IL lack ot heart or stage fright
when he gets behind the varsity line. On
the scrub team he puts up a very acceptable
sort OF game. But when the coaches pur
him behind the varsity line he seems 10
lose his nerve.
The coaches have been giving CAPTAIN
Winsiow OF the baseball team all kinds OF
| chances At quarter back this week. Win
slow has not shown any sign Of ability TO
III his place He makes lots OF trouble for
putting the ball into play is one OF the most