The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-31
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
TO-MORROW'S SCHEDULE RICH IN
GRIDIRON PLUMS.
Yale Has . Freshman Kicker who Gan
Send the Spirals-Har, ward Mems
Siumbers Disturbed by Noise--QuAkers
Expect 10 Gain on Columbia In Punting

Slumbers Disturbed by Noise Quake rs
! Expect 10 Gain on Columbia In Punting
| With the exception OF the Yale Princeton
and Harvard-Yale Saturdays. games are
scheduled for tomorrow that make IL the
| most important Saturday of the season
| The following games are to be played. and
II Is rich array OF gridiron pums: Ilar-
| ward VS.. Indians. at Cambridge; Yale VS.
West Point, at West Point; Princeton vs.
| cornell. at Princeton: Columbia VS.. Penn
| sylvania. at Philadelphia Brown vs. La
fayette. at Easton: Amherst vs. Bowdoin. at
| Amherst; Williams VS.. Syracuse. at Syracuse
| pennsylvania state vs. Annapolis. at An
napolis. and in the West. Wisconsin VS.
| Michigan. at Chicago. the last named bring
Ing together what are regarded as the two
strongest teams in the West. though the
| University of Chicago is in the running
| Chastened by defeat. Columbia goes to
Philadelphia nothing like so buoyant as
| when she Journeyed to Princeton last week.
but no less determined little more of
the Steiner quality of grim resolve to fight
IT out to tho last ditch and little less buoyant
| confidence may serve the Columbia team
In good stead. No team has faced adversely
and tried to fight it of with more logged
pluck than the Quakers this season. and it
remains TO be seen whether Columbia can
| do as we'll
|
perts declare to be wonder as a kicker.
His name is Corning and he comes from
Groton. He kicks spiral ball that is said
TO be as difficult to hold "a the taisters George
| Brooke used to send 1yrating through space
| Moreover. Corning can place his punts with
great accuracy and has plenty of distance
| He Is siS-footer and weighs about $50
| pounds. With such qualifications as these.
the natural question is why the young-ter
| Is not on the Varsity SOUND one reason Is
| that he il too slow for Varsity team The
| coaches are working with him and hope 10
| get speed into him. 50 that some day he will
| be OF Varsity calibre
Yale's latest slate for the Varsity team
Is as follows: Shevlin and either Wlhelmi
or Rafferty,. ends, Hogan and Kinney. tackles;
Goss and Glass. guards Holt. centre Aletcalf.
quarter back Chadwick and Ward, half
backs; Farmer. full back Some believe
the team will face Harvard and Princeton
In this order. Shevn. who has just been
shifted from tackle. il showing up prom
| isinRly as an end. He Is one OF the speedie-t
runners on the team and the Yale Alumni,
Weekly says, he gives promise Of making a
first rate end with hard coaching" Will
helmi az the other end is fast and watChful
but is uncertain in his lacking in broken
field. II Rafferty,. an experienced end.
can get into condition in the short time he
Kinney. the Andovrr freshman. Who is a
2oo,pounder, does well IN carrying the ball
and Tor that reason l. valuable IN the tackle
back formation.
| The pulling and dragging game that Har-
| yard had down 20 fine last year is not in evil
! dence to much extent % far. hot TO the eN
but it was late before Harvard began slowing
signs OF great proficiency along, hi, line
last year and the same policy of slow de-
velopinents Is being pursued now and the men
| are just as except tie taCkles. Inc
! Harvard CRIMSON says severa members
Of the Varsity team have been losing sleep
| on account OF unnecessary noise III the dor
| mltorieS late At night, a result the de-
ye!opment of TIE team is retarded owing TO
Farley and CAPT Kernsn' Aarvard, plans plans
for the TIP to New Haven have been chsnsed
clubhouse near New Haven the. night before
the Yale game where they hope for noi-eless
| the morrows strife.
| The, Quakers expect to gain many yards
been practising kicking as-iduousiy this " eek
| There has been distinct Improvement IN the
physical condition of the men and they will 60
| have been at any time so far this season The
| Penn yvanlans also are practi~inca system
| OF defence against line plunges and huTdling
that is pronounced by the critic, TO bc"uniquc.
1t now looks as if DAILY would play quarter
back for West Point against Yale. and i
| Bunker also IL in the game. the Cadets will
| line up stronger irrespective Of tn" two
weeks development than they did against
| Harvard.
| PRINCETON, oct 80 Tho Princeton eleven
| had it, last hard practice before the Cornell
game this afternoon and ,lumped badly, being
beaten by the scrubs; Sto.G The Iisser;' team
| loss Of Burke and kafer from the hackhed
The Varsity attack was so ragged that not
entire thirty minutes Of play, and once when
the fr-t eleven got the ball on the scrubs
s,,,yard line they could not make touchdown.
| The defence was also weak IL mas the worst
| exhibition the Princeton team has given this
fan, The coaches stood II a. long as they
could and then sent several of the men -nu-
who had been laid of were called out again.
osn a. Si
McClaye went in at lot half.
| MIppLrTowN, Conn, oct. 30 Wesleyan a
| practice has been light so far this week but
to-day stif work against the "ponie"" was
speculations are rife, regarding the, out
come OF the championship game with Dnrt-
defeated Wesleyan. FOR The iIrst time IN i've
| years last fall and this. together with the
TACT that Dartmonth has been 9vt taken into into
Wesleyan and that Amherst defeated Dart
mouth last saturday, has intensified Wcs-
Both teams arc about evenly matched
though thclr methods are different Dart
| mouth VIII try to win by mass plays ana
sheer strength while Wesleyan's CoaChers
| are laying chief stress on speed and endur-
ance. IL Is expected that quit" a large crowd
Of alumni and friends of both colleges will
come up from New York on saturday az
the IL O'Clock train from the Grand Central
will bring them mere in ample time for the
game, which starts at 80.
| CAMRRIDGE. Oct. 80 --Harvard's foot hall
| practice continues behind closed gates Yes
| terdav there was n marked IMPROVEMENT IN
| the work of the Varsity eleven hut to-day
| there was "A falling on ugnin. Randall, WHO
| left end on the Varsity to-day and he did
some brilliant work, especially on tho de-
fence. Motley WHO has been Il substitute,
| Vas moved 10 quarter back on the second
to-day MONTGOMERY, the fr"sAman taken
| to tho squad last week, was tried ycstcrdR v
at right end on the VARSITY. but did not do
| especially well. and to-day re was put ba X
| on the second eleven. Shea. who has been
| olaynH substitute left tackle 10 Wright, has
| been making good showing lately and to-da v
| he went into the scriminag 20 ahcud Of Wright
| He will probably begin tho game with tho
| Indiana on SATURDAY afternoon. \ number
| OF the coaches hhvN been PLAYING on the
second eleven during the past few davs
| jim Lawrence and Cults have been playing
Mt tackle. Bouve and Burnett ~ guards and
Sargent AZ centre Reggie prown pllvod In
| the back field TODAY. Jones and Bowditch.
the two regular Varsity ends are still on the