The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-19

4, serious features OF Yale'S weakness to-day.
I Holt. OF cOursr. IS not responsible Tor this.
a. As Is one Of he steadi-st crnteFs that
Yale has ever had.
Rockwell. the freshman. was doing good
work at this position until hr was ihJlIei
and every one s. anxious 20 see what he
will 10 when he gets ou tts u,Id aEsin.
Jack Ware has come Up ven rapidly duf-
!rr tba NIX - "a candidate for the vacant
half hack position Ward needs coaching,
but he unguesIicuabiy has a lot " 1bili,y,
Errtz Wiihsimi- who has been 81 al sum
nler. has Just returned To college .tnd has
net yrt gotten into the same NAheimi
VIII have 20 L!lY goo. fpotn4iA IN oul-r 20
d-pcsr Ward Htnkie Sop.E and Farmer
are the other Candidates VINO have WIN
stood the weeiinE-put process FOR this p-
siuon. They all san have a chance Tor this
It is. or course. too early to begin To- talk
about selecting the team. but .f tI- coaches
had 20 select their best team to-day il would
probably bc as follows. Left end. Neal. or
Hare. left tackle. HHmlln or S~hyvlln. LETT
guard. Glass: centeg, Holt. uSht guar,
END. Cofhn. quarter. Metcalte OF, Winston
left half hack. rigEt half hack.
Ward or Hinkle. full back. McClintock Or
The Comuarlson o. the showing o. AM
herst against Yale and Harvard j. Halter
iuE 10 the blue. but Il has not turned N8ios
against Amherst Harvard scored only SIX
Yale has read these figures with "a great
deal % conservatism AMI has not been iu tha
least excited hy them The season ~ young
and scores mean very little indeei-
Coaches OF the football team OF the Uni
ver-ity or Pennsylvania eleven have 1t last
been persuaded in. their oNn minds that
interested sharps have believed all along
that the style OF defense would not do.
but n took the game with Haverford TO
I clearly demonstrate 10 the coaches that the
l playing Of the ~scond line q defense 50
lar back would save the gaining OF ground
BY the opposing team.
In she game against Haverford the light
but fast Haverc- q team completely ate up
The Red and lue line in the second hail
I The second ne or defense vas an utter
waste OF three men. So last week the backs
we're brought Wen up TO the first lire. the
fun back supporting The center and the
haif backs the tackles. The style q de-
fense used resembles that IN vogue under
George Woourun. except the men do not
! are thrown out on the wings. The half
backs shove the tackles into the play.
lille the fun back supports the center.
A noticeable Improvement iu the strength
4 OF the team In defer sive work was OF once
apparent BY being more compact the line
was able 10 present "a stronger resistance
~ the opposing line. aud there was much
! less waste Of power Then. too, the hacks
were IN a position. 10 get in the plays faster
: and the PUSHES OF the scrubs were mostly
well stopped.
Il Is just about now that Carl Williams and
his hard-worklng assistants are striking all
thar needs attention. hut also the Onense. In
running with the bail Penn. has developed
a lot OF speed and dash This was not
shown against Haverford. for the men were
not on edge. This is a matter that can
be quickly built W again. and in fact the
! team was playing with something like it,
former snap. But Il VIII be m
that Drinker 81 Haverford dropped & goal
the merit OF performance. Il may
be said that the Haverford kicker was
aided IN his work by the slowness %
Penn's line TO break through and hurry
him more than they did.
Coach Williams had the line men all 20
himself Tor a while and had them prac-
HNnfnu NnHHHmr ny FaaH NEHNn 81 .---aH L.
and scrub lined up for the afternoons Ecrim-
mage the scrub was given the ball and told
10 ktck goals from the field. Keller took
the ball and tried ms hand. The varsity's
\ work In getting through and spelling the
kick was both, good ard bad At times
/ the line charged quickly. and az other times
Keller had All the time he required ard was
able 10 drop the hall between the posts.
Another trouble is Tho fuIl-hacE p~osItIon.
Hare is too light 10 nj the bU1 and is not.
strong enough on defense 60 al the -liil.
sitn"'iEh ne IS a -tronE punter AMI gets his
Is a valuable man back Of the line. but he
! cannot get his Kicks OF. \ man must be
found Tor the position Likely Willie Gar
diner will try TO hold n down. II viii be
easier 10 ind a mar Tor half back.
In casting around for q quarter back u
has heen holding down the job on the scrub
l team. He runs kicks hack well and Is a
good defensive man. one of his faults seems
Z 20 be- a little lowUess In giving the sig
mails Dale is the tcs; man tried In the
position mp 10 date
g. Gerard Dodge. the heavy-weirht mem
Der Of the American tntercoiiege boxing
J team that invaded ENGLAND last June. has
Z appeared as o. c~andtdals for HarVard-s
! varsity football team and learns that his
amateur status = questioned While h~
has not been noiiied mat he is incl ribie
u IS Thought that by accepting all his gv-
p-uss.- ne became a UrufassIon1T Tba h.
lion 81 the English Amdteur BOXING ASS ci-
alton IN declaring The men professionals bee
chu>c the coronation bouts Wcro not sane
TONED wili undoubtedly prevent Dodge from
representing Harvard or FJed- Wenck, his
partner. from representing Yale
Tle remarkable work which Sheviiu. the
Hil School tackle. and hammer thrower
has been doing AZ Yale shows how much
Pennsvtvania lost when this youne man
decid'd 70 enter Yale 20 study. Shevliu has
] proved himself 10 b. n horn football nlave~
and has made several spectacular runs
Tor the Blue S1eyinS course - an "N-
ample OF the influence q famous trainer has
In securing good athletes Sheviin an
nouuCed last spring that ha Intended to entc-
the university 40 which Mike Murphy vas
: trainer IN order that ne might have mis-
: coaching In the hamTeT throw. IN which
new figures.
BY distortIng the Interpretation of the
touf-Fear eligibility cole Columbia tnivers-
] ~ mas declared eligible + y. Bruce. who
has represented that Institution for four
{ academic years. Bruce was a member OF
Columhia's track team four years. but since
truck athletics does not begin until spring
the Columbia management tgures that his
eiEibIitF does not expire until next spring.
SAYS the Philadelphia North American.
Varsity and scrub have fought out the
| 1riskeSt football battles on the campus q
Nebraska University during the past w-ek
{ that have been seen fer many a dav. With
Z two positions stil open in the varsity line.
I the scrubs have taken rare courage. tear
ing into The first eleven With q spirit al
most born Of f~erQcity. RIGHT guard and
left tackle are the positions yet untitled
and no less than six men can be said 10
have a chance for the coveted prizes.
Booth thought he had Developed a strong
out OF Joint three times IN the game with
> Colorado at Boulder. retiring In favor Of
= Tobin. Molony's physician now fears that
the bore wa spllntered. and expresses
grave doubt as to Moiony's. ability to get
into the game again during the present sea
son
At left tackle Wilson seems 20 have the
call He outHeighs and can outrun the