Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-30
ON THE GRIDIRoN
Some of the Big Six Teams Not In
Good Shape.

Good Shape.
Manager Buckley of the football
team wrote letter to the principal Of
the Waterbury High school and also
to the superintendent Of public schools
of Waterbury and both Of these men
sympathize with the Hartford boys in
their feeling toward the Waterbury
management They also admit that
five of the team were graduates Of the
Waterbury High school.--Hartford
Courant.
New Haven, Oct 30.-The coaches
at Yale are trying hard to keep the
varsity eleven keyed up to concert
pitch. The team had to be brought
UP close to an edge for the Syracuse
game. 1t has to be driven hard for
the West Point match on next Satur-
day and will have to be maintained at
top notch form for the game with
Bucknell on the following Saturday il
Yale is to defeat the eleven which beat
the Carlisle Indians Is to O. After that
is the Princeton match. and the next
week the team must come to it's su-
preme form for the game with Har-
ward on November %.
Yale never has been obliged to have
its eleven almost, on edge for so long
before. The problem is simplified by
the absence of a hospital list No
players are out of condition and Yale
has a squad of seventy-five men avail
able If she wishes to use them. The
eleven will go down to New York late
on Friday afternoon and will remain
there till Saturday morning, when the
players will go to West Point.
Princeton, N. J., Oct 30.-A survey
of Princeton's hospital list is enough
to discourage her supporters. Kafer
and Burke are out of the game for
good; Bradley may possibly have wa
ter on the knee; Barney, who had Just
recovered from sickness, is now
threatened with relapse; Henry has
an injured back. and Ross McClaye a.
case of 'charleyhorse'' in his thigh. If
the latter is not able to play against
Cornell on Saturday the line will GER
tainly be in poor shape to stand hard
game
The coaches have at last persuaded
P1erson to report for practice. The
freshman Keith has made a good i'm
preston the two days he has been on
the scrub. Taking into consideration
the fact that he would naturally be
more or less nervous the first few
days in varsity company, he has done
well. He is unsteady in catching
'punts, but when he once secures the
ball ne runs and kicks back like a vet
eran. He is also a sure tackler.
Cambridge, Mass, Oct 3O.-The hard.
fast football to which the squad was
subjected Tuesday was continued YES
terday, and 1t is expected that the var
4 s1ty will be in the finest shape when
the Indians come here on Saturday.
Putnam, the old halfback. who report-
ed to the coaches a week ago. is now
making strong bid for halfhs -1y
/ His experience helps him considerably.
/ Ieatherbee is the only man who has
had the same experience as Putnam.
and he is likely to push the old PLAYER
hard for the position.
For some time the coaches have
been looking for capable end to act
as substitute to Jones. but as vet no
promising man has turned up. KnoWI-
ton is improving in his work every
day, and it begins to look as if he
4 would be the legitimate successor to
4 Cults.
Philadelphia, Oct 3O.-The candi-
dates of the University of PennsyI-
vanfa are now INDUCING in secret
practice Most of the work this week
has been drilling the team in defense.
There has been some tendency to FUN
bic by the backs. but it is expected
they will get over this before the meet
ing with Columbia on Saturday.
j The varsity had its full strength out
yesterday, with the exception of Cap
tain Gardiner. Baird and Richardson.
and speedier, quicker starting play
has not been seen on Franklin field
this year. The regulars did not stay
in long. but in fifteen minutes they
scored three times on the scrub, and
the scrub had been unable to make any
advances. After the substitutes had
been put in. the scrub, playing Column
bia football. carried the ball half the
length of the gridiron for touch
down, made by Keller.
Ithaca, N. Y, Oct 30.-In its last
hard practice before the Princeton
game the Cornell varsity smothered
the scrubs. scoring four touchdowns in
twenty minutes of play The excel
;
back, was an encouraging feature OF
the practice.
The coaches are worrying for fear
they will be unable to use SANDY
Hunt. the big fullback, and Purcell in
the game on Saturday. The univer.
sity has lost valuable man in CorteI
you, the freshman candidate for full
back, who has been compelled to sror
playing on account of his parents.
!. New York, Oct 30.-Nearly all Of
Coach Morley's attention this week has
been devoted to trying to develop
good men for ends in anticipation OF
Saturdays game with the University
of Pennsylvania. If the Blue and
White is to win against the Quakers
the ends must do better than they die
against Princeton So far the wor1
of the end candidates has been unsat.
isfactory. Yesterday the varsity
lined up against the scrubs, the play
ing throughout being Of the Hveliesl
character.
There is much uneasiness among The
Blue and White men because Captain
Wpekes' ankle does not improve. HI
still limps perceptibly and Is IN NJ