New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-01
FOOTBALL.
CANDIDATES GETTING READY Al YALE.

New-Haven. Conn. Aug. 81 (speciaD.-The Yale
football season will open two weeks from Monday.
when Captain Chadwick brings the first instalment
of his teal back to New-Haven for the preliminary
seasons practice. The first game is with Trinity
College on September g. Some twenty of the
ond eleven men and the newcomers will report
Yale Field week while the freshman recruits
will be on hand until the university opens.
Yales football prospects this fall are particularly
bright for the championship. Taking into
sideraton the men who played last year. and who
are eligible this year. besides strong lot of play
ers who could not play last season, and the in
coming freshmen of promise, it would seem that
Captain Chadwick is likely put out the strongest
aggregation of gridron that Yale has SEEM not
excepting Gordon Browns famous 1860 eleven All
the football critics Yale believe that this years
eleven will be the best that has yet represented the
Blue the griliron.
Last years team is pretty we'll broken up this
season. or that team Captain Gould and Swan.
ends Olcoti guard; De Saulles. quarterback; Hart
halfback and Weymouth fJllbaek. will not be
candidates for this years eleven, The veterans
who remain Hamlin. Hogan and Goss tackles;
Glass. guard; Holt centre. and Chadwick VIII
hslmi Vanderpoel and Owsley halfbacks. Around
this small nucleus will have TO be built up an al
most entirely new eleven. The material al hand.
however, is of the finest quality Glass. who was
faith with their rivals. will be on hand this year
owing to the desire of the Yale managers TO keep
faith with their rivals. will be on hand this year
and will, IL is believed. turn out To be the most
noteworthy
lust possible also that Bloomer. the famous tackle
on the 1900 team, will return to Yale this fall hav
ing successfully passed off conditions last spring
III Boomer returns he will be put in at fullback
instead OF In the line, Captain Chadwick has a
full assortment of strong rush line men and needs
material behind the snaphack. Boomer would make
a remarkably strong punging fuliback,
shown by his line smashing In 1900, when. with
Perry Hale, the fullback. he created records
for a Yale teams distance in championship games
But RloomerS return is doubtful The position of
fullback will probably have to be filled from
material
Thus far there is in sight an abundance of un-
usually clever players. The two end positions il
will be difficult To ILL., but with Coffin var
sity crew. and Moorhead and Neal of year
the list there will be fair selection For
tackle brand man is To arrive in Shevln, of
Hill School. who weighs In at lS pounds. and who
guard in the country. Pennsylvania also claims
Shevlin but Hill School men at Yale say that he
has entered here and will wear Yale football
suit this fall. At guard there will be two new
in Kinney and Boucher. the two Andover
guards Of last year and Johnson and DAILY OF
the Yale crew, besides Cross of last years fresh
man team, Behind the line no good man has
good outlook for halfback, however In OwsIey
Vanderpoe and Ward, OF last year and C,antai,
Bowman, of Hill School, Of the fastest hacks
and best punters of the prep schools AS Yais
needs puntns backfield badly Bowman Is ey-
pected 10 have a good chance for a Yale uniform
Fullhack Is In doubt as yet DAILY. of the crew
and McLintock, of last year are possbilitias but
there is no really good man In sight for the place
Yale will start in with a tremendously heayx r,sh
line, which will be weak only at fhe ENDS snJ
will have good line of men in the backnsId With
weak spots at quarter and fulltack