The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-09-16
Yale Is Ready to Begin Her
Football Practice.
The Schedule of Games for the
Season Completed.
SEASON OPENS SEPT. 26
Play Harvard at Cambridge on
November 21.
The Game With the Princeton
Eleven Set for Nov. IA.

New Haven, Conn, Sept. 16.-The
arrangements for the opening of the
football season at Yale have been in
progress during the week. Capt. c. D.
Rafferty,, with Manager Miller and
Field Coach George B. Chadwick, have
had number of conferences this week
with Walter Camp. Captain Rafferty,
has been in town for a week. Mike
Murphy, the trainer, returned from his
vacation week ago and has been busy
looking up assistant trainers and get
ting his part of the work in shape for
the opening of the season.
Manager Miller has completed the
schedule of games for the season. Some
minor changes have been made in the
schedule since it was announced in the
spring. Yale will open her playing sea-
son in this city on September &C. Trim
ity college will as usual be the Blues
opponent in the opening game. Then
will come the following contests:
Sept. 30-Tufts. at New Haven.
Oct. university of Vermont, at
New Haven.
Oct. wesleyan, at New Haven.
Oct 1o-Springfield Training school,
at New Haven.
Oct. 14-Holy Cross, at New Haven.
Oct. I7-Pennsylvania State college,
at New Haven.
Oct. 24-West Point, at West Point.
Oct. 31-Columbia, at New York
Nov. syracuse university, at New
Haven.
Nov. 14-Princeton at New Haven.
Nov 21-Harvard, at Cambridge
1t is possible that one more game
may be added to the schedule.
The schedule is in accordance with
the plans of last season. 1t is in no
sense a hard schedule, such as Yale
used to play five and six years ago.
Judging from past records of the teams
the Pennsylvania state game, the West
Point game and the Columbia game
Will be the only contests which are
likely to put Yale to the test The
policy of the coaches, however, will be
10 avoid desperate games and to take
no risks with the best players. This
plan worked we'll last season and still
the team received plenty of training.
Last year the West Point game was
the hardest practice game of the year
and. in fact it has been for seVera!
years. Just what Columbia will do this
year on the gridiron no one knows.
George f. Sanford. the old Columbia
coach, is back in the east again, but
whether he is here to take part in the
tootball season has not yet been an
nounced.
While Manager Miller has been look
ing after the schedule, Captain Raj
ferty has been looking up and CORE
Will COdCneS 1Or the season.
The following graduates have been
asked to assist in the coaching and all
nave promised to come to New Haven
al some time during. the season:
}. X; Swan, 1902, field coach of last sea-
son; George A Adee 95 quarter back on
Hinkeyrs team; F. I. Murphy, the SO cap
B. c. Chamberlain. the 80 captain: s. F.
Thorne. the 's5 captain; Rev. G. B. Cut
ten, ~; F. s. Butterworth. 's5 r. Town
Ferguson, 'O2; p. T. Stillman. '95 the cen
ter rush; w. o. Hickok, '95 the guard:
Morris Ely, 49, the quarter back; L. T.
Henelhnger, the 81 coach; Vance McCor-
l9VO captain; g. B. Hubbell. 1900: DR.. Jonn
A. Hartwell SO; John Hall. 'sS, the end
back; NJ. L. Mcbride, the 1900 head coach;
W. T. Bull, Ss, the famous full back; F.
A. Hinkey 49, the captain and end rush.
In addition to this long list of coaches
there are number of other veterans, ike
Howard Knapp and Ray Tompkins who
never fail to come to New Haven during
the football season, and who will undoubt-
Rafferty, has completed a schedule for the
visits of the various coaches and has SO
arranged it that they will not all come at
one time His scheme is to always have
two or three coaches here to assist Field
Coach Chadwick.
1t is expected that L. T. Glass. the big
guard of last season, who will be ineligi-
BILE for the team this fall, will do some Of
the most effective coaching in the rush
line. Glass will play right through the
season on the sub team in order to give
the varsity candidates practical lessons
in the rush line Glass, by his knowledge
of the game and his skill will in this
way. be of great assistance to the team,
despite the fact that he can not play.
Several rumors have reached New Ha-
ven recently in regard to some of the vet
Grams. One story is that Rockwell the
quarter back, will not return to Yale this
fall: another is that of Metcalf the half
back, has injured his kree playing sum-
mer baseball and may not be able to play
football. The most serious story is that
Bowman is behind his studies and may be
kept out of the game for the greater part
of the season. None of these reports
have been verified and can not be until
all the players reach town tomorrow
night. 1t is certain, however that there
is no foundation for the rumor that Goss
and Holt expect to return this fall. Both
of these men are out of college for good
and expect to go into business
Briefly, the better material that is now
in sight and available is as follows: Ends.
Rafferty,. Shevlin and Hare; tackles, Ho-
gan Kinney and Bloomer guard, Cart
wright; center. Smith; quarter backs,
Rockwell and Winslow; half backs, Met
calf, Farmer and Owsley; full back, Bow
man.
Fitz and Gardner Matched.
New York, Sept. 16.-"Before the
snow flies I expect to see George Gard