The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-09
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
0UAkERS DAILY PRACTICE A VA
RED ASSORTMENT OF MOVES.

New Rules an encouragement to the Fake
Kick-Totaf- SCORES Of Team Show
Pennsylvania NJ the top, with the Ellis
second--PrOgress Of the Elevens.
The daily football instruction at the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania consists of varied
| assortment Of maneuvres, each OF which
| has it's use. with the whole calculated to
| impart a thoroughness i'm the rudiments
| OF the game. The criticism applied TO the
Quakers two years ago. that they were not
| up in the ground work of the game and that
| individual knowledge Of positions was lack
ing. can hardly hold under the Williams
system of coaching. DR.. Williams started
| in last year to teach the men football from
| the ground up. and whatever the team may
or may not accomplish as team this season.
| 1t will not be for want of rudimentary prepara-
| ton. casual onlooker at the Quakers'
| daily practice might be led to think that
| SO much time was put In in preliminary work
! as to remove the zest for the scrlmmage
practice. which comes last on the programme.
| First there are men out, candidates for some
| particular position. receiving verbal in
structions from coach in the ms and outs
of the position. and this. interrupted from
time to time by practical illustration OF
how to stand, break through. block off and
other things. Drop kicking and puntng
and catching the ball then take up a share
| of the afternoon. and among the other things
are charging a padded board attached to
| platform, which rolls along on wheels,
| and passing the ball from man to man. each
man making sure to place the ball in his
arm in the way he would, hold it if running
with it in game, Another trick is for the
men to stretch out on their toes and hands
and fall fat on the ground at pistol Are.
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it and some fail altogether to drop.
SO far as could be Judged from watching
one afternoons practice the other day it
was evident that the Quakers have a splendid
lot of material. enough to put three teams
on the field any Of which has the making OF
n varsity team. Also it would appear that a
number of men will he called on to run with
the ball, as in practice not only the backs
but the ends. tackles and guards ran with
the leather. the line men from their position
in the line. The delayed pass. which Penn
sylvania first made famous and which Yale
last year brought to the highest point of
effectiveness. is also being used. The work
In the line-ups was loose and poorly organ
ized. 1t must he welded to gether to be good
in big games and at this period Pennsyl-
wanna attack is not as compactly formed
nor % aggressive AZ Columbias. whom the
Quukers play here in two weeks. The Penn
sylvanians as a rule are ran gier in build than
the Columbia forces.
One open play which the new rules tend
to encourage is the fake kick. The full back
run with the ball on direct pass from the
centre. True. he must run five yards out.
but he would do that ia anyway on ne fake kick
pretty play, but costly If not successful. and
like most fake plays to be used only at rare
des, hs ba ss . ,F.S SAsa
far. II the coaches like it they are holding
than any Of the others.
PENNSYLVANIA now heads the list in total
points scored against opponents, with Yale
Of st the derent t teams and OPPONENTS to date
Harvard 90 q sames, Yale, 1850 {. games,
8 games: west Point, 70 q games, Indians.
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e = aame sIsn Manhattan. 40 c 9anes' e
then Me: shs has been against colu meis, Broxn
looks pretty big, and so does Princetons
IS to o against gettysburg, but Dartmouth
made 80 to against vermont and I, the In In
Tigers have found the two latters' respeo
Of the e' two Biz football feeders Andover
and Exeter academies. are Of interest An
dover has a total Of ~ to for three games
and Exeter "a to for three games.
Speaking Of c9oHey. the promising fresh;
expected and who% old Nassau got Bps.
examinations in the spring and would un-
doubtedly have come to Harvard if he had
S Sss syd se to h
is almost ine1plicable. as aid Is freely given
to mertorous students, and according TO
gent a student az he was. football player.
But. failing to get the pecuniary aid. he could
not see his way clear to coming to Harvard
and joined the Princeton squad"
LAwRENcEylLLE. Oct, s.-The first game
of the football season at Lawrenceville School
team Of the Haverford Grammar School
last years champions Of the Philadelphia
Interscholasto League. The game was not
as close as the score indicates, as Lawrence
vles goal was never In danger Seven of
her team were members of last years vic
torious eleven. while the new material is
the championship game with Andover at the
end OF the season. The score: Lawrence
Vile. 8 Haverford. o.
Columbia has not enough heavy candidates
| for the eleven according to Coach Morley
| and Capt. Smith. Accordingly they have
| issued an earnest appeal for heavy men to
report as candidates Despite the weather
the candidates and members OF the varsity
| eleven had about half an hours practice
| Yesterday. The men first ran through sig
| nails both teams taking part in this work.
| and followed this by lining up for the kick
| of and going down the field and tackling
| the man with the ball No conclusions were
| possible as to the Improvement OF the team
| because of the pouring rain. which made
the field sea of mud and the ball very slip
| perry. ,,.,,,.
| Grounds tomorrow afternoon and a hard
| game is likely to result. The visiting team
| Is one Of the strongest OF the minor elevens
| and in past years has always managed to
nut up a game struggle with Columbia, Stu
| dents in the law school have decided to form
| a team and il possible play the law school
| teams of Harvard and Pennsylvania.
| PRINCETON, y. j., Oct S.--Although the
rain was pouring down and the field was
| slippery the coaches put the men through
| n hard practice to-day. The combination of
| Barney at centre. Dewitt at right guard and
| Short ut left guard continues to hold and this
| is probably how the centre trio will line up
| for the rest OF the season. The coaches
nave given up individual instructions and are
| devoting their time mostly to developing
| The centre and the backs. Behind the line