New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-21

Hardly Any Men of School RepHta-
tiOn-lStrOHg Team, HOIc6Uer.

New-Haver Conn. Sept % (SpeciaD.-Yale's hrs'
week of football practice closed yesterday with
thirty-six candidates hand TO open the season
This squad. which IS much smaller than usual.
will he augmented this coming week by the new
arrivals among the freshmen. but there is no PROB
ability that many new men of promise VIII theh
appear. Yale this year has received from the
schools hardly any men Of reputation
out of the thirty-six at Yale Field last week
however. the consensus Of opinion II Yale circles
to-day is that a powerful eleven can be worked up
Only three men will probably have TO be
trained up this to I'll vacancies. man for
centre. of the guards and a ha!fback- The
only question that remains Is whether Stubs
a substitute guard Bowman. last years fulback'
and Boomer tackle the 01 team, pass their
conditions off and become eligible for the team
The vacancy at centre seems likely to be filed
rather easily than was expected SIX Dig
fellows are in line for that postuOn-I. =
Roraback Law School. substitute last year. who
now weighs 235 pounds; p c. Smith. 's. last years
freshman centre. who weighs 216 pounds; , b.
Morton p G.. substitute guard !ast year. weight
210 pounds: r. Cartwright. o. s. freshman guard'
2OS pounds: f. C. Cooley. Os. freshman guard l95
pounds. and A. G. Irwin. 'O6 100 pounds. For the
two guard positions which are vacant this year
owing to the loss of Glass and Goss. i've men are
out-Cartwrght. weight EOS pounds; Cooley. Lo
pounds: Irwin. 100 pounds: j. c. George % .. $50
pounds and S. B. Stubs "a. 8. a substitute last
year 1s5 pounds. 1t is also possible that kinney.
tackle last year may be put in at s1ard ,I pJs
u
candidates turn out well as they promise
1t is at tackle that Yale this year Will nave
superb bundanCe Of good material Both Hogan
SaH ars bsgck and SbevIin end last year has gone
up in weight that he may have to be put at a
tackle. where he played at Hill School Besides
these veterans there Is also Boomer. the 0 tackle;
making four experienced and brilliant tackles. all
of whom have made all-American tea ms, AZ 1ae-
OF these Kinney weighs 200 pounds; BloonedI:,
21O: Hogan. 1s5. and Shevlin. 100 Stubos tlo
pounds) is also a tackle candidate. as Is Bssell
former substitute. who weighs lSO POUNDS Az eIiu
Yale will also have a first class lot OF men Gap,
Shevlin. 1917 pounds. will be candidate again Iot
the other end. where he played so primarily IasC
Hare. 10 pounds. who substituted IN tne
big last season, will also De IN me IQr an
end position. There will also be j. A MoorneiG.
'O4 substitute. $50 pounds, and C. l. Neal 10 10
pounds - = -, 49,
three candidates. other than little Rockwell the
freshman last fall. who made the AH-Anlerlcan
two weeks after he was practicaIy an uhS IY
quantity the third and fourth \ ale teams ROCK
we'll weighs only 1k pounds For the same posi-
ton there will he NJ. ]. Donahue, o. who has been
pounds: H. J. Fenton l., s. 145 pounds. and w NJ
Stilman 'O5 $50 POUNDS, substitute last season.
and a member of the well known Stillman family
HaIfbacks also plenty at Yale this fall Met
calf. 10 pounds. who played brilliant half last
fall. try for the position and there VIII
also be Soper $50 pounds Phipps 100 OWsley. ~
Gelser 1SO Mitchell $50; Abbott, 10, and Alien no
Bowman. last years fu1back. IS again in the Held
for position. weighing this fall 40 pounds and
there will also be Farmer. 16i pounds, SUBSTITUTE
Is probable that IL BloOmsr can develop into a
. punter ne will be tried fullback this fall.
This years Yale eleven will at least De MADE up
of heavy men. The average weight OF the hne
candidates. from tackle to tackle is 2O2 pounds
Glass. who will be In college this rall, nut VINO
will be Ineligible to play. owing 70 the 1ouT-yeaI
will play this the scrub team against the
candidates for guard