Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-17
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Yale and Harvard Getting
Ready for Saturdays Game.
BOTH TEAMS CRIPPLED
"KIDv SULLIVAN WHIPPED BERN
STEIN IN FAST BOUT.
Good Games in the Different Bowling
Leagues-LeadingT Tennis Players
Amateur Athletic Union.

Dewitt Cochran's beautiful home on the
Hudson has again this year been turned
into a well-quick' resort, and thither
Quarterback Rockwell and Tackle Jim Ho-
gan of the Yale varsity eleven have gone
to recuperate and get into shape to play the
Crimson at Cambridge next Saturday.
Early Sunday morning the two old relia-
bles were packed off bag and baggage. The
rest of the men needed rest, but could get
sufficient at home. Mitchell, Metcalf and
Farmer who did such tremendous lot of
work against the Tigers, especially need
complete rest for couple of days, but it
was not deemed necessary to send them
away.
Boomers foot. which was badly strained
is reported showing signs of improve
ment, but his playing Saturday seems TO
be a matter of grave doubt. Field Coach
Chadwick takes an exceedingly hopeful
view of the case. however. and believes
that the big fellow will be in the lineup.
He says that at present 1t looked as If the
team would line up against Harvard exact
ly at 1t faced Princeton.
1t is doubtful IL the back field is played
as long as in the Princeton game before
change is made as Mitchell was thoroughly
tagged out before the coaches saw fit to al
low him to retire to the side lines and Bow
man take his place. An entire change in
the back field from quarter to full will be
made before the game is finished.
1t was learned at New Haven yesterday
afternoon that much of the blame for the
defeat of Saturday is laid at the door of the
coaches, who refused to allow Rockwell to
retire and Soper to take his place. The
players in their hodr of defeat naturally
felt disappointed, and this feeling Is inten-
sified by the idea that they were compelled
to play under conditions which might have
been improved had the coaches appreciated
the condition of Rockwell as they should
have done.
One of the players said yesterday that
after Rockwell received the injury during
the first half he persisted in mixing UP the
signals and giving wrong ones. Natui ally
enough, the man refused to give up, and
admiration alone Is felt for his pluck, but
the coaches should have put in a man who
had the free use of his brain. The game
he played after his injury was not his usual
one. and his running of the team after the
injury was far from the standard he usually
maintains.
Harvard started on her final week of
work yesterday at Cambridge in prepara-
ton for Yale. but the men who played
against Dartmouth last Saturday were let
off with light signal practice. All of the play
ers. with the exception of Meier, the left
tackle. and Lemoyne. the guard, are in
good shape and will be ready for hard work
today. Neither Meier nor Lemoyne is Sc
riously injured. and both will be prepared
to get into the scrimmage tomorrow. Pete
Bowditch the star end, who was injured in
the Quaker game. and who was on the side
lines all of last week, got the signal prac-
tice yesterday. and, usual, his presence
helped things along wonderfully. as far as
getting snap and dash into the men went
Yesterday the crimson squad had a good
opportunity to get used to handling wet
bali on a slippery field. 1t rained during
the morning and afternoon, and the pigskin
was very hard to hold onto. but neverthe-
less there was very little fumblng Capt
Marshall was given little work in receiv-
ing punts in the back field When he does
not have the extra excitement of game
the little captain seems able to cling onto
the ball with a great degree of certainty
but In all games he has been weak in this
respect. and his exhibition in the Pennsyl-
vania game was the worst that he ever dis
played.
In the signal practice the varsity lined
up as it has for the last two weeks. except
Shea took Meier's place and Carroll substi-
tuted for Lemoyne. Today the men will
start in to put the finishing touches for the
Yale game in the few days that remain
The work will be hard. but the coaches
have determined to encourage rather than
curse the players this week for they be-
lieve that all the foot ball has been taught
them that they can learn this fall. and the
chief object is to keep them in good condf-
ton In both mind and body for the final
struggle on Saturday.