New-York tribune., 1904-09-12
FOOTBALL AT HARVARD.
Captain Hurley Must Make a Ney
Team for This Year

Cambridge, Mass, Sept IL (SpecaD-A vxash
from tomorrow the candidates for the Harvard foot
ball team begin their practice at Soldiers. FIELD ,
preparation ior the football campaign that ends
for them when Harvard and Yale NAV the,- an
nual game at New-Haven on Novernha- % Af+.-
the poor showing of the Crimson team last wear
every Harvard man is especially anxious that tha
eleven should do better this season
Inc burden of turning out winning eleven will
oevolve mainly on the shoulders of Captatn d !
Hurley and Edgar n. Wrightinxton head coa.b
FROM large but crude batch of material thez,
TWO must form team early enough in The season
70 nave well rounded eleven TO meet the three
strongest opponents OF the year-Pennsylvania
dartmouth and, lastly, Yale. The mistake Of last
year Is TO be avoided and It Is intended to run no
rlsA OF second defeat at the hands OF Dartmouth
III an probability only three of the eleven that
Iacea 1ae last year in tho Stadium will be on the
team that meets the Blue az New-Haven this faIl
Ihese are Captain Hurley and Nichols haIfoacks
and LIE Moyne. guard OF the rest. the ends Cloth
Ter and Bowditch will be missing. Clothier having
oeen graduated, and Bowditch having played four
years OF the tackles KnowIton will not be in
college. Meier was graduated last June and al
though two other men played in the Yale game
last fall they were merely substitutes and will
nave TO show greater strength than they did in
I%S to make a place the team If the eleven IS
TO be a first class Andrew Marshall, the star
guard OF last year. was graduated from the Law
school, lack" Parkinson, who PLAYED centre may
be in college again, but 1T will be doubtful If he
, will play, as ha badly used up ir the Yale
game last autumn, and had 70 leave college later
in the year.
Carl Marshall has been graduated, leaving the
position OF quarterback an open one, and schoell-
kopf fullback. who will be member of the third
year law class. viii be ineligible 10 play as he
| played three years at Cornell before he came to
Harvard
OF the substitutes last years eleven there are
two men, either of whom viii beyond doubt
man tn banf Thev
Phil Mills. for fullback, and James NJ. MOntgom-
cry, for OF the ends. Mills pIOushed through
the Yale line when he was put into the struggle
toward its close last autumn The year before Mills
year, PLAYING end in Bowditchs place toward the
END OF the Pennsylvania game. Although not very
neaVy. powerful man, who IS especially strong in
Squires and Derby who played left tackle in the
ale game VIII both be out. Derby Is the stronger
light for tackle. Weighing about 175 pounds F. c.
Carrick. o. candidate for guard last year weigh
about 2l5 pounds Last year he was rather Sluggish.
out may develop into good man. Walter SuSden,
substitute centre last year and centre on the 1872
team. VIII probably not be candidate
Whether not Harvard will turn cut strong
eto3,, W. ,; & -. @ se1! ~ III ~, ~ Fo,,,,i & II
Noyes. who Carl Marshalrs understudy FAST
Ybere must u sonia Pay t peter o Spa ga 10 Hnrey I py
quarter instead OF half. He played quarter on his
The three men who win undoubtedly be the first
men 70 be tried out as the Crinsol rms iTis , Ss
as full The Crimson viii have several other
backs who did Wen last year. Walter Eandaill'
captain OF the baseball team; Fisher NesHttf hali-
back the '05 freshman team; Gcrdan Means,
Arthur McCarty '01. who may be tried a. quarter.
are ali men who are possibilities as halves ". T.
Harrison. %. and William y. Haniey. OI. viii De
candidates for fuIlhack
In addition 10 HanIey and McCarty. I. Starr was
the only other man from last years freshman team
who seemed likely TO be OF much service 10 the
varsity squad this year. Starr played centre. and
weighs about le0 pounds.
carl f. Brill captain and tackle OF the Exeter
eleven 1901 and 1902 will be member OF the fresh
man class In the Lawrence Scientific school this au-
tumn and will be ont for the team he weighs
about 9I0 pounds when in playing form. he en-
tered Harvard last fail but he did not get SUN
cient points to admit him regular standing left
the university and worked for year starr. who
PLAYED quarterback and captain on the Groton team
last wear will be out for the varsity eleven II he
manages To be admitted to regular standing john
son erbacK and captain Of the Carlisle Indian
team last year. is expected TO come 70 Harvard this
fall but probably will not be considered