The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-26
In THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
YALE VARSITY SQUAD SHOWS
IMPROVED FORM,
Rush Line Makes Fierce Onslaught on
College Eleven and Fumblins DIS
appears-Iight Work at Haryard-Weak
Defence ut PrincetOn-Other Practice

College Eleven and Plumbing DIS
appears-light Work at Haryard-Weak
Defence ut PrincetOn-Other Practice
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 25-After an hour and
a half In practice behind closed gates to-day
| the varsity squad tackled the college eleven
and drove the college men down the neio
before an onslau ght that they were power
less to stem Every member OF the varsity
| SQUAD received pointed Instructions from the
coaches that the fumbling that has char
acterized the teams work this season must
| stop and men who could not hold the bail
were warned to keep of the field. as 1t was
too late in the season to bother with such
material. As a result the open practice was
entirely free from errors along that iine'
| The secret practice was 30 strenuous that
several players got out Of the game AT us
close and came back to town, leaving the
| active men to struggle in the open field with
| the college eleven,
Owsley went into practice for short time
| at full back but the coaches soon TOOK MN
out as they did not want him. In MS presen'
condition. to get much hard pushihg he
| Is the ma instay for the big games. waiter
| Stllman played In the llege squad at quarter
to-day for the first time in three weeks
The varsity team Ia depending more and more
| on the tackle back for distance. as the Y ale
ends ore noticeably weak. The coilege
to-day frequently foiled the attempts to turn
It's end and succeeded in throw ing the varsity
runner for loss.
The coaches are bound that Yale's punts
will not be blocked again this season. Two
seconds after the signal is given by the new
| play, the ball is put in play. completely pre-
venting any player from getting through the
| line after the punter. Whenever the varsity
| tried the quick formation the ball was OF
and away before the college eleven had time
! to get through the first line Of defence.
CAMBRIDGE, Oct. aS.-The regular pla yers
| on the Harvard team had light work to-day,
but for the next two days they Will nave
| hard work In preparation Tor the fehh-
sylvania game. This afternoon the feature
| of the practice was twenty minute game
| between the varsity and the freshman
eleyens In which neither side scored. The
varsity was. however. made up largely
of substitutes The freshmen played
hard, snappy game. getting the jump on the
varsity every time Twice the varsity
was held for downs and the freshmen gained
| fully as much ground as the former. Grant
at centre on the Os eleven, weighing ISL
| pounds, hut II all over Parkinson. Star. the
freshman quarter back, and Talbot, the right
auard, both showed good enough form to
BIO on the varsity squad The varsity men
had q long drill in essentials this afternoon.
the back field candidates being taught punt
| ing and catching. while the line men and ends
were coached In breaking through and block
Ing In the 81 nal pr actice Of the varsity
Meier appeared at right tackle. the place
where Oveson played yesterday. This
position seems to lie between these two men.
Parkinson was out again. but Parker was
still on the lines. He is the only player who
shows any bad effects from the Carlisle game.
Brill was tried at kicking to-day and he did
some good work.
PRINCETON, Oct 2s.-Tlger football pros
poets got bad jar to-day when 1t was learned
that the secret practice proved the SCRUB
the better of the varsity. and after rushing
the ball sixty-hve yards despite the urgent
appeals of the coaches to get together the
varsity forwards were pushed back for good
| gains on every scrimmage. Kirkpatrick
was the particular star on the second eleven.
He distin guished himself by several long
runs and was big factor In backing. up the
line The weak spots on the first FIRST, eleven .. ,e,
were made outside the tackles, which were
weak points in saf ord tbs snds
realize that they have big problem on their
points was laid to the slowness Of the for
wards in charging. The backs showed
on sa tss deien S sna
tho coaches will feel that they will have ac-
complished all that can be asked Of them
hiss place ace at full back. and was especially
prominent in this afternoons practice. Tooker
nnd dfop cESs sSty 20
to equal advantage and succeeded in clearing
the bar from the 81 yard line several times.
M,ppLrrowS, Oct. ?5.-wesleyan's football
outlook for the game with Dartmouth next
ssfs game IS at tso @ and
Woln behind the line proved TO be valuable
and good gr1Hnd fns Wh,le gs Naa
shows sood Ha9d as a ue ats
ysdd paq Of ends as Weeya hss
ever had. Dearborn and North are indis-
pens able, In fact. the whole team oensd;
plucky game The way in which 1t held
Rutgers for downs on, the one yard line shows
Fultz gave several new trick plays. to the
York Sh tSs year It Win be my
possible for the team 70 depend entirely on
Straight football AGAINST It's heavier opponents.
rather than weight, At present 4 looks
ns Chat A e will Gsy Il has v had De hs
tackle the place sss wf faG has pTT o,ss
o cnr Haiford. has, only been on the
Aeid two days. but he is PLAYING IKE veteran
lis filling the. position in the next game,
Connei, the old varsity end, Is doing fine
| work and II Ia also likely tnnt ne Will be In
| his regular place on Saturday. Daily, the
freshman, who appeared for the first time on
Monday. continued his good work yester-
day and Fultz put him at end on the varsity
| for a short time. Draper, the old varsity
half back, played left half on the first team
| during part of the game yesterday.
NV HAVEN. Oct 25.-To Walter. Camp.
| Yale's athletic adviser. has been submitted
| n disputed point in football for his opinion.
| II arose out Of the annual game between the
| freshmen Of Leland Stanford University and
those OF the University Of California. The
LELAND Stanford quarter back kicked the
bali and the California full back allowed It
to roll along. thinking it would roll behind
the goal posts and could be kicked from
the as yard. line, IT stoned at the, S
PLAYER who had kicked i. rushed through
and fell on the ball asserting that he was on
side. This was disputed. but the referee
awarded the ball to the Stanford quarter back.
| As the Stanford team took the ba III over on the
| next play and ma de the touchdown which
won the game. the decision. was of much
| consequence. Mr.. Camp will not give his
decision until he. has had the statements of
| the officials and the two captains in the game.
ANNAPOLIS, Oct 25.-The aggregation of
ex-Navy stars who are helping DR.. Paul
Dashielf to work the slump Of the last
has received an increase through the ordering