The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-06
YALE AT WORK
ON 1906 TEAM
shevlin Is in Demand for Head
Coach Next
81 Year. slss

New Haven Conn, Dec. 6.-Altho the Yale
football season closed with the annual game
against Harvard, plans were Immediately begun
for next season.
Whether Captain Tom Shevlin can be induced
to come back to act as head coach is not sure.
He has planned to go into the lumber business
In the west but strong pressure will be brought
to bear to induce him to return to Yale as
coach. His year as captain closes with him one
Of the most popular leaders who lever headed
Yale team. There Is a strong demand for for
mer Captain Frank Hinkey to return next year
as an allseasol COACH Hnkey has been the
most active and constant of the regular coaches
this fall. and it is felt that ne cannot be
spared another season. Foster Sanford, the CEN
ter coach, probably will be here another season.
More than to any other one man Yales defense
this fall was a product of Sanford's brain.
The regular field coaches for the past fall
Jack Owsley for the backs. and Ralph Bloomer
for the line, will go into business at once, and
will not be available for much coaching next
season.
Yale will have fully as strong an eleven next
year as the past season, at least in point of
raw material, but everything will depend on
how we'll 1t is. handled. Captain Shevlin will
be the most missed member of the eleven.
During the four years he has played end not a
gain has been made past him. Princeton has
not tried to run play around him.
Yale will nave Gates back at end and the
following lively substitutes: Howard Jones.
Beebe, Leggett and Burch, the last named two
from the freshmen. The varsity tackles, Big
former Andover tackle the best man on the
freshman eleven this fall, again will be avail
able for the varsity. At guard both Hockenbur-
ger end Erwin will return, and Paige, the for
mer st. Paul's school guard who would have
been on the varsity the past season except for
scholarship troubles, will be regular next
year. Substitute Andrews again will be 8
candidate next fall
Center Rush Flanders will return. He is
regarded as one Of the steadiest men in the
country. Some brilliant material Is ex
pected. Andrus, the former Lawrenceville cen
ter and guard, will come down from Andovel
and will be tried for one Of the other positions
At quarterback both Tad Jones and the substi
tute, Dimes, will be back Jones will be han
died with more judgment another season. Yale
will have lot Of brilliant halfbacks and full
backs next fall. Veeder, Roome Wylie, Linz
and Levine are assured, and more expected
From the freshman eleven Of the past season
| the splendid drop kicker, Dunbar and Olcot
and Romas will be available for the varsity
and Captain Soper, a quarterback, will tr,
| Five Of the crack Andover academy eleven ar
coming to Yale.
Yale has swept everything before her on tn
gridiron' for two years, and her prospects ar
| easily the brightest for next season. It is ex
pected that the Ellis will arrange game wit
western eleven, probably Michigan in cas-
| Harvard declines to meet them, account O
| the abolition of football at the Cambridge uni
versity.