Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
FOOT BALL PRACTICE
ON MANY GRIDIRONS

squads. Cornell. the first team to start
work. began with only four veterans miss
tello. tackle: Furman. guard, and Hal
liday, the full back. OF these men only
two are really serious losses, these being
Costello and Halliday. Not only are all
the other veterans back, but Coach Warner
has splendid lot of substitutes from which
to draw. This year Cornell Is sure to play
a fast game. and with Warmers we'll
known ability to develop this sort OF a
game and a good lot OF fast men the Itha-
cans will need to be watched very closely.
The Cornell team was followed on the
field by Harvard. According to the first
announcement Coach Reid was much dis
appointed over the outlook. but the facts
show that Harvard Is exceptionally well
cared for. No more than five veterans,
the 1905 eleven. The losses are Leary at
one end, Knowlton at tackle and end Hur-
ley at half back. Squires at tackle and pos
sibly Brill at tackle. The latter may still
play. and IL he does Harvard will be even
better equipped than Yale. Where Har-
ward is fortunate is in the retention of
very fast back field Under the new rules
Harvard's giants Of recent years will be
of very little use, but her fast men, Of
whom she had many a year ago. will come
in very handy.
According to report. Reid. who is the
highest-priced coach in the country. has
thinks will justify the big money he re-
cefves. He has now been at Harvard two
years and feels that he must turn out a
successful team this fall or quit. Another
thing that is worrying the Harvard foot
ball authorities is their knowledge that the
educational authorities, especially Pres
ident Eliot. are watching everything done
on Soldiers Field with eagle eyes. They
and that unless they make 1t radically
different and better sport this fall they
may have to devote their attention to an
other game in 1907.
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Yale coaches feel that they have a start on
their rivals. When the Ellis started work
this fall they did SO without the services
Of several men who made their team tho
champion OF the east last fall The men
lost were Sheviin and Gates. the ends:
Flanders. center: Trip, the guard; Hutch
inson. the quarter back: and Finn and
Quill. who alternated at full back. These
The back deld will be quite well cared for.
Tad Jones can take tIutchinson's place at
quarter very effectively. while Roome and
Morse are both on hand as half backs.
who can fill the position Of full back very
acceptably. Yale's problem is therefore to
get a good line. But II Yale could secure
such fine line of forwards as she did in
1905 from the material that was then avail
able she ought to have little trouble this
fall.
Tales Of Woe at Pennsy.
The University of Pennsylvania quit last
fall with exceptionally brilliant prospects
for this fall but things have darkened up
now to such an extent that one hears
nothing but tales of woe. This Is caused
by the fact that only four veterans have
returned this fall. A year ago the Quakers
expected to have back all but two members
of the team. They knew they would lose
Capt. Torrey at center and Lamsom as
tackle. But since then they have had to
part with Robins and Hobson, the two
guards; Rookie. the other tackle; Steven
SON, the quarter back. and Sheble one Of
the half backs. This has left them with
but four veterans. as follows: Scarlet and
Levene, ends: Capt. Greene, half back and
Folwell, full back. The Quakers have
been working now for several days, but not
one word of hope can be secured from the
coaching staff. who claim that they never
started season with such dismal pros
poets. But the Pennsylvanians have a
good squad of substitutes from 1905 and
from them a good team should be devel-
oped They also have two veteran players
whom they could not use year ago. These
are Ziegler. a guard. and Draper, tackle
Both OF these men have shown their great
ability in the past and unless they prove
too heavy for the new game they ought to
have no trouble to secure positions on the
team.
Condition Of the Tigers.
Although Princeton has been sending out
hard-luck stories the Tigers are really no
worse on than the other universities It Is
true that they lose five veterans, but their
substitute material il first class and a good
team should result. When the Tigers re-
ported for work they were without the
services of Tooker and Bra shear the ends.
Rafferty,, guard; Carrothers a center and
Bard, half back. But Princeton had some
good men for ends q year ago and with
Stannard once more eligible at tackle the
line should be strong. In the back field
conditions could not be much brighter
Bard's place can easily be filled by Simons
and Miller. the former full back.
ought to be a star at end under the new
rules. which will require big and fast men
for this position.
The teams of the middle west are all
slow starting their practice Ortfna riIy
they have been on the gridiron a good two
weeks In advance Of the eastern men. but
this year they are handicapped by the
rules OF the big Nine" conference which
mas decreed that practice must not he
started more than week before the open-
Ing OF the universities. It is not unlikely
tnat this rule Is being evaded in many
cases, but the fact that the teams cannot
train in the open is a severe handican
The University Of Michigan, whose team
must play the University of Pensylva mia
on November IT, feels the new rule the
worse and Coach Yost is almost at his
Wits end to know what to do Mr. Stagr
the Chicago coach, has a great ADVANTAGES
over tne other western schools, for last
spring he decided to have a summer school
on foot ball. during which time he worked
out good many new plays which he ex
pects TO use with his regular team this
fall. ILLS