The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-05
IN TIE FOOTBALL WORLD.
OUTCRY AGAINST SECRET PRAC-
TICE AT HARVARD.
College Paper says No Game Has Ever Been
Won by q Play Tried In secret-WOuId
Welcome Yale Men 90 soldiers Field
-PrAetIce Of the Le ding Teama'

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Practice Of the lie ding Teams
CAMBRIDGE. Oct. Sl-The Harvard coaches
again devoted most OF their attention TO the
forward paas this afternoon. laying special
stress on II both In the preliminary work
and In the scTimmage between the varsitS
and second ~elevens. The second team used
the Onslde kick most Of the time 10 give the
varsity drill In handling the treacherous
play. The second also used . tandem forma-
ton. like the old Harvard tandem. except
that II was made up Of three backs instead
Of having a big. heavy lineman at the head
Of the batterinE ram. Inches and Pierce
were added to the hospital list to-day as the
result Of kicks In the leg received yesterday.
Four new men came out to-day. the two
most promising being Sam Warren who has
been on the varsity crew squad for two years
| and 10 a big man, and Russell. 'oS, who played
on the line on the second team Last fall. both
will be tried out at guard. Mason, who has
been second string g. Apollonio az frllback
40 far was moved over g halfback this after
noon and played In Capt. Fosters place at
left half the greater part OF the afternoon.
Droack, a big new man was tried for ten
minutes in KersburR's place at right guard.
Foster and Burr both did some beautiful
puntinR to-day. Burr sent a number OF high
spirals over sixty yards. while Fost, 5 best
ones were only Ave yards short Of this. Later
Burr, kicked q number Of goals from placement.
while Foster sent some drop kicks over from
the 20 yard line.
In the scrimmag e which lasted twenty-five
minutes the varsity scored on the second just
when time was called. The score was made
two long gains by Lockwood on end and
tackle and a line play BY wood Th ~
during the afternoon. Half Of eight forward
passes were successful in the game, while
each side worked the quarterback kick sue
'e The RarvGrd Bulletin condemns secret prac-
tice In football in an editorial, saying:
There has been a go9 GOD deal o. S6it1 SSIrh
secret practice is being carried on by the can.
dldates for the football eleven. Al, the best
little benefit from the game, and II they are 20
be deprived Of the mall satisfaction OF seeing
the daily practice IL Is not strange that they
1T is urged that this policy is necessary II
Harvard is to defeat Yale. No game has
in secret and hidden from the opposing team
until the two elevens met on the field. Inc
i nsDDIsS OF Di%y,a fIS D SnSr,e = STSwa q IS
worth more than all the secret practice hat
can be had.
efforts recently made to change the game
for the better, Whether the alteration in
the I rules VIII bn s% TSTts TO 1DyGsh nnS i st yet has sS
the opportunity 70 demonstrate that she has
put awav childish things in the conduct OF
0eT ADOTNN. Iptu NHc EhNCe VII VOhANVi "lNA
when Yale men want to see the pr acttce let
them 20 in. II the success OF an, eleven
deDends on secret practice football needs
another reformation.
PHILApELPHIA, Oct. AFTER the disastrous
Gettysburg game Of yesterday which brought
out 90 many defects In the Pennsylvania
football team the coach made a radical change
Ia the team this afternoon in moving. Hunter
Scarlet from right, end to Quarterback IN
place Of Warren Sheole. who was releRated TO
the side lines. and placing Takakie. the Japanese
student. at right end in his place. Scarlett
he move Is made in a desperate hope that
he may prove a better man for the place
that Sheble. whose pla wing yesterday, was
quarter this year. Scarlet had little chance
TO show his ability in this position to-day;
Lo5swsil PLAYED H,S h AZ, on Gsm n,sk sa SItn fn NM anS
most all OF them. 80 that no line could be had
on Scarlettie work. In running the team
spkhdidiy built form, for q quarter and Is
be seen II he can master the details Of open
play that are required Of querterback
The practice was secret and IL was almost
down to hard work; The early afternonn.s
work was devoted to a drill in new PLAYS
how GettysburG put il all over them That
the condition Of the team Is alarming was
shown by the return Of carl Williams to active
coaching. Coach Vail Of Gettysburg was
on hand TO watch the practice and give his
ideas Of some new plays.
chased on University Field this afternoon
because the Tigers wanted 70 practise IN
secret. The gates were closed and the only
information given out was that the varsity
scored a tOuchdow n. The. scrimmage was
long and hard. number Of new trick iorma-
Some of them may be sprung on Saturday.
when Princeton plays Washington and JEFF,
ferson, for the tricks are mainly constructed
l under the new rules.
p. Waller, who played in the Yale game
last fall. came out on the saHad ,Sidsy. wal va,
his appearance on the scrub will helm out a
lot. for the scrub line Is somewhat weak in
practice tomorrow will probably be open.
NEW HAVEN, Oct AFTER the hard game
against Wesleyan yester day the Yale squad
was not in condition for a hard scrimmaHs
to-day and had only a ten minute hall OF
~ 5ipe short E kiekI Rrsc sTd in dTiil Of trick pIsya'
Defensive work. In stopping tricks was also
in the drill. The squad seemed none the
but the coaches seemed not TO want 70 drive
them, with the Syracuse contest on Saturday,
irst time this week and said he had recovered
from his slight indisposition. He will be in
his place when the whistle. blows. L. was
said here to-day that the injury to Burch
was not a broken shoulder. but a broken
coilarbone. II is said that he will be in the
game again In a month.
BAR HARBoR, Me-. Oct. THE working oi
the new rules thus far in the practice games
of the Maine colleges has shown no praCt cal
changes In style OF play. all. the teams thus
far sticking TO line plays and end runs. with
now and then an attempt ut the now forward
pass. which has not as yet worked with any
degree of success. u looks a. u EOwdoin
and the University OF Maine would fight II
ont for the championship this year, as botn
have veteran teams and an unusually prom
isinR entering class, while Rates and Colby
find themselves sadly depleted, Bowdoin' 2
Is the hardest schedule OF the four this year,
her list Of games, including besides the usual
practice games and games. Tith the other
three Maine colleges, such. opponents as
Harvard. Cornell. Tufts. Wesleyan and Phil
lips- Exter. The University Of Names
schedule il also an ambitious one. includinR
games with Dartmouth, Harvard. Holy
Cross and Tufts. The other colleges, with
he exception or the Bates Harvard game,
have comparatively unimportant games schcd-
uled before the Maine contests BOwdoin
and Bates have both adopted. the System
OF graduate coaching, the head coaches be-
ing respectively A. u. LaFerrierP, BowdOln,
'OI, and Y. u. Purinton. Bates, 'Oi. Mc('Oy
OF Vale IL head coach at Maine and BankaT
OF Dartmouth ut Colby.
WEST POINT. Oct. tin to-day practice
many Of the varsity regular men were absent.
greatly weakening the line. Jenkins, right
guard, sustained q slight injury which kent
him on the side lines. and academic duty
kept "Rull" Christy away. Johnson made
the frat fair catch Of the season to-day on