Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-02
Bio Teams Finished Practice
for TomorroW'S Games.
YALE ELEVEN BRACES UP
Old Eli Expects Hard Battle With
West Point.
TIGERS WORKED IN SECRET
Three Favorites Won at Jamaica
Small Crowd at Pimlico Opening
Golf at Chevy Chase.
YALE ELEVEN BRACES UP
TIGERS WORKED IN SECRET

The final touches for tomorrow's foot
ball games were put or all the big teams
yesterday, and today will be one for rest.
The Yale and Dartmouth eleyens Will
spend tonight in New York. The Hanover
team will go there en- route for Prince
ton and Yale will stay over night pre-
IaratOry to going to West Point :oInor-
row morning. These two games, together
with the Harvard Brown game occupy
the honor positions tomorrow, though
there is much interest in the Naval Ca
diets meeting with Pennsylvania State.
and the "Mddies" are little worried.
Yale's stock has taken boom IN the
past two days. owing to the remarkabl,
aptitude shown by the men in executing
the new trick plays with which they have
been provided. This, with better work in
kicking and catching has in a measure
restored the old confidence. Main depend
ence will be placed on Knox and FORBES,
both of whom have been playing good
games on offense. and these two will
easily be Yale's stars on the field this
fall. The defensive work is good, and no
difficulty has been anticipated in this re-
gard except for the possibility of feld
goal or scores from some tumble or mis-
play.
On the other hand. West Point has been
gradually getting her cripples back in
the game and adding strength 20 the
eleven. The cadets expect to line up q
stronger team than faced Harvard, and
that proved quite strong enough to do
stunts with most any team, especially
playing as poorly Yale had been i'll the
previous two weeks. Besides the strong
defense which the army boys have shown.
they have by the return of Smith some
chance to develop their running game.
Princeton is taking no chances AGAINST
Dartmouth, though the New Hampshire
team is not expected to be so strong as
usual.
Five hundred Dartmouth men are igur-
Ing on accompanying their team to
Princeton to see the game with the Tigers
Tigers Work in Secret.
PRINCETON, NJ j., November 2.-Barred
gates greeted such enthusiasts trooped
down to University Field yesterday after
noon to witness the scrimmage, and all
that could be learned for certain was that
much of the time was devoted to some new
plays. and that the varsity, under the
stimulus Of the cold weather, walked
through the meek and lowly scrub" for
two touchdowns. The expected scrimmage
between the varsity and the coaches was
put off, because several of the coaches
were out of town on business, but it will
probably come later.
With only one more day before the Dart
put a good finish on the quality of the
teams work, but the fear of possible over
training seems to have aroused the coaches
to every precauton against overworking
the team. Yesterday afternoon the halves
We're shortened to ten minutes each, but
the shortness of the time partly made
up by extremely fast work. 1t Is said that
the changes being made in the lineup are
working well, but this is matter on which
the coaches remain very quiet. and it is
not likely that anything will be known
until Sunday.
No fears are expressed by any one over
the Dartmouth game and the team is more
than eager to get even for last years de-
feat warm argument with the visitors,
however. is fully expected.
Improved Work at Harvard
BOSTON. Mass. November 2.-Harvard's
gridiron warriors were driven through two
hard twenty-minute periods yesterday af-
ternoon by Reid, and the work was emil
nently satisfactory to all concerned Three
touchdowns We're registered in the first
period. while the second half was devoted
to bOlstering up the defensive system.
The varsity played fast foot ball in both
periods and easily outclassed the second
eleven. Notwithstanding the fact that the
latter had been strengthened for the occa-
sion by graduates. Jack Wendell the
fullback. opened the scrimmage period by a
sensational dash of ninety-fve yards for a
touchdown after receiving the ball the
KICK OH. IN MS sprint Deautltui lnterfer-
ences were afforded by the entire team
Mason, the regular fullback. who was in
jured two weeks ago, was out in harness
again and in the second half substituted
for Wendell at fullback. Rand the hurder
on the track team, was worked out at left
halfbaCk and he will probably be Capt.
Fosters substitute for Saturdays game
with Brown.
Reid took Nourse over from the second
team and played him at center in both
periods. He was strong the defense,
Inn mas Inc 1NN1 IInn l,,.I
hard time getting the ball away. Starr
played clever game at right end and sur
prised the coaches by his ability and dar-
ing. On the left wing, Robinson, a sub
stitute tackle, was given a trial, and he
made favorable impression. The chances
are that he will go back to the tackle squad
as soon as the other ends recover, as he is
too valuable a substitute to lose. 1t was
announced that George Taylor. one of the
varsity quarterbacks. was at the infirmary
with ruptured kidney the injury having
been received Monday. Among the coaches
who Joined the squad yesterday We're
Dud' Dean. a famous quarterback, and
former Capt. Bob" Emmons. Cults looked
after the tackles while A. Marshall attend
ed to the guards and centerS
Yale Has Braced Up.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. November 2.-only
light work remains for the Yale foot ball
team in the preparation for the game with
West Point Today signal drill and punt
Ing Will be the order, with possibly short
lineup Morning and afternoon drill has
enabled Billy" Bull to work up the Yale
punting and drop kicking in three days.
more than any other coach ever did. Morse
Veeder. Knox and Mitchell have worked
hard at their task, and have proved apt
The cold weather, too has materially aided
the coaches, for the men have stood hard
work better.
In yesterday afternoons secret practice
the varsity made three touchdowns in
twenty-five minutes against the freshmen
and another in a half with the scrubs
using the trick plays that have been de-
vised by Walter Camp, Rockwell and Hin
key. Capt. Morse scored one touchdown
on forward pass Knox made the other
three scores, and his long runs were sensa-
tional. The freshmen scored one touch
down that resulted from fumbled pass.
auakers Practice Catching.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2-Penn-
sylvania's foot ball squad was put
through course of sprouts yesterday
afternoon. PRACTICE was hard. and to all
appearances the varsity men are doing
no hest they know how RI oo,ra,t s,,,1..