Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09


These plans include the begin
ming of preliminary practice.
which will start earlier this year and be
more thorough than ever before
In summing up the outlook of the big
teams of the east it may be said that they
are on more even terms at the start than
they were year ago. All five have lost
several veterans, but the losses are almost
equally severe in each case. Another thing
that helps to equalize the situation is the
rule adopted unanimously by the big five"
prohibiting the competition of freshmen
and first-year students until they have
served one years probation. On this &C
count the entering classes at these five
universities cannot be utilized for foot ball
or any other teams. They will be obliged
to play with their respective classes. Each
team must rely upon the same squad 1t had
last year unless some new men then IN
school can be found and utilized. AS each
of these teams has lost four or more or
the 1905 veterans it is quite likely that the
standard of play will suffer little this
year. as their places must be taken by last
years substitutes.
Yale the Heaviest Loser.
OF all the big teams Yale is probably the
heaviest loser. not because the Ellis have
lost more men, but because of the charac-
ter of the players themselves. All told.
Yale is minus seven of her regular veterans.
These include Shevlin and Gates, the two
ends; Trip the all-American guard; Elan
ders, the center rush; Hutchinson, quite
generally picked as the best quarterback In
the east. and Finn and Quill. the two men
who alternated at full-back. These men are
left for the 1906 nucleus: Forbes and Bige-
low, tackles: Erwin. guard: Morse and
Roome half-backs. But if Yale loses heav-
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lot of substitutes from which to draw.
These include White and Hockenberger,
both experienced linemen, and a splendid
lot of back-field material in Knox, Tad
Jones, Veeder, Levine. ZimOwski and Wer-
necken. Yale's coaching this fall is In
charge of Foster Rockwell, the great quar-
ter-back though Walter Camp will still be
chief adviser.
Harvard Handicapped.
Harvard has by no means escaped severe
losses. 1t should be noted, however, that
the majority of Harvard's losses are on ac-
count of the new eligibility rules rather
than the graduation of players. All told,
Harvard must start the season minus five,
and possibly six, of her bestsplayers. There
are Knowlton and Leary. the two ends;
Squires. tackle: Kersburg, guard, and
ex-Captain Hurley, half-back. The sixth
loss will be Brill, unless he reconsiders his
determination to quit the game because of
it's brutality. This will leave Harvard with
the following men: Burr, at guard; Parker,
at center; Starr, at quarterback; Foster, at
half-back. and Lockwood, at fuii-back. In
addition to these men Harvard will have
big substitute list from which to draw. The
team will be coached once more by w. T.
Reid. IT. Although Reid has not been sue
cessful during the past two years the fault
lay not so much with his coaching as the
inability of the players to do what he
taught Harvard has broken with Pennsyl-
vania, and this disposition of one of the
hardest games on the schedule will make
Haryard's year much easier one
Bright Outlook for Pennsy.
The University of Pennsylvania will start
the season with an unusually bright out
look. The losses the Quakers sustain are
more in quality than quantity Five of the
veterans who made up the 1905 combination
will be mii,sed this fall. They include ex-
Capt. Torrey at center and Lamson at
tackle, both all-eactern selections; Quarter
in this position that Pennsylvania has ever
had, who was disqualified by the faculty;
Hobson, the guard, and Sheble, the half
back. Pennsylvania outlook Is bright
ened by the possession of two men who
could not play last year. These are Dra-
per, a 200' FOUNDER, at tackle, whom :he
faculty disqualified in mid-season, and
Ziegler the guard. who was kept out Of
the game by typhoid fever. Both of these
men can playl this fam and. as they were
far superior to the men who took their po-
sitfons year ago, their return to the game
viii be hailed with delight The other vet
Grams retained from the 1905 eleven are
Scarlet and Levene ends; Rookie. tackle;
Robinson, guard; Greene, half back, and