The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-16

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The effect OF barring freshmen from varsity
teams, In vogue this year at Hayward. Yale.
Princeton. Pennsylvania, Cornell and Brown.
was seen In the AndOver-Yale freshman game
last Saturday. when the Yale cubs performed
what was for them the rare feat OF defeating
Andover. At some places freshmen are
performing the double duty of playing on
their class team and bracing up the scrub
eleven for the ultimate benefit OF the varsity.
A strong scrub is needed for a strong varsity.
Yale has a strong scrub team this season. and
two Of It's best players are freshmen. Andrus,
who plays tackle on the freshman eleven.
and Coy. who plays fullback. Coy is a
brother OF Sherman Coy, who was an end
on Gordon Browns 1900 eleven. Naturally.
with freshmen ineligible for the varsity,
the freshman teams become stronger and
will stay stronger. unless demands OF the
scrub keep the youn gsters from their class
team. There are freshmen at Yale VINO
would have made the varsity had they been
eligible. Besides Andrus and Coy, there are
Wheaton, a half back from 81. Paul's School.
T who is p SsSHi SO centre a FOG s'9 aRs I5GT Tr. sSeteT,
and MoOrehead. a promising quarterback.
The following items appear in the same
column of the Cornell Sun:
As SIR Thomas Upton had never seen a game of
American football; one was arranged for him be
NNNCu " uIhA III stCOUu NthHls W rlDou NOlifKFs
He depiored the roughness Of tho game. eGtolled
Rugby, and said he would like 10 offer q cup for
W. Glenn Ellls. aged. 81 manager Of the third
Rugby team at Toronto University last year. walked
game RSms Wsan fTidsy S Se's sud iasrnE tPo aTs IN = aPpd taSSi isd.
II Is supposed he was kicked In the head.
Coach stagR Of the University Of Chicago
department OF football learning IL. much
pleased with the work Of som Of the fast
eleven. group Of track men have join ed
the SQUAD; Templeton. I49 pounds and a
sPrinter; Merriam 5S pounds and conference
and a relay runner: Rohde. 1893 pounds. and
~Schommer. i6s pounds. The weights Of
activity are the desideratum. There lie only
one 200 FOUNDER in the crowd and only three
who weigh as much as 1870 pounds. Weights
OF the backfeld men are: ECkersall, la;
dupos is Distributed among other csndi-
a Russell T." rs lo' SOii. 1907 pa Watson 5O.' i7 Wa Anderson a73 f;
M:n9Td. Us: sshost: 49, Hewitt I ss'Bfs barker,
the twenty-thrce men mentioned is i65
pounds. Beef evidently IL a secondary con
s sd here; The Maroons VIII play their
they encounter Purdue. Both Purdue and
Chicago are untried in the new rules and
T TlnIG "s the ss'I MIdT SSS mas %sn as E FORiiS q EhS oSs the he
new spirit OF sport, the two teams will attend
a banquet before the game with the opposing
may put knockout drops in each others
eau de Lake Michigan, but that they may
imbibe Of the feeling OF brotherly love.
The Dartmouth eleven showed improve
ment last Saturday in the smOOthness with
understanding of the signals. There was.
however, a lack OF ginger that retarded the
teen. play; Dartmouth has a light back;
plays, especially as not as much can be
SG9unted on from line bucEine as formerly.
wood, but he Is not as q tea as Rich, who
played fullback last year. Stuart At half Ia 4
speedy, runner and good dodRer, and Bankart
and Kennedy are attending 70 the end play
capably, and are fast in getting down under
p1nts and mailing their man. PrItchard has
around the other end Hobbs, captain of the
Andoyer team last year, has shown up well in
breaking through and stopping the runner.
NEW HAVEN. Oct. I5.-With the whole week
before them % swing the Yale squad into
varsity eleven to-day. A scrub eleven lined
up and was drilled against the third squad
the ball on the seconds 40 yard line and took
il over for a touchdown after numerous
the bail would have been lost on downs ordi-
narily. A second play Of the same kind
resulted IN too strong a defence being put
necken. left end for the third contingent,
tried two goals from the field, but the second
was too fast and he had not time to get on
kicks properly. howard Homes was out and
played end for the first time In three weeks.
lie put up a fast game and gave evidence
Of being in good shape once more. lie will
undoubtedly play in the Pennsylvania State
game in Congdon's place.
Frank Hinkey was on hand and looked
after the ends. Adee. a former quarterback,
was also coaching to-day. besides Rockwell
and Hoyt. Walter Camp was also on hand,
pointing out some Of the weaknesses In Satur.
days game. Carl Flanders, last years Centrl.
has LETT the Yale coaching squad and gore
to Carlisle 10 teach the Indians. He will
return to Yale at the end Of the football
season,
PROVIDENCE, Oct. Is The cancellation of
the Bates game on the o wn schedule pro we'd
a big disappointment to the followers of the
eleven. for the schedule already Is the poorest
that the management has offered for several
years and has only two more home games.
team and estimate its chances In the great
game with Dartmouth on November "a are
as yet futile. The team has not thus far
been called upon to meet n opposition that
would seriously test its strength. In the
Pennsylvania game, which takes place Satur-
idea will he gained as TO how the local men
will line MP in the games with the big four.
Before the Harvard game on November >
Brown will undoubtedly make strides toward
overcoming some Of the weak points in her
game
this season and IL proving n ground Raiasr.
Curtis and Mayhem are rapidly developing
into n remarkably fast pair of backs, With
the ball in his arms ana a fair Interference,
MayheN has several times shown that he Ia
good for many yards. while curtis is q sure