Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-10
NEW RULES NECESSlTATE
EARLY WORK
Yale Loses Seven Veterans and Gen.
eraI Situation ls More Even
Than That Which Existed
Year Ago
Special to The Herald.

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 1t may be said
| that they are on more even terms at
the start than they were a 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 unan-
| imously by the big Five prohibiting
the competition of freshmen and first
year students until they have served
one year probation. on this account
the entering classes at these five uni
versities 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 it 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 of the 1905 veterans, 1t is quite
likely that the standard of play will
suffer a little this year, as their places
must be taken by last years substl
tutes
Yale Heavy Loser
Of all the big teams Yale is proba-
bly, the heaviest loser, not because the
Ellis have lost more men, but because
of the character of the players them
selves. All told Yale is minus seven
of her regular veterans.
These include Shevlin and Gates. the
two ends; Tripp the All-American
guard; Flanders, the center rush;
Hutchinson, quite generally picked as
the best quarterback in the east, and
Finn and Quill, the two men who
alternated at fullback These men are
left for the 1906 nucleus Forbes and
Bigelow, tackles; Erwin, guard; Morse
and Roome, halfbacks.
But if Yale loses heavy in veterans
she at least has a splendid lot of sub
stitutes 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, Zomowski and
Wernecken. Yale's coaching this fall
is in charge of Foster Rockwell, the
great quarterback though Walter
Camp will still be chief adviser
Princeton is unusually we'll fortified
with good material. The Tigers lose
Tooker at one end Rafferty, at guard,
Carrothers at center, Bard at halfback
and Brasher at one end. Bard was the
best of the men lost. Princeton is for
tunate in possessing once more the
best players on the 1905 eleven.
These are Cooney and Herring, the
tackles; Capt. Dillon at guard; Tenney
and e. Dillon, the two star quarter
backs; Daub at halfback and McCor-
mick at fullback. Not only has
Princeton retained all these veterans,
but there are number OF very capable
backfield substitutes who will make
things hum this fall.
These include Simons, who did splen-
II OF hal in Of thol
games last fall, and Rulon-M Miller, who
will probably be available this year
The latter was kept off the team last
year through illness, but with his
health regained and under the new
rules he should develop into a star of
the first magnitude at halfback or end.
cornel's Prospects Bright
Cornell, whose team was pretty
much a disappointment a year ago.
will have bright prospects this fall
The Ithacans have lost only five of
their veterans. These are Roadhouse
and Van Orman, the ends; eXCapt
Costello at tackle Furnan at guard
and Halliday at fullback.
This leaves the Ithacans with Capt.
Cook at tackle, Thompson at guard,
Newman at center, Pollak at quarter
back, Walders and Gibson at half
Ddck. COTIlell men SUOulu COIlSluel
themselves fortunate in having three
such backfield men as Pollak, Walders
and Gibson.
The trio played most of Cornels
game a year ago, and in the final con-
test of the year with Pennsylvania
were responsible for most of Cornell's
gains. Under the new rules Cornels
fast backs should prove more effective
than ever.
Glenn Warner will once more have
charge of the coaching. Warner has
been laying the foundation of his own
system at Cornell, He has found it
for his complete success this fall are
very bright. Warner will be assisted
in the coaching by Luders, who had
charge of the freshmen a year ago
Harvard has by no means escaped Sc
we're losses. 1t should be noted, how
ever, that the majority of Harvards
losses are on account of the new eli
gibility rules rather than the graduation
of players. All told, Harvard must
start the season minus five and posi-
bly, six of her best players.
These are Knowlton and Leary, the
two ends; Squires, tackle; Kersburg,
a 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 fol-
lowing men: Burr, at guard; Parker
at center; Starr, at quarterback; Fos-
ter. at halfback, and Lockwood, at
fullback.
In addition to these men Harvard
will have a big substitute list from
which to draw. The team will be
coached once more by w. 4. Reid, jr.
Although Reid has not been successful
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 Harvard's year a much easier
one.
Quakers Are Strong
The University Of Pennsylvania will
start the season with an unusually
bright outlook. The losses the Quakers
sustain are more in quality than guam
tity. Five of the veterans who made
up the 1905 combination will be missed
this fall.
They include ex-Captain Torrey at
center and Lamson at tackle both ALL
eastern selections; Quarterback Steven
son, the most brilliant player in this
position that Pennsylvania has ever