The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-17
CAPT. MORSE HANDICAPPED
PAIGE NOT CANDIDATE FOR
 YALE FOOTBALL TEAM.

Dimes, the Snappy Quarterback, Injured
 and May Not Return to CoIlege-Tad
 Jones May Not be Able to Play Season
 Misunderstanding Table Starts To-
 nIght--ScheduIe Opens Later Than
 Ever Before.
 Captain Sam Morse of the Yale foot ball team arrived in town yesterday afternoon from short trip to the Maine woods, and at once called on as many of the candidates for the team as are in town, and gave them orders to report for the first practice at the lot in the rear of the gymnasium this afternoon. The kickers will assemble at the gym. lot at 2:3O this afternoon, and will pass the ball and indulge in other very light work while discussing the new rules, and their probable effect on the game.
 At about o'clock the candidates will go out to the Yale field, where work of a slightly more strenuous nature will be taken up. The men will pass the ball briskly, will do some running and possibly some of the punters may com mence to get their toes in working or | der.
 The coaching of the squad will be well taken care of this season. Foster Rockwell, field coach, is expected to re- turn from Norwich to-day to take charge of the men. Jack Owsley, last years coach, will also be on hand, and probably by next Tuesday shevlin will be In town to help out developing the squad. Walter Camp will also return to town soon and assist in planning 1 the stategy of the season. There is much uncertainty as to the operation of the new rules, and the problem con- | fronting the coaches is a serious one. ] At the present tlme there are twelve candidates in town, and five or six more arc expected to show up before the first practice this afternoon. The grad uation of so many of the best players last year has left number of vacan- cies to be filled. Men who will not re- turn this year are Shevin, Gates, Tripp, Flanders Hutchinson, Stevenson and Flinn. In addition to these players who will not return to college there are a number of men prominent last year who will not play this year for various reasons.
 Paige, the giant guard, has stated that he will not be a candidate for the team this year. He says the course he Is pursuing is too hard to permit his devoting so much time to football, es- pecially as he Is encountered with two conditions. Tad Jones met with an &C., cident this summer and strained his ankle, which he injured while playing football last fall. It is feared that the ankle will not last long into the play ing season. Another promising quar- terback, Dimes, is also the victim of an unfortunate accident which occurred at his home in Denver during the sum- mer, and it is feared that he may not be able to return to college this fall The loss of these men will be serious unless their places could be filled from the unknown list of new candidates.
 Among the candidates who have al- ready arrived in town are Captain Morse, Boggs, the Jones brothers, Sop. CT, Paul Veeder, Arthur Erwin, Johnny George, Root, Buck Stuart, Homar Andrews, Bigelow and Forbes. The candidates will make their headquar. ters at Mrs. Cooney's Wrexham in York street, instead of the Hutchinson, unti college opens, and until that time the men will pay their own expenses, This is due to a ruling of the faculty that the training table cannot be organized until the college term has commenced
 Another innovation is in the opening of the playing season, which does not come until October 3, when Trinity col lege will be played. This means thar the first two games on the schedule will not be played and that the sea. son will commence later than it evel has before. This dropping of the frs two games scheduled was deemed nee essary in view of the uncertainty O the team being sufficiently organized before that date.