The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-30
MUST BUILD ELEVEN ON BICLOW AND PAIGE Criticism of All the Candidates
 by Line Coach Carl
 Flanders. liREAT NEED OF COHESION |ireen Line, Green Backs and Lack of Substitute Ma terial Troubles.
iREAT NEED OF COHESION

Says Carl S. Flanders, Yale 1904, Ioach of the candidates who are out Tor positions of linemen on the Yale |ootball eleven, in regard to the outlook This fall:
 With the purely preliminary practice zompleted to a great extent, it is now ossible to forecast with a reasonable egree of accuracy the prospects of 3 his years Yale eleven. The more promising men, who reported on Sept. Is, have been put through the usual
 curse of rudiments, designed to harden the men and to accustom ] hem to the work to follow.
 Of last years team the following emain in college: Capt. Biglow, ackle: Brides, guard; Paige, tackle; RAlcott, end; H. Jones, end; T. A, D. Jones, quarterback Dimes, quarter
 ack, and Bomar, half-back From he 1910 freshman team these men were available. Philbin, full-back; Wheaton, half back; Coy, full-back; Murphy, half-back; Holt half-back; Bingham, quarterback; Ballard, half
 lack; Cooney, center; Goebel, guard; Brown, guard; Beinecke, tackle; Burke, full-back, and Logan, end. ! The most valuable men still in col sge who were on the varsity squ2d $ast year were Berger and Mitchell Ca Brother of the wonderful punter of gRaffertys team in 1903), half-backs; Dunbar, centre; Riddle, tackle; Foster, Hackle; Pigott, Overall and Congdon, q 2nds.
 I These men, then, were the ones upon EEllom the coaches of 1907 could count : or the nucleus of Capt. Biglow's leven, The biggest vacancies to fill were those of Forbes, the all-American Ind; Erwin, guard and practically the Whole backfeld The idea of Coach Knox thus far has been to accomplish She ordinary pre-game training of
 tarts, falling on the ball, passing, and ahckling the dummy, varied by squat
 ag," so called Ca quick start, run of Zen yards, a sudden stop, and run of mother ten yards), and forward pass { hg between linemen and backs As result of this conditioning york, more or less tentative first 1eam has been picked, to be changed T any time as occasion warrants. H. Zones and Alcott, end; Page and Capt. z$iglow, tackles; Goebel and Brown, Guards; Cooney, center; T. Jones, quar-
 er- back; Berger, left half-back; Bo- H8lar right half-back, and Coy, full- lack, constitute a provisional varsity zEam. An estimate of the capabilities & nd deficiencies of these men may af-
 ord an idea of the strength and weak 2 less of the Yale team ultimately to be #ut in the field.
 E H. Jones at end is an extremely heady |aesourceful man. He is alert at all Fines, almost impossible to fool by
 Ficks and passes, and fully able. to Fold the ground gained by any dis hnce- kicking back. In addition to
 hese, qualities he has. mastered the Forward pass and acquired high de-
 ree of accuracy in it's use.
 Alcott, who alternated at end last Hear with Jones, is heavier and
 tronger than before and should be zbuch more effective. He is prone to Sver-anxiety at critical moments, as z shown by his tumble of a forward
 lass almost on Harvard's goal line in Enc 1906 game. For this error he
 edeemed himself later, however, by catch of Veeder's long pass which #nally resulted in a score Alcott is
 Rst and a good tackle, but has yet to Exhibit the football "sense' of his #lnning mate.
 Both Logan and Burch are light #=hst men and combine many of the #ood qualities of the preceding two 5nds. The competition for the posi- zaon bids fair be keen at all times.
 Capt. Biglow is the same steady, 1ure tackle as in 1905 and '06. A nat
 lral football player, the cares of his =aptaincy, though fully realized and
 houldered, will surely not prevent 5 i'm from being the premier tackle on gridiron this fall. Of great Strength and sufficient height he
 Combines the admirable qualities of a
 ackle such as Hogan and one such as Butts or stillman. He is a leader
 through and through and will inspire His team with the same spirit.
 Paige, the other tackle, was new to ] he position last fall, as he was a 5 uard on the scrub of 1905. He also
 ras an admirable build for a tackle, End as he acquires more technical knowledge of his position he will be
 Increasingly efficient, His blocking of 5 icks, exhibited in the Yale-West Soint game last year, should prove a
 rominent feature of his play this
 bason. Paige is extremely receptive,
 bsorbs coaching quickly, and in his
 te-season form will be of all-Amer-
 an calibre..
 Goebel and Brown are both sopho-
 ores and have three years of Yale
 ,otball ahead of them, They are
 Dmewhat green, but very willing, and
 smind one, particularly in their build, @ Goss and Tripp, respectively.
 oebel comes from Arizona, and had ; Bver played football at all, until last
 ear. Brown is a cousin of Erwin, last
 bars guard, and comes of a football
 Lmily.
 Cooney, at centre, has great possibili-
 les. His weight is evenly distributed
 nd for a man of his size is extremely
 st, In fact, as far as speed goes he
 active enough for tackle. His great
 fficulty will be in perfecting a low
 barge, where his kqlk nay F. useJ