The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-22
FOOTBALL PRACTICE IS ON
Colleges Refuse to Acoede to Har.
wards Demand.
faie, Penn, Cornell, Princeton,
Michigan, and Chicago Have
Begun Spring Work.

With but a single exception every big
Eastern university, as well as several
Western Institutions, has started prelimi-
nary football practice for the season Of
1907 Although baseball is Just making
its debut. the teams that VIII flourish on
the gridiron next fail have already had
"a week or two OF practice Harvard is
the only one OF the Eastern group that
has not put the candidates through a pre-
liminary workout this spring. Capt
Parke, Ct the Harvard eleven, has an
nounced that the Crimson team has aban-
doned spring practice for good. Further
more, Harvard has planned 10 secure the
cooperation of other Eastern universities
TO stop the practice altogether.
Their scheme is doomed to be failure.
however. for all the other universities
have already completed their plans, and
in fact started training for the season
which does not open until next Septem-
Der, nearly FIVE months away The Har-
ward captain in announcing that Harvard
would do away with spring practice, init
mated that spring practice was contrary
20 true amateurism. There can be no
tice is made necessary by the new rules
The season Of 1886, the FIRST under the new
code, was simply an experimental season
and coaches and captains had no oppor-
tunity to put these new plays into prac-
tice that they have had since the rules
were adopted. II IS beCa ase Of this fact
that the large Eastern and Western uni
versities Of the country viii indulge in ii.
Yale. Princeton. Cornell. Pennsylvania. and
Michigan have already started work. and
this work will. without doubt. aid ma
terially in tightening the lab0rs OF the
coaches this fall
Plans for the 1907 coaching have been
made by every member of the Eastern
Big Five William Knox. OF pittsburg.
the famous half back Of last fall. will
coach the Yale team; Halliday and
Schoelkopf viii initiate the graduate sys-
TEN at Cornell. Joshua Crane will run
things things at Harvard, although il is
predicted everywhere that he viii have
harder time Of ii than his contempt
raries because of the fact that Harvard
viii indulge in no spring practice. Roper
will probably have charge of the Prince
ton Tigers, while Pennsylvania squad
Will be under the direction of DR.. Torrey.
the 1906 coach
Pennsylvania men have been working
out for the past week or so under the.
direction Of Capt FoIweH and Trainer
Mike Murphy. Torrey being unable to be
present on account Of Illness The as
sistant coaches. Bull" Smith, w. n.
Morice, and Doctors Wharton and Hedges.
will take very little part in the prelimi-
nary training. Coach YOst, at Michigan.
has been putting the candidates fhrouoh
a stin course of training. He Is on a still
hunt after a quarter back for next years
eleven. He has had a number OF men
going through the PAGES, and it IS said
that WasmJnd who played half back on
Lafayette two years ago. has been show
ing up the best He was ineligible for
the 1906 eleven, but did good work at half
back for the scrubs.
Yost's call for candidates at Michigan
has awakened the University of Chicago
heroes, and several days ago Capt. De
Tray led a squad of ambitious quarters
and ends onto Marshall Field for spring
practice, Eckersalrs term of competition
having expired, Capt. De Tray Will turn
his attention, like Hurry Up" Yost, to the
development of a quarter back, although
1t seems fOregOne conclusion that Wal
ter Steffen, right half back last fall. will
At nicely into the shoes Of the All-Ameri-
can quarter
Princeton and Cornell have plunged into
the work of drilling the grldiron stars
with vim. At Princeton. because of the
rule debarring freshmen from playing on
the varsity teams. the eleven will neces-
sarily have TO be composed of members
from the present junior, sophomore, and
freshmen classes.