Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-13
FOOTBALL NOTES.

 Waterbury will send a dig delega- ton to the game in New Haven on Saturday.
 Annapolis plays Pennsylvania state this week and Virginia Poly technic next.
 Yale averages 1S0 pounds to Princeton's 1S2; Penn's average is 1S0 and Michigan's 1S3.
 ! Minnesota expects Capron to score several field goals against Carlisle on Saturday. The Redskins may well 1 fear his boot
 Brown, Princeton's right end, who proved good mate to Mister in the Tiger-Indian game, is showing great speed in the practice at Old Nassau.
 Dave Campbell, the famous Har- yard captain and end, has dropped into Cambridge to lend a helping hand to Coach Crane and his other assistants.
 The Yale freshmen will meet the Harvard cubs in Cambridge next Saturday. The Yale team has shown | wonderful power and an easy victory is expected for the Ellis.
 After witnessing the Penn-Penn state game, Coach Hurry Up" Yost, of Michigan, said he thought the Wolverines would find it very diff cult to win from the Quakers.
 Last years scores of the teams that will meet on Saturday were: Yale 0, Princeton 0; Pennsylvania 17, Michigan o; Indians IT, Min nesota 0; Harvard P, Dartmouth g.
 Punting is expected to play an i'm portant part in the Yale-Princeton game. With this end in view, the Princeton coaches will begin this week to try several good kickers on the team.
 The Indians have two more hard games ahead of them. They will meet the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis next Saturday and on Thanksgiving day will go up against Chicago university.
 | Coy, Bomar and Brides will in all probability act for Yale's backs against Princeton. Tibbott will start the game for the Tigers. It is doubtful if he will last the entire game, but there is Read for Old Nassau to fall back on.
 A boom has been started at Ithaca for Metallic and O'Rourke for half back and tackle respectively on this years All-American team on the basis of their work in the West Point game. Thompson of the Cornell eleven was 1 picked for the All-American last year West Point plays Tufts on Satur- day. Then the Cadets have the strong Syracuse eleven to meet be- fore they play Annapolis. A year ago Syracuse beat the Army to
 When Beavers of West Point was a schoolboy player in Brooklyn he used to practice drop kicking through 1 the school windows, according to Il truthful acquaintance. The windows were open of course. but whether the school carried window plate in- surance. deponent sdyeth not.
 One thing the forward pass has done is to develop skill in catching the ball. Forward passes have to bC caught from all sorts of positions and considering the short time the pla: has been in use there is a greater pro- portionate degree of skill in catching thrown ball than a punted one.
 Billy" Spain of this city was another Villanova player who shone brightly in the game with Fordham on Saturday. Spain went in at full- back when Barr was knocked out and his playing was of the star order. In some way the New York papers got his name shane" con- menting on the game he put up.
 of betting on the Yale-PrncetOn game there has been comparatively little on the stock exchange so far Recent events in Wall street may be responsible. Bets have been made that Yale will win both of her big games and some have been made of to that Yale beats Harvard-un- usual odds. As to Yale and Princeton there is little doing in the betting line
 Pa" COrbin. of Yale, says: "I hope Harvard will get a system and method that will make her really formidable in football, but until she does we must count Princeton as our dearest foe"
 E. H. Rudd. president of the 1 Princeton Alumni association. adds: Princeton beat the Indians Is to 0, and the Indians beat Harvard g to Is. How would a game between Harvard and Princeton Tesult?"
 The Aeorns will b. here again next Sunday to try conclusions with the All Waterbury team at Rockville. AL though it was thought that the game in Bridgeport last Saturday would be the last of the series as Waterbury would not give the Park City team Thanksgiving day. Manager Slavin has succeeded in getting the Ac0rns to come to this city next Sunday. AL though the local eleven at preesnt is in rather bad shape. it is expected that within the next few days they will he able 10 round into form anf give the visitors battle when they meet Waterbury was scheduled 10 go to Thomaston tomorrow but be- cause of the number of players out of condition, the game has been post pOned-