The Washington herald., 1907-09-20
PUNTS AND PASSES.

jim Cooney is one Of the assistant
coaches at Princeton.
Practice at Business and Eastern high
schools viii be started Monday.
Tom shevIin and Jack OwsIey will as
sist in the coaching at Yale next week.
Herrnstein, the old Michigan player,
will again coach al Ohio state University.
The Georgetown Preps viii start prac-
tice this week with an unusually good
outlook
The Carlisle-P Princeton contest will be
the only big intercollegiate game in New
York this fail.
Pagan, who played end at Woodberry-
Forrest last fau, VIII commence practice
with the Georgetown squad Monday.
Willie CSoweH. who was in charge at
George Washington last year. is one Of
the assistant coaches al Swarthmore.
The Catholic University has been taken
on the Georgetown schedule 70 III the
date left vacant on October y by NJ. A c
Practice az Maryland Agricultural Col
Iege VIII start to-day. Nearly all OF last
years champion team VIII again be avail
able.
Several former intersch0lastic stars Of
this city are expected % be practicing
with the Georgetown squad by The end or
the week
Burr. Of Harvard. the AIl-Americau
guard. is on his way home from Switzer-
land where he spent the summer IN the
mountains
Jack Baker. who entered Andover last
year from the Army and Navy Prep
School. is q prominent candidate for the
back field at Lafayette
Forbes, last year's all-American end.
is teaching the West Point backs the
forward pass. which was so successfully
used by Yale last season.
Capt Glaze. Of Dartmouth. is on his
way East with FIVE OF the best players
( Of the 1896 University Of Minnesota team
/ in tow. That's going some.
/ OtiS Lams0p, the former Pennsylvania
/ tackle. who is coaching at North Caro-
/ lima. is said TO have plenty OF promising
/ material on which 10 work.
/ Gauaudet is fortunate in having nearly
I all of last years team I'm college this sea
/ son. Several new men. mostly backs. Will
make the vets hustle 10 retain the posi-
tons
! Only half a dozen candidates for the line
| have reported for practice at Pennsyl-
vania. The Quaker squad numbers fifty,
but nearly all Of the men are out for the
back field.
/ Neumaker. who was one Of the quarter
backs at Michigan three years ago when
the Wolverines scored COO points against
/ their opponents, VIII coach the Brooklyn
/ Polytechnic Preparatory School this fall
/ The principal articles OF the vegetarian
diet to be followed by the University OF
] Chicago players this year will be grape
/ fruit for breakfast baked squash for
| luncheon, and baked potatoes for dinner.
! King" Cole the former Michigan star,
who coached Virginia last fall. has taken
charge Of the squad at the University Of
/ Nebraska. He viii probably have Hutch
inson, formerly OF Princeton. as an as
sistant
According TO reports from New Haven.
AndrUs. who is thought TO be the most
promising guard Yale has had since Ned
Glass played, will not be allowed 70 play
this season because Of scholarship compli-
cations.
Coach Fred Nelson. Of George Wash
ingtOn, has a big task ahead OF him %
whip the Hatchetites into shape for the
game with Cornell at Ithaca next Satur-
day week. There IS a dearth Of heavy
material at Van Ness Park.
/ Although the faculty has ruled that
there can be no practice at Michigan until
the university reopeDs, Hurry Up" Yost
is losing no time with his men For four
days he has been giving the prospective
players series Of lectures on the rules
Rain interfered with the starting OF
practice at Georgetown yesterday. Some
of the players We're out for a while punt
ing the ball, but Dr. Reilly will not start
regular work until the field is dry enough
TO have the men get around without TAX
ing chances Of turning their ankles.
Although considerably handicapped by
the heat. the Central. Tech. and Western
high squads are getting in considerable
practice this week. Kelly, ex-PrincetOn
is doing the brunt of the coaching at Cen
tral, Coach Hecox. Captain Brewster. and
Manager Thrall are dividing the work al
Tech, while several Of last years grad
yates are helping at Western.
K. G. S, Richmond, Va.-When a player
with the ball In his possession is forced
across his goal line the opponents are
credited with a safety. (Rule 6, section
&C., Il was this play which decided the
Michigan-Chicago game two years ago.
Clark, of Michigan, attempted 10 run the
bali back. but was tackled by Catlin, the
Chicago end, and was forced back OF his
own goal The referee. under the rule
cited above, declared it a safety. and Chi
cagO won the Western championship by
2 to o.