New-York tribune., 1907-09-22
ON COLLEGE GRIDIRONS.
CHANCES OF THE TEAMS.
Pullen, the Giant Hest Pointer,
Being Tried Ont at End.

West Point. y y. Sept 81 (SpeciaD.-Forbes last
year Ali-American end and star of the Yale var
sity eleven, who Is coaching the Army football
team. has been experimenting with PuIen at end
Last year Puen played star game for the Army
at tackle and was considered of All-American cah-
9re until an injury received in the early part oil te
Princeton game put him of the running
The giant Alaskan has showed surprising speed
in practice end and ii is considered highly prob
able that Forbes will use him there throughout the
season. Heavy ends considered essential under
the new rules The West Pointers are being trained
to use the Yale style of the forward pass, when
Necder and Forbes worked well together against
Princeton and Harvard last season.
Pullen is about the same build Forbes, only
bigger and heavier. With him at end and Captain
Smith at half. West Point. Forbes thinks, can per
feet the Yale forward pass as well almost as laie
herself did last year and he is counting on this
play for the Armys chief ground gamer this year
The Army has been practising for the last two
weeks. and the men are showing good form lnere
is some good heavy material in the new class
from which the West Point eleven may draw some
prizes, Captain Smith considers the outlook prom
Using.
Philadelphia Sept 2l (specaD-Wit the end
of the first weeks practice the University of Penn
syvania football coaches are beginning TO see i1sht
ahead. Although the outlook has always been A
rosy one for the Quakers il IS even brighter now
than before the season opened The coaches intend
time in the preliminary work and
q soon a they had taken stock the opening day
they ordered practices daily, to continue until
the opening of the university next week The
Quakers have a hard game before them next Satur-
day, when they play the University of North caro-
lima
Nearly forty candidates have reported for the
squad to date. enough to form three elevens. 1t
is expected that this number will be increased TO
seventy five within ii week after the university
opens. and. counting the freshman candidates who
win called October l. Penn will soon
have more than hundred men at work on the
gridron.
The coaches have already begun to work the
makeup Of the eleven. Although only two vet
Grams are missing. the coaches have declared that
every win his position again on merit.
Three of the baCkIeld positions. however, are viz
tuaIy fixed. HollenbaCk. fUbact. and Captain
Folweli and ex-Captain Greene. as hafbacks. form
Of the best trioS in the country and. II capa-
ble quarterback Is developed. Penn will be unusual
ly strong in the backueId. The finding OF good
quarterback Is the thing Dr. Williams is aim
ing
Bethlehem. Penn Sept. 81 tSpecla) .-Iehigh
University has started the football season under
the most auspiciOus circumstances. The team will
again be coached this year by BY Dickson, the
former University Of Pennsylvania star. Eight OF
end: Burlincano. eft tackle: Westerhecke centre;
Street right guard; Treat. right tackle; Fulton,
quarterback: Aman, left halfhack, and Spiers,
right halfback Although college only opened on
Wednesday. the candidates have been at work now
for more than a week. In the freshman class there
is a wealth of material from which II will he
easy I'LL the three vacant positions According
to Coach Dickson. IL IS more than probable That
several Of last years regulars viii l." replaced. or
at least pushed hard hold their old positions. Ne
scrImu,age work has been attempted this week
The first game. with NuhlenherC College. iR only
week of
Ithaca. y. !. Sept c1.-The Cornell football
squad held its FIRST practice Of the season to-day
on Percy Field The scrfmmsg" decidedly
back Shearer at right halfback, CosErove at right
tackle, and Watson at left end