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II Tad Jones stays at quarterback this
year for Yale. and great many Yale men
hope that he Will. IL will again prove a
bottle OF wits In the Princeton-Yale con-
test when he matches up with Eddie Dill
Ion. The two men were last year at the
very top of the quarter-backs OF the coun-
try, and with a more detailed knowledge
OF the new game will make an interest
ing pair TO watch I'm the big contest.
Harvard's repeated menacing of the
Yale goal I'm the last half OF the big game
last year was due. more than anything
else, to Veeder's inability to get the ball
far enough out on his punts. Veeder. how
ever, more than made up this deficiency
in his work in other departments of the
game
Williams complains OF lack OF good ma
terial but Capt. Elder is making a de-
termined effort to get a team in the field
that will be able to give Amherst a good
game Williams will miss the Dartmouth
game, which Is not on the schedule for
the far. owing to the late difference Of
opinion between the colleges.
Little has been heard as yet OF drop
kicking. The new stunt based on the
forward pass and pnsde kick seem TO
have the floor, but the wise coaches are
looking about for the men who can get
the ball over between the goal posts. 1t
will prove just as valuable play this year
as ever. and in fact with the Increased
facilities OF advancing the ball should be
very effective way OF scoring from the
third down in the enemies territory.
One queer thing about Harvard Is that
| although she has great many heavy
men among her candidates at the early
season her squad never seems to have
much weight In Il. The fact has been
remarked time and time again by those
who have watched the practice year after
year. 1t is probably due to the uniforms
rather than anything else, as the red jer-
seys have tendency to make the men
look smaller than the regulation jacket
and trousers OF the later season.
Andover's schedule with the freshmen
teams from Harvard, Yale Penn. Brown
and Princeton on the card will give the
football followers good chance to size up
the material OF the big teams OF next year
IL was wise move on the part OF the
prep school that eliminated the college
elevens and substituted the freshmen
teams. Under the three-year rule the
youngsters are nowadays often nearly as
strong as some OF the big 'varsities. and
represent the universities to which most
Andover men go when they leave the
school
Scrimmage work begins at Harvard this
AFTERNOON. and also at Yale. The first
OF the season II was necessarily slow and
not of very strenuous nature.
princeton will not have much scrim-
mage work until 1t gets colder. The New
Jersey university although not really in
the South, does not get winter as soon as
the colleges OF New England, and is ham,
pered by warm September and sometimes
even October weather.
Charley DAILY has evidently taken on
some weight In the past two years, but
even in the few stunts he does in showing
the Harvard men different points of the
game he shows he has still the same
Kold speed that made him one of the fast
est men on the football field.
The Penn team looks stronger on paper,
stronger a great deal than the Quakers
did last year when, after a rather poor
start, they made a very creditable show
ing. The Michigan eleven will have no
walkover at any rate, and Yost's system Is
very likely to get another jolt.
Dimes played good game at quarter
for the few minutes he was IN the Har-
ward Yale game last year. and should
make valuable understudy for Tad Jones
this season Dimes worked four years for
his 'Y' and certainly deserves aslot Of
varsity recognition this season.