The sun., 1908-10-30
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD
VET AND WARM WEATHER
RETARDS DEVELOPMENT.

w L 49, 81. 49,. =.
Muddy Fleius ano musBy Days msRo ~
Dimcuit TO Acquire PrectaSn ana
Poiisls-VandeFbilt'S Three Brother
Captains-Praetiee Of the Teams.
!. The time Is drawing near when the
Ainee for which the whole season has
been aimed win be played. and unless there
is change for the better in the weather
the big teams. the teams looked to to pro-
vide sthe most finished football. viii not
have attained the degree OF excellence they
would have otherwise. For greater part
OF the season the weather has been wet
( or warm or both. whereas crisp. dry. clear
weather is what is needed for the most
a aoisntifio development OF the game. Much
saan ,his ssli has hs.n due IN The yseather
,ra,rs6 ny1i siynr,le The frat half of the play
u ~, .rsson noyar l. axnectad to nroduce
an;si,s.d I sootho,I tor rnothoIl 10 a game
,I,at m bscuiisrly ono In which annarent
slnw,,s.. et,.nJ. ',ha mast.r;ngs NJ funda-
,~sns.i. s,;,h rronouncad and ouick
,hanoa ~ ,ha ra.i nlaaav n artiola wben the
ds,s co.,,.. - III, r, M srsar, and nut on
fsss ,,o,;sh s,iIl tbere would have been
Z ,,tnra ro,,n.r I'M. saoaon with mora life
80 - y ai. aad r;ah, ron, whan ,ha tnrnin q
-nokit =, Pdaya,nn,r,snt has baen reached
~ fo,.ohos ~ rio,.ars oep.rolly a "a dis
sr,s,in,Sa. ot ~ ~ 80 wsa,Ssr Ns,t weak
and ths week after will he the main polish
tr- ,l.-;n~t n;,t Mod IA vim a for tha njavera
anf SIS,sr md cold weather will be welcome
and work wonders
Nf,,SSv. and sI;nnor, as,ds ;ntertars with
;r,nsrt,nc nrac;sio, and drive IN the for
mat;ons and muaov weather. Ia not con-
a,isivA n nenner Ia the weather copdi-
ti1,,s Nave han anaictino both the iust
ss,,,,T .,i'', ,bss nnI,st The yar;ous teams have
on ths d.y ~ The hio oames nohoIv will be
{ shs6s; ;c,ssn,,ad yor ,yont ~ nractina in hand
Hng wei hail Ont in Cbioa 20 Coach stasR
and h;u brain souad are tryinu the effect
OF mental suggestion to scare the rain gods
away.
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t,,. on :, % " .e,' os W. ~, ooI.d 90
es hN .ne' ~" iSt.o,, at,,,a -
~ ls ~ oussue p,.I,,on,s Smem Jm" ,oo bss ds.
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penueu on neI omr ~ - Ca.ner, hss
ftuYee pe W oouIun ua.e, "nu e,i-a,,.
I'm w e,y \. ,I on ~ 80, ~. - n,,,sid.
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oss,. sosSn SUE 1ou'u" NV Sy.,.a 20. a.
.nen . ,.eo. -" =,
,.shspois 80 - -, - in i.o,
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uesh s"u ~ ~ y.a ,snL,os 10,
neipee 'oaon sae ~, ,n,n.nrsr,snt
yea, ., eu u,U'sns " ,,,ris =, vi.
IN tne,r N9rS' Ieale ssv .oup d. ~ "a
men coscheu na' 'si', ''"u''e A''''
10 SoIpTs. ~, have
s.e yoaches. s,r W. '"e ~, o..
BieioW Was up at Amherst the other day
and while there found time to help oveTsll;
4SYpt ~. e'' Nv. e''.,,.s W. Isa, w..t ~
Jones went up 10 syracuse iss. MesN "
cusans, and Jack Gates has been helping
pai.e ort down At Annapolis. Morris
.FiSs sbsySsd r;eoree Sanford occasionally at
EYntY EY net.Yeu peorse 'ahi''u ~
SWlh"es
4 "A Hobedule which would bring the YAM
ass,,5ss, Jv gEn,vsrsitv sv" team North next year
would se welcome to football lovers. for
-yandefbilt Is probably the most advanced
az ayy Of the Southern teams In the grid
iron game anu tPere iS eailoe"y hero
about 70 see Just how gooa she s' %.
,tnerrow,s Vanderbilt and Michigan will
Strsns.4g s,sn.... n.sr ooaohsd hy Nan Nc(,uioan A
pas,nA .,, peen S eoaonru Ts " y.aa.hnt ,n.n, q
s5ss,Ssa s 81 aes' sS Vaughn y BIase h the third Of
three brothers. each Of whom has been
vas,derbi,t ,oap,ain. Dan Blake was cap
iaIn n M ,o,e Rob Blake in 1907 and now
Vaughn Blake in isoe-a unique record
Vanderbilt has a total OF las points to op-
ta' for FIVE games thia fall. The
fIssss,r,- -at,nnssota game to-morrov win
Sihs SiheesvSniiileeo.a ,al eae i', - w.
be the leading event OF the Gay % IN tne .. mes.,
later to decide the championship OF the
( 'nFF9''ie 'nFF'uie
jrba Fotdbam SQUAD was nut through a
.stp SsplSitsd practice yesterday by Coach
noNslI ga .n drnn LicIine denaTtment
s@aibteh bth 6narterhack Erancis GSrEan ia
Wswi.ts Wswpi.SI, ,,T,ornvement fofieY and Scsnlon
sngwn5 ~ ~ runtinG and each ayeTa1ed
4 ftn4fSffhf % 90 ~ hf ,nIane kickino Cant
~, suL ,.t,',, ricL axnelIed
z lT.,,,ap lSV ~t,.aniv nin,ite scripmapes with
..tor,,bs 5oSned The most Vigorous nor
~ ~ tha nractice The varsity PLAYED
tloI 10y VI. u,' dosh ana acorad three tomcb-
Enn 4. asnh half White eot two one
S,'a SoIs a y, rty. ward run around left end, and
e,.a'HntSer a. from an onside Kick by Walsh.
ssnlsyina cofreV ScanIon and Wilks secured
9es IoI psI as nc es Lant out ~ tba
oa9Iy IhyuIeu, Ihylis H. ea,;,, ~ a sRoiian ontis
scrfminaees Oh aecouh' vi 9"o'e" e"A'o
,a,,,o, ., ,ho .,h,.,io
Despite the peI eonuiuon % Ihe atnIeuo
5 Geld Coach olco,t has spareu no one IN an
EFFORT 10 put the New 10Th SnlVeIsity
eleven In Winning form LOT she MIese!sn
game on election day; festerday the
: varsity lined UP against Wepp ACADEMY Ior
nhan hours s9rimmage: me Sork OF tiTs
Webb well aud the backs gained at Will
; by straight line formations. Newins es-
7 peciaily has developed into good man
for ouart erbaCk runs. He showed re-