Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-21
GRIDIRON GRIDDLEs.

The Middies appear to have find in Dalton, who is candidate for place in the backfield. He is a big fellow who drives through the line and is besides a long and accurate puntef.
 Washington and Jefferson will go against Yale at New Haven Saturday fully prepared to give the bulldog stubborn struggle. The w. x J. team is heavy one with fast back field and the coaches are banking on a smashing game.
 The Naval academy veterans are standing the early, season pace better than some of the youngsters. Mason, who threatened Lange's place at quarterback, is laid up with injuries. Donaldson, another likely colt, has a broken jaw, and Cobb, an end, Is laid up.
 Pope, who Is playing substitute fullback at Cornell, Is ranked as one of the best line plungers in the game to-day. His ability to carry the ball with a, dozen tacklers clinging to him and still keeping on his feet. Is an almost daily feature of the practice scrimmages at Ithaca. Naval Academy players already have good line on the game played l by the soldiers. Coaches Dashiel, Page and Howard watched the West Point Yale game Saturday and what | they learned about the cadets was re- lated to the sailor squad when they l returned to Annapolis Monday. Princeton went into secret practice for the first time this season Monday afternoon. The Tigers are beginning to get down to real serious work. Fordham plays the Tigers this after noon and Syracuse comes along Sat urday. Both games will call for the best that the Tigers can show. The Naval academy will have a practice game with the University of Maryland this afternoon in order to polish of any rough spots before the Crimson clash. The Middies' line is the same powerful aggregation as last year, while the back field has devel- oped powerful and varied attack. Princeton, it is thought, will spring some new open plays when Syracuse is met So far the New Jersey eleven has been drilled and redrilled in the rudiments of the game, but Coach Ro-
 per in this weeks practice behind barred gates, is working up some tricky ground gathers which. are be-
 ing closely guarded.
 Captain Eddie Dillon is out with
 the Princeton team again in football togs after fortnight's absence from the game. McCrohan has also re-
 joined the team after being tied uI with sprained ankle. With McCro- han at fullback and Dillon to, fill in at quarter it Is estimated that the strength of the Jerseymen would be
 increased fully 25 per cent.
 The continued drouth is raising
 havoc with the football fields every 1 where and it may be necessary to send watering cart over some oi them before Saturdays games are
 played. The field of the Pennsylya.
 mia State college is so dry that it is covered with several inches of dust and it is impossible to continue lively Ipractice for any length of time be
 cause of the clouds that are raised. | Mike Murphy is drilling the Penn
 sylvania scrubs In the style of play used by the Indians. The varsity has not been able to do much against
 the crafty offense of the red men and the teams directors are making q number of shifts. Fayorite has been
 placed at end and Jack Means, for. mer Ohio State player, Is also getting a chance at the varsity berth back Eof the line His kicking has placed him in the front rank.
 | Pennsylvania will hold its last
 scrimmage before the Indian game this afternoon, after which the squad
 will be taken to Winslow Junction to rest until Saturday. Captain Hol. llenbach and Manier were injured in fthe Brown game far worse than ex. peeted and both are getting a rest Bunny Reagan has bad ankle and IKeinath has to hobble around on a cane. Most of the cripples. however
 will be in shape by the end of the week
 The hopes of the Carlisle Indians to repeat former successes over Penn sylsania in their meeting Saturday have been rudely iarred by several chsuRes fin the squad. Houser. the