Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-18

time this season. The first part of the
work was secret. Later the gates were
opened. More than 1000 undergraduates
marched down to the stadium in body
| and cheered and sang foot ball songs
| during the practice There was the
| greatest enthusiasm among the under
graduates.
Nothing was done by the Varsity except
to run through a little signal practice.
Capt. Burr was on the field and practiced
number Of goals from the field with
students. After the practice he ran
around the field six times to harden up a
| bit. He seemed to run very freely.
| Then the Varsity ran through signals
with wilmington at left guard in place
| instead of Kennard. All the rest of the
| regulars We're in their places.
Dunlap is little lame in the shoulder,
but not incapacitated from playing on
| Saturday Bob Herman arrived Monday
night from New York and worked with
| Cutler in punting yesterday afternoon.
| He wiz accompany the team to arming-
| ton this afternoon, where they will spend
| the few days before the Yale game On
Thursday the team will go down to New
! Haven for the afternoon. where they will
| practice on the Yale field from 80 to
2:3O O'Clock. This is novel arrangement
and is a privilege extended through the
| courtesy of Yale.
Army Scrubs Beat Regulars.
WEST POINT, N. Y, November 49,
The Army team began work in earnest
yesterday in preparation for the Villanova
game. which is expected to be a hard
one For forty minutes the first and
second teams faced each other in a hard
scrimmage and the varsity was defeated,
| a drop kick by Mountfort from the 30
| yard line giving the second team four
points. The varsity kept the playing
in the scrubs territory and several times
carried the ball for 80 and 60 yards, but
every time when within the 25-yard line
their efforts slackened and the scrubs
secured the ball
Once the scrubs held for downs on the
5-yard mark. Greble was not in the
game and Dean played right halfback.
Johnson and Stearns retired early and
Underwood and Goetz went in at ends.
i Megaphones have been issued to each
cadet and they gathered in body on
| the side lines and sang songs and cheered
| the team until the end of the scrimmage.
Tricks Tried by Navy.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, November 49,
Secret practice was in order at the Naval
| Academy yesterday afternoon, its object
being a drill in some of the formations
which will be used against West Point
November Is. Notwithstanding the COM
parative openness of the Academy ath-
letic grounds the Navy teams have in
| former years been able to save something
from the public knowledge and spring
| some surprise on the Army team in the
| final game. This, it is thought, will be
! the case again this season.
| Double lines of Watchmen formed
chains of sentinels yesterday afternoon
and no one was allowed within telescope
sight OF the grounds. Meyer, Slingluff
and Reifsnider were all on the field and
every effort is being made by Trainer
McMaster to bring the team up to physi-
cal perfection. Great care is being taken
with all the men who are nursing any
kind of injuries, and most of the regulars
will only be allowed to remain for a
| short time in the game against Virginia
| Polytechnic Saturday.