New-York tribune., 1908-10-29
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sitv football team had scrmmages with both the
second and freshman teams this afternoon during
secret practice IN the stadium Scri1nrnage with
the second team was for practice on the defensive
and the varsity showed good form in breaking up
forward passes and onstde kicks Fish did excep-
:iora1ly well
The sc-irlnaage with the freshmen was harder
test fo- 1he varsity. During the first part Of the
game neither SIDE could gain. and exchanges of
runts continued uutil the varsity hacks began to
get together when they took the ball 10 the lTard
lae There The freshman Hne was doubled and the
bal was lost downs
White and Corbe-t did good work for tire varsity.
Kenua-d, the third back, not prominent
n line rlayS. but strong in the secondary de-
fence. crowley and Cutting. the two ends, We're
fast in going down pGu-s and tackled well From
tackle tackle the line w-etChed. The subs
formed the centre trio. Burr, Hoar and Nourse
were out. but were not used in the sCrimmage.
Mckay was easy for Smith. the freshman end.
Cutler continued al quarter There is ru-nor that
Page, Of the second team, may soon be tried al
quarterback on the varsity
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Ithaca Y Y. Oct 2S-CornelTs football practice
Eas held in drizzling rain to-day that made clean
handling OF the ball most difficult. The regulars
the scrub lined up for a sc-i-7rnage after
shCrt signal practice. and the varsity showed great
Improvement the work Of yesterday The at
II tack was fast and snappy and the defence proved
lTnpregnabe 10 the scrub The scrub kicked
Of. and the varsity took the ball 10 the 2-ya-d
line where L held for downs. The scrub
pUnte5 and the varsity lost the ball at once on
tumble. The scrub then received the ban with
unlimited downs and was thrown back for \ loss
repeatedly. Cosgrove and Pavek often breaking
through the line mailing the runner before the
play under way. Gardner handled the ball
vel and his signals were given more clearly than
a. any time this year. Tydenan made good gains
for the varsity when II had the ball picking OPEN
bIgs and lodging skilfuly. The coaches are much
gratihed b. the general Improvement
Willard Behan, IS. guard on CorneITs first var
atty team, arrived al Percy Field to-day at the
request of the coaches His experience and krowl-
ecge Of football gained through watching thirty
years Of development OF the game. make him a
valuable addition TO the coaching staff.
icy Telegram 70 The Tqfsurer
Philadelphia, Oct 2s--With the likelihood that
Captain Hone-back, f1lihack and Keinath the
quarterback VIII not be able to play in the game
on Saturday against the Carnegie Institute at
Pit1sbUrg. the University OF PENNSYLVANIA had \
short practice to-day Hollenback has an infected
hard as q result q the Indian struggle. and the
coaches are unwilling 10 take any chances with
him before the game against Michigan
henath, who was hurt in the Gettysburg game
two weeks ago. improves very slowly. but Is ex-
pected get into the Lafayette game. The prac-
tice to-day consisted OF long signal drill and a
sharp scri-nInage. Its feature the fine work Of
Means, who took Hollen5ack's place at f1lback.
n addition 10 the football games Election Day.
to be played AT Ohio Field between New York Uni
ve-sity and Wesleyan and a. American League
Park between Fordbam and Georgetown. there viii
be an interesting nJerscholastic game at American
League Park al u O'Clock ia the ra5Ini1s between
Townsend Harris Hall and De Witt Clinton High
schools Georgetown HiI send d strong team 20
meet Fordham. ana many Cornell mon VIII be par
ticularIy interested in the Southern team, which is
being coached 10y BIZ HeGmana. who a great
centre IN his day a. Ithaca and twice picked
fo, the Alameda team by Walter Camp
Cti1arc. oct 2s.-The Chicago University football
team suffered Q heavy loss to-day when Kelley, the
biz right tackle. deserted the squad Kelley was
shifted from his position 10 practice Monday and
said to-day that Stagg, the coach had Esul,ed him
by giving another his place. Kelley says he
zsiu have o. 10 co Wfth the team end VIII
seave The university al the e1d Of the week.
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Nezt Poiat, X /. Oct. 2s-The first scrim-
mage work OF the week for the Army football
1eesn took place TO-DAY a slippery field and
long hard game played The second team
could do nothing with the varsity, which went
ord sufC