Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-22
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF FOOT BALL WORLD
Coaches Bothered to Pick
Best Men and Many Shifts
Are Being Made.

Several teams of the first rank are ex-
periencing the difficulty of making final
selections, this partly from having an
abundance Of good men for certain posi-
tions, partly because some positions are
not satisfactorily filled and partly be-
cause experimenting with certain candl-
dates in different positions is going on
He would be shrewd student of the Sit
uation who could name the Harvard
Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania elevens
as they will line up in their chief games
At Pennsylvania ii isn't SO much to find
the men as to decide on the best ositions
to which they should be assigned. NJ
merous Shifts are being made to find out
just which arrangement of the material.
will be best. Marks. Miller and Cozens
have been switched about a good deal be
tween the line and the backfield.
Harvard. like Yale, has end material
to spare. In these days, when ends work
necessarily, 1t is we'll to be hberal!y
equipped with men in that position III
Crocks. who has been on the shelf since
September, returns to form IT Will .help
the PENNSYLVANIA situation on the eN-
tremities of the wings good deal.
Princeton has had trouble at end since
the season began, but is making every Ell
fort to dig up the men and couple OF
track recruits are beginning to show
caliber.
Browne and Houston. the first string
ends at Harvard, are backed up by L.
Smith, Rogers, Huntington and Brown as
material to fall back on, while Sprague,
the halfback, who kicked the ball out or
danger at New Haven year ago. Is be-
Ing tried at end. He is slight. but an ex-
cellent punter. Capt. Fish, who has not
been in good condition this fall. is get
ting back to his gait and that Will have
ff,i, off, he y1ylln
Were the other tackle positions as sure
to be as capably handled. the coaches
would feel better. Mckay. though expert
enced, is slow and his lack of improve
ment In that regard has been disap-
pointment to the coaches.
The backfield is a long way from set
tied. this In part being due to the Hbsen nee
of p. D. Smith and Corbett, who Is again
to be the final halfbacks II they are tit.
with Minot and rockingham In the lead
for fullback O'Fraherty at quarterback
hasn't fulfilled expectations, fault be-
ing that he doesn't get drive in his work.
Wsgglesworth. laid up at present, would
be In fair way to displace O'Flahery
had he more weight.
They are having a hard time at New
Haven getting a line on the best pair of
ends. though Fitzpatrick and Vaughan
looked to be the best on their West Point
work. But there are Naedele. Logan,
Brooks and Savage to be considered.
Naedele was going along In fine style last
year until he was put out of 1t by in
juries. He hasn't figured as a varsity end
this fail. but has lots of ability and may
DE heard from again this year. Dummy
Logan is strictly in the running. too.
by slight injury before the West Point
game He did his best work last year
against Princeton and Harvard.
With Andrus and Goebel all right there
<0r In tir,or h0oY 10
guards but although 1t has appeared all
along that Lilley and Hobbs would be the
final tackles. Paul has been coming along
fast. Center seems to have narrowed
ing which will start the big games. An
drus has been out Of the game a good
deal this season. all Of his playing SO far
having been crowded into last week. He
hasn't played since. but he always has
been able to deliver the goods in a big
game. and apparently does not need much
time to get in condition for the fray. He
went through the whole West Point game
and that with only few days prepare
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Philbin. Daily and Coy are pretty likely
to he found in the back field for the No
vember battles, with the quarterback
situation open. johnson and Howe have
been waging an even fight for the place
and with no signs of either one being in
the lead. Merritt. who was the regular
freshman quarterback last year. isn't out
of the running. He has been coming along
briskly for a week or so.
Read and Hart are the only two men,
bers of the Tiger backfeld who may be
said 10 have strong grip on their Jobs
as varsity incrmberts. They have been
In the lead since the start, but things
are taking shape as regards the rest OF
the backs. the combination which en-
braces Read, Hart, Dawson and Bergin
looming up as the most promising. Yet 1t
is hard TO see how Cunningham Is to be
left out. 1t has been suggested that 1t
would solve existing problems by putting
him at end. Waller and Woehr at guards
and Siegling and McCrohan at tackles
haven't been seriously threatened. but
while Bamman is doing most of the center
playing there's big Macy len to be taken
somewhere else in the line.
Altogether 1t is as much what they have
as what they haven't that is corrugating
the brows Of the, big four coaches.
Yale Stars Resting.
NEW HAVEN. October 22.-The Yale
varsity was without several veterans in
the practice yesterday. and while some
men returned to the fray, the regular
team was not on the field. Cooney did
not report and DAILY. Andrus and Logan.
although In uniform, were not in the
scrimmage Hobbs, Goebel. Fitzpatrick
and Philbin played for few minutes.
however. Philbin for the first time this
week Andrus will probably stay out of
the game against Colgate Saturday. to
give his back. which was strained at west
Point. a chance to mend.
johnson started the afternoon as quar-