Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-01

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Secret Practice for Yale.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. November l.
Yale foot ball coaches have decided to
begin secret practice this week. Evening
work on the gymnasium floor will be
ordered three or four evenings, and the
gates of Yale Field will be closed to the
undergraduates once or twice in the week
for fifteen minutes daily. II is lI--viy that
the first barred gates of the season will
be recorded this afternoon. Fred Muir
ply made good at fullback Saturday. and
the probable back field lineup against
Princeton and Harvard is Howe. quarter
back: Coy, left halfback; Philbin, right
halfback. and Murphy, fullback. Muir
phys showing was much better than that
of DAILY any time this season John
sons punting has grown so good that he
is needed to- be held in reserve 10 do
the kicking in the big games after Coy
retires. This will give Howe, quarIer-
back, as first string man. Brooks. the
fast secOnd-string tackle. injured his side
i'm practice Friday, and was unable to
play did not return to the play
till late last week. Few coaches are eX-
pected this week. and the resident staff,
Howard Jones. Walter Camp and Henry
Wheaton, will hold nightly meetings as
the board of strategy to run the cam
paign.
Yale and Harvard will try to get to-
gether this week and pick officials for
their big games. Yale wishes Mine
Thompson of Georgetown, the veteran
referee. for the position. and almost
anybody except Big Bill Edwards OF
Princeton for referee
Princeton Loses Good Player.
PRINCETON, y. j.. November L.
Princeton varsity and substitutes re-
turned yesterday after the game with the
Navy Saturday. The players. with the
exception of one or two instances were
in excellent condition. Frantz. end rush,
sustained broken jaw, the injury being
inflicted while making his fast-f1ying
tackle. He will be out of the game the
rest of the season, and this fact is "A
severe blow to PrincetonS end PROPOSE
ton. FrantZ was developing into one of
the best ends Princeton has this season.
and while the end proposition has been
puZzling the coaches for long time, the
loss of Frantz will mean more than can
be imagined. 1t is thought that the
varsity was instructed to take a bare
victory from the middies Saturday and
not show their real worth. The small
score means nothing. as Princetons
stars, Cunningham, Read and Waller
were taken out of the game early, 1eaV-
ing Hart and Dawson to do the work
The latter two men have had a good rest.
and were able to stand the hard work
they were called upon to do.
Harvard Does Not Fear Cornell.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, November l.
The Harvard squad arrived home yes
terday afternoon. The Byrne accident
had an apparent effect on the mems
spirits. and they were loath to discuss
it. All were I'm good condition physically.
Starting today. the practice at the stad-
ium will stiffen out. Cornell on Saturday
is not expected to give any trouble, as
neither the Ithacans nor Dartmouth who
follow them next week, are displaying
class in any of their games. Mckay and
Corbctt will work regularly with the
varsity in their old positions from now
on. Joe Pendleton, the old Bowdoin star
seems certain to be the official selected
TO referee the Haryard-Yale contest