Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-08
IN THE WORLD.OF SPORTS
LATEST NEWS FROM
COLLEGE GR|D|RONS
(aIe Put Through Some Rug
qed Practice and Scores
on the Scrubs.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, October SIN
stead of letting the Yale foot ball players
rest Yesterday afternoon because of the
exacting game against Holy Cross wed
nesday in the hot wave, the coaches
drove the regulars and substitutes through
twenty-five minutes of rugged foot BALL.
There were no forward passes and hardly
an onside kick, but the backs cut loose
their attacks on the scrub line and scored
one touchdown. Field being pushed over
the line This play closed pretty rally.
in which the varsity took the ball from
its 4O-yard line.
Wheaton, who Is coaching the second
eleven sprang some line-boring plays
later which yielded total of %
yards for the scrubs in short gains.
Wheaton played at right halfback and led
the attack himself.
Buster Brown replaced Cooney at
left guard, and Howe played at quarter
back on the varsity in place of Ford
Johnson who was relegated to the SCRUBS.
Six coaches, the largest number of the
year, assisted the Yale field staff. They
were Gordon Brown, OF: James McCrea,
80: Stuart OF; Chadwick, 'G3; Adee. 80.
and Bissell. '04 Jim Quill is expected In
a day or two.
Princeton Coaches Dissatisfied.
PRINCETON, n. j., October S.-Be-
cause of the hard game with Villanova
Wednesday. and the warm weather. the
Princeton coaches let up a little in the
practice yesterday afternoon, and only
short scrimmage was held. McCrohan,
WEIGH, Sparks. Hart and Read were all
out of the practice nursing slight bruises
sustained in Wednesdays game. john
De Witt, Princeton's most famous punter
and drop kicker devoted great deal
of attention to the kicking department.
and by the end of the Scrtmmage McCor-
mick got off some good punts under MS
instruction.
The scrimmage consisted of two short
halves, in which the varsity secured only
one touchdown. great deal of the time
was spent in punting. and the work OF
Mccormick and Ballou in this department
was only fair.
The coaches expressed great dissatisfac-
ton over the play in the Villanova game.
and their criticism was mainly directed
against the work of the linesmen, which
was poor While McCrohan was COM
mended for breaking through and making
his touchdown. the coaches were dlsap-
pointed with his playing. He failed TO
charge we'll. and although heavy and fast
handled himself clumsily Much Is ex-
pected of him this year, but so far he has
proved a disappointment.
The ends came In for share OF the
criticism, and a great deal OF improve
1nent must De SHO"H UclOIc luC Aoiu
games of the season. The coaches did
not express themselves as feeling gloomy,
but they are. disappointed that the team
is not playing the game of which 1t is
capable.
Harvard's Captain Off Color.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, October s.-The
Harvard varsity foot ball team. with a
substitute backfield and without its cap
tain in the line, barely scored on the sec
ond eleven in twenty-minute scrim-
mage yesterday afternoon. The second
team had five of the boot ball coaches in
the lineup, and gave the first eleven one
of the hardest fights of the season.
Wigglesworth took O'F1aherty's place
at quarterback on the varsity. His work
was fairly good, but his team was weak
ened by the absence of Corbett, Smith and
Frothingham, and without Capt. Fish had
all 1t could do to score on the strong Sec
ond team. He showed marked ability in
running with the ball through broken
field, and scored touchdown after
catching the ball on his own 4O-yard
line. Wigglesworth will probably start
the game tomorrow against williams
Capt. Fish Is decidedly off color and will
not be out for regular work this week.
Scrubs Hold Cornell.
ITHACA, n. Y. October s.-A scrim-
mage of almost an hour brought no score
for either varsity or scrub here yester-
day, the heat making the play rather
listless at times. The inability of the
Cornell regulars to score against the scrub
caused some anxiety in that the Oberlin
game tomorrow is looked upon as hard
one for this time of year. The varsity