New-York tribune., 1911-11-15
YALE BACKS UNCERTAIN
SpaIding, Camp and Dunn May
Start with Captain Howe.
TIGERS WORK ON ATTACK
Find Much Trouble, However,
Gaining Ground Against the
Scrub Eleven.
lBy Telegraph to The Tribune. !

day. About all the work was crowded into
an hour and a half. The players lost so
much weight in the Brown game that
physical condition Is now OF prime i'm
portance.
The practice was not altogether salts
factory TO the coaches Differences in
opinion as to the results obtainablc from
certain methods Of playing made the work
rather discouraging. but the dissatisfaction
was in no wise due TO the work Of the
players. All Of the men reported in good
condition. with the possible exception Of
Spalding. Much is expected of him against
Princeton. and the coaches are anxious TO
have him ready. He has slight muscle
bruise, but Will be on his toes by Satur-
day.
Tho makeup Of the backfeld is uncer-
tain. Dunn was at fullback to-day and
despite his comparative inexperience he is
likely 10 start the game. He has not yet
reached his highest development and may
attain +; while playing against Princeton.
As he plays now his work is shade better
than Philbn's whose capabilities have
been fully reached The other halfback po-
sitiOn lies between Camp and Freeman. and
the former is almost sure 10 get the call
Anderson and Reilly will be the substitutes.
Outside Of Spaldng there is not much to
choose between the men.
Individual drill was the most important
work Of the day. The big squad Of
coaches devoted forty-hve minutes Of the
time TO this worR The signal practice Of
all five teams in the squad lasted thirty
minutes. When this was over the varsity
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fifteen minutes each-one against the fresh
men and the other against the scrub
While playing the freshmen the varsity
kept possession of the ball the entire time
and scored two touchdowns-one by Dunn
and the other by Sheldon. who replaced
Avery at end. Dunn broke through the
line for a long run Of thirty yards. The
varsity used its new PLAYS. but is having
trouble dieesting the whole series. Against
the scrub the varsity was not able to
score.
All the regulars tvuk part excepting
Spalding and Baker Captain Howe did not
play long and Strout took his place for
post Of the practice The lineup used
against Brown started again to-day. Avery
taking left end and BomeIsler right end
There are reasons why Yale IS doSrous of
having its ends able 70 play either wing
The lineup was Avery and Sheldon.
left end. SCullv. left tackle: Francis left
guard; Ketcham centre: McDevitt, right
guard. Paul. right tackle: Romesler. right
end: Howe and Strout. quarterback. Camp
and Reilly left halfback; Freeman and An
dersen, right halfback; Dunn. fullback
The squad omitted all kicking drill, and
there was no practice AZ puntinE or drop
kicking The coaches were Bloomer. How
ard Jones. Ted COY, George Foster San
ford Dewitt Cochran. Tom Shevlin. Wal
ter Camp. Henelfnger. "Bo" Olcott and
George Adee.
Tigers in Diseouraeinq Drill
nv Telegraph to The Tribune
Princeton. y. J.. Nov. 14-For over an
hour tho Princeton varsity football team
worked against the scrub eleven this after
noon in a long but discoura ginE practice
on osborne Field. with the exception of
n few minutes the entire scrimmaEe was
devoted 70 offensive work for the regulars.
but little Improvement could he noted over
previous exhibitions. and al tho close Of
the scrimmace the ovorworked and weary
scrub was forcing tho varsity back time
and again.
Then when tho scrub took tho ball IL
fought its way through the varsity for sew
eral good gains. but al this time the regular
eleven was sadly weakened by the absence
Of Hart Vaughan. White and Dewitt
These four men werc handled rather care
fully. as the coaches are not willing 10 take
any chances of injuries 10 them in prac-
tees. and they were in the scrimmage only
for a short time at the start. Hammond
took Whites place al end Ormond substi-
tuted for Hart, Sawyer for Dewitt and
Andrews for Vaughan.
All sorts Of football were tried. but one
style Of play seemed to be about as effect
i've as another. thC scrub at all times
checking the regulars. As usual. PendletOn
Sawyer and Baker broke away for several
good runs, but these We're the exception
rather than the rule Each one Of these
men has the advantage that when he does
break away he generally makes a long gain
but there are many VINO would prefer TO see
a practice where the varsity could gain
five or ten yards consistently with good in
reference than a dozen touchdowns scored
through the individual speed Of the backs
As the scrimmage was devoted almost en-
tirely to the development and perfection OF
plays. no account Of downs was kept and
hence there was no regular scoring.
Both Duff and Wilson were again out Of
the scrimmage. as they are still in poor
condition Judging from the decided Iimps
with which both men ran about the field
this afternoon they will be unable 20 do any
active playing before the Yale game. Farr
was out i'm togs for the first time in many
days, but he, too, walked with q limp. and
the chances Of his starting against Yale are
growing more remote each day
Pendleton ran the varsity during the en-
tire scrimmage and will undoubtedly play
quarter against Yale. Mott, a dminutive hut
pIucky fellow. who has been playing end
on the, scrub during most Of the season. was
shifted over 10 the varsity this afternoon,
taking Hammond's rlace late in the scrim-
mage Mott still has much TO learn and
is light for a varsity man. but he is showing
such splendid fight that he may yet spring
into prominence. The work OF the ends as
a rule, was poor throughout the practice.
The only bright spot was the kicking Of
which there was aplcnty both Dewitt and
Andrews punting In fine style Andrews,
who took Vaughan place at fullback,
played a mighty good game and his punt
ing did not suffer in comparison with De-
Wits. who did the kicking in the early
part Of the practice. The usual drill in
drop kicking from scrimmage formation
was held. and both Dewitt and Baker sailed
the ball between the uprights with q regu-
laritv that was encouraging.
The varsity lined up as follows. Left end.
White. Hammond and Mott. left tackle.
Hart and Ormond left guard Wnants,
centre Bluethenthal; right guard, Brown
right tackle. Phillips; right end Dunlap.
ouarterback Pendieton. left halfback
paker. right halfback. Dewitt and Sawyer.
tniiback Vaughan and Andrews