New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-02
ON COLLEGE GR|D|RONS
Perry Added to the Already long
Hospital List at Yale.
COACHES AND TEAM GLOOMY
Ward Luck Follows Freshman
Squad as Well, and McLeish'
Centre, Is Knocked Out.
IBv Telegraph 70 The Tribune. !

Nav Haven. Nov. 1.-The hardest kino
~ Iuck still continues to follow the Hale
varsity men, and the unusual number OF
Injuries overtaking the players Is begin
ming 70 affect the spirit OF the squad. Ine
team was severely crippled to-day "he"
Henry Perry, varsity tackle, broke pohe
in the back Of his right hand, and VIII De
ont for the rest of the season. Ferry has
heen one of the real finds of the season at
tackle. and his playing has been so goou
that he was slated to supplant sueh
nlaver as Charley Paul and be the regular
right tackle.
Dav by dav Yale has seen her best men
gradually disappear through injuries un'i'
NOW not a single member Of the nrst team
Is in the best Of condition. Most OF them
arc unable TO get into scrimmage, ana
nlavers who were on the third team few
weeks ago are now playing as varsity
reg,llars The hard luck has also attacked
the freshman squad. which was first de-
prived of five Of its regulars and several
.ybs nv tbe "Sheff" freshman faculty.
To-day the regular freshman centre, Nc
Leish. is in serious condition as the re-
suit of an injury sustained while scrim-
maging against the varsity. Mcleish was
temporarily knocked out. but was allowed
10 continue TO play against the advice or
some Of the Goa ches, who noticed he was
eroggy. While coming into the gymnasium
On a car after practice McLeish suddenly
keeled over in a dead faint Five players
carried him hurriedly 10 the gymnasium
and a doctor was summoned. The Yale at
,epdants succeeded in reviving him. IL Is
thought he was hit or the head at the
Aeld. The attendants were of the opinion
n was nothing serious
Warren, the varsity sub tackle. was also
forced to retire from play to-day He re-
oeived bad smash in the nose. Tomlin-
son. the last OF Yale's varsity tackle ma
terial. who was injured in the head-on
crash with Scully on Monday, appeared to-
day and played a short time. The practice
was not very long, because Of the injuries,
and gloom hangs thick and heavy over the
squad and coaches.
The practice to-day started with twenty
minutes of punting and handling of kicks
Foster Sanford took a twenty-minute crack
at the line on breaking through and block
ing. and this was followed by thirty
minute signal practice. The freshmen were
then summoned and the varsity lined up
against them for a fortymnute scrim-
mage. There were few long runs or spectac-
ular plays, both teams contenting them
selves with steady line plunging. The
varsity scored one touchdown, when
spalding as usual got away for thirty
yard run. and Camp followed this up with
a ten-yard plunge for a score. Some at
tention was paid 10 the forward pass.
Brides playing at quarterback and Field
at halfback for the purpose Of illustrating
the play Captain Howe was again in the
practice at quarterback. He failed in a
couple Of drop kicks from scrimmage, but
was successful later. Philbln scrimmaged
with the varsity to-day, and the regular
backfield. that is those less seriously in
jured, played. Ketcham decided to-day his
ankle would permit him to play, so was in
most of the time.