New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-17
On COLLEGE GR|D|RONS
Record Squad Turns Out for
First Practice at Harvard.
CANDIDATES IN FINE FORM
Coaches Find Abundance of
Good Material-Men Attend
Fallon's Funeral.
rpv Teler-eph to The Tribune. J

,,o,bau players reported TO Captain Wen
AN and Percy d. Haughton. head coach
- the Harvard football eleven. on Sol
Ssrs' Field this afternoon. the squad
-, the largest that has been seen on
=, oDening day at Cambridge for years.
~, only was the size of the squad en-
..,,aging. but the men returned for work
!. snlendid condition generally. and there
,r.rs few absentees among those upon
,rhom the coaches are counting for this
seasons team.
vhtelock the manager. offered the vel
.one news that many Of the men who
,are on probation at the end of the col
,.gs year have made amends. and that
o.,v one or two players are on the uncer-
ain list. Among these is Sam FELTON,,
rr, II Is thought that he viii be able 20
play.
Larry ana Paul wilmington. did not spare
N. players to-day. Besides working with
,hs medicine balls, the men fell on the
nall and had d strenuous session at The
,,cs,lne dummies. No one seemed the !
vo-,e for this unusually hard work on
the first day out
There vas a very generous sprinkling
II veterans in the squad. among the cam
d,da,es being the end rushes. FELTON,. Hol- !
lister. the varsity tackles, Hitchcock and !
s,orer. Psrmentey, the centre rush; Gard /
nor and Freedley, quarterbacks. and Cap /
al, Wendell and BEETLE, two veterans OF \
he back field.
The men who have come up from last I.
wars freshman team were out in full /
numbers. among them Brickley, Hard I
wick Wigglesworth and Logan. In fact. 7
OBnen. Jencks. Keays and Howard were .
The only old men missing, but IT is said .
that Keays. who played left guard almost /
al season in 1911, will not re-enter col
lege
There is on abundance of material for |
ends and halfbacks, but not an oversupply |
ior the vacant positions on the rush line. /
However. two good guards are about oil :
that are needed for Harvard to begin It's I
,ampaign where Il left off late last fall. .
AZ college opens next Monday. the play
srs will have only this week for morning :
and afternoon sessions on the football !
field
Many Of the men arrived early enough !
today to attend the funeral Of Jimmy !
FalOa Harvaris veteran rubber. who .
died suddenly from pneumonia. Fallon /
had been q figure at Cambridge for al |
mos, thirty years, and after serving |
long term al the college gymnasium, came |
20 gaa when
l.ucs we're removed from old Jarvis ana |
Holmes Field In 1895.
Fallen accompanied the varsity crews
10 New London for years and also wac
well kbown 10 many generations OF foot !
hall, baseball and track team men. 1
by Telegraph 20 The Tvibune.l
Princeton. y j.. Sept lG.-Logan Gun /
ringham lined up a scrub against the !
varsity In the Princeton football prac-
tee to-day. and while tackling was
tabOoed the second team put up some stiT |
Interference. The VOL. "as tho hardest I
50 far this season. the tackling dummy
coming into use for the first time.
The forward pass was used extensively. |
Zoe coaches, Cunningham, Dun and VIII |
son. practising Il with the entire squad. |
Il now looks as II the play would occupy |
prominent place this fall in line with |
the policy Of a loose running game
Waller and Dunlap will be able 10 play |
this year. having worked OFF their condi-
ions. II was announced. to-day. The /
news was received with JOY IN the Tiger I
amp as both men are badly needed /
dunlap 70 back up the line and Waller 20 /,
srengihen the offence with his wonderful 4
Nunging
Bluethenthsl and Pendleton practised /
place kicking This afternoon, while DE 7
WIN and Gle continued their good punt I
Of play
The varsity lined NY az follows:
Psndleton, left halfback: STREET right (
nahoack, D. Witt, fullbacd; Emmons, I.
glsrterhack speers, left end; Lowe, left !
.scsle; W. Swart left guard; Bluethen- |
thal. centre; Jowett. right guard Phillips, |,
i'shI tackle, and Andrews, right end.
PROVIDENCE, Sept ls-More than twenty !
candidates reported ct Andrews Field (
"-uay 70 answer the first call for foot /
Sah material for the Brown University !
..yuad The strength OF the Brown team |
s ss season will, In the opinion OF tho !
,yaenes, depend largely on the new ma !
y ia developed Many Of last years /
800 ""fS bftH tfdNudteu.
ithaca. y. Y, Sept. ia fast scrim- !
mage marked the beginning Of the second /
'eex OF Cornelrs football work. The |
'@'Sity scored once. McCutcheon start, |
a. a't year, years freshman fun back, was tried !
=. eenlre on the VARSITY to-day. and I.ahr /
me-, VI last years freshman squad. was !
~. ~ az tackle. There are now forty |
usnt candidates on the field.
10y Telegraph 20 The Tribune
annapolis. Sept. le-Foothall practice |
q the Naval Academy began this after
H0on when squad OF seventy members /
" 'ne new fourth class appeared on Wor- /
,sn Field at the call OF Lieutenant Doug /
~ L. Howard. the head coach. Professor /
:. " Cusachs, who will later take charge
!. the fourth class team. assisted Lieu |
want Howard with the coaching.
FRANK Wheaton, the field coach is ex- 1
Yeted during the week. The squad as a /
mole appeared superior both in physique
Years.
1ne work to-day consisted IN hunting.
sS'tns down under kicks and receiving /
'ne pall. The best men OF the new, snuad |
VIII become candidates for the team when |
TIE old men reassemble at the beg,r,ing |
Of next week.