New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-24
Yale Coaches Still Busy IN
Building Up Substitutes.
MORE ENDS AT HARVARD
Minds, of Pennsylvania, says
That He Never Played at
Dickinson College.


another easy day and were excused from
all hard work this afternoon while the
coaches paid much attention to the sub
stitutes.
After the signal drill the scrub, SUB
stitutes and some of the varsity men
were pitted against each other In scrirn-
mage Of nfty-fve minutes. One feature Oh
the work was particularly pleasing 10
the coaches Camp made short hgh
punt which Castles caught for the scruo
md ran 10 the two-yard line before ne
was downed. The line held hard' now
ever, and after four downs the SCRUB was
unable TO score. 1t was the best eXhioi-
tion of defensive play the team mas
shown this year.
After holding for downs Camp punteo
bevond midfeld and following an eN-
change or two the first eleven regalheo
the hall and rushed it down the held LOT
p touchdown, Camp finally shooting over
o,,,side tackle for the score. Pumpelly
kicked the goal.
,erback His work, none too good at hrst'
improved as the play went on pu' " wv"
him twenty minutes to make the sIoIe
LOTUS then supplanted Nheelel HNU
made his team score in fifteen minutes
The work of all the quarters was CON
sidered fair, the men showing d A''ie ''''
proyement according to howe
Cornish and Cornell have not Deeh useo
,n scrimmage this week, as the former haS
q stirf ankle and the latter Is being res'eu'
So the quarterback position is relati'ei!
unchanged and as unsettled as ever
Dyer finished the session as quarter
hack. and there was little TO choose DC
tween the work of the three. Dyer man
80 ~ Get near enough TO try goal
Cror, the field ON the 30-yard line Out II
fell short. ,,a
The practice to-day was held on the
,--aL,,ar 6sI5 because of the heavy RAIN
There was not so much fumphhg as
pected with a heavy, wet ball. Ihe resu
lars spent their time kicking' lor"aiu
passing and catching the slippery oval
/ All nj Them reported with the exception
M phfIbin and Flynn, who had recitatohs'
The following men were used In TO-DAY
..rir,r,aga as the varsity: Sheldon HlIe
and Osborn, ends NJ Warren ana IalOo''
tackles; Pendleton, substitute; haiOiSo"
and Green, guards, with squad He"u'
former varsity centre, who mas oeeh us
abled more than any other man Oh "'
squad, as substitute; McNeih anu -
chem centres; Wheeler, LOTUS Dyer
ouarterbacks; Camp and Baker lel' nan
hack; Pumpelly and Beckett rish' nan
back; Wiser, fullback.
Harvard Prepares for Brown.
Cambridge. Mass, oct. 23.-Harvards
,ootbau team devoted this afternoon 10
working I'D its attack for Saturday
come against Brown. besides setting the
groundwork of the attack that. VIII Oe
used against the Princeton Tigers te"
DAYS hence. The coaches were not sa'-
isfed with the way the second team
used Browns plays yesterday so the
scrub had another day in which TO pre-
marc for the weeks final scrlmmage
against the varsity
Tho two regular teams, the first string
and first substitutes, each were coachea
on the same series of plays, ana "hlIe
they lined up against each other IL was
only for the purpose of WORKING out Oh
the interference assignments. Much
was done on forward passing. Hereto
fore Harvard has been using only the
simplest of straightaway passes, but
later in the season will show Tar
greater development of this department
Of the game than any OF HaughIoh
teams have yet uncovered
There was good news in the Harvard
camp to-day, when il was learned that
Hollister and Lawson will be able to
plav with the varsity. Hollister looks
good at end. although he hardly can
hope TO replace Coolidge, whose WORK
against Amherst was so brilliant.
The Crimson is fortunate in having
FELTON, on the list, for yesterday, while
I'm the jefferson laboratory, where he
was working on an experiment which
called for the generation Of hydrogen
gas. Feltons apparatus exploded and he
escaped with lot Of scratches on his
face and hands He was sorry sight
on the football field to-day, however
Harvard will not be able to use Nc
CURE and Cleary on the varsity line
this year, as neither has been recon-
mended for removal from probation.
Mcclure was Harvard's heaviest line
man Driscoll now is the best man for
guard, besides Trumbull and Pennock.
who have the call for the Princeton
game at least Beebe also stands out as
the best substitute tackle for Storer or
Hitchcock, Tom rockingham. however,
having shown considerable improvement
lately.
1t is now positive that. except for the
absence of Wendell at fullback and
Gardner at quarter. Harvard will be able
10 send its strongest team against
Brown. the team that will meet the
Tigers a week later
Pennsylvania Plays in Mud.
philadelphia, Oct. 23.-Pennsylvania's
football squad had a long and hard drill
This afternoon, although the field was
veritable sea of mud. After running
through signals and trying several new
plays the first team and the scrub lined
up for a snappy scrimmage.
Minds continued TO give the signals
from his place at halfback. He got
nlentv of speed into the plays.
II looks now as IL the coaches were
satisfied with Minds for this work. He
will give the signals in the Lafayette
game on Saturday. and IL he proves his
,,,.., ,,uI continue in the position for