The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-25


ball squad to the Whtemarsh Country
club this afternoon. to keep the men
there until Thanksgiving noon. Capt.
Journeay. Harris and Coach Dickson saw
the Harvard-Yale game last saturday
and this afternoons work consisted OF
teaching the men the pick OF the plays
that they witnessed that afternoon. Coach
! Dickson has been giving them blackboard
talks on these plays for the last two
nights. The result was the men quickly
got the hang of them and reeled them
off smoothly before the end OF the after
noon.
/ Several OF the positions are stu In
doubt. Avery and Tucker again divided
the time Mt fullback. Murdoch called the
| signals for about threc-quarters OF the
time. so he seems to have the choice over
! Merrill Rooms and Setback split up the
time at right end. while Henning. Rus
sell and Norwald played the greater part
OF the time at guard Townsend. who
has been a substitute all season, played
almost the entire time at tackle. Mike
Dorizas. the big Greek. seems fitted for
| the side lines. as he went in at guard
for only the last few minutes. when
nearly the whole lineup was composed OF
substitutes
Cornell Hears Blackboard Talk.
| ATLANTIC CITY. Nov. ot-The big Cor
nell football squad arrived here this morn
| ing from Ithaca. This afternoon Coach
sharpe gave the men blackboard talk
on Penn plays and followed 1t with a l!sh;
signal practice.
Oiiphant 10 Relieve Prichard.
WEST POINT. Nov. 24.--Contnuing rs
preparations for the crucial test with the
/ Navy. the Army team got in two hours
/ of hard work again to-day. The blocking
and tackling dummies were dug out OF
the snow bank and after the big drill was
20 ha fra a he a a.
things in a whirlwind clip There was a
r-sciimmaEe again to-day. but nothing
bordering on the real article. An encour-
aging feature was the sharp signal drill.
which was long and painstaking.
Capt Prichard ran the big team at
quarter for a while and later gave way
| to Oliphant. who also was succeeded hy
! Harmon. ELEPHANTS only chance OF get
ting in against the Navy on Saturday
seemingly depends on whether or not the
! Army's captain goes through the whole
melee without an injury. 1t Is felt that
| Prichard. Merrillat and one or two others
of the Army's headiners are going to he
marked men for the Nays attack The
coaches have taken time by the forelock
and Oliphant has had considerable drill
in the quarterback position OF late. He is
better than Harmon and IL most likely TO
20 in IL Prlchard is incapacitated. Van
Fleet and Benedict alternated with Coffin
and Ford at halfback to-day, while both
Mitchell and Hodgson filled the fullback
job,
The team will leave here for Philadel-
phia on Friday morning at o'clock and
is due to return home on Sunday after
noon. II will work out on Franklin Field
Friday afternoon. The corps OF cadets
band and tactical officers. accompanied by
a detachment of hospital corps men, will
leave on a special train a; Is on Sat
urday morning This train will not leave
Bhil1Helnlll
o'clock AT night. new feature in connec-
ton with the trip. as heretofore, except
when the game was played at the Polo
Grounds in New York last year. the cadets
have been marched directly 10 the waiting
train and shunted back home in hurry
\ second special train running over the
West Shore and Pennsylvania roads will
leave here on Saturday morning NJ S:3O
o'clock carrying the officers OF the post
their families and residents OF the vicinity
This train will return To West Point i'm
mediatcly after the game.
Three Places on Navy Doubtful.
ANN,PoLis. Nov. 24-The Naval Acad-
envy coaches have the serious problem OF
making the final selection for three Of
the places in the line this week In the
face of the fact that they nave been
, unable to get a set Of forwards together
. who have reached the usual standard re-
. Quired Of Navy forwards. This after
, Inuon all Of the likely men were used FOR
a portion OF the time. and play after play
i sent against them This will be repeated
during the balance OF the practices this
week and the work OF tho different play
ers will form the basis for the selection.
Overesch. left end. and Perry. centre. are
, sure Of their places. Graf. right guard
and T. Harrison, right end. also are quite
certain. but there IL a contest on at the
I other places. The tackles will be chosen
from Kennedy, De Roode, McCoach and
Ward, as Schlossbach who has been Put
ting UP a good game at right tackle
, weighs only l6l pounds and is consid-
cred too light Mills and r. II. Jones
$ are the contestants al left guard
The nldshipmen attended the practice
r in "A body this afternoon. and their sing
ing and cheering will be feature OF
e every practice this week. The practices
are closed to all but those connected with
Q the Navy, but many OF these are in the
stands daily. Capt. Fullam. superinten-
/ dent Of tho academy. IL one OF those who
h attend regularly and hopes to encour'
: age the players.
Fleming Ready 10 Play Again.
WAsHINGruN. Pa. NOV. 2i.--Coach Bol
p Folwell Unexpectedly put on secret drill
, for the Washington and jefferson team
r to-day, the move being made for the pur
:. pose of p,rfeCting some new formations
n which he hopes TO use against Bucknel
n and Rutgers. Fleming, the star haltback
- who practised yesterday for the first tim
II since the pittshurg contest, was not on
!, to-day, being rested. lie probably viii
i practise "A short time tomorrow and vii
=, he started In the Buckuell game THURSDAY
/ \ short scrimmag" was held to-day
d, nrcc, dcd by long signal drll. The mel
,, wer" coached particularly IN handling
" punts and kiclioffs and in forming inter
&, ference for the runner ON receiving kick
offs. Folwcll used his regulars on tn