Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-25
CLOSED GATES DURING
 YALE PRACTICE
Strenuous Campaign Mapped Out for
 Ellis Warriors.

Orders have been issued by the Yale football coaches to close the gates of Yale field this week.
 The coaches are working on new formations and desire to devote this week to laboratory experiments. Se- cret practice has never before been ordered however, till after the sea- son was about half over. It was stated by football official that the gates of Yale field would be opened
 more this year than in any season in modern football history.
 Plans for the eleven, outlined, make it clear that the present week will be one of the busiest of the season. The squad will report at 9.30 o'clock morn ings and will get nearly two hours of rudimentary drill The afternoon prac- tice will not begin until after o'clock and will include a brisk scrimmage program. A couple of short practice games, will be played this
 week and the season will be formally
 opened next Saturday against the University of Maine.
 A formal statement will be made
 by Head Coach Frank Hinkey after
 the opening of college regarding the
 policy of the coaching staff regard
 ing secret practice. It is known that
 it is felt that if the secret work can
 be cleared up earlier in the season,
 the gates can be opened longer dur
 ing the afternoons after the season
 reaches its height during November
 when college interest and enthusiasm
 is keen.
 The. coaches have been slow to ar
 rive, but Saturday the squad was com
 plete. Hinkey and pr. Billy, Bull, the
 backfield and kicking coach, have been
 here since the practice opened, It is
 now certain that Henry Ketcham, cen
 ter and captain last year, will be un-
 able to give any regular time this fall
 to coaching the eleven. but the former
 Yale stars, Corbin, Chamberlin, Biglew,
 Hutchinson, Adee, Flanders and others
 of the old guard are expected soon.
 While the makeup of the rush line
 will be uncertain for several weeks,
 two first class sets of backs have been
 drilled into tip top form at Madison.
 The season will start with the regular
 quarter behind the rush line, about as
 follows Quarterback, Alec Wilson; left
 halfback, Knowles: right halfback,
 Ainsworth; fullback. Pumpelly. The
 second backfield will De: Quarterback,
 MacLeish; left halfbacl1, Chatfield
 Taylor; right halfback, Easton or Rob :
 erts; fullback, Wiser. One of the sur removal of Roberts. from end to the backfield. The end material does not appear to be as abundant as that for places behind the line and it is not | believed that Roberts will be kept at halfback.
 For ends there are WhittIesey, Hig- ginbotham and Brann. all lively sub stitutes. Brann played in most of the Harvard game last year. Nick Carter has been late in putting in an appear ance. His injured knee kept him from playing much last year and it is not thought that he will be used in the l preliminary practice to any great ex- tent. He is a seasoned player and the coaches do not feel like taking many l chances with his knee.
 Captain Talbett at left tackle is the | only veteran of the rush line. While | a remarkably tenacious ath1 etc he is
 not heavy and 1t will be remarkable | if he is able to outlast the important