The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-22
LAST DRILL
AT HOME AMID GREAT DIN
Band. Plus 200 Students. Storms Gates of Secret
Practice Fied--Money to Bet That
Team Beats Princeton

HANovrR, ~ II. Oct. 2t.--Dartmouth
| had thus afternoon its last practice In
Hanover before the Princeton game, and
the work was very light. While the team
was drilling 1000 undergraduates
marched with the band to the field,
stormed the gates closed for secret prac-
tice and chcered the coaches. the players
and everybody and everything in general
for upward Of forty-five minutes. AT a
general mass meeting tonight O1ach
Cavanaugh and Capt. Whitney addressed
the college. At the close of the meeting
$50 undergraduates signed TO follow the
team, and tho remainder Of the college
contributed nearly 5000 for the purpose
of paying the expenses to and from the
game Of the cheer leaders and the band.
Dartmouth showed no uvcTConfidence
either In the mass meeting or elsewhere.
Indeed the betting odds favor Princeton
at about 10 TO 6. with no great amount
OF money rsted the Green supporters
preferring to wait 70 see what the richer
Princeton men viii offer at the stadium
gates.
The line as definitely announced by
Coach CaVanaugh was no great surprise.
Teller. McAuiffe and Merrill will com.
pose the left side of the line, Merrill
being the only one Of the three who has
not been on the first team for the whole
season. Nilmore will start AT centre.
Spears has been moved to right guard.
with Cotton AT tackle, and Pudrith, =
metamorphoscd tackle at end Chez
will run the backfeld. which will he com
posed for the first quarter Of whitney,
Gerrish and Thielscher.
The team will practise Friday in New
York and go to Princeton Saturday
morning.
Tigers Play Wei, swamp scrubs.
PRINCETON. oct. 2l.--A marked inn
provement characterized the Tiger prac-
tee to-day. for not only was the work
Of the lnemen more in unison and the
attack of the baCktield more concerted.
but for the first time this year the good
work Of the line and backs happened
To- coincide. Practically all OF the cle-
mental work was omitted and the whole
afternoon was given over to scrimmag-
ing. II had been planned to have
to-days practice in the new stadium.
hut II was decided to postpone that until
tomorrow TO permit of tho turf being
rolled. However. the klckers were taken
down TO the now field for u short time
80 AZ to become accustomed TO punting
under the new surroundings.
For over half AN hour the first and
second teams were set against each other,
with the ball continually In the possession
Of the varsity. All ~ the men came in
for Individual coaching and II was the
most constructive work that has been
done this week.
For forty minutes the varsity and
freshmen scrimmaged and the Older men
scored four touchdowus on tho cubs. The
first was made by Capt Ralln. who re-
covered Blakes nun Of Laws punt ON
thu, fifteen yard line and ran for q touch
down. ON the first play after the kickoff
Tihbott lodged his way through the year
lings for sixty yards and touchdown.
forward pass from Ames to Tibbott who
ran for twenty-five Yards after receiv-
ing IL, scored the third touchdown. while
the last one was the result OF forward
pass OF forty-fve yards from briggs 10
Brown Law kicked three goals but
briggs missed the fourth.
Cornell Team Leaves Tonight.
ITHACA, oct. 21.-"I believe that Brown
has a strong defence and | expect
very stubborn game saturday" was ,the
comment tonight by Head Coach Sharpe
of the Cornell football team at the close
OF to-day's practice, one of the longest
and hardest of the year. we are not
laying any stress on the big score we
made against BuclSnel as far as this
coming game is concerned. l expect
good hard fight and hope that our
team can play hard. fast game
For more than an hour the varsity
labored in the longest scrimmage of the
year Every varsity man was In his po-
sition and few substitutes were sent into
the lineup. Scoring was not considered,
the time being devoted to a careful work.
ing out OF each play to he used saturday
and a thorough test OF the defence. Each
man was drilled in his part in every
play and whenever something went
wrong Quarterback Barrett repeated the
play. Naturally the scrubs often knew
what was coming and progress was some
what SLOW but the varsity kept eVerlast-
ngly at il.
shelton and Lautz played the ends,
Gallogly and Bailey tackles. snyder and
Anderson guards Cool. centre; Barrett.
quarterback: Shuler and Collyer. half
backs and Hill. fulback. Philippi, Whit
ney. Muller. Collins and Kleinert were
used in the scrub backheld. II IL Sharpc's
plan to hold one more hard scrimmage be-
fore the squad leaves for New York on
a late train tomorrow night
Brown Goal Line Is Crossed.
PROVIDENCE. oct 2l.-The Brown var
slty goal line was crossed this afternoon
by the scrubs when 30 yard forward
pass from Campbell to Bates gave the
second team touchdown, Two touch
downs were made by the varsity, one
on a 30 yard run following an inter-
ceptrd forward pass by Norcross and the
other on a Harvard pass from Murphy TO
Ward
Most Of the afternoon the scrubs using
Cornell tandem formation on tackle.
outplayed the first team. The scrimmage
lasted for an hour an dwas easily the
stffest of the year.
Plays which have been reserved for use
against Cornell at the Polo Grounds, New
York, on Saturday were effective when
not marred by fumbing. Murphy and
Clarke alternated at quarterback and
probably both will be used against Cor
nell The coaches were unable tonight
to make a choice for the honor OF direct
Ing the plays at the start of the game
in New York Murphy has had previous
experience in big games. but his sopho-
more rival Is such a brilliant runner in
broken field that his services are sought
In running back kicks.
The squad will leave tomorrow night for
New York and will DO quartered at the
Biltmore Hotel.
Harvard Barely Beats Freshmen.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, oct. 81 The Har-
ward varsity football team toiled hard all
afternoon to-day playing the freshmen
for the first time and being able to beat
them by only the small score of TO 2.
The varsity made one touchdown by