Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-23
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL

The announcement that Yale celebrated
its first actual gridron practice on Yale
field behind closed gates came as some
thing of a shock to the college world
after the New Haven correspondents had
sent broadcast the information that one
of the reforms which Head Coach Frank
Hinkey intended to initiate was to keep
the gates open to the undergraduate
public. At that time Hinkey was quoted
as declaring that secret practice was
much overdone and that he would devote
most of his time to teaching straight
football, and that if his charges could
execute 1t perfectly he didn't care whether
they played any new-fanGled football or
not. The announcement was received with
decided approval by the intercollegiate
public.
There may be some special reason for
Yales extraordinary precaution at this
time, and the gates may still be flung
open more widely than ever before in
a short time. Probably the principal
reason for holding secret practice at this
time was the fact that Yale's first appu-
nent on Saturday will be the University
OF Maine.
If it be granted that there is some adj
vantage In secret practice its value Is
more than offset by the loss of under
graduate interest. The balance of power
is frequently provided by the under
graduates in a critical game, and if the
students have had the gates shut i'm their
faces very often they won't know their
own players nor will they support them
in the enthusiastic manner they would
If they felt free 10 watch the practice
whenever they wished. EX-Captain
Hobey Baker. of Princeton. put into
operation a reform Of this kind last year
when, at his request, the gates We're
open to the students most Of the time
o. course. there are times when 1t is not
desirable that any one should watch the
practice but these times are fewer than
most coaches are willing to admit.
Princeton proved that to its own salts
faction, and if good many other in
sttutions carefully analyzed the situa-
tion they would come to the same con-
clusion
Football conditions at Michigan
wouldn't be normal if Coach Fielding II.
Yost did not develop one or more sen
sGtions i'm his back field. Last year IL
was James Craig, brother of Ralph
Craig, the former Olympic sprntinE
champion, who had almost as much speed
as his track brother. HalfbaCk Craig
was probably the fastest man on any
Eridiron last year with the possible eX-
CeFtiOn of Marshall, Of Pennsylvania, In
fact he was so fast and brilliant that he
dimmed the star of quarterback Hughitt
Who, under ordinary circumstances, would
have been almost as brilliant player.
I'm addition 10 HuEhltt this year Michi-
gan has a new fulback by the name Of
Maulbetsch He comes from one OF the
Detroit schools and promises 10 be "A
second Garrells lie is unusually expert
IN the receipt OF the forward pass and
during the last few days has done most
OF the Michisan's scoring against the
second eleven.
Yale has a man in her backheld who
Is now being doomed as a second Ted
Coy. He Is Legore, the former Mercers-
burg fullback Football experts who saw
Legore perform last year for the Yale
freshmen pronounced him the best fresh
man fullback on any gridiron. lie was
certainly a wonder as a schOOlboy, and
II he has improved as he should have
done he viii Re welcome addition tei