New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-19
Day with Players Shows
What Sanford Has Done
in Building Team.
TOOHEY AND NASH
SHINE AS TACKLES
Scarr, Wittpenu, Bracher and
Talman Make Up Backfield
of Remarkable Power.
BY HERBERT.

George Foster Sanford. who needs no
introduction here; Bob Loree. the for
mer Yale guard, and Howard GarCan,
once OF Fordham. have built up foot
ball eleven az Rutgers this year which
measures mp TO a pretty high standard
higher even than generally credited,
although that tie game with Syracuse.
the conqueror of Michigan. speaks
loudly
In a visit TO New Brunswick yester-
day for the purpose of getting better
acquainted with the players and their
qualifications for the three games right
IN the heart Of this district within
seven days. beginning on Saturday
against stevens, I was impressed with
three things first. that Rutgers sets a
most excellent training table; second.
that George Foster Sanford can beat
me playing pool. and, third. that this
same Sanford has a real team. equipped
with enough offensive weapons TO make
trouble for any team in the country.
not excepting Harvard, Yale, Dart
mouth and Cornell
This may sound pretty strong. but
justification for the, statement is quite
likely 60 come when the eleven faces
Washington and Jefferson. the team
which beat Yale and held Harvard to
q score OF 10 to- 9. az the Polo Grounds
IN this city on November Is. This
game Will follow close on the heels of
the meeting with Stevens next Satur-
day and the struggle with New York
University on Thanksgiving Day
Scrimmage Like Real Game.
Il was my good fortune 10 be on
hand for what in all probability was
The last hard scrimmage of the year.
and this scrimmage. with a game, hard
lighting scrub eleven. carried almost
as many thrills as real game. As so
often IS the case. the scrub had no
option, and consequently was deprived
OF the added inspiration which carry
ing the ball brings Sanford is salts
fed with his defence. and consequently
took all the time at his command TO
polish up the attack, so that the
varsity had possession Of the ball for
the full twenty-five minutes
Let 10 be emphasized again that the
scrub was not made up Of a lot Of
weaklings. and yet, fight as it would,
the varsity backs tore through and
around and over for gains Of from
three 10 twenty yards in q way that
indicated remarkable power.
There is no space here TO go into
detail Of the methods of offence, except
10 say that many OF the plays were
remarkably well masked, and that the
attack in general was varied enough
and strong enough TO satisfy that II
was not lacking in continuity and fin
atty Sanford has ideas all his own
on a running line attack under the
new rules, and it is rather surprising
that these ideas have not been adopted
more generally by other coaches for
scoring plays inside the ten-yard line,
or for hammering out two or three
wards when a first down is needed.
Miller a Good Centre.
But so interesting as all this was,
nv purpose now is 10 tell something Of
the players who have been welded into
such a strong football machine. Togo
Miller, who learned his game at Peddle
Institute, is the regular centre, and
from all accounts, he is quite marvel
for a man of his weight-l75 pounds.
His passine has been practically fault
less all the season. and he quite held
MS own with McEwan, the West Point
centre. who is rated by many good
Judges as about the best Of the season.
Inst as present Miller is nursing
muscle bruise, so that Mason. who
weighs 22O pounds. is filling his place,
and filling IL remarkably well for
freshman. he is one of those big, like
able fellows with a taking smile and
amazing patience. He takes lot oil
proddinr without & murmur, and has
the maEings Of a strong determined
, McCluskey. 2l5 pounds, and living.
1877 pounds, are guards. The latter IS
the captain Of the baseball team, and
= plaver Of more than ordinary ability.
He never gets excited, and uses MS
head and his Drawn TO equal advantage
McCluskey. who was everything That
guard ought not 10 be when he first re-
ported. has proved so apt pupil and
worked so hard that he is now pretty
well ND 10 the Sanford standard which
is good and high.
Great Pair of Tackles.
Next come the tackles-Captain
Toohey, 200 pounds, and Nash, 1876
hounds. who played one year on the
Cornell eleven. Here lies the chief
strength Of the line, if not Of the
team. Sanford has no nesitancy IN say
ing that he has never seen the SUI
perior Of Toohey. who. as he puts IT,
"could box the Singer Building HIS
play Yesterday was a revelation, and
Nash was not far behind him. In fact,
there were times when the latter was
even more conspicuous. Both have ter
rife speed for men Of thelr size, and