The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-20
BACKS TRY OUT
YALE'S FOOTBALL FIELD
Despite Covering of Water They Pronounce it
O. K. After Kicking and Catching Prac.
tice...All Men IN Good Condition

NEW LoNpoN Conn. Nov. 1o.-The
Harvard back field men and centres put
in more than 200 miles of railroading
: to-day. going from Boston TO New Haven
! and back to New London for the night.
The boys found the new Yale Field covered
with water, but this did not prevent them
from going out for twenty minutes Kicking
and catching practice. BY dinner time
the party. which comprised nineteen men
besides the coaches. was ut the Mohican
I Hotel in this city and tomorrow the
remainder Of the players will come down
from Boston.
Tercy Haughton came along to-day and
with him Reggie Brown Tommy Camp
bell. Dick Wgglesworth and Derrick Par
! menter, the back field and centre coachc7.
| pr Nichols and Pooch Donovan came
also to look after the men. The squad
comprised Capt. Brickley, Bradlee. Mahan,
Felton, Francke. King. Mcknlock, Roll
| Inns Whitney and Wilcox. backs: Logan.
Watson and Swigert. quarterbarks. Hard =
| wick one Of the end rushes. who also s
a substitute back field man, wallace.
Harris. Bige!ow and Soucy. centres. and
Withiucton one Of tho substitute guards
The players reached New Haven AZ :
o'cloch and went 10 thu field N sutomo-
bilee The managers furnished sllCEo's
for tie coaches three Of whom Haughton.
Brown and Wigglesworth nut on their
playiug clothes. Several inches of water
covered the field and the footballs soon
became soggv. hut the puntlng vas very
good nevertheless. Mahan, francke and
Bradlee all got good distance az well rs
direction. The catching Of kicks hr tic
back field men also was smooth, hut the
drop kicksra Mdhan. McKinlock and l.o-
gan had a hard time OF 1t. tho ball having
absolutely no rebound. lIardwicn d'd
" Wilmington did some place kicking win
fair success After the kicking drill all
tho backs ran through signals aud then
beat il back for their train to Nc" Lon
don
Every OTTO Of the players who came
down to-day Is IN nrst class condition.
Rricklcy did not put or his football
. clothes Tie MAS not fctlng very well dur
ing the carly part Of III. trip. The play
ers retired 80 60 after having the cv'-
ming 10 themselves The l'nomen will ar.
rive here At o'clock tomorrow and
after a signal drill IN the afternoon there
will be iong blackboard session in the
evening AT Lyccum Hall
Harvard sta. At Womes Practise.
| CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. I? Tho Ifar-
ward ends. guards and tackles who re.
! manned at home to-day while the back
/ field men went to New Haven nut IN
"A short practice out on the stadium
! gridiron. They worked AZ the tackiiuS
/ dummies for a time and then were
/ coached on points of Individual play Wss-
ton. the right guard. who had been under
/ the weather, was no. allowed To 6 Ike any
chances. but he will go 10 New London
with tho squad tomorrow. lie will start
the game. but II is not expected that he
! viii last throughout tho contest.
4, ~ y
quot tonight and Saturday Will b. the
/ guests OF the management at Yale Field.
Vale Team VIII Rest To-day.
NEW HAvEs. Nov la--While Frank
/ Hinkey nut tho Vale football team through
an hour 81 secret practice on tho old
Yale field this afternoon. Percy Iiaushton
drove the Harvard regulars through forty 70
i've minutes OF drill In tho new Vale
bowl Jus, across the street Both teams
worried IA = driving dowrpour OF rain 50
hoavH that both fields stood inches deep
/ !u water.
The Yale team Hired W as e will ct
the start OF the Harvard game. With tho
exception Of IiEht Cpd, Nher" Garter
alsyed instead OF Stillmau TN latter
did not report ut the hold. although he
VIII plaS Saturday.
The Vale practice was srappy. tho plays
went we'll AMI tn" forward passes wore
VOL executed, althouSh a water soaked
bail Vas used. IN a brief klcking dril
directed by Dr Bull, Logore and Guorr-
SOY tried drop kicks A. ~, mud with =, cd
success, while all uf the puutcrs worked
aud til" harkil"li men caught their Kicks
with little difficulty. To-uigh, Coach
Ii'nkey put his men through An hour ~
signal work TN the Vale cage.
Tomorrow Coach lIinkey VIII sivc his
charges rest CONTRARY To- custom. IN"
team will not leave New Haven on tho
ddN h"t"r" =" harvard same dccurdlu-
to CAPT Ttlhot's announcement tonight.
IN the Ell canp there is plenty Of opii-
nism Tonight a'd tn" undo rrrtdutteS iIe
all confident that their team VIII win
saturday There has been very little
betting thus Ia. Odds arc 10 80 =. with
the crimson "a favoritc ~ $4,000 sent
down h. HARVARD To- ho'. only - 900 hes
been taken.
Amy Has Indoor ScrIr,mogc