The sun., 1915-11-10

hopes OF victory over the Tigers In tho
Bowl next Saturday jumped to-day alter
long signal drill In which the varsity
made showing which was considerably
better than that Of yesterday. The regu-
lars ran through the new plays which
the board Of coaches has decided upon
In a snappy manner. The interference
got started when II should. the llneii,en
charged lower and there was more ev,-
dence of polish In the all around work Of
the eleven.
The Blue cohorts will be long on
theory and rather short on practice next
Saturday, but that is the penalty the
Yale coaches have accepted as the price
which they must pay IL they are to have
team which can start the Princeton
game without injuries. There was ~
scrimmage to-day. although II had been
expected TO play the freshman eleven
against the regulars. but the trainers
decided against II. Higginbotham has
weak ankle. Scovil n broken thumb,
Black bad knee. Bingham was shaken
UP pretty well in the Brown game and
Guernsey has "a weak shoulder. The In
eligible eleven was liner up against the
varsity and the latter team walked
through plays against the opposition.
The practice was not as long yester.
day. for all OF the men returned TO the
gymnasium at o'clock and appeared
in excellent spirits. Scovil was at the
field to-day and tomorrow will be out
in football suit. but probably will not
take part in scrimmage, as his hand Is
still far from ~ell.
The Yale coacnes have decided upon
several places definitely. for there
were no changes In the makeup of
Kents position at left guard yesterday,
is making good AT the job and will re-
tain his post. White Is Il surety at
centre and Jim sheldon at right guard.
| Pie Way at right tackle and Wiedeman
at right end will start against Princeton.
I The left side of the line. where two no.
sitions are not fully decided as yet. ap-
! pears the weaker OF the two wings.
/ Gates at tackle Is one of the fastest men
on the team in getting down the field
and Burr Chamberlain, a famous Yale
tackle and captain of the 1898 team.
| worked with him to-day. At end Church
Z is being coached to good advantage by
! Johnny Fitzpatrick. with the result that
| he Is now on about an even footing with
/ Higginbotham, the former star wing on
! the University of Texas eleven Hisgin.
| botham Is handicapped by bad ankle
and may not be able to last an entire
! game. He probably wall start the
( Princeton game and share honors with
| Church.
! In the back field the only possible
change Ia ut fullback. Otis Guernsey
played the position to-day and did We'll!
Snovil will take the place. however IN
4 the regular lineup II Nis thumb heals
rapidly enough The varsity lineup to-
: day was left end, Church left tackle,
/ Gates left guard, Black: centre. White ::
! right guard, J. Sheldon: right tackle.
/ Way. right end, Wiedeman, quarter
back. Van Nostrand left halfback,
Wilson: right halfback. Bingham; ful!-
! back Guernsey.
! CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. ?.--Nith the
| exception Of Capt Mshan and Gilman.
who watched proceedings from the side
! lines, the entire Harvard varsity squad
was hard at work again to-day. The
varsity team. with II. Curtis at left
! tackle and Whitney In the backiield.
spent its time on signals only and Will
not do any scrimmaging until to-mor-
row. The coaches spent their time with
the substitutes this afternoon working
| them hard for more than an hour
| against the second team
The subs managed TO get three scores.
Enwright plunging through for one.
Gamer ackling Gardner, the scrub quar-
ter, after poor pass and then getting
the ball for "A touchdown, and Nelson
intercepting "A forward pass and then
running forty yards for the final score.
Minot. Hurvard's burly guard and full
back OF several seasons ago played with
the scrub team and was responsible for
breaking UP many of the substitutes
plays.
| III the varsity signal drill the team.
except for the two players above men,
toned. worked in the same positions as
those in which they were at the begin
ming of the Princeton game. Every ef-
fort will be made this week to get the
second string men In shape TO play Sat
urday. Mahan and Gilman viii 20 10
| see Yale and Princeton surely. and the
coaches plan To take as many of the
other varsity players az they can spare.
PROVIDENCE. X. l., Nov. ?.-Although
| there were four elevens al work on An
drews Field elis afternoon the varsity
eleven mad the lightest work of ALL put
ting In most Of the time in perfecting a
brand new play tn be used against Har-
| ward Saturday. An eleven composed en-
| tirely OF varsity substitutes scrimmaged
agalns, the second team for nearly an
hour and then retired in favor OF the
varsity. which tried out the new play
No attempt was made TO score or to
keep track of the downs. Not til! IL
became so dark that 1t was almost i'm
possible to follow the ball did the
coaches give the word to stop.
4 PRINCETON, " j.. Nov. Coach Ruslf
of Princeton II still undecided what
lineup he will start in the Yale game
, Saturday and refuses 10 commit himself
on this point beyond saying that a
shake up in the backneld IL possible
The Princeton coach has six men from
whlch to pick IA backfeld. with little to
choose between them. briggs looks like
| a fixture, hut any one OF the five remain
, ing candidates, Dickerman, Moore, Shea.
! Tlbbott ana Law, may be seen In the
, Yale Bowl when the referee blows his
! whistle Saturday. What the Tiger back
field lacks primarily is one versatile man.
one who can excel in severa. lines. such
, as kicking. running and tacllllng. Such
an individual has yet to be uncovered.
but the coaches are trying to come as
near an possible to this ideal with the
, material at hand, The work of Moore.
| bickerlnan and Law in the practice
this afternoon as well aA yesterday en-
titles them to consideration.
Practice to-day was more strenuous
than had been expected. The varsity
| worked out secretly for nearly three
| hours drilling on signals, running down