The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-05
YALE COACHES DECIDE ON
REST CURE FOR CAPTAIN
Alec Wilson RELOCATED to Sid Lines for a While
Because of Poor Play Against Virginia
Princeton Squad Works Hard

NEW llANEN. Conn. oct. Capt. Alec
Wilson. VINO turned his reputation up
side down In the Virginia game by play
Ing wretched football and fumblinS 50
often that Virginia found 1t easy to
score. will get "A rest. He has worked
too hard. the coaches think. and to-day
he was not allowed to play. Waite, a
substitute halfback las, season and one
of the fastest men on the squad. took
wilson's place and filled it c%reditably.
The two other changes in the varsity
eleven were the substitution OF Gates for
Sheldon at left tackle and Bentley for
Thompson at quarterback, Thompson
made a poor showing in the Virginia
game. The workout to-day vas a hard
one the coaches say they have
mapped out a programme of harder
work for the rest Of the week,
1t became known to-day that Thur
man. rhe Virginia guard whose kicking
put Yale at such a disadvantage that his
team was able to score twice. will enter
Yale mex year. Thurman is the best
punler seen on Yale Field in several
seasons.
PRINCETON. y -, Oct. &-pfinceton
reversed the usual proceeding to-day
hard Rutgers game Saturday the Tiger
squad practised for a full three hours.
Coach Rush's penchant for frequent sub
situations was INDUCED to the full and
almost every candidate FOR varsity
honors had a chance to get into action
with the first team. Highley and Brown,
ends Amas and Capt Click. quarter
back. were the most prominent Of those
kept out OF the scrimmage to-day. Dowd
last years freshman quarterback
handled the varsity during the scrim-
mage with only fair success. Love re-
turned 10 the game after a weeks alb
sence and participated in the scrimmage
CA MBRIpGE, Mass. oct. with the
exception OF r. c. Curtis, who played
only a few minutes Saturday, none OF
the Harvard re-ulars who participated
in the Massachusetts state College gam'
got into to-day's %scrimmage against the
second team. The work was mainly or
kicking and handling OF kicks and a Ions
session of individual coaching follo~int
the usual Monday work at the black
board in the locker building,
Parson and Whitney were the onl!
pla hurt Saturday and they Will no
be out more than a day or two. Cover
was on the field again and Will he baci
in the rush line in time to get into shap'
-. T.rIiaiA ThA VnrCifE mad "a TeA
scrimnnge against the second team IN
only scores, however. coming on a thirt!
ward drop kick field goal by Boles, wh'
was shifted from quarterback to th'f'
man in the tandem this afternoon. an
OF, a twenty-five yard run by Lyman
the end rush, who Intercepted one OF th'
scrubs forward passes. The nrst team
lined up with Lyman and C., Cooildge
ends Curtis and Gamer. tackles bur
and SNOW. guards Sugar, centre cara
ner, quarterback. and Nelson tiorWee'
| and Bples in the running backfeld.
ASNApoLIs. Md. oct. Though linn
tied as TO time. more than the usua
spirit was put into their football "or
by the ~midshipmen this afternoon
There was 10 scrimmstge. but signal an
formation drills. tackling the DUNN
and much practice in licking. passih
and handling the ball. The defeat !
Georgetown Saturday is ascriDed 10 iail
ure OF the backheld men to reach me
form and weakness of the tackles an
ends.
work I'm the gymnasium TO take the klnN
out of their muscles and ease the ptuise
sustained in the game with Holy eros
last SATURDAY was followed by an hour
| blackboard drill this afternoon In
men enjoy ed the layoff, but not 80 mn'
the chalk talk. The coaches pointed OF
no mistakes of Saturdays game wit
much vehemence and spared no on
GIldiron scrimmages Will De resume
o-norru and strenuous workouts a.
MANNED for every day this week. III
;pinrv 10 Bob Neyland. at first though
IN he serious. turns out to be a min0
one He strained a tendon IN MS le'
I'm, viii be back in the lineup in a ia
or two,
iru.c.. oct. 4-The usual Monda
blac board practice was instituted u
Coach Sharpe this afternoon, ana non
hut, "A few big line candidates repol'e
in uniform. Anderson. Miller, har
Dixon. Wells. iillies seVera' otht
buskies were put through a haf hour
hard charging drill by Dan Reed. WI
did not like the s~lugFishness they man
tested Saturday. The return or Shl'
erick. right h%alfback, to the team to-da
makes the first eleven complete bst'
shIyerick IN one OF the few first strln
men who has been injured TINS year
PHILADELPHIA, oct. tine tn'vers''
of PENNSYLVANIA football team sho"t
the effects OF Saturdays hard game VII
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