New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-21

drop kicker. There is plehtN OF Ah'
two all-impol tant games TO fashion
Sometimes team is the better for
close guarding by opponents or fail
20 bring about Generalization.
Yale's attitude. or rather Frank
Hinkey's attitude, on the football coach
ing policy at New Haven. appears 20
have been misunderstood. When the
e.tim. great end assumed the duties
Of head coach year ago. he decided
that n general reorganization was ne
cessary. and with the full approval o.
Bud Talbot, then captain. discouraged
the return o, graduates for the pur-
pose OF direct coaching on the field, be-
lieving. and rightly, 1t seems, that ex-
cept in rare instances more harm than
good resulted from a player being told
one thing one day and another thing
the next, dependent 70 a large extent
on pet theories or hobbies Of certain
individuals
In order 20 establish this policy II
was necessary 70 90 10 some extremes
and number Of old players felt al
tropr4G because not called upon 70 lend
the klrd OF help they considered most
important. Hinkey was determined 70
confne the actual coaching 10 members
Of the resident staff, and II turned out
20 be a harder Job than anticipated IN
reconeiling the old conditions with the
new He wanted and still wants the
sdvie.. counsel and criticism Of those
Yale men who know football, but he
wanted IL in his way and not theirs,
and consequently some friction grew
up.
This season. in spite Of some rumors
10 the contrary, the same policy Is be
ING carried out. but in modified form.
some graduates al least have been
made TO realize the soundness OF the
theory. and while some are stlll op-
posed. and violently, 20 the methods
in force. Hinkey is getting much heip
Of the kind he wants in building MS
years team.
Eddie Glass, n great forward in his
dav: Phil Smith. a capable centre in
tho DAVIS Of Tom Shevlin; Johnny XII
natrick. the brilliant end; Guy Hutch
inson and Johnny Field. than whom no
greater defensive back ever lived, IN
edition 10 a number of others, Lave
been at New Haven from time 70 time
no. to do much actual coaching, u II
true. but 20 offer welcome suggestions
Only last Saturday Ray Iompkins'
Vance Mccormick and jim Rogers were
among those called on 70 pass )udg-
ment on the work Of the eleven, whlch
is quite enough 70 indicate that a
wrong impression has gone forth as 10
the question Of one-msn rule
Fra,k Vinkev and his associates have
only one thought and one purpose in
mind. and that is TO put winning team
on the field. and any help which they
can Get is eagerly sought 80 long as
,hs. hin is not misdirected or does not
interfere with the policy laid down
a policy which, right or wrong, was
adopted only after long and careful
study.
Rillv Lush, athletic director at Ford
ham University, dropped into the OF
Sce last night and, among other things,
said that tickets for the Fordham- Holy
Cross game at Fordhsm Field on Sat
urdav were on sale at both Spaldlng
stores. on Nassau Street and on tlfth
Avenue. and also AZ Alexander Taylor s.
on Forty-secOnd Street.
This game will be we'll worth jour
new 10 The Bronx Holy Cross played
lie with the Army, but Ia not reared
by Fordham. which, under the direction
OF Harry Vaughan, the former Yale
PLAYER, has been coming along last IN
the last ten days.
Members Of the Colgate football
team. which defeated West Point last
SATURDAY by score Of l3 10 0, paid
n nice compliment 20 Larry Bankart,
their coach, on their return 70 Hamil-
ton. They voted 70 give him the foot
ball won from the Army az a birthday
Gift. and, needless 20 say, II was great
IL appreciated Bankart's birthday fell
on last Saturday. the day Of the game
which made the gift the more appro-
pirate.
Bankart has been coaching the Col
gate eleven for three years, counting
this as the third. and in that time only
three games have been lost-two u
West Point and one 20 Yale. In III,
same time. however, Yale was heater
once by score Of is 20 6, in 1918, Will,
Hest Point now has fallen victim
Al least two hard games are ahead o
the team this season. as Yale and syria
euse must be met.
Frank Cayanaugh, head coach o
Dartmouth. is now on the first year o
his second three-year contract, so tina
the suggestion made two days ago tina
Tom Ready would be offered the 10
has not the slightest foundation.
Charley Murphy. son OF the late Mix
! Murphy, is playing football az Peddl
Institute, and from all accounts is ul
holding the name.
Peek. formerly Of PAwling School,
making mis- presence felt as centre O
Pittsburgh eleven. Some critic
eady are conceding him a place o
me sll-America team.
In reply TO two or three querie
would say that Charley Barrett, car
tain Of the Cornell team, weighs Is
pounds and is just short Of being fe,
IN height Shelton. the dashing enc
weighs about 10 pounds.
All-American Nine Wins.