New Britain herald., 1915-11-03
TOM SHEVLIN ARRIVES
 TO HELP ELI ELEVEN
Whether Or Not He is Head Coach Powers That He Will Not
 State Definitely.

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 3.-Tom Shevlin reached New Haven at noon yesterday, and was generally regard ed at the afternoons practice of the team as the real head of the Yale football organization for the remainder of the season. When asked whether Shevlin was in control Nelson Talbott spokesman for the Hinkey coaching regime, evaded the question. Captain Wilson also declined to give direct answer. When Shevlin was questioned he good-naturedly said, 1T don't know what they do call me. You'll have to ask the powers that be. I am here to help coach'
 Captain Wilson has made no state r1ent concerning the coaching muddle until tonight, when he said that Yales poor showing this fall has been due to the fact that the coaching has been done by men without experience in winning elevens, and he asserted that Hinkey had been relegated from the position of head coach to mem bership in a coaching board. His statement follows: { "The football situation up to to- day has been that the team has lost confidence, and lacks knowledge of elementary football, This has been due in a large part to the fact that experienced and older men who have played in former championship teams have not been assisting in the coach ing. They have been now called back, both by Coach Hinkey and myself. They will take charge of the team. ,, In effect the change is return to the old Yale method of a board of coaches taking the responsibility for 1 the team, instead of any single each. 1 MT. Hinkey will be one of this board" l Ex-Captain Talbott was asked yes- terday afternoon if Captain Wilson l had any statement to make and he responded in the negative. He said:
 "I don't see what Captain Wilson could say now. He has contradicted
 himself once. I traced up his state ment to the Yale News Sunday night It gave the wrong impression. He spoke hastily on that occasion" Continuing, MT. Talbott said ~ot Hinkey and Shevlin during the after. noon practice: .. 'Hinkey was in the field as an ac. tive coach, and will so remain al the season. Shevlin did not say mucf during the afternoon, but looked things over with Hinkey. He ant
 Frank sat together and talked ove the situation"
 Mike Sweeney, the Hill schoo
 coach and trainer who brought oU Shevlin in his preparatory school ca reer, joined his old pupil last night
 Yale's lineup yesterday shifted, Jin
 Higginbotham went to left end, dis
 placing Moseley. Howard Van Nos
 trand ran the Varsity for the frs
 time, Captain Wilson being shifted |
 half back. Again there was n
 scrimmage.
 Yesterdays lineup for the sigma
 practice: Left end, Higginbotham
 left tackle, Gates; left guard, Kent
 center, White; right guard, Jim Shel
 don; right tackle, Way; right end
 Wledman; quarterback, Van Nos
 trand; left halfback, Waite; righ
 halfback, Captain Wilson; fullback
 Scovil.
 Tonight 2,5OO students, headed b.
 band, paraded through the campu
 and serenaded the team and coaches
 The team was having night sigma
 drill in the baseball cage, and tn
 demonstration grew to such propor
 tions that Shevlin, Bigelow and Will son responded to calls for speeche:
 Shevlin received an ovation that last
 ed ten minutes. All spoke optimis tically of Ya1e's chances in the "big
 games