The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-12
CAUTIOUS YALE COACHES
GALL OFF SCRIMMAGE
Continue Policy of Preserving Team From Physical
Harm by Devoting Time to Signal Practice
New Mascot Assumes Burden.

made UP the workout for the Yale eleven
to-day. The optimism of players. coaches
and undergraduates which has been felt
for several days because of the marked
improvement In the showing of the Blue
eleven, was strcng hencd by the result
Of the practice.
Letting we'll enough alone. the
Yale coaches were satisfied to-
day to do without the s~criinnagc
which had been planned. The
signal work lasted for more than
half an hour and when a halt was called
the team was working with a precision
that was wholly lacking IN similar
tests a week ago.
More time was spent upon tho defence
again to-day. The importanc" Of thor
oueh work In the lire vas emphasized
by the old graduates who are In charge
of affairs. Frank Hinkey. Thomas
| Sheylin, Theodore Lilley, Howard Jones
! John Owsley and the rest of the former
| players who worked with the mon gave
their primary attention TO defence wheh
they played the game. and they nave
| succeeded In impressing their charges
| with the value Of proficiency in that
department VI IllbN ''"'s ~ '''
, ib,es were sent against the regulars in
dummy defence work. which showed
| marked Improvement on the part OF thc
| varsity. The charging was better and
the linemen opened up good holes Tor
their teammates in the backfield. The
coaches were pleased with the show
ing.
The Yale varsity to-day played In the
following lineup Left end. 'hurch
left tackle, Gates left guard, Bltck
centre, White right guard. J. sheldon
right tackle, way right end. Wicdcmdn
quarterback Van Nostraid LETT MALT
back, Wilson right hdlfback, Bingham
fullback, GUERNSEY. All Of th"s" mel
AR. in excellent physical condition. VIII
the exception Of Black, whose ankl may
xiv. him come trouble. Kent, M ornl.i
Stevens player, will rcplac" him II q
chang. is necessary. Scuvil, who hac
been counted upon for substantial galn'
through the Princeton line. probably VII
not play against the Tigers, Tor ms
left thumb IS still far from healed an'
II handicaps him IN handling the bal
&. He reported for work to-day. but wa
no, in the varsity lineup. No decision
will he made as to whether Church n'
Higginbotham will play left end unit
tomorrow. the coaches said Tonight
Probabilities are that Churrh will b'
chosen, for he has improved at "A fas
pace this week and has had all OF tn
practice with the varsity.
,John W. Minturn, 'O5, has presented
"A new mascot 10 the Yale team for u.s.
during the Princeton game. The masco
will l.. Rock cliffe Brutus. an Englisl
bulldog. said to Toe one of the largeS
in America. He weighs seventy pound
and will wear a blue coat with "A whit
Y on either side.
According to an hnn"unctnI'm TO
night from tn. Yale ticket department
$4,000 tickets have been sold for tn
Yale-Princetun game thus far. Their
will be a further sale at III" Bowl on IN
dnv OF the game.
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CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Nov. ll.-Nothin
IL the way OF hard work developed thi
afternoon for either the Harvard varsit
,..,n or for TN. substitutes. Tn" rcguia
princatnn. had 4 long drill. which wa
only half "A s,rimlnagc against the sec
ond cam. which also did some ligt
vymrk against the substitutes. The Val
sity s,,.nt hal. Of the time on its ow
new plays and then worked against tn
scrubs. who were putting on Browns al
tack. The second team, however. had
much longer drill against the substitutes
so that more than ever il is believe
MAT the coaches intend to use the sui
:. stitutes against Brown on saturday.
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p,trtApr1pI,rA Nov. ll.-Fu,ly zoo
~pennsylyania undergraduates turned OF
,his afternoon 10 witness the last opo
saturday and cheered the varsity rs
has not been cheered all season. Sln'
the departure ~ Head Coach BroOt