The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-02

as any this season, not excluding the
big games with Harvard and Yale. This
is due to the fact that the Rutgers team
Is a full month ahead Of the Tigers in
development and should take the field
Tomorrow In the pink of condition. The
soggy Held. which is assured for to-rnor-
row. is counted as an additional aid to
Sanford's men because OF their greater
weight.
Princeton will not attempt any elabo-
rate plays. but will rely mainly on the
fundamentals which have been dinned
into the mems heads from the start OF
the scarJn. That Buzz Law will not be
used tomorrow is the expectation.
To-day's practice consisted of n long
drill In III" rain. in signals and forma-
tons. followed by practice In handling
and failing IN the wet hail. as well MS
a short dummy scrimmage. Tnckling
AMI interference. then got attention for
a piotiactcd spell.
1t IL expected that tho varsity will
line up In the following order: Highley.
lett end Mclean. left tackle Nours..
LETT guard G'nncrt. centre. Hogg. right
guard kaufman. right tackl,. Brown.
right end Click. quarter. Tibbott. left
halfDack Shea. right halfback briggs.
iu.lback.
New Brunswick. ". j.. Oct. lon
"A field flooded by heavy rains. Rutrers
went through Il forty minute signal drill
this afternoon. Coach Sanford will not
make any prediction on the Princeton
game, other than To say that Rutgers
is prepared 10 give the Tigers the battle
ut their lives. Miller, entire. and Kelly,
halfback. will not be able to play be-
cause of injuries. Tn players are con-
fidvnt OF a victory.
Capt. Talman did a little dropkickiHg.
but owing TO the wet ball did not sue
coed very we'll. The team probably will
line NJ with Rockefeller and Seller at
ends Rcndel and NASH, tackles Tai
man and White. guards Mason. centre
SCARF, quarterback Garrett. fullback,
and WIttpenn and Bracher. halfbacks.
NEW HAVEN. Oct. IA light rain fell
all afternoon to-day and the Yale foot
bali squad went through It's final prac-
tcc before the Virginia game on II wet
field. Trainers thought II best not to
keep the men out long. DR.. Bun gave
the kickers a drill. which went well
considering the Wet ball. A short signal
practice completed the work. which sat
isied the coaches.
Charles l.. Taft. who played on the
varsity yesterday. vas sent back to the
scrub to-day. Legore did not report to-
day and Sc"vil's place was taken by
smith. a haifback on last years fresh
man team. Little is known here OF vir-
ginia's team this season.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, oct. Harvard
had only light work TODAY. spending
the time perfecting the offence for to-
morrow's game with Massachusetts
state College and working out a COM
binatlon OF players considerably diff
ferent from thai which was In the OPEN
ing game against Colby q week ago.
Coach Haughton sent the team through
a long dummy %scrimmage and later into
a brush against the substitutes. but
there was no scoring.
The lineup for tomorrow will be
Harte. LEFT end Parson. left tackle
Dadmun, left guard Taylor, centre
Duncan. right guard Bigelow. right
tackle Soucy. right end Watson. quar-
terback. and McKinlock. King and
Mahan in til. back field.
The coaches hoped TO be able TO use
Wallace Tomorrow. but the question of
his eligibility has not been decided by
the athletic committee.
PunApELPHIA. Oct. THE coaches
finally relented on the Penn team and
did not give the regulars any scrim-
''''r N'ha' 49, aAfoAF ihih VIM anu
dummy srrimmage lasted until darkness.
Signals We're gone over until they were
run through Ike c~lockwork.
II is not likely that any new plays
will he tried tomorrow against Franklin
and Marshall unless this team proves
%stronger than is expected. The lineup
probably will be the same as against
Albright Wednesday
New York University will open It's
season this afternoon in a game with
the Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute
eleven at Troy. The local team defeated
the upstate players last season by a
score of Il to :, and from all appear
ances should do as we'll this year.
After a short signal practice yester-
day afternoon in the gymnasium Coach
Reilly picked the following men for the
first team in to-day's contest: ON the
line. Waldman, Williams. Zimmerle. Snk-
GLOVER. House, Somers, Egan. and in the
hackheld Cam, Bernstein, Erwig and
Olswang.
Fordhan opens It's season at 2 O'Clock
this afternoon on Fordham Field. play
ing st. Peters College of Jersey city.
Coach Vaughn announced the varsity
lineup as follows: Ends, Conklin and
Corriden tackles. May ANA Mulcahy
X Ia W.. Manu- anu INJURY y : centre 'fl
ehanty quarterback, Dunn halfhacks,
Butler and Golden fullback. Yulr. The
pla ying OF capt. Dunn at quarterback
was the biggest surprise of the season,
as Dunn is a sterling halfhack.
owing to rain no outdoor practice was
held yesterd ~, but two eleyens put OF
rubber soled shoes and held an hours
drill in the gymnasium.
Columbia's football squad got its first
taste of mud and rain Yesterday ON
Coach Metcalf had the squad run down
punts which the coaches booted. The
tackling was fair, but the catching was
wretched.
Metcalf's biggest problem at present
seems to be to remedy the fumbling
habit. There are not three sure catchers
in the squad of tifty-tive. one of the
few men who showed any promise was
Dink Stovcr, "A quarterback candidate,
He also did well in running the ball
back, The problem OF quarterback ma |
tetIal became more serious when the
faculty announced that Gallagher. the
former Army substitute, vol not be
allowed to play.
until after che opening game n per-
haps not all season, Mctcalf says. SO he
wants everybody to play the game and
continue as part Of the squad till the end
of the season. Metcalf will call the
freshmen out on Monday.