New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-26
Undergraduate Daily Firs,
Refuses, Then Prints
Criticisms.
DO SOMETHING OR
CLOSE THE BOWL.
Oldtime Players Rally to Civ,
All Possible Aid in Coach.
ing Team.

New Haven, Oct. 25.-Tha, n. ,,.,
ball situation at Yale is in ,.,,o..
condition is evident b. the fac, H.,
he 1ale News yesterday refussS ;,
PRINT communications from unS..
graduates touching on the foo,S.n
team and lie Cores disqualifca.iar
Nhen the undergraduates found ,Is;.
views would not be printed in "Th. vi.
News they sent them 20 local pans,s
and to-day the Yale undergradu.,.
daily changed It's policy and printed
the following:
To the Editor Of the News:
Sir: II IS not since 1909 that We h.v.
been victorious over Harvard in 49,,
ball-six long years; two classes IL ~.
college and three In the Sheffield sehool
have grown 70 be Yale men and ~.
gone forth knowing only football A.
teats before Harvard. That i far IA,
much. After the game SATURDAY /
heard, "Oh, it would have been disr
ent II lie Gore had played" WarI1
our team on Saturday with lie Cor.
have been able 70 whip Harvard la,
day! No. Face IT, Football a, YaI,
IS sick-really sick-it is no, q stat.
of mind.
This is no time to deprecate what
has been done or 70 knock or "a !.
back. Something big must be don. .,
close up the Bowl. More circum,n...
ton, more results in action, more IN.
terest Is needed and needed badly
Dining table discussion and sidew,f
remarks won't suffice. Realize thu.
Neither will sacrifice Of voice, du,.
/ ing the game. Did their good cheering
[ give Springfield a victory! Or tbsi,
lack Of il defeat W. and J.? Cb.,r;,,
is valuable. but don't overestima,e ia
power. Presence az the spreparins a,
the team, careful individual thought on
what the team hasn't and has got 70
have and what IL must eliminate. and
action on that by each man as he see,
way will make this team a world
beaten.
Every thinking brain and eve and
/ tongue and body in this university can
i better the team. The material is good
/ Our recent losses Of FIVE PLAYERS are
a handicap. But W. and J. had no L.
Gore, nor did Virginia.
We have two or more backfeld starr
who haven't equals in either team. The
4 line has weight. 40. we have The ma.
terial, but what is lacking,
(Signed) S. W. NJ, JR., 1911.
/ Yale took fresh start in football y
day and chose a road which the supper,
ers of the Blue are hopeful will take tie
eleven past the games with Colgats
and Brown without mishap. Vines
/ those teams are disposed OF there will
be sufficient time TO think more Of
: Princeton and Harvard.
There was no great stir to-day, no
radical change in the coaching polie7
or personnel, and there will be none,
according 70 reliable sources, but every
| player settled down 70 real work
Johnny Fitzpatrick, the great Yale end,
and Johnny Field, the star quarter.
back, of years gone by. were on hand
to help the resident coaching stat.
This will be n week OF light physical
work, but one full of mental drill for
the players. the coaches said tonight
Last week hard work was tried and u
didn't prove particularly successful
This week there will be more theory
and just enough practice 10 prove 70
the players the efficacy Of each mans
doing his Job" each time.
The coaches to-day went back 70
fundamentals Fitzpatrick taught the
ends how TO get down the field under
punts, while Or. William 7. Bull, coach
of the kickers, schooled the players
in punting and drop kicking. Gus
+ Guernsey, Yale's best drop kicker, was
on the field to-day for the first tine
since he was injured two weeks $50.
Yale's punting has been poor thus faf,
but much was done to-day 10 remedy
the defect. Waite. Neville. smlm;
Wilson, Savage and Guernsey each ns'
a hand in the kicking.
A dummy team was lined up agsin',,
the varsity, and D.. Bull explalnsa
the offensive and defensive theories 70
the men. Emphasis was laid unon 'ns
fact that each man had something -
do in each play. When the agn,,,,
practice started shortly after this driil
there was evidence that the lesson,
had brought some team work lack o. y
which has been Yale's cardinal 'aui'
this season, in the opinion OF eompe'
tent judges. -.
Here is the way the men lined :.
for the brief varsity signal work; Le.'
end. Wiedeman; left tackle, sehnic.,
left guard. Kent; centre, White; nsh'
guard, J. Sheldon; right tackle, Os ,s',
right end. Church; quarterback. WI
son: left halfback Smith; right nan
back, Neville; fullback, Higginoo'n,sn
There are many changes n THIS hhs.
up from that used against Washinf'o11
and Jefferson on Saturday. hos' -
them were necessitated by minor N
B iuries to the regulars. Nal seo,n
who broke his nose. reported o. W. ~,
field to-day, but did not play. -.
injury will not prevent his p'a''''
next Saturday. -.
Moseley. one OF the best ends on -.
squad. has a twisted ankle, which ~,
/ him out Of the game to-day. out w.
not incapacitate him for long. Ins'
Sheldon's shoulder injury. nea"
I examination showed. is not serious
Calls for a Change ~