The Washington herald., 1916-11-22
FALLING ON THE BALL
ON COLLEGE GRDR0Ns

Yale.
New Haven. Conn, Nov. Alan hours
signal practice was taken by the Yale
football eleven this afternoon. All the
| regulars were In position, except Capt.
Cupid" Black and Quarter Back Traver
Smith. Smith, who has been ill with ton
silitis, was at the field and will be In uni
form tomorrow. Capt Black has gone
to the college infirmary with a slight
cold. but the coaches. tonight promised
him for tomorrow's practice. They stated
that the eleven will face Harvard exactly
as 1t defeated Princeton, with the excep-
ton Of Smith for quarter back.
| Todays visiting coaches were Foster
Rockwell, Walter Camp. Jack Cotes and
Frank Butterworth.
Navy.
Annapolis. Md, Nov. n-The Navy foot
ball team had its last hard scrimmage on
Farragut field this afternoon. Tomor-
row will be devoted entirely to signal
and formation drills. On Thursday the
squad OF players leave for New York,
and on Friday they will have their last
drill on the Polo Grounds. which will be
the scene OF Saturdays big battle with
Army.
| The varsity men showed up in hne
| shape against the strong scrub team in
today's practice, scoring a couple Of times
and at the same time holding the foot
ball. Lieut. Jonas H. Ingram. the head
coach, stated today that he had entirely
decided upon the lineup for the big
game, though he added he would not an
nounce 1t for a day or two. 1t Is not
unlikely. however, that the middies will
take the field in the following order:
Fisher; left end; Clarke, left tackle;
Reife, left guard; Goodstein, center; Dem
field, right guard; Ward (captain), right
tackle; Jackson, right endS Whelchel,
quarter back; Perry and Ingram, half
backs; Roberts. full back.
Enthusiasm is rampant at the academy
and confidence is swelling among the
student body that the middies have an
equal chance and will come through with
/ q victory.
| Harvard.
| Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 21.-The Har-
ward University was given a long hard
workout in the stadium this afternoon
concluding with a ten-minute scrimmage
against the second team.
Gamer was still at right tackle. and
with Bill Snow and Dick Harte strapping
six-footers like himself. should prove
very powerful combination for the right
side Of the line. Phinney and Brewer
soon replaced Charley Coolidge and Harte,
the end whom the coaches are working
lightly, as both men are already on edge.
| Thursday morning at 10 o'clock the
varsity squad will leave for New Haven,
where practice will be held in the bowl
on that afternoon. On Friday afternoon
practice will be held on the New London
baseball grounds.
| The Harvard Athletic Association has
returned $4,000 to graduates who applied
for tickets, as no more pasteboards are
available. In some cases envelopes with
four tickets in them were torn open and
two extracted in order to fill other ap-
plications.
Ithaca, N. Y. Nov. I.-Cornell got
down to hard work for the Pennsylvania
game this afternoon when the entire
varsity eleven worked in the baseball
cage for an hour against the second
| team in line scrimmage.
Quarter back Shiverick called for q
large number of forward passes and
Judging by emphasis which is being
placed on aerial football in practice
Cornell's attack against Pennsylvania
will be radically different than in any
of the previous games. For the first
time In two weeks every varsity regular
was in the lineup.
Army.
West Point, N. Y, Nov. H.-Three
hours of gridiron drill was the program
Tor the army eleven today In further
preparation for the Navy battle. The
| coaches never let up for a moment and
sent the varsity men through 20 minutes
| Of the toughest kind of work.
! A touchdown and a field goal. the one
by Oliphant and the other by the drop
kicker. Vidal, spelled defeat for the
scrubs. Butler got into the scrimmage
this afternoon. 1t was his first real work
In over two weeks, his return to the
squad has had an encouraging effect on
| the men.
McEwen worked through at center. He
Is displaying his best form of the season.
House and Shrader, the wing~m men likely
to face the Navy, pleased the coaches by
their fast work and sharp tackling.
Murrill, a substitute quarter who has
| had first call among the substitute pilots
| all season was hurt today and will prob
ably be out Of the game the rest Of the
week.