The Washington times., 1921-09-18
JONES SEEKS
HEAVIER RUSH
LINE AT YALE
Tad Selects Big Men for From
tier Work at Old Eli-ouaiIe
Put at Tackle.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Sept. IT,
~ Head Coach Tad Jones, Of the
Yale eleven, today admitted
that 1t is extremely doubtful whether
scrimaging will be ordered at any
practice soon. Only two days Of
signal rehearsal have been possible
in the week and half drill, nd Jones
and his resident coaching staff are
inclined to let the task of actual foot
ball playing slip into another week
before it is ordered. As the opening
game is scheduled for next Saturday,
only two or three days Of scrim-
maging will be possible before the
initial kickoff.
Jones has moved toward getting n
heavier rush line than last year, but
he has begun at the center rush po-
sition with the opposite thought In
mind, because he has deposed Harry
Cross, jr.. who returned 70 college
weighing 234 pounds, and substituted
A. C. Norris. who tips the scales at
Jones has Installed, however, d. b.
Hidden, q 210-pounder. at one guard
and J. X. Davis. who weighs In at
only 1S5, at the other guard. His
chief surprise OF the signal rehearsal
line-ups held has been to take big I'd
Quaile from guard and push him out
to tackle along with Cross, whose 2af
pounds in that position is the record
for Yale tackle. eatg Hss
Quaile weighs 1915, which 10 close to
topnotch weight for a Yale tackle. II
il not felt that this selection can be
permanent. for neither Quaile nor
Cross was noted for his down the field
work last fall. Diller, the West
Pointer, who has been given end.
stationed at the other end, II q IT'S
FOUNDER.
The rush line thus constituted ID one
OF the heaviest in Yale history. Keen
interest is felt In George Beckett. the
quarterback, who will probably start
Yale's football season as field general
next week Saturday against Bates.
He Ia q development Of the scrub team
through the painstalting attention. Of
Head Coach Jones, who worked all
the spring In the cage with the young
ster. Beckett halls from East Orange.
N. j., and came to Yale with only the
curtailed experience of membership ON
his high school team. He did not win
n position on his freshman eleven and
was in no regular games last year.
plugging through the season on the
scrubs. ti-rig, ,,.,s.s u (
His selection to open the game Sat
urda yindicates the scarcity of Yale
quarterback material Jones might
have cohsen Charley O'Hearn for the
position, but O'Hearn II out OF phys
ical condition because Of an attack OF
hay fever, and Jones In using him az
halfback because Of his sll-round
plunging game. Beckett n believed to
fully equal O'Hearn's field general.
Yale's bacltfield trio viii probably
open the season as Capt. Mack Aid.
rich, w. H. Mallory and Ralph Jordan.
Aldrich and Jordan have been lost TO
the team much for two years because
of injuries Mallory was freshman
halfback last fall. wight. Neidiinger,
Hendrick and Peterson ara other
promising backs who are less ad-
vanced than the trio picked. Dan
Kelley, Jud wakelee. Vincent stsbeck.
J. @. Speiden and r. #. Knapp are also
possibilities behind the line.
In the rush line Ted Blair, freshman
captain last year; Jack Calhoun,
pitcher and end last fall; Phil Cruik.
shank. guard for the second eleven;
c. b. Esselstyn, freshman, tackle;
"Bebe'' Guernsey, second string
center. d. 3. Hidden Of the freshmen,
and John Maclxay. guard and tackle
OF last years teams, are players with
whom the resident sSaff are working
with faith In the future, although the
x,roaonf An afr,na ~ An vfuior.