New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Shifts to Affect All Depart
ments, Including Cradu-
ate Advisory Committee

sweeping changes in it's football r.
gine, which begins with the arrival Of
coaches and players at Yale Field
September 6. The resident coaching
staff, graduate advisory committee and
varsity eleven decided upon will con-
tain more departures than any recent
season.
Head Coach Tad Jones will again be
at the head OF the system, and NAL
colin Aldrich, halfback for two years,
will be captain. Aldrich is the first
Yale athlete to be both football and
baseball captain.
Until few days ago the football
officials planned novelty by taking
the squad to the crew training plant
at Gales Ferry for its preliminary
work. This has been abandoned be-
cause it is felt that the construction
of safe and reliable gridron for
training purposes is too delicate task
to De undertaken at this late date, and
no suitable field seeIsed available here
On one occasion some of the backfeld
candidates trained a short time at
Gales Ferry, but injured ankles in
abundance resulted from the uneven
field
Yale has lost more than half the
members of last years eleven. but
those who will return include Ralph
Jordan, fullback; Herbert Herr. guard:
John MacKay, guard; Harry Cross,
center; Eli Cutler. end, of the first
string men, and Quaile, Sturm and
Wakelee, of the substitutes.
Many Promising Freshmen
From the freshman class team, which
easily defeated Harvard and Prince
ton, "a, Blair, tackle; Lands and
Adams and Human, end. are a set of
promising linemen, while Charley
'Hearn and Joe Oed, a clever pair Of
quarterbacks. and Wight, Mallory and
Nledllner, VIII be placed at once in the
varsity backfed
no intercollegiate gridiron stars what
ever. Young O'Hearn, the most rronis-
ing OF the newcomers, has yet to make
MS reputation as varsity player. and
the loss of nearly two thirds of the
regula of last season makes the task
OF the development of winning team.
measured by the high standards now
prevailing, dihcuit indeed
On practically the eve Of the squad
reporting no such claim is made or
probably felt by those closest to the
team. fale's eleven last year was, for
instance, defeated, 81 to o. by Prince
ton. and there is no certainty ,hat q
stronger team than that Of 1920 can be
developed from the material which will
report soon.
The football officials have gone at
their task, however, through a general
reorganization of the gridiron program.
"A graduate advisory committee largely
altered In membership and resident
coaching staff composed of new faces
with new ideas have been appointed.
indeed, for the first time, the univer-
slty has at its head a former athlet-
PRESIDENT James Rowland Angel. who
Will assume office by taking up his res
idence here in September. almost on the
day of the reporting o. the football
squad, was member Of the football
squad for two years at the University
of Michigan, and played four years on
the Michigan tennis team He has
warm sympathy and progressive ideas
for the development and expansion of
football
Third Season for Jones
The resident coaching staff will com
prise Head Coach Tad Jones, here for
his third season; Charley Taft, A for
mer tackle, son of the Chief Justice
and former President Of the United
States; Charley Comerford, of Boston.
end rush in 1916, and the veteran DR..
Billy Bull, who has developed Yales
putting game and the reserve material
on the squad for two or three decades
Comerford and Taft are newcomers on
the squad. Other former stars viii
spend several weeks with the team, but
their assignments will not be known
until after the squad reports.
The passing of the veteran coaches
Arthur Brides, for the line; Clarence
Alcott for the ends; Beau" Olcott, for
the reserves, and Chester La Roche, for
the freshmen, for business reasons, has
been noted. Taft was one OF the clev-
crest linemen who have played at Yale
in years. He was assistant line coach
last year. Comerford was generally
regarded allAmerican end in 1916, but
went into business after his war serv-
ice instead of finishing his college
course.
The reorganization Of the graduate
advisory committee has been fully as
complete. Major Louis E. Stoddard, of
this city. member of the international
champion polo team, has accepted mem
bership. Former head coach Foster
Rockwell, recently of Portland, Ore;
Clarence Alcott, of New York. end coach
last year; Ray Paige, of Cincinnati,
former guard and tackle, and Ted Lilley,
Of Waterbury, are the other members.
They are new selections, as Brink
Thorne, Vance Mccormick, Lucius Big
low and Johnny Fitzpatrick declined re-
appointment.
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