The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-23

sEENukAyi 10N Jones QO18nI Know
whether he has another champion
On another chilnnp, He has had both
"a his varied career at dear old
Yale University. and It Is getting
% that he has difficulty in recog-
nizlng the difference ct this early
stage Of the proceedings.
y n tell you all about II: It's this
way" qtuth he. I'VE are at the
great divide. From this point on
We either win or we lose, You see
hoy II Isl
The writer nodded sagely. lie
saw. What Mr.. Jones meant was
that YaleswOuld have a good season
Is It won or vice versa, mostly versa.
But ne, needs must know more in
epite OF the fact that q squad OF
undarcoaches sat st the same table
and listened intently to his every
syllable.
Was Yale as far advanced now
9s u was at q corresponding
period last Year, No, II seemed
not. Why? Wen, you see, Yale
had several inexperienced youths.
namely Sturhahn and WORKMAN,
guards, and Root, q tackle, who
had yet to learn what Il was
that took all the fun out Of
fundamentals.
But in spite OF the fact that he
talked down everything, Jones gave
the impression that he was more
or less eTamored of his young men.
taken In general. The writer got
this idea when, In trying to estab.
Nsh % point, he asked X It were
not true that Dartmouth oltplayed
Yale on Saturday last.
mo, It isn't" replied our Mr..
Jones, IN his taIsesit -or.leaye.it way.
I'VE marched fifty yards for our
first touchdown, which may give
ypu an idea Of how our attack
was working. For the defense,
Dartmouth twice had the ball on
the 20.yard line with q first down
and couldn't gain. The second
time, q forward pass bounded OFF
one man into another's arms and
that let them out"
Yes, Jones rather likes the Yale
team. Behind the scenes It Ii said
that he expects to beat the Army
next Saturday q, week; and perforcs
Harvard and Princeton in the big
games. I suggested that the Big
Three was evenly matched. 4,
II don't know, are they?" he
replied, and dropped the subject.
II any.
Behind the scenes IL Ii also whis.
peFed that Yale has something that
has yet to see the light Of day.
1t might be mentioned that you
either whisper here or become
vastly unpopular. The word in
this case II thai Yale II mp TO its
old trick Of holding out speed boys
until the late minutes Of play.
Jones hasn't the back field punch
Of 1898, but 1t seems that he platis
TO use Bench, Cottle, Allen and
Pond to soften up the opposition
and then step In with Lindley and
McGunlgle.
Llndley, 9 baseball man, rsl!
ainuck against Dartmouth and
e Ii said to have looked every bit
% good as Oberlander, the Green
ace. McGunigle didn't show. He !
stuck . cerelesA elbow Into ppsS.
ing bus 40 his car was leaving
tho bowl last year and Is st!M re-
greeting the incident exceBdlngIy:
But McGunigle b about ready and
the good word is that he b the
finest bali runner In the Yale
squad.
The team, however, 10 underdone
IA other ways. according to the
whispering chorus. Pond is below
his 1923 form, so Is Eckert, varsity
guard. Cottle. It seems, Is not ex'
actly slayer, although quite a
gifted young man as long az he
lasts. Bench is q quarterback by
force OF circumstances but more &C.
ceptable than Bunnell because the
latter lacks big game experience.
The ends and one tackle position are
well taken care Of by the veterans,
Luman and Bingham ana Joss.
Lovejoy Ii the best center In the
East.
But the rest? They may turn out
20 be good or gosh-awful.
Ask Tad. He knows.
HOPPE LEADS KlECKHEFER