New Britain herald., 1929-10-23
MAJOR FOOTBALL ELEVENS PREPARING FOR SATURDAY
Second Week of Big Games Leads Coaches to Overcome Weaknesses Disclosed Last Saturday - Harvard Breaks Up Pony Backfield - Yale Experiments With Forward Pass - Rain Handicaps Teams Along Eastern SeabOard.

New York, Oct. 23 LP9-With a second successive big game Satur- day in store for more major elevens In the east, coaches generally in this sector plan two afternoons of high powered practice prior to the Friday quiet Many of the tutors are mak- ink quick realignments of their forces in an attempt to overcome" weaknesses manifest in victory or in defeat last Saturday.
 Harvard's famous pony backtield is no more. This heroic reserve force has been broken up by Arnold Horween in attempt to get more speed into his opening attack before . the invasion of Cambridge by Al Marsters and other White Indians from Dartmouth. Devens and Pot ter of the ponies probably will team with Putnam and T. Gilligan on Saturday as Huguley and White repose on the bench, at the start, anyway Barry Wood, hero of the 20-2O Army tie, had the call as first substitute in practice yesterday,
 Stevens Develops Attack
 Nal Stevens is mapping an air offensive with which to strike back at Cagle and the Army in the big Yale bowl on Saturday. Despite a rain which hampered many eastern elevens yesterday, Stevens ordered his charges to go into the air in a zsnappy practice session, and the ho wet ball about the field.
 Princeton has stopped Navy plays in practice, but the feeling prevails that the Midshipmen themselves will present quite a different pro- position in Palmer Stadium Satur- day. The Tigers had only a half hour outdoors yesterday because of the rain. Work will be light this week at Cornell, where no game is scheduled, and at Pennsylvania where the Red and Blue is conti- dent of a victory over Lehigh.
 Charlie Crowley is busy recon structing Columbias forward wal so as to give Wabbles Hewitt an even chance against Williams de lenders, but Andy Kerr is permit ting Colgate players to work as they please in anticipation Of not too-strenuous afternoon against Providence.
 Fuss McLaughry alternated liar ris and Manhood in Fogarty's vacant post as the Bruins sailed into inten' sive work for their first game against Syracuse since 1922.
 Rain Hampers Fordham
 Tn the metropolitan district, rair seriously impeded both Fordhan and New York university yesterday The Violet expects to down Butlc of Indianapolis, but showed littl aptitude in breaking up Butlc plays worked by the freshmen Il the downpour. Frank Cavanaugl faces the ordeal of attempting t build up undefeated, unscored-upo Fordham to a point beyond tha which the also undefeated Davi. and Elkins eleven will have reach ed by Saturday.
 Carnegie Tech scrimmaged in tn rain yesterday in anticipation 0 Notre Dame's invasion of tn Smoky City, and Penn State an Bucknell worked quietly for thei engagement against each other Temple continued the rebuilding process begun yesterday in an at tempt to follow a Western Mary land defeat with Washington an Jefferson victory.
 Amherst and Wesleyan toile through the moisture for the open ing Little Three game, schedule for SaturdaN