YALE ALUMNI
SLOW IMPROVEMENT.
Recent Work of the Eleven—The
Second Game with Brown.
Little more than a week now re-
mains before the annual football
match with Princeton at Manhattan
Field and a rather definite idea of the
final make-up of the eleven can now
be obtained. Last Monday, in con-
formity with customs of previous
ycars, a training table was started
at the New Haven House, to which
were taken the following twelve men:
Captain F. T. Murphy, ’97; Clarence
M. Fincke, ’97; Louis Hinkey, ’97; Ly-
man M. Bass, ’97; Charles Chadwick,
97; Paul D. Mills, ’978.; Burr C.
Chamberlin, ’97S.; Lang Murray, .’978;
James O. Rodgers, ’98; Josiah J. Ha-
zen, 98; Hamilton F. Benjamin, ’988.,
and William B. Conner, ’99.
This choice of men for the final
training table includes only one ex-
tra man and all the positions Seem
fixed except at end and half.
Conner has been playing half in-
stead of end for the past few days
and if he is kept in this position eith-
er Mills or Benjamin will be crowded
off the team. On the other hand Con-
ner may capture one of the end po-
sitions and depose either Bass or Ha-
zen, and this latter seems more than
likely at present writing.
Chamberlin shows remarkable ac-
tivity for a center rush and manages
to break through and get into almost
every play. His work has been hard
and steady during the entire Season,
steadily improving all the time. At
guard, Chadwick has improved some
of late, but has not developed into
such an effective guard as he was last
year. Murray has also improved but
he is not by any means a first-class
man for the position. Rodgers and
Murphy are playing very strong
games in their positions at tackle and
no fear of weakness need be felt in
that quarter. At end, Bass and Ha-
zen were looked upon as the leading
pair in the early part of the season,
but within the last two weeks Con-
ner has been playing easily the best
game in that position and unless he is
needed behind the line as a half-back
he will very probably hold one of the
ends.
BEHIND THE LINE,
Fincke has been. playing regularly
at quarter-back and since his appear-
ance at his old position has been a
strong supvort to the eleven. When
the eleven is playing on the defensive
he has been placed at full back, be-
ing considered sure on the tackle and
on catching the opponents kicks. In
general this plan has worked very
well, although Fincke has missed one
or two important tackles recently.
Mills, Benjamin and Conner are the
candidates for half-back now left in
the field. The latter is new at the
position, but in the Brown game he
made his gains exceedingly well, es-
pecially in the heavy formation plays.
Mills and Benjamin are players of
about an even grade. The former be-
ing considerably stronger on punting.
They both had fallen off two or three
weeks ago, but now are playing a
strong game. Hinkey is the final
choice for full back and has turned
out a very good man in his new po-
sition. He bucks the line hard in
spite of his light weight and is kick-
ing well.
Goodwin, the Freshman half-back,
who has shown up sec well in spite of
his light weight, has been prohibited
from playing any more this season on
account of low stand, caused by over-
cutting. His loss will be seriously felt
on the eleven. Sheldon, ’98S., also ap-
peared at practice for a few days last
week, playing at guard, but his fa-
ther has interfered and he will have
to give up playing.
The practice during the last week
has not been as hard as heretofore.
During the first half a regular game
has been played against the College
eleven and then, only the University
players being retained at the Field,
the team has been drilled in their
heavy formation plays and in the finer
points of the game, preparatory to the
final contest.
YALE VS. BROWN,
Yale met Brown in football for the
second time this year on Saturday,
OW data OS
November 7 at Providence, The game
was exciting and the playing hard,
both teams seeming to be very evenly
matched in the first half. But when
the touchdown had been made and
Brown had the leading score, Yale
seemed to play with more snap, scor-
ing three consecutive touchdowns wita
ease. The Brown team gave evidence
of good training, their interference and
end runs being especially fine. A num-
ber of men were injured during the
game.
The teams lined up as follows:
YALE. BROWN.
Bass, 1.€., r.e., Chase, Summersgill
Rodgers, l.t., r.t., Locke, Bishop
Murray, l.g., r.g., Coombes, Locke
McFarland, c., C., Dyer
Chadwick, r.g., l.g., Wheeler
Alport, Murphy, r.t., Lt., Casey
Hazen, r.e., le., Murphy
Fincke, q.b., q.b., Colby, Watson
Conner, 1.h.b., r.h.b., Gammons
Mills, Gilmore, Van Every, r.h.b.,
lLh.b., Fultz, Owens
Chauncey, f.b., f.b., Hall
Touchdowns—Conner 2, Bass, Rodgers,
Fultz. Goals from touchdowns—Chaun-
cey, Fultz. Umpire—R. Eckstrom, Dart-
mouth. Referee—Dr. C. 8. Little, Dart-
mouth. Linesmen—W. Wing, Providence,
J. M. Gerard, ’97S. ‘Time—Twenty-five
minute halves. Attendance—38,000.
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The Freshmen Win From
Andover.
The Freshmen eleven defeated the
Andover team at Andover on Satur-
day by a score of 42-4. The Freshmen
put up the best game of the season,
outplaying their opponents at every
point. The Andover line was particu-
larly weak, their opponents making
big gains through the tackles and
center.
Quimby and Schreiber played the
best game for Andover. The feature
of the game was the running of Mc-
Bride and McCormick from tackle,
and of Luce and Phillips behind the
line. Andover scored one touchdown
in the second half, getting the ball
on a fumble on their opponents’ 20-
yard line and carrying it over in a
few plays. Wickes kicked five of the
six goals tried. The line-up follows:
YALH, 1900. ANDOVER.
Eiddy, r.e.,; l.e., Schrieber
Mcbride, r.t., l.t., Simmons
Marshall, r.g., lg., Gordon
Wickes, c., c., Pierson
Allen, l.g., r.g., Hillis
McCormick, 1.t., rt., Funk
Young, l.e., re, Cady
Sullivan q.b., qg.b., Quinby
Luce, 1.h.b., r.h.b., Elliott
Phillips, r.h.b., lh.b., White
Brinley f.b., f.b., Barker
Touchdowns—yYale, 1900 8; Andover 1.
Goals—Wickes 5. Referee—A. F. Judd,
97. Umpire—Gould, U. of P., ’97. Lines-
men—Cheney, 1900, and Ames, U. of P.,
"9. Time—twenty-five minutes halves,
Tht ae eo Eee
Car Improvement to the Yale
Field,
It has recently been learned that
the proposed double tracking and con-
tinuation of the West Chapel Street
flectric car line, so as to improve the
service to the Yale Field, is likely to
be delayed owing to various difficul-
ties, which have arisen, and that the
improved line may not be in running
order for several months yet. The
bridge over West River is not strong
enough for the purpose and the con-
trolling authorities have not seen fit
to remedy the deficiency. This bridgeis
owned by three distinct corporations,
the City of New Haven, the Town of
New Haven and the Town of Orange,
While the highway which borders one
side of the Field is controlled by the
Derby Turnpike Company. The lat-
ter body refuses to allow any tracks
to be laid on this road between
West River and the entrance to the
Field, but proceedings are under way
to wind up the Derby Turnpike Com-
pany and turn the highway into the
hands of the two bordering towns of
Orange and New Haven. This action
is now nearly completed and is ex-
pected to be successful.
The City of New Haven on the other
hand, has until recently refused to
allow double tracks to be laid on
Derby Avenue, but when permission
was given about two weeks ago the
car company decided to carry out this
plan immediately. It is also their in-
tention to build a trestle over West
River just north of the present bridge
and so to continue their tracks beyond
the entrance to the Field. if ;
feared to tread.
ABQUT DECLINING DEGREES,
Examples Set by Prominent Men on
Former Occasions,
[Waterbury American, ]
The American visitor at Oxford Uni-
versity is still told by the custodian of
the Sheldonian Theater, of the regret
felt in those academic shades that
General Grant refused an Oxford D.
C. L. To obtain it, it was necessary
for General Grant to visit Oxford in
person. This, with his usual modesty,
he disliked to do. Besides, he felt
personally that he was not a worthy
recipient of an academic degree.
The example set by General Grant
has twice been followed by President
Cleveland. It is recalled that at Har-
vard’s two hundred and fiftieth an-
niversary when enthusiasm ran so
high for him and when James Russell
Lowell made his famous speech in
Which he described Mr. Cleveland as
the man ‘who held the rudder true,”
the President declined the proffered
honor of a Harvard degree. At Prince-
ton Thursday, where the enthusiasm
for him was almost unprecedented, his
modesty, as President Patton told the
distinguished audience, prevented the
University from honoring the Presi-
lent as it was desired to do. A good
many smaller men than either Gen-
eral Grant or President Cleveland,
have eagerly rushed in where they
Is modesty on the
part of these gentlemen, these chief-
tains of American politics, to be com-
mended, or is it to be regretted as a
mistake?
There is no doubt that there is a
certain amount of embarrassment at-
tending the custom of conferring a de-
gree upon a high public official mere-
ly because he is a public official. For
example, it was long the custom at
Harvard to confer the degree of LL.
D. upon the Governor of Massachu-
setts, when, for the first time in an
Official capacity, he visited the Uni-
versity on Commencement Day. This
custom was first broken in the case
of General B. F. Butler. He repre-
sented everything which Harvard
University did not represent. Had
Harvard made him an LL. D. it would
have been a _ burlesque of its own
teachings. The incongruity was so
apparent that despite the unpleasant-
ness of making an exception, Harvard
withheld the degree, and has, we be-
lieve, abandoned the custom. When
Vice-President Hendricks, some years
ago, visited Yale to deliver the oration
before the Law School, he went away
unhonored by a degree. The _ dis-
courtesy in this case, if it be a dis-
courtesy, was more marked than in
the case of Harvard and General But-
ler, because Mr. Hendricks was the
guest of the University. At the same
time, there was much in Vice-Presi-
dent Hendricks’s career of which Yale
could not approve, and it would hard-
ly have honored itself in honoring
him. It ought, however, not to have
invited him at all, when the invita-
tion had to be accompanied by an ap-
parent slight.
On the other hand, it is, no doubt, a
grievous disappointment, as in the re-
cent case of Princeton, when the mod-
esty of a distinguished man prevents
a university from bestowing on him
the only honor in its power. The de-
gree of LL. D. conferred upon a man
like President Cleveland means that
the University recognizes in him high
qualities of patriotism and statesman-
Ship. In that sense it is appropriate.
Such a degree is not a certificate of
learning, but a deserved badge of
honor.
eS SNP aR aigs “a
Week of Prayer for Young Men.
The present week (November 9-14)
is the week of Prayer for young men
throughout the world. It is being ob-
Served by the Yale Young Men’s
Christian Association by Prayer meet-
ings each morning in ’98 Room,
Dwight Hall, from 7:20 to 7:40 o'clock,
to which men in all departments of
the University are invited. Subject,
“Conditions of Prevailing Prayer.”
Pa
A trophy worth £100 has béen of-
fered to the Henley stewards to be
competed for by the leading colleges
of Great Britain and the United
States.
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News From Harvard.
Harvard University has recently
issued a pamphlet containing papers
on the study of English composition in
American colleges. The beginning of
entrance requir2ments in English was
made at Harvard in 1866, but it was
then only a test of oral reading. Some
six or seven years later written Eng-
lish bezgan to be taken into account
in entrance examinations, but in 1879
out of 316 candidates over 150 failed
in the English entrance examination,
so poor was their preparation in that
study. At that time the ignorance of
the average candidate in regard to
composition was quite remarkable.
Punctuation, spelling and knowledge
of English literature were then woe-
fully lacking in the majority of ap-
plicants for admission. The pamphlet
also contains papers showing the con-
dition of affairs in the high schools
and grammar schools and the develop-
ment of English in the last fifteen
years.
The Intercollegiate Tennis Cup,
which was won by Harvard at the
tournament held this Fall, has been
put in the Harvard trophy room in
the Hemenway Gymnasium. It was
first contested for in 1889, on condi-
tion that it should be permanently
owned by the college first winning
seven points, first place in singles or
doubles each counting one point. The
following names appear on’ the cup
as winners of the various years:—
Singles—1889, R. P. Huntington, Jr.,
Yale; 1890, Frederick H. Hovey, Har-
vard;1891, Frederick H. Hovey, Har-
vard; 1892, William A. Larned, Cor-
nell; 1898, Malcolm G. Chace, Brown;
1894, Malcolm G. Chace, Yale; 1895,
Malcolm G. Chace, Yale; 1896, Mal-
colm D. Whitman, Harvard.
Doubles—1889, O. S. Campbell and
A. HE. Wright, Columbia; 1890, Q. A.
Shaw and 8. T. Chase, Harvard; 1891,
EH. H. Hovey and R. D.- Wrenn, Har-
VOrd;.. eva, kt. Bic Wrenn and FB: D.
Winslow, Harvard; 1898, M. G. Chace
and C. R. Budlong, Brown; 1894, M. G.
Chace and A. E. Foote, Yale; 1895, M.
G. Chace and A. E. Foote, Yale; 1896,
L. E. Ware and W. M. Scudder, Har--
vard.
The cup was made by Tiffany and
is valued at $500.
The work of the Freshman crew be-
gan on November 5. Seventy-two can-
didates, of whom twelve have had
some experience in rowing, responded
to the first call.
At a meeting of the Senior class
held last Thursday, the following offi-
cers were elected: President, R. H.
Stevenson, Jr.; Vice-President, J. W.
Dunlop; Secretary, J. Dean.
On Friday the Sophomores were de-
feated by the Seniors in the final game
for the interclass football champion-
Ship. The score was 10-0.
Edmund Heard, of Boston, has been
elected permanent captain of the
Freshman eleven. He prepared for col-
lege at Hopkinson’s School, where he
was captain and end rush of the
school team.
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EB. C. Chamberlin, ’97S., has broken
the record of the University in
strength tests of the back, legs and
hands.