THE FOOTBALL WEEK.
An Excellent Spirit of Work and
Many Heavy Men
The first hard week of Yale football
shows more ground for hope than
could have been counted on before the
season opened. The question now 1s,
what can be done with a bountiful sup-
ply of fairly good, but generally green
material. Two facts stick out. One is
that the line can be and will be a
heavy one. Another is that the team,
if the gait is not made too fast early in
the season, will be a very lively Yale
team.
It is a little early to speak of the style
of play, but there is a suspicion. that
there will be a great deal of kicking.
Much on this point depends on the suc-
cess of Mr. Butterworth in developing
material back of the line. Last Mon-
day’s practice was largely in_ this
direction. He is giving a great deal of
time to punting, the protection of
kicks, and the blocking of kicks. His
instruction in the latter line has met
with some success, as the Wesleyan
game shows.
The chances are considerably in-
creased that Mr. Butterworth will be
able to carry his coaching through to
the end of the season, although this
cannot be officially stated. He is much
aided in his work here by the presence
of Mr. Louis Hinkev, who is devoting
his attention particularly to the line.
His brcether, Mr. Frank Hinkey, will
probably not be able to assist for any
length of time this Fall.
THE GOOD FEELING.
The best factor in the situation to-
day is the excellent feeling among the
candidates and through all the college
in support of the captain and coach.
This is principally responsible for the
spirit which the team shows.
In order to allow this feeling to take
practical form, the plan of so-called
“scrub games’ has been put into opera-
tion. At 4.30 each afternoon, that is,
at the close of the practice or an ordi-
nary game, the University field and the
Freshman field are both given up to
elevens from the various classes. These
are all under captains and managers
appointed by the University Manage-
ment, and the idea is to bring out any-
body who has any ability in, or love
for, football, and then develop the best
class elevens, and wind up a season of
four or five weeks with an inter-class
series, with probably class numerals as
the rewards of victory. The plan was
started Monday and very liberally
responded to. The entire scheme is
under the direction of Jay C. Mac-
Lauchlan, ’98, who is the Senior Man-
ager. The Captain of the Senior
eleven is R. T. Garrison, ’98; of the
Juniors, H. T. Bowles, ’99; and of the
Sophomores, C. Oglebay, 1900. The
Manager of the Juniors is S. D. Ames,
99, and of the Sophomores F. D. Che-
ney, 1900.
THE UNIVERSITY MEETING.
The good feeling will be probably
still further increased at the University
meeting which takes place as‘ the
WEEKLY goes to press. The plan of
the meeting includes addresses by all
the captains, in which their plans will be
frankly talked over before the entire
University, whose co-operation will be
asked. The athletic men have also
invited one or two graduates well
known in athletics to reinforce what
they say. These graduates were in-
vited to this meeting simply for this
purpose, as the whole plan has been
originated and carried out by under-
graduates. There are a number of men
in the Senior class who have made up
their minds that the old time unity
and spirit of Yale athletics, and the
co-operation of graduates and under-
graduates, must be restored. This
meeting is a feeler in that direction.
The purpose is to restore the old prin-
ciples of athletic success at Yale, and
not to follow strange gods. The prob-
lem is the adaptation of those princi-
ples to the vastly changed conditions
of modern Yale.
THE INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS,
It is interesting to pick out the man
each week who has done most to make
himself a factor in the athletic situation.
One would unquestionablv choose Ran-
som, who has been playing at full-back
WAL = ALUMNI! WHEKALY
and half-back, but an uncomfortably
severe statute forbids one to consider
him in this light. He was too good a
player when he was in the University
of California. He is debarred, not only
for this year, but probably for all years
for Yale, by the length of his service on
the University of California eleven.
He is, however, doing a great deal for
the Yale eleven by showing how a
back ought to play. His running is a
combination of the memorable styles
of Mr. Laurie Bliss and Mr. Butter-
worth. He starts with that swift, light
canter which Bliss made famous, and
when well under way runs with the
power of Butterworth. He veers very
quickly on a fast run, often slipping a
whole bunch of tacklers. He does
something with his feet at such a junc-
ture which reminds one of a football
player named Thorne.
THE CAPTAIN,
Captain Rodgers is really the man of
the week, because he has shown such
remarkable ability in convalescence
from typhoid fever. He went into the
line for the first time Monday after-
noon and tore things quite well for an
invalid. He seems to feel no ill effects
from his first practice.
Allen, Marshall and Post are the
other men who have been used as
tackles. All three have promise. AI-
len, the University oar, has an unlim-
ited amount of sand and zeal. If he
can play a quicker game he will be
very valuable.
To come in to center, Yale’s first im-
pression of Cutten is a good one. He
H. F. BENJAMIN,
Who acted as Captain during Mr. Rodgers
IlJness.
is a theological student weighing 210
Ibs., of militant spirit, and a great de-
sire to learn what he doesn’t know of
the American game, which is almost all
of it. His only previous experience
has been with Association football.
His zealous play has developed in the
first two games very slight bruises and
he is being handled rather carefully.
There has been a good deal of hot
weather for hard football, and the thing
to fear, from a layman’s standpoint, is
that the beefy men in the line may be
reduced to training weight too fast, and
get a tired feeling. Cadwalader has
been certainly disposing of the flesh he
doesn’t need, pretty rapidly. He was
at guard at both the Trinity and Wes-
leyan games. In the former he did
some good work; in the latter he did
some good work, and more bad work.
In Saturday’s game with Wesleyan he
was very slow in getting away, and
didn’t lend to that part of the line a
stone wall character which people ex-
pect in his neighborhood. He does,
however, kick goals in the most extra-
ordinary way. He inches up to the
ball until within just enough distance
to swing his foot from the knee. He
then pokes it over with about as
much exertion as is required in walk-
ing. The ball goes with great power
and accuracy.
| AT GUARD. :
Richard Sheldon is a great quantity
of very likely guard material. He is
in unusually good condition for him,
- and his more than 200 lbs. of fairly agile
bone and muscle ought to insure a
great deal of. security and motive
power. McGee, -a member of last
year’s Freshman crew, is another can-
didate for guard. Chadwick, of former
Yale elevens, has also played in this
position several times. His play can
be extraordinarily good, but he is very
erratic. A Freshman named Brown
has a very strong frame and an unusu-
ally lively way of carrying his great
weight. He seems thus far to be able
to get through most everybody.
At end Hall has done the most con-
spicuous work of the week. He will
be remembered as a substitute last year.
He follows the ball very well, coming
down fast under kicks. He is built
compactly and, tackling low, is a hard
man to escape from. The position of
end requires lots of headwork, and he
has not this year been tested in serious
complications. Dudley is a new end
man who has begun favorably, and who
did fair work in the Wesleyan game.
He is a member of the Freshman class.
Warner, who played on the Syracuse
University eleven, has been tried re-
cently in practice. Schweppe has been
more regularly at this position than
any other man except Hall.
Back of the line the field is large.
DeSaulles, Stoddard, Ely and Sullivan
are competing for the position of quar-
ter, the chances at time of writing
favoring the first two. They both
play with great amount of dash and
spirit. Ely is very light.
For a heavy half-back, the best
chance now seems to be Chamberlin,
last year’s center. His style of play is
well liked; and it ought to be safe to
say he will be on the eleven some-
where back of the line. One some-
times hears talk on the side lines of
trying him for a quarter. This would
unquestionably strengthen the Yale de-
fense and Chamberlin is a quick man.
Two light running half-backs, who
have done good work this last week,
are Kiefer, a Freshman from. Hill
School, and Corwin of the Scientific
School, a brother of Prof. Corwin, the
old end and captain of the Fall of 1886.
Kiefer runs with unusual judgment,
making excellent use of his interfer-
ence. Gilmore has: been used _ for
heavy line work with fair success.
For full-back, the most attention is
being paid to McBride, a brother of
Herbert McBride, ’90 S., of both base-
ball and football talent. He kicks
fairly well.
»Wale, 10; Trinity 90.
The first game was played on the
Wednesday before College opened, at
Hartford, against the eleven of Trin-
ity College. There was a good deal of
loose play and fumbling and Yale was
penalized many times for off-side work.
The general impression at Hartford
was that Yale was opening up with a
good deal of life, showing up very
much better than at the same game last
Chamberlin directed the play for the
second half. The touchdowns were
made by Benjamin and Hine, both in
ne first half. The line-up was as fol-
Ows:
YALE TRINITY
ci MEW RS ah Ce oy pes Br a l.e., Ellis
PTI Po ee es l. t., Ingalls
Sheldon ore 1. SF l.g., Bacon
McGee, fr. g.
Cathe Cll ae eee eat c., Lerd
GnadWwick, ol. @ ow a r.g., Johnson
WiATSHaN 1. tone. ea cae 4G r.t., Blakeslee
Schweppe, l.e..... Be Bast r.e., Rich
Walker, l. e.
BEV; 9G. Dovyeiv sae ae eek q. b., Sturtevant
Stoddard, q. b.
Bena, 6: 41.0.3 455. 1. h. b., Woodle
(capt. ) (capt.)
Hine, r. h. b.
Calnore: 1,0. 0.5 era r.h.b., Bellamy
Corwin, 1. h. b.
MGBTIdG, <1. Be ear ee tL D:, “aittel
Chamberlin; & Bissiee.. 8 f.b., Arundel
Yale, 30; Wesleyan, 0.
The second game on Saturday at
New Haven with Wesleyan improved
the feelings of Yale very much. There
was not so much ground for encour-
agement as the score would show, be-
cause Wesleyan was not beaten down
badly until the second half, when her
captain had retired for an injury and
her backs had begun to fumble.. Be-
sides this a good deal of Yale’s ad-
vance in the second half was due to
Ransom, whose running and kicking
was a remarkable feature of the con-
test. He used generally a long, low
kick, which was very difficult to handle.
The first touchdown for Yale was made
after eleven minutes of play. The rest
of the scoring was done in the second
half. Kiefer did some very pretty run-
ning for Yale and in the second half
Corwin took up the good work where
he left it off. The most conspicuous
individual play was by Hall at end.
Touchdowns were made by Gilmore,
ALREADY A STRONG TRADITION
Yale is a place full of tradition. Tra-
_ditions not only govern the conduct
of Freshmen, the relation of classes
and the status of institutions, but
- also the business dealings of the new
comer. They direct him where to
go for the necessaries and the lux-
uries of life.
Some of these traditions become
strongly intrenched in a few years,
and there is generally a very good
reason for it. We think if you will
communicate with our store by a
personal call or by correspondence,
you will see why the tradition has
become so strong in a few years
among Yale men to get their fur-
nishings of
CHASE & CO.,
NEW HAVEN HOUSE BLOCK.
Hall, Post, Corwin and Ransom. The
line-up follows:—_
WESLEYAN YALE
Archer Young (capt.), r.e. 1. e., Dudley
Walliams. of Ht. fae os Sees it; Best
Sibley 20, Wess l.g., Cadwalader
Beariieee 0.2 8. 20 a a es cc, Cutten
Townsend 193. 2.5055. . r. g., McGee
r. g., Brown
Picety, sk Sae. S r.t., Allen
Be VOUne, lee oe eet «es r.e., Hall
Davison. a. be q. b., DeSaulles
q. b., Ely
Woda es base ay oe. Lh. b:, -Kaeter
l.h. b., Corwin
Raymond, 1 h bor sh. b., (<atigpore
r.h. b., Ransom
Wine wie bose ve ee. f.b., McBride
f. b., Chamberlin
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Athletic Calendar.
Saturday, October 9.—Williams at
New Haven. |
Saturday, October 16.—Newton A. C.
at Newton.
Wednesday, October 20.—Brown at
New Haven.
Saturday,
New York.
Saturday, October 30.—West Point at
West Point. :
Saturday, November 6.—Chicago A.
A. at New Haven.
Saturday, November 13.—Harvard at
Cambridge.
Saturday, November 20.—Princeton
at New Haven.
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Freshman Football Elections.
The Freshman football officers were
elected on Monday evening, the 4th,
during a meeting of the Class called for
that purpose in Osborn Hall. The
men elected were: President, W. T.
Townsend; Vice-President, R. Town-
shend; Secretary and Treasurer, A. P.
Berger. Julian Mason presided at the
meeting and the Class was addressed
by Captains Rodgers, Perkins and
Whitney, with the aim of arousing a
spirit of enthusiasm among their hear-
ers in athletics.
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Freshman Football,
Arthur S. Goodwin, 1900, who cannot
play football this year on account of a
recent illness, will coach the Freshmen
candidates. The following men from
1900 S. and roo1 presented themselves
as candidates for the various positions
on Saturday afternoon:—
Full-back—Olcott, Russ, Noyes, Bel-
ding, Twitchell, H. P. Shaw.
Half-backs—Sharkey, McCord, Rey-
nolds, Hoysradt, McCurdy, Draper,
Yagey, McLane, White.
Quarter-back—Wallace, White, Snit-
jer, P. Cheney, Hord, W. B. Hubbard,
Reynolds.
Ends—Crosthvart, Parshall, Ives, L.
E. Hemenway, F. W. Brooks, D. H.
Morton, “A. ‘2.2 Parker, “A.* -Keep,
Crosthwaite, Wear.
Tackles—Hawkins, Newport, W. B.
October 23.—Carlisle at
Allen, J. Bayne, A. W. Judd, H. P.
ud
Judd.
- Guards—R. B. Dixon, T. L. Monta-
gue.
Center—P. Thompson.
