Vou. - Vil: “No, 4:
MODERN FOOTBALL.
An Illustration of the Tackling Machine.
‘TACKLER ON THE DIVE.
A MOVE FOR MORE SYSTEM,
The University Raises a Committee
to Consider the State of Athletics.
On Wednesday, October 6, in mass
meeting assembled, Yale students cre-
ated a committee and instructed it “‘to
consider plans to secure system and
unity in the management of Yale athlet-
ics and to report at a future meeting
of the University.” »The committee is
made up of the captains and managers
of the University Eleven, Nine, Crew
and Track Team, and a member each of
the Academic and Scientific Senior
Classes, who was chosen by the chair-
man of the meeting. The make-up of
the committee is given below.
Mr. Julian S. Mason, ’98, Chairman
of the News, presided and announced
that the meeting had been called at
the request of the captains to talk
over the athletic situation and to see if
something could not be done to bring
a little better organization into the
athletics of the University. They had
asked one or two graduates to open
the discussion and Mr. Julian W. Cur-
tiss, °79, was thereupon introduced.
Mr. Curtiss said he had felt a little
reluctance about coming and then told
a little story which was intended to
show that he was obliged to look upon
any such invitation from Yale as a
peremptory manadamus. He had no
plan to propose. He didn’t know
what would be proposed. It was the
business of the undergraduates to
solve these problems, and he hoped they
would always have this responsibility.
What Mr. Curtiss emphasized was
the need of resurrecting the ‘Yale
athletic spirit, which had lain dormant
for two of three years. Without it, Yale
could not do anything. It was another
name for pluck~ and determination
backed by and inspired by the enthu-
siasm of the entire University. En-
thusiasm, Mr. Curtiss said, was neces-
aaa
sary for the success.of any enterprise,
and enthusiasm was. a part of. the
equipment of Yale athletics to which
every one could contribute. The spirit
‘which animated the football work he
described as a most cheerful factor in
the present situation. He hoped he
would hear no-more.of.a lack of ma-
terial. There was plenty of material.
It was only-a question of putting the
right spirit back of it. The Freshman
Crew of last year was picked out by
Mr. Curtiss “as :an example of what
he meant by the right spirit. It didn’t
make any difference what was done
to them, they couldn't be _ beaten.
Robbed of two of their best men for
the. University Boat, they were not
dismayed, but rowed harder than
ever. They simply determined they
would not be beaten. They went at it
in the right spirit, both as to learning
and as to working.
This and much else like it Mr. Cur-
tiss talked to the students of Yale, and
when he finished they applauded and
continued to applaud, until they gave
up hope of hearing more.
Then Mr. Butterworth made the
practical suggestion that things might
be so arranged as to have some one
who would watch athletics and athletes
in their relation to the Faculty. Work
on this line involved now an enormous
amount of work in the part of the
Captain, which embarrassed him much
in the development of his team.
Then people expected to hear the
Captains talk, but they didn’t say any-
thing, apparently thinking the ground
been covered. So the meeting
ended. The committee was announced
in the News as follows:—
Payne Whitney, ’98; G. C. Greenway,
it.,. 6S $.:-E: ©. -Perkms,. 98: 20:
_. Rodgers, ’98; Grenville Parker, ’98; F.
H. Simmons, ’98; I. N. Swift, ’98; D.
C. Twichell, ’98; A. Cheney, ’08 S.; T.
R. Fisher, ’98.S.; H. F. Benjamin, ’98
».; > ki, KE. -Stone,- Jr:, ’08,-Si> FW.
Stewart, ’98 S.; R. T. Turnbull, ’o08 and
D. F. Rogers, ’98. It will be seen that
this committeee includes the Vice-
Presidents of the athletic associations
as well as the Presidents.
- rison-on-the-Hudson,
tary and Treasurer, Joseph Wright Al-
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‘SMAN” WELL DOWNED.
No one knows what the committee
will report, but it seems safe to say that
they will assume as working premises
the cardinal principles of Yale athletics
in the past and that they will not try
to introduce too much organization.
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The Tackling Machine.
The general structure of the tackling
machine can be judged from the cuts.
The “man” is stuffed with sawdust
and gets his stability and power of re-
sistance from a bag of sand, with which
he is connected by ropes and pulleys.
The arm from which the
suspended swings horizontally in either
direction, and the two men who work
it, are thus able to keep the tackler
guessing, as though he were operating
on a dodging runner. The machine
is located at the Field, north of the
main gridiron.
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Sheffield Senior Class Elections.
A meeting of the Sheffield Senior
class was held on Monday, October II.
The following officers were elected:
President, Gilbert Christian Greenway,
of Hot Springs, Arkansas; Vice-Presi-
dent, Hamilton Fish Benjamin, of Gar-
N. . Y.;.. Secre-
sop, of Middletown, Conn.
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The following Committee composed
members of the Academical Freshman
Class has been appointed by the Presi-
dent of he Y. M. C. A. to carry on the
religious’ work: of the class: R. K.
Askew, A. B. Berger, S. L. Coy, L. E.
Hemingway, H. P. Judd, P. D. Moody,
A. H. Richardson, R. S. Spencer, B. P.
Twichell and J. H. Wear.
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Latest Registration Figures,
The preliminary catalogue has not
yet appeared, but the following compar-
ison of the latest figures obtainable in
the Academical and Scientific Depart-
ments, with the two previous years, will
give a nearly exact idea of the class
numbers. The Scientific School figures
may be changed very slightly.
ACADEMICAL DEPARTMENT.
1895-6 1896-7 1897-8
SeisOrd 6 wins eee 280 280 301
FUNIOTS< se. 45s eee: 281 2905 301
Sophomores 307 310 343
Hreshinetc wc utaeee 331 354 206
Totaled, (ols dea $100 4.1239 1241
SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT.
1895-6 1896-7 1897-8
2
Senne. 2 ee. oo 18 125
JURORS Sod share 205 133 165
Freshmen .........+.147 . 170 185
Votale: 3. cs. eee Si) AO ee
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A Sheff. Department of the
VY. WM. C. A.
The new building for the Sheff. De-
partment of the Young Men’s Chris-
tian Association of the University,
located at 138 College street was
opened on Friday evening, October
8th, with a reception to the Sheff.
Freshmen. President Dwight was
present and a quartet from the Glee
Club furnished the music. Over half
the Freshman Class accepted the in-
vitations which had been sent out by
the following Committee: ’98 S., W. F.
Cochrane, Jr., Chairman; E. J. Drum-
mond, G. C. Greenway, Jr., ’909 S.; A.
M. Bell and E. E. Marshall.
The building which was purchased
last Spring for the use of the Associa-
tion, by Mrs. Cochrane, of Yonkers,
N. Y., has been thoroughly put in re-
pair during the Summer.
