SOME IMPROVEMENT.
Very Hard Coaching and Two Lively
Games.
The past week in Yale football has
been important. It has seen the num-
ber of probable candidates for the
eleven so narrowed down that it would
now be possible to name, with perhaps
two or three exceptions, the men who,
barring accidents, will represent Yale
in the two big matches of next month.
In the same time, Yale has met two of
the strongest “minor” college teams
of the East, in hard fought games, and
the result has been invaluable. These
matches have given experience to an
inexperienced eleven and have been
of much service in pointing out the
weak points in its play. Finally, the
long-looked for company of coaches
has come, and with their arrival have
begun certain developments before im-
possible.
The Brown game, on Wednesday,
because it was hard fought, has brought
greater benefit than could have come
from any walk-over victory. Thursday
and Friday the practice was the fastest
and longest seen this season, in spite
of the closely contested matches which
preceded and followed. The game
with the Carlisle Indians on Saturday
has been the source of considerable
encouragement to those who have been
watching Yale football this Fall, not
on account of any particularly strong
work by team or individuals, but rather
because of the really wonderful im-
provement shown over the play of the
preceding Wednesday.
TWO POINTS OF VIEW.
There are two view points from
which to estimate Yale football. One
is a comparison with the situation at
the opening of the season. The other
is a comparison of the football form
of the Yale eleven to-day with that
which one reasonably expects from the
team which represents an institution of
the record, traditions, and spirit and
ambition of Yale. According to the
first standpoint the situation is highly
encouraging to the Yale mind and
with one accord men praise the
players for the zeal and spirit of their
work, and express the greatest appre-
ciation of the work done by Mr. But-
terworth and those who have assisted
him. From the other standpoint well,
—any Yale man can easily tell how he
feels. He refuses to believe that Yale
has any right to allow aliens back of
her goal line under any circumstances
whatever, and when he is compelled to
believe that a battle to-day with Prince-
ton would bring forth results not
agreeable to contemplate, his feelings
are far from pleasant. He grits his
teeth and says that the old standard
of Yale football must be again set up.
Perhaps he wonders whether’ the
coaches and the players realize how
things look from his standpoint. It is
safe to say that they do. The coaches
at last know full well that only a be-
ginning has been made and there is
much evidence in support of this view.
THE COACHES.
No small significance is attached to
the appearance of so large a company
of graduate coaches. In addition to
Frank W. Butterworth, ’95, and Louis
Hinkey, ’97, who have been here since
the beginning of the season, these men
have been working with the eleven in
the last week: Ray Tompkins, ’84; L.
T. Bliss, ’93 S.; W. W. Heffelfiinger,
’o1 S.; Frederick W. Wallace, ’89; S.
B. Thorne, ’96; Harry Cross, ’96 and
Geo. Foster Sanford. Messrs. Bliss,
Heffelfinger, Thorne and Cross, ’96 21s
taken active part in the practice, lining
up against the University eleven in
some of the daily games.
_ For several days past the usual pre-
liminary practice in tackling, starting
and getting down on kicks has been
omitted. Special attention has been
paid to the various formations, though
as yet no distinctly new plays have
been tried. In view of the weak de-
fensive play of the team, Monday’s
practice was devoted almost entirely to
drilling the center men in stopping sev-
eral new mass plays which the College
eleven had been learning. The bene-
fit derived from practice of this nature
was apparent in the increased effective-
ness with which the plays were stopped
on the following day.
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Thus far no attempt has been made
to develop a back who will be able to
assist McBride in punting. Why are
not some of the prominent half-backs
drilled in this feature of the game,
which promises to be so important this
Fall? The direct pass from center to
full-back, on punts, has been practiced
with considerable success. It saves a
great deal of time, but there is some
objection to it because the full-back is
unable to run with the ball if blocked,
after receiving it in this manner.
Cutten has been at center during the
past week, and Cadwalader and Brown
have been retained as guards.
Rodgers has played regularly at left-
tackle. The leading candidates for the
other tackle position are Allen and
Chadwick, who was first tried at tackle
in the Brown game. The ends are still
open positions, with the chances slightly
in favor of Hazen and Slocovich. De-
Saulles has been the only man tried
consistently at quarter since Ely’s in-
jury. The latter will soon be able to
take part in the active work, and it is
expected that a close contest will fol-
low. Kiefer, Benjamin, Durston, Cor-
win and Gilmore are the leading candi-
dates for half-back and have all been
working steadily. McBride continues
to be the only prominent candidate for
full-back, although Hine and Marvin
have been given some practice.
INJURIES IN PRACTICE.
Cadwalader was forced to retire from
Monday’s practice because of an injury
to his shoulder, which later proved to
be more serious than it was at first sup-
posed. It was found on examination
that his collar bone had been broken
and he will probably be unable to play
before Nov 13. This accident will up-
set all calculations as to the personnel
" of Yale’s center, as it is difficult to say
who will take his place.
Cutten suffered a repetition of the
former accident to his knee, on Mon-
day, which will probably prevent his
playing for several days.
In Tuesday’s practice Hubbell, of
last year’s Freshman eleven, who has
been playing a strong end game on the
College side, broke his nose in a hard
It is not thought that this will
keep him out of the play long.
Yale, 18—Brown, 14.
The University eleven defeated Brown
at the Field, on Wednesday, October
20, by a score of 18 to 14. The result
of the game was a great surprise, as the
strength of the Brown team had been
generally underestimated. A’ close
game was anticipated but not one in
which both teams scored the same num-
ber of touchdowns and in which Yale’s
victory was at no time assured. The
result would have been a tie but for the
failure of Brown to kick two rather
easy goals; on the contrary, if Yale had
had half a minute more to play, she
would have unquestionably scored
another touchdown. Yale was com-
paratively strong on the offensive but
deplorably weak in defensive work,
Yale seemed powerless to break up
Brown’s heavy interference and the op-
posing backs circled the ends for re-
peated gains.
For Yale the work of \ stain Rod-
gers, Cutten, Chadwick and Lrown in
the line was good. Keifer and Mc-
Bride made good gains and the latter
punted well at critical points. Fultz
and Gammons were the life of the
Brown team and Brown’s strong show-
ing was largely due to their consistent
gains.
_ The line-up and summary follows :—;
Yale ae Brown
fen t l—end—r Hunt
Rodgers, 1—tackle—r Whittemore
Cadwalader, l—guard—r Carter
Cutten, center Chesbrough
Brown, - r—guard—l Wheeler
Chadwick t r—tackle—] i iepeaon
Wann. r—end—1 Murphy
de Saulles quarter-back Richardson
Scie, | Hhatt-back—r {gle
Gaerne r—half-back—l - Gammons
‘McBride, full-back Hall
Touchdowns,—Kiefer, 2; Rodgers: Gammons,
2; Fultz. Goals from touchdowns,—Cadwalader,
ry Fultz. Umpire,—Mr. Rockwell, M. I. T
eferee,—Mr. Knapp, Elizabeth A. C. Lines-
men—Messrs. Hull and Gifford. Time of
halves,—twenty minutes.
Yale, 24—Carlisle Indians, 9.
New York and New Haven sent
about 8,000 people to the Polo Grounds
last Saturday to see how much foot-
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ball had been worked into Yale’s raw
recruits. The Carlisle Indians fur-
nished the test. It developed that Yale
players were much more of a team than
they were three days before when they
met the Brown men. It also developed
that they must become very much more
of a team, and learn still much more
football, if they are to prevent heavy
scoring by such a team as Princeton or
Harvard.
THE DEFENSE.
There was one point in the game
where the exhibition of Yale football
was of the old order and very gratify-
ing. It was the defense almost on the
Yale goal line, in the second half, when
the Indians secured the ball on a
blocked kick. The Indian mass plays,
which were very well together, had
made many gains through the Yale
line at different times during the game.
At this point, however, a stubbornness
and desperation, such as used to be the
features of all Yale defense, effectually
checked the Indian advance and res-
cured the ball on downs. It was
the most satisfactory piece of work in
the game. This pretty defense was,
however, followed by a fumble, which
returned the ball to the Indians, who
shortly thereafter carried it over on a
very simple trick, belonging to the
nursery plays of football. This ac-
counts for four of the points of the In-
dians. Shortly before that a goal from
the field had been kicked by their quar-
ter-back.
At other times the defense was fairly
stiff and very much better than it has
been this Fall; but at still other times
it allowed the Indian advance to go
through it five and ten yards at a time.
The offensive work was very good.
A few simple plays were used and there
was a good deal of life and effective-
ness in them. The first touchdown was
scored very quickly on a rushing game.
The second touchdown was made by a
pretty end play by Kiefer. These were
in the first half. The other two were
worked out by short rushes in the sec-
ond half.
McBride’s kicking was generally fair,
but still very slow. Once he was
blocked, almost as near the goal line
as in the Brown game. The team does
not seem to defend him well.
INDIVIDUAL WORK.
The center proved still far from sat-
isfactory. If Cutten is to fill the place
as he ought to, he must yet learn heaps
of the ways and the idea of Yale foot-
ball. The guard positions were well
played and Captain Rodgers has sel-
dom done as good work as he did at
tackle. Allen continues his zealous,
but also his slow, game. Slocovich
was strong at right-end and Hazen
satisfactory at left. How far these mea
are able to develop remains to be seen.
The Indians were rather better on
handling kicks and following them
than Yale. The New Haven men did
not trouble them at all when McBride’s
punt was long, while the Yale backs
had very little chance after they re-
ceived the ball. :
The Indians had lined up .only once
after the Princeton game, which was a
very trying one for them. Neither the
players nor their coach, Mr. Bull, for-
merly of Yale, felt that they had met an
eleven as formidable as that which they
encountered at Princeton. Judging
from the two games, the opinion of
those who knew most about the con-
dition of the Indians on both occasions
was that Yale showed herself still very
far from the form which Princeton has
already attained. It was also the gen-
eral opinion that if Yale continued to
improve as rapidly as of late there were
ereat grounds for hope. The eleven
showed its fighting spirit.
The prettiest feature of the game was
Hudson’s goal from the field on the
35-yard line. It showed how well Mr.
Bull had taught him. In general, the
Indians defended fairly well, tackling
very surely. With one or two excep-
tions their punting was good. ,
The game was clean and entirely fre
from any objectionable features. This
is a fair indication that the Yale team is
playing a straightforward game.
Two of Yale’s touchdowns were
made in the first half and two in the
second. The last was made just before
time was called. All of the goals were
fairly easy and Cadwalader had no
trouble. The line-up and summary
follow:
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Yale. Carlisle.
Slocovitch, l—end—r ; ee
Rodgers, l—tackle—r Seneca
Cadwalader, l—guard—r B. Pierce, Capt.
Cutten, center Smit
Brown, r—guard—1 Wheelock
Allen, r—tackle—1 ; aoe rd
Hazen, r—end—1 Rogers
deSaulles, quarter-back Hudson
Kiefer 1—half-back—r Miller
Benjamin, r—half-back—l Cayou
McBride, full-back Metoxen
Touchdowns,—Kiefer, Benjamin, 3 ; Cayou.
Goals from touchdown,—Cadwalader, 4. Goal
from field,—Hudson. Referee,—Mr. Gould, of
Chicago, Umpire,—Robert Wrenn, of Harvard.
Timekeepers,—Dr. J. A. Hartwell, of Yale, and
M. F. Thompson, of Carlisle. Linesmen,—Dr.
Hull, of New Haven, Connor, of Carlisle, Time
of game,—two 20-minute halves.
Andover, 14—Yale 1901, 90.
The Freshman eleven was defeated
by Andover on Saturday, at Andover,
by a score of 14 to 0. The game was
hard fought throughout and abounded
in sensational features. The Freshman
line was stronger than Andover’s, but
the school’s offensive work was far
superior. For Yale 1901, Wallace at
quarter ran his team with judgment
and Auchincloss’ all around work was
a feature.
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Address by Mr. Joseph
Jefferson.
On Friday afternoon, Oct. 22d, Mr.
Joseph Jefferson adressed a large audi-
ence in College Street Hall. He spoke
under the auspices of the Yale Union
and was introduced by President
Dwight. Mr. Jefferson discussed act-
ing and its relation to art.
Full-erown Men
—— LiKE
THE SUN.
