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To. Vito Nes: A BETTER DEFENSE. And the Yale Eleven Begins to ‘* Get Together.” MR. CAMP’S ESTIMATE. In regard to the present condition of the Yale team, Mr. Camp made the fol- lowing statement on Tuesday to a rep- resentative of the WEEKLY: “The team has made marked progress in the last ten days. The game with Chicago was immeasurably better than the one ex- hibited against West Point. They are beginning to get together and the de- fense is far stronger than it was. They cannot be veterans in a minute, but of one thing you may be sure, and that 1s, that there never was a team sent out from here that knew less of quitting. There is not a man from back to center who cannot be counted upon to do his level best under any conditions and to the very end.” THE STORY OF THE WEEK: The development of the University eleven has been necessarily pushed with great rapidity during the past week, and a special effort has been made to round the team into form and to per- fect the plays attempted in the early season. The team work has shown considerable improvement and is rea- sonably strong, considering the short time that has elapsed since the per- sonnel of the eleven was decided upon. In both the offensive and defensive play, a decided advance has been made, as was clearly demonstrated by the Chicago game. The coaches have also paid close attention to individual work, and in this particular considerable im- provement has been made. On Thurs- day afternoon, secret practice was held for the first time, and has since formed a regular part of the daily work. It is understood that the object of the secret work is to thoroughly familiarize the eleven with a few simple plays. There is no probability of Yale’s attempting to master any of the intricate forma- tions at this time. The new coaches who assisted in the work of the week were: L. M. Bass, ‘o7;. He S... Geayes, oA Ee WO), Hickok, ’95 S.; G. T. Adee, ’95;_ Rich- ard Armstrong, 795 S., Frank Hinkey, 95, and Walter Camp, ’8o. The team which will represent Yale in the two big matches is now definitely settled, with the exception of the ends. On Thursday, the new center trio played together for the first time, and the result was most satisfactory. Cad- walader, center, Marshall and Brown, guards, constitute an active mass of muscle and weight, which should make the center of Yale’s line one of the strongest points ontheteam. Cadwala- der is distinctly good in snapping the ball back and passes the ball to full-back with great accuracy... His defensive play is good. Marshall is an aggres- sive player, and his work has been the source of considerable gratification to the coaches. He is, however, inclined to attend to the special features of the game, to the neglect of his own posi- tion. Brown continues his excellent work and is considered one of the strongest players in the line. Cham- berlin is grasping his new position at tackle in a style approaching his play at center last year. He plays a fast game, breaks through well and is strong on the defensive. Captain Rodgers is being benefited by his practice and is rapidly regaining his form. End continues to be the weak point on the Yale team. All the candidates are slow in getting down the field on kicks and are not sure of their tackles. Hazen was confined to his room by ill- ness for three days last week. Though NEW HAVEN, CONN., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1897. Prick Tren Cents. UNIVERSITY ELEVEN AND SUBSTITUTES. Hall. | Brown. Marvin. Allen. ’ Post. Cadwalader. Cutten. Corwin. Rodgers. Hazen. Hine. Marshall. McBride. Slocovich.. MacFarland. McGee. Hubbell. Benjamin. Chamberlin. Conner. (Photograph by Pach.) deSaulles. Kiefer. Sullivan. not yet in condition, he is playing a plucky game, and is regarded as the most promising of the candidates. Hall’s work in the wnicago game was far from satisfactory and in the second half he was replaced by Conner, of. last. year’s eleven. Conner isa good man, but very light for an end. Slocovich has shown a_ de- cided falling-off in form since his good work in the Indian game. Abbott re-appeared for practice on Wednesday aiter a two weeks’ absence necessitated by his injured knee, and shortly before the close of the game suffered a repeti- tion of his former accident, which will prevent his playing again this year. Hubbell did fair work last week, but has failed to improve under coaching. BACKS PLAYING WELL. deSaulles was able to return to his position at quarter-back on Tuesday of last week, and has since played a steady game. His interference is strong, he passes accurately and manages his team with judgment. In recent practice. he has been played back on defensive work, so as to lend McBride’s superior weight to the line. Benjamin has apparently regained his old form and is putting up a strong game at half-back. Dudley seems likely to be his side-partner. McBride’s punting shows a vast im- provement. He interferes fiercely, is of great assistance to his half-backs and is himself a good ground gainer. His tackling, however, is not so sharp as that of the other backs. Eddy. Dudley. Yale, 16—Chicago A. A., 6. The Yale-Chicago A. A. came, last Saturday, was in every respect the most satisfactory match played at the Field this season, both to the coaches and to the College at large. The score, 16—6,° does not fully: express Yale’s really great superiority over the Chicago team. The University eleven played a fast game and showed a pronounced improvement in individual play and team work. The offensive play was decisive and steady, and the defense stronger than at any previous time this Fall. Chicago’s plays were, in general, well stopped, but the phenomenal work of Draper resulted in a number of good gains. Yale’s line was strong, with the exception of the ends. The backs played well together. McBride’s kick- ing was a feature of the game. Chicago won the toss and chose the north goal, favored by a heavy wind, Cadwalader’s kick-off to Draper was. returned. after .a ten. yard. run ‘to deSaulles at the middle of the field. From this point Yale advanced the ball steadly down the field, on a series of short rushes, principally by McBride and Dudley, Chicago being twice penal- ized for interference. Three yards from the goal line, McBride was given the ball and plunged through the center for a touchdown, six minutes after the beginning of play. Cadwalader kicked an easy goal. Benjamin caught the ball on Draper’s kick-off and made fifteen yards before he swas tackled on Yale’s thirty yard line. McBride put Yale on-side, on a short punt and Dudley fell on the ball. After short gains by Chamberlin and Benjamin, Chicago secured the ball, because of holding in the Yale line. After two unsuccessful attempts to gain through the center, Draper punted to Yale’s five yard line and Mc- Bride returned to the middle of the field, where the Chicago full-back again secured the ball and made fifteen yards. On the next play Draper got past Hall and ran to within seven yards of Yale’s goal, where he was driven out by deSaulles. On the three following downs, Chicago succeeded in gaining six inches more than the required dis- tance and Wellington scored a touch- down on a short line plunge. Welling- ton kicked an easy goal. An exchange of punts and a fumble by Chicago, which followed Cadwala- der’s kick-off, gave the ball to Yale on Chicago’s forty-five yard line. A brilliant run of twenty yards around the left end, by Benjamin and short gains by McBride and Dudley brought the ball to within twelve yards of Chi- go’s goal. Here it was lost on a fum- ble but after two downs, Yale secured it again in the same manner. Yale’s half-backs made short rushes to Chi- cago’s ten yard line, and McBride scored on two strong line-bucks. Cad- walader again kicked a goal. Securing the hall on the kick-off Benjamin made ten yards and after a short gain by Dudley, was sent around Chicago’s right end for the longest run of the game. Protected by well-formed [Continued on 6th page.]
