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YALE ALUMNI VV He ary COACHES NEEDED. The Story of the Week Shows the Lack. The work of the University Eleven during the past week, while character- ized in an increasing degree by the en- couraging snap and energy which has marked all the practice this Fall, has failed to show the technical improve- ment expected at this time. Clearly this unsatisfactory state of affairs may be attributed to the lack of sufficient instructors from which the candidates have been suffering, since practice be- gan in New Haven. The Yale Eleven of 1808 is a typical one. Captain and players alike appre- ciate the weak points in their play and respect the strength of the Elevens which they are to meet in championship matches before the close of another month. But they and their friends are beginning to ask with not a little anx- iety, “Where are the graduate coachers and advisers?” ; As has been said repeatedly, there is an average amount of fair material for the Eleven, which, if properly trained, will develop into a team fully up to the Yale standard. But the task of whipping it into shape is entirely too much for one man to handle effectively. This is practically what Captain Cham- berlin has had to accomplish without the assistance of a permanent coach and with only periodic visits from a few of the more faithful graduates, he has done remarkably well to bring the team to its present form. Last year the call for help met with a hearty response and as a result a glorious victory closed the weeks of discouraging work. While the situation is not in all ways so serious as at this time last Fall,. few people seem to realize that five of the seven places in the line must be filled by green and inexperienced men.. And on the success of the efforts to develop a good, aggressive line, Yale’s chances of victory in the final games must de- pend. The present need is of men who can look into the work of a line, detect its weaknesses and set about actively, to remedy them. Scores of them are num- bered among Yale’s alumni, and it is to them that Yale is looking at this time. The great dearth of heavy men to fill the vacant positions in the line and form an effective scrub was somewhat relieved on Monday and Tuesday, by the appearance of Allen, 1900 and Brock, 1000, of last year’s University Crew, and by the return of Durston, 00 S. who has been kept out of the game for the past two weeks on account of studies. As an offset, however, Mc- Gee has had to take a rest on account of his injured knee and Walton is still prevented from playing because of con- ditions. Marshall and Brown have been retained at guard, but the center prob- lem is apparently no nearer solution than at the beginning of the season. Cutten was given considerable attention on Monday and Tuesday, but his work, though showing some improvement, is still far from satisfactory. Of the candi- dates for the vacant tackle position, Coek, Durston and McGee have been receiving most of the attention, al- though Allen has shown un well during the short time he has been with the squad. Coy, Hubbell, Sharpe, Schwep- pe, Slocovich, Eddy and Thomas have and all shown themselves men of average ability on the ends, with the perference favoring the first three. The candidates for end appeared last week with large squares of red cloth sewed on the back of their jerseys to enable the coachers to follow their work more closely. deSaulles went to West Point on Saturday, to see the Harvard-West Point game, and during his absence, Sullivan filled the vacancy at quarter- back. He and Winter should both de- velop into satisfactory substitutes for the position. McBride has been given an occasional rest in order to let Dupee, the leading substitute for full- back, receive the benefit of practice. Benjamin, Corwin, Townsend, and Mar- vin have all been doing fast work at halfback, but Dudley is apparently slow in regaining his last year’s form. : G. F. Sanford, J. O. Rodgers, F. S. Butterworth and Charles Chadwick, have been at the Field at various times through the week to assist in the direc- tion of the play. On Friday, Mr. San- ford’s enthusiasm got the better of him. He rushed into the midst of a mass formation, regardless of the fact that he was not dressed for playing, and suf- fered a rupture of the ligaments in his right arm. Yale, 6—Newton A. C., 90. The Yale Team and substitutes left New Haven on Friday afternoon for Auburndale, Mass., and remained until Sunday afternoon, stopping at the Woodland Park Hotel. The: trip, primarily arranged to afford a break in the monotony of early season work, was a decided success. On Saturday after~ noon a game was played with the New- ton Athletic Club at Newton Center. This is the only game in the vicinity of Boston included in this year’s schedule, and in spite of the cold, drizzling rain, a large crowd was pres- ent. A detailed account of the match follows. On Saturday evening the Yale party was entertained at a banquet given at the Newton Club. Among the speakers of the evening were Captain Chamberlin of Yale, Samuel J. Elder, "73; George L. Huntress, ’70; A. C. Walworth, ’66, and W. E. Decrow, ’80. From a Yale standpoint, Saturday’s game was very unsatisfactory. During the first half the ball was almost con- tinually in Yale’s territory and at no time within Newton’s thirty-five yard line. This was due in large part, how- ever, to the fact that Yale did not try a single punt throughout the game. Yale’s principal weakness lay in the in- ability of the center men to check the charges of the Newton forwards. On almost every offensive play they were driven against the backs, breaking up the interference before it had gotten fairly started. Yale’s defense also failed to show the expected strength. Early in the game a vulnerable point was found in the left wing of the Yale line and the bulk of Newton’s attack was directed against it with considera- ble success. The substitution of Brown Cook materially strengthened Yale’s line in the second half and the result was an improvement in the play of the whole Eleven. The Newton team, while outweighing Yale and in- cluding some strong individual players, suffered greatly from a lack of team work. The progress of the game was marred by an unusually large amount of inter- ference and off-side play in which New- —— = ROIs oe THE BAREHEADED HABIT Has been more or less affected by students and others in late years. It is not yet universal. Until it is, a good share of the best American People will persist in THE KNOX HAT HABIT. ton was the greater offender. Corwin of Yale received a painful though not serious injury to his ear during the first half and was forced to retire. Cook and Hawes were ruled off for unnecessary roughness shortly after the beginning of the second half. After Yale’s opening kick-off, which MacAndrews returned, and a series of short rushes by Yale, the ball changea hands twice on off-side play without material advantage to either Eleven. Finally Newton secured the ball at the middle of the field on downs and Cur- tis got around Yale’s left end for a twenty-yard gain. Line plunges by Mac- Andrews advanced the ball to Yale’s twenty-five yard line, where it was lost on a fumble. On gains by Benjamin and Townsend, including a twenty yard end run by the latter, and two penal- ties inflicted on Newton, Yale advanced to Newton’s thirty-five yard line, where the Athletic Club eleven secured the ball on downs. MacAndrews punted and after a number of short gains, Yale was again unable to make the requisite. five yards. The Newton full-back again punted, the ball rolling to within twenty yards of Yale’s goal, where Sullivan fellonit. The Yale backs had advanced some thirty yards up the field when time was called. - Coy secured the ball on Newton’s kick-off, which opened the second half and aided by excellent interference ran to the opponent’s thirty-five yard line, Gains by the Yale half-backs advanced the ball steadily down the field and Townsend was finally pushed across the line for the only touchdown of the game, from which Brown kicked - an easy goal. Townsend made a thirty- yard gain on the play following New- ton’s short kick-off, but after several short gains netting twenty yards, Yale’s chances for another touchdown were spoiled by an off-side play. Because ot the continuance of off-side play neither team secured any special advantage dur- ing the remainder of the*game, and time was called with the ball in Newton’s possession on her own thirty-yard line. The line-up and summary follows: YALE, POSITION. NEWTON A. C. BOAINE ee left-end-right.... _. _.... Horton McGee Cook fol left-tackle-right ....... 4 oes Richards igi basnes Ale t cer left-quard-right = Paul Richardson._..._.___-- eenter. fn oe. Russell Marshall: right-guard-left__._..-.___. Bruce Chamberlin__-___- right-tackle-left __.......... Nash Coys. 2s. ges gages right-end-left ___._____. Johnson Sallivan 22c..c .fe 3. quarter-back 22.245... McGuire Corwin : ) Wadsworth Townsend t poe ened left-half-right.._.. } Sears Benjamin)... 4° right-half-left_.......__... Curtis Mepride-. 2. full-back______.. MacAndrews Touchdown — Townsend. Goal from touch- down—Brown. _ Referee--Jos. Upton, Harvard. Umpire—J. W. Emory, Brown. Linesmen—H. S. Kimball, Annapolis, and G. S. Stillman, Yale. Time of halves—Twenty minutes. Yale 1902, 12—Hillhouse, 0. In an interesting game at the Yale Field, on Wednesday, October 12, the Freshman team defeated the Hillhouse High School by a score of 12 to o. The Freshmen played a fast game, and executed their masses on guard and tackle in a creditable manner, but failed to protect their backs sufficiently on end runs. Burdick, Adams and Ward made good gains around the ends, and Rumsey was repeatedly sent be- tween end and tackle for many yards. In the first half, Burdick did excellent work in the line-bucking, to which the play was mostly confined. All the backs except Rumsey were changed in the second half, and the new men did well. The line-up and summary follows: YALE 1902. POSITION. HILLHOUSE, Gould. co bts left-end-right 9. Osborn tad Bese left-tackle-right.._Kunzig (Yale) MASOOD. eek left-guard-right _._______- Porter s ; Sasi sl t ph taint wae Center ci eis Adams Hooker. 3ite.*: right-guard-left __........-: Morse Ferguson_.____. right-tackle-left _......._.. J. Hart reich t SB cts apn right-end-left ;- 2: 0°. Beele wee t one SE quarter-back._______ Chamberlain oe I pis eg left-half-right __.......-- R. Hart Adams Granberry }-______ right-half-left _..........- Noyes Lear RANG AG Ns fullsback=. veo Price Score—Yale 1902, 12 : Hillhouse H.S.,0. ‘Touch- downs, Adams. Ward. Goals from touchdowns, Rumsey (2). Umpire, Mr. Cowles. Referee, Mr. «. deSaulles. Linemen, Messrs. Smith and Mead. Time of halves, fifteen minutes, What Can You Say About Standard Goods ? It has all been said in the most emphatic way when people have made them standard. 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Hall, r. h. b.; Rumsey, f. b. > i> a oe Athietic Calendar. Saturday, October 22.—Yale-Carlisle Indian School game at New Haven. Tuesday, October 25.—Intercollegiate Golf Tournament at Ardsley. Saturday, October 29.—Yale-West Point game at West Point, N. Y. Fall track games at New Haven. Saturday, November 5.—Yale-Chi- cago Athletic Club game at New Haven. Saturday, November 12.—Yale-Prince- ton game at Princeton. Saturday, November 19.—Yale-Har- vard game at New Haven. Full- erown Men — LIKE— THE SUN.
