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A isto: AION. WEaoEKLY
A BAD SLUMP.
Many Football Cripples and Much
Football Ignorance,
As the WEEKLY goes to press there
is only one thing to say about the situa-.
tion in football. Good, hard coaching
and plenty of it, right away, will save
the team. That is putting things as
bright as possible.
All the backs, the quarter-backs and
Captain are on the list of sick or in-
jured, but there is no cause for especial
anxiety in the condition of any one of
them. They will all probably be in the
harness again before long.
But that will not help things if the
team does not learn more football soon.
This is not an alarmist’s fear, but the
sad conclusion of the Captain and the
one or two friends who have stayed
with the Eleven in the last few days.
A good part of the line is very ignorant
of football, slow in acting and weak in
defense; the whole team is loose and
disorganized; the candidates, outside of
those who have been playing more or
less regularly with the eleven, are so far
behind respectable form that an acci-
dent to one of four men would seem
like the bottom dropping out. It was
a situation like that more or less com-
mon a few years ago, but one from
which last year’s revival was supposed
to have redeemed Yale. Yet there is
plenty of fine material and an abundance
of the right spirit. It is a question of
instruction, which must be given at
once to be effective.
James O. Rodgers, the resourceful
Captain of last year’s eleven, came down
from Cambridge for all of last week
and did a lot of good, but things are
slumping again now, and Mr. Wallace,
who hurried over on Tuesday from An-
sonia, has been the only coach so far this
week. George Foster Sanford, who
did splendid work while he was here,
has been ordered to join his regiment
at Camp Meade. That ends his ser-
vices at coach. The next week will
settle matters for the Princeton game.
THE WEEK’S PRACTICE.
The chief feature of the practice and
two games of the past week has been
the: rapid development of Cutten, at
center, under the coaching of San-
ford and P. Stillman. After the poor
showing at the center in the Newton
game it was realized that some heroic
work must be done. On the following
Monday and Tuesday Cutten was given
no peace during the practice, Sanford’s
voice being heard at every play, “Low!
Cutten, low!” or “Knock somébody
down! Cutten.” As a result Cutten has
developed into quite an aggressive
player. He made several tackles in the
open in the Brown and Carlisle games
and opened up good holes for his own
backs.
With the tackles and guards the
playing has not been as strong as was
expected; this was especially true in the
Indian game. In the first half the In-
dians found no trouble in making their
distance time and again, through these
positions. ‘The Yale men all played too
high, Allen and Marshall offending es-
pecially. In the second half this was
realized and the Indians gains stopped.
_ game.
Allen’s work in the Brown game, after
only one day’s practice, was excellent.
Apart from Cutten’s great improve-
ment, McBride’s punting in the last two
games has been the feature. In the
Indian game his kicks averaged at least
fifty yards, in the clear. His fault at
present is his inability to make the short
high kick when it is wanted.
At the ends the situation has not
changed materially, Coy and Hubbell
still being the favorites, with Sharpe and
Thomas following close. Of these
Coy’s playing has been the best in fol-
lowing kicks, while Coy and Hubbell
are about equal in line work. Coy did
some beautiful tackling in the Indian
game.
Behind the line the team presents a
crippled appearance. ‘Townshend and
Dudley both wrenched their knees in
the Brown game and have not played
since. Benjamin wrenched his knee
also, but played in part of the Carlisle
Corwin has been at the Infir-
mary for a week with tonsilitis. — In
Thursday’s practice deSaulles sprained
his ankle and is now on crutches, but
will probably be playing by Thursday.
Marvin was also forced to retire from
the Indian game and Burdick of the
Freshman squad took his place. Wear,
1901, who took Benjamin's place, sur-
prised every one by his tackling and
line bucking. All of the lame men will
probably be out again before Saturday
and no serious results are expected from
the temporary disablement of so many
half-backs.
A general criticism of all the backs
might be made for playing too high in
their line bucking and have been show-
ing a tendency to unsteadiness, starting
before the ball is snapped.
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Wale, 22—Brown, 6.
Yale and Brown met at the Yale
Field on Wednesday in a hard-fought
game Two minutes before the call of
time, with the score standing 22 to 0
and the ball in Yale’s possession on
Brown’s twenty-yard line, Benjamin
fumbled, and Washburn, Brown’s left
end, was started on a dash, almost the
length of the Field, for a touchdown,
the first scored against the University
Eleven this year. Up to this point the
work of the Yale team had been very
satisfactory. Brown started in to play
fierce football, but the Yale Eleven
responded in kind and fought their
opponents to a standstill. Yale’s play,
‘both on the offensive and defensive,
showed a decided improvement over the
form of the preceding week. Brown
secured the ball on downs only once
and few gains of consequence were
made,—all around the Yale ends. The
whole Yale line outplayed the oppos-
ing forwards, Cutten’s strong play at
center proving especially gratifying.
With the exception of a number of
costly fumbles, due in part to the slip-
pery ball, the work of the backs was
equally satisfactory. All the halfbacks
made consistent and occasionally bril-
liant gains through the Brown line and
around the ends, while McBride’s line
plunges and punting were uniformly
good. The greatest weakness in Yale’s
play lay in the inability of the ends to
get down the field under McBride’s
low, driving punts. During the latter
part of the second half, when kicking
tactics were followed, Richardson, who
played back for Brown, frequently suc-
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.
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ceeded in making long return runs and
punting without interference from the
Yale ends. The most striking feature
of the game was Yale’s strength, both
individually and in team work, on the
broken field following kicks. deSaulles,
Benjamin and McBride all made bril-
liant runs of over half the length of the
field. Richardson, Brown’s little half-
back, put up a remarkably strong game,
and his tackling, punting and running
were features of the play.
The teams lined up as follows:
YALE. PosiTION. Brown.
Hapoel .....-s> left-end-right:_--.-:.-._-- Hunt
§ : Sheehan
Amtien .......5::left-tackle-right ©. 220. ; Melendy
pce ila t yori left-guard-right__-....._-- Carter
Chesborough
Coa 5.32 esa aeoe Center. ; Paiane
Marshall __.._--- right-guard-left _.- ; Ch pikes i
Chamberlin . Hapgood
Richards t ---Tight-tackle-left.... - } Sheehan
or. right-end-left._.___ ; wikia
deSaulles......--- qiarter-pack i. Pratt
Townsend :
Dugley: = hss: left-half-right__..__. Richardson
Marvin
Benjamin__._.---- right-left-half -......- / Me bi
MeBride 2 rot Tutihick ej 6 eee ‘Bates
Score—Yale, 22; Brown, 6. Touchdowns—Mc
Bride, (2), Benjamin, Dudley, Washburn. Goals
from touchdowns—Brown, Chamberlin, Richard-
son. Referee—G. Rockwell, of M.I.T. Umpire—
Everett Lake, of Harvard. Linesmen—E. R.
Phetterplace, of Brown, and D. R. Francis, of
Yale. Time of halves—Twenty minutes.
Yale, 18—Carlisle Indians, 5.
The Yale Eleven closed their week’s
work by defeating the Carlisle Indian
School team on Saturday, by the score
of 18 to 5.. The three touchdowns,
when they did come, were singularly
easy, the first, two minutes and a half
after the game commenced, raising false
hopes for a big score in the minds of
Yale’s supporters. On the second kick-
off the Indian line stiffened and three
times they forced Yale down to her
30-yard line, where Hudson tried each
time for a goal from the field. Twice
he failed, but on the third kick the ball
struck the cross-bar of the posts and
bounded over, making the only score
for the Indians. Hudson’s kick was
from the 40-yard line and was the one
sensational play of the day. The spec-
tators appreciated the skill of the Indian
quarterback and gave him a rousing
cheer and great applause. W. T. Bull,
88 S., the gentleman who taught Hud-
son the art that Yale has felt two years
in sticcession, was on the side-lines and
was divided in his opinion. The first
half closed with the score 6 to 5 in favor
of Yale, though taken as a whole the
Indians had played the better game.
Yale started the second half with a
rush, as in the first half, and in five
minutes Coy was pushed over for a
touchdown, which Brown converted
into a goal, after two minutes of anxious
aiming at the posts. From this point
to the end of the game Carlisle’s de-
fense gradually weakened, and they
were kept on their own territory fight-
ing hard. At every other play some of
the visitors were injured and tedious
waits ensued. Eight minutes before
time was called McBride made the last
touchdown for Yale.
Speaking in a general way, the work
of the team was not up to the standard
set in the Brown game three days be-
fore. The backs showed the same ten-
dency to fumble at: critical moments,
and the score was_ smaller than
it should have been for that rea-
son. In the first half there seemed to
be no heart in the rushes of the Yale
backs and they were thrown back time
and again towards their own goal with
heavy losses, by the fierce tackling of
the Indians.
game was Coy’s swift game at right
end and the increasing fierceness Cut-
ten showed at center. The latter was
more than a match for Smith. McBride
punted magnificent distances but his
control was poor, for he put the ball
over Carlisle’s goal line four times
when a short high one would have put
Yale in a fair way of scoring. In the
absence of deSaulles with a sprained
ankle, Sullivan ran the team quite well
and made the longest run of the day,
35 yards, aided by good interference.
In spite of a very forbidding sky at
the beginning of the afternoon, the
crowd on the bleachers was not all
made up of people in sweaters and
slouch hats. There were not a few of
those spectators who can make the
bleachers of the Yale Field radiant as
the fairest box at the Junior Prom,
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The line-up follows:
YALE. PosITIONn. CARLISLE.
Coy ick Sea right-end-left ............ Rogers
Rictus -- Tight-tackle-left -_-_-.-- H. Pierce
. Wheelock
Marshall _..._..- right-guard-left. .--- / Scott
Caen se Se Ceneer.. 8 Se Smith
Brown 222 5-2 left-guard-right ...._-_-- Redwater
Aten. left-tackle-right -..._---- B. Pierce
_ Hubbel’ oe. left-end-right.--.__-- Archiquette
Solivan,<.. euialter-oWen 2. 52: Hudson
Droee t asec right-half-left........--- 1 Wild
= ue left-half-right ........----- Seneca
McBride:2.23..3 TL DACE foe lS |. Metoxin
Umpire—Everett Lake, Harvard. Referee—Mr.
_ Fitzpatrick. Linesmen—D. R. Francis, Jr., Yale,
and J. Mitchell, Carlisle. Touchdowns—Benja-
min 1, Coy 1, McBride 1. Goals from_touch-
downs—Brown 3. Goals from field—Hudson.
Time of halves—z25 and 20 minutes.
Yale, 1902, 12—St. Thomas
Cadets, 6.
In a poorly played game at Water-
bury, on Thursday, October 20, the
Freshman Team defeated the St.
Thomas Cadets by a score of 12 to 6.
The individual play was very creditable,
but no team play was to be seen. The
feature of the game was a run half the
length of the field by Burdick, and the
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