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Sees deed. eat ae IT Gn: ad we rity > > ? 62 Ww et A IM OW ZY (Gecieteieen plan of holding college games on col- lege grounds was adopted last year, and elaborate preparations have accordingly been necessary. Grand-stands with a seating capacity of 16,500 have been erected enclosing the field and _ the Pennsylvania Railroad has laid eight new side tracks, running directly to the gates, to facilitate the handling of the crowd. 2,500 seats in the middle of the west stand have been assigned to the Yale management for distribution among the graduates and undergradu- ates of the University. A special train accommodating about 4oo students will leave New Haven on Saturday morning, running direct to Princeton via Harlem River. It will arrive shortly before the game and leave immediately after for New York, where stop-over privileges have been granted. The Pennsylvania road will run special trains from New York, leaving the foot of Twenty-third street at 10.20 A. M. and II.20 A. M., arriving in Prince- ton an hour and three-quarters later, respectively. Returning, they will leave immediately after the game. A special rate of $2 will be charged for round trip tickets (New York to Princeton and return), on these trains. The regu- lar morning train leaving New Haven at 8.30 will allow sufficient time to connect with these trains. The regular Pennsylvania trains, on which a fare of $2.40 will be charged for the round trip, will afford additional ac- commodations. They are scheduled to leave New York at 8.20, 9.20 and 10.50 A. M. and Princeton at 4.11, 5.08, 5.48 and 6.57 P. M. >} Hard to Forecast. It is difficult to recall a season in Yale’s football history when the pros- pects of victory have been so clouded by the injuries and poor physical condi- tion of the players as in 1898. The trouble began three weeks ago, when Dudley and Townshend were forced to retire from the Brown game because of injured knees, and when Corwin went to the Infirmary with a severe attack of tonsilitis. Benjamin was obliged to go to his home on the fol- lowing Monday suffering from a severe cold and the next afternoon deSaulles left the field with a badly sprained ankle. A few day later Coy strained the ten- dons in-.his neck and Hubbell was so’ manifestly stale that several days rest was ordered. Up to this time, in spite of of the absence of coaches, the Eleven had been playing well together. The next week the coaches began to come, but found the Team in a demoralized state, owing to the absence and poor condi- tion of these men. Some effective work was put in on the center of the line, but the development of team play was rendered impossible. A LARGE SQUAD OF COACHES. At various times last week the fol- lowing graduate advisors were with the Paeven:. Messrs, | L.'s 1. Bliss;-.’93 S.; So. chorné, 96; C,-Chadwick. ’97;- F, T. Murphy, ’97; W. W. Hefflefinger Ob get. 1, othuman,. 05 SF. W Wioaltice,: SOsc We fe oull “88 s:r- and F.. S. Butterworth, ’95. General pro- gress was impossible, however, owing to the players. On Monday, W. C. Winter, ’93S.; Frank Hinkey, ’95; and Vance C. Mc- Cormick, ’93S. were at the Field in addition to Messrs. Bull, Thorne, Still- man and Bliss, who had returned to New Haven. deSaulles, Townshend, Dudley, Benjamin and Marvin ap- peared on the field in football clothes for the first time since they were laid off by injuries, but took part merely in the preliminary work. McBride was suffering from a twisted knee and Chamberlin from a bruised back, so they watched the work from the side lines. The striking feature of the after- noon was the substitution of Stillman for Allen at left tackle. The latter, though stronger and _ heavier, lacks Stillman’s agility and aggressiveness, and has failed to improve under coach- ing. Stillman has been playing guard on the College side all Fall, and it is expected that he will develop rapidly from now on. Messrs. Graves, Camp, Hefflefinger, Chadwick, Knapp and Butterworth joined the squad of coaches on Tues- day and for the first time this year the © team lined up as it is expected to start in Saturday’s game. After an hour’s drill on the signals, the backs retired continued disability of the in order to preclude the possibility of further injury and a short, sharp prac- tice game followed. THE WEAK POINTS. The weakest points on the Eleven promise to be on the ends. deSaulles, Dudley, McBride and Durston consti- tute a strong combination of backs, whose work should be equally effective on the defensive and offensive play, and with codperation by the ends McBride’s punting should be a prominent factor in Saturday’s game. Owing to the absence of several prominent members of the University squad, the WEEKLY has been unable to secure a satisfactory photograph of the Eleven for this issue. Following are statistics of the players: to 0, but the result was far from satis- factory to those who have been follow- ing the work of the University Eleven this Fall. The regular line with the exception of one end and the two half- back positions were filled by substitutes. Yale’s play throughout, both on the offensive and defensive, was decidedly erratic. At times the Chicago forwards opened up the line for big gains, and Yale lost the ball on downs or was forced to punt as a alternative, a num- ber of times. The most discouraging weakness in Yale play lay in the inability of the ends to get down the field under McBride’s low punts and stop the runner effectively, and in the ragged work in the back field. Almost every punt was followed by a return run of at least ten or fifteen yards by one of the Chicago players, while the POSITION. NAME AGE.WT. HT. CLASS. Le. G,. W. Hubbell 20 157 6. 1900 2 aS G. S. Stillman 19 180 6.3% 1901 L. g. F. G. Brown 19 193 6.3 Igor Cc. G. B. Cutten 24 201 5.9 ‘99T.S R. g. E. E. Marshall 21 185 6.3 1900 i ae B. C. Chamberlin (Cpt.) 21 182 5.9 P.G. me, S. L. Coy 19 164 6. IgoI Q. b. C. A. deSaulles 22 150 5.9 ‘99S Lh: A. H. Durston 2I 190 5.11 ’99S tyes C. T. Dudley 20 150 5.10 ’0oS F. b. M. L. McBride 20 185 6.2 1900 - SUBSTITUTES. Center E. E. McConnell 21 “197. 5.8 *o9'L. S. Tackle F. W. Allen 21 180 6. 1900 Tackle --C. P. Cook ar $99.6; igor S. As D. R. Francis 20 180 6.1 1900 , a H. Richards, Jr. 45-65 - 5:10" “00 8. Q. b. C. E. Sullivan 20 150 5.7 1900 23 M. U. Ely at 1583 5,9. OTS: oe 3g Keyes Winter 20 145 5.8 1900 4b. H. F. Benjamin 2t 3156.. Biet 00 '5- H. b. A. F. Corwin 21 154 5.7 995. “e R. Townshend 20 150 5.8 ’ooS. F. b A. B. Marvin 22 158 5.11 ’99 as J. H. Wear 20 140 5.8 1901 ie J. W. Burdick 19 145 5.6 1902 * S. A. Gilmore 20 170° 5.10 ’99 F. b. P. T. Dashiell 19: 160: 6.4=."99:S. ay Chas. Dupee 20 157 5.10 I901 End W. P. Slocovich 22. 370.-5.9-*o0 LS wi I..M. Thomas 20 160 5.1I 1901. - A. H, Sharpe ar. Tyo. 6,1: ’or M:S 25 E. M. Eddy 2I 150 5.10 ’995. Uvy. Sch. Cleveland Lawrenceville Uvy. Sch. Cleveland . Hillhouse H. S. Lawrenceville PREPARED. EXPERIENCE AT YALE St. Paul’s Freshman team. St. Paul’s oe Groton ’97 team. . Nova Scotia Sub. ’97 team. Penn. Charter Sub. ’97 team. Andover ’96 and ’97 teams. Hotchkiss Freshman team. Lawrenceville = and ’97 teams. Andover Tackle ’96 team, Sub. ’97 team. Lawrenceville ’97 team. Freshman and ’97 teams. Cheltenham Since last Sept’ - Sub. ’97 team. Hotchkiss pine St. Paul’s Sub. on Freshman team. Capt. Freshman team, Sub. ’97 team. Polytechnic Capt. ’98 Fresh. team, Sub. ’96, ’97 tms. St. Paul’s Sub. Freshman team, Sub. ’97 team. St. Marks ’96 and ’97 teams. Norwich Acad. os Taft’s 1 Tutor Sub. ’97 team. Smith Acad. Capt. Freshman team. Andover cee Kiskimetas Sub. Freshman team, Sub. ’97 team. St. Paul’s aot eee Tutor Freshman team. . Brooklyn Poly. Sub. Fresh, team, Sub. ’96 & ’97 team. St. Pauls eee Freshman team, Sub. ’97 team. Final Preparations, [Correspondence of YaLE ALUMNI WEEELY.] Princeton, N. J., Nov. 7.—Although Princeton’s showing in the last two games has not been good, most Prince- ton men believe that their team has a chance to win the game with Yale on Saturday. ‘They base this belief on the well known strength of the line, which is constantly improving, and the hope that the backs will be in shape to handle cleanly and return McBride’s punting. The men know that a hard piece of work is cut out for them and are work- ing hard to do it successfully, under the coaching of Moffat, Lea, Balliet, Brown, Brokaw, Cooke and Kelly. It is safe to say the team that lines up against Yale will be a much stronger one than Princeton has had together before this season.’ The men from whom the final team will be chosen are the following: Booth, c.; Crowdis, Mills, 1. g.; Edwards, Filson, r. g.; Geer, Pell, 1. t.; Hillebrand, Beam, r:.t.:: Palmer, Crané, |. 63-206, ath- rope, Roper, r. e.; Hutchinson, Dun- can, Rosengarten, Burke, q. b.; Beards- ley, Feustermacher, 1. h.; Black, G. Lathrope, r. h.; Ayres, Wheeler, Kafer, iD The practice of the last week has been principally carried on in secret, the coachers working to strengthen the weak points disclosed in the West Point game. The loss of Reiter, whose injury to his shoulder is very severe, is much felt, his absence materially weakening the back field. Beardsley and Knight as substitutes, however, are good, heady players. The new men who may go into the Yale game are Beardsley, who prepared at St. Luke’s; Hutchinson, from Mer- cersburg Academy; Mills, who played guard for two years on the Hill School Eleven; Pell, from the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Roper from the Penn. Charter School. <> >» a ae Yale, 10—Chicago A. C., 0. Yale’s preliminary season closed on Saturday with the game against the Chicago Athletic Club Eleven at Yale Field. Yale won by the score of to Yale backs on the contrary were decidedly weak in this department of the game. Yale’s end plays were found ineffective early in the game and the offensive work was accordingly devoted almost entirely to line-bucking. The aggressive play of the Yale forwards in opening the Chicago line was one of the gratifying features of the game. Gilmor played brilliantly at half-back and McBride at full-back until they were forced to retire on account of injuries. The Chicago Eleven was strong indi- vidually, especially in the line, and played unusually well together for an athletic club team. The ends were very fast, and Loomis, Slater and Wel- lington distinguished themselves in their work behind the line. Yale scored twice, in the first half on a goal from the field by Sullivan and in the second on Harvey’s touch- down, shortly before the call of time. Yale’s play in the second half was characterized by greater snap than in the first, while Chicago, on the contrary, weakened perceptibly. The line-up and summary: YALE. POSITION. Cuicaco A. C. DEY. oe left-end-right .........-..- Graver Allen eran left-tackle-right............- Burns Stillman Browni.... es left-guard-right_........-- Stewart SUD oes SSeS CONters es. Sas See. Paulman Marshall... __...- right-guard-left -.._...... Kirkhoff Chamberlin-_--... right-tackle-left ............ Pixley oO ; Klunder Slocovich { ------Tight-end-left --_-.-... + auedee UNV A e quarter-back ...-.-...- 1 Jae 5 Eo a ae aaah letielrent: Loomis Hlareeye t a right-half-left.......-.------ Slater McBride : Dupee ; eeeic = Suli-hacte Fa. a Wellington Score—Yale, 10; Chicago A. C., 0. Goal from the field—Sullivan. Touchdown—Harvey. Ref- eree—Thomas Fitzpatrick. Umpire—Wyckoff, of Cornell. Linesmen—J. R. Hudelson, Purdue, and D. R. Francis, Yale. Timekeeper—J. T. Walker, Yale. Time of halves—Twenty-five and twenty minutes. Yale °02, 48—Manhattan, 6. After a week of poor play the Fresh- man Eleven defeated Manhattan Col- lege at the Field on November 1 by a score of 48 to o. The team played well in the first half, making a total of thirty-three points. In the second [Continued on 63d page.] PLENTY OF WARMING MATERIAL Is taken to and used at a football game. It’s in all forms. If you can find anything better in that line thn a SHAKER SWEATER and one of our Rugs, we will pay a proper forfeit. CHASE & CO., NEw HAVEN HOUSE BLOCK. Henry Heath Hats. — FRANK A.- CORBIN, FTAITELOR TO THE SIUDENTS OF YALE AND TO THE GRADUATES in all parts of the country Address : 1000 Chapel Street, New Haven. Conn. Coach Appointed.—New Rule. The Harvard Athletic Committee has chosen Mr. E. C. Storrow to be head coach of the University Crew for the coming year. At the same meeting the following very important rule was -added to MHarvard’s eligibility rules: “No student who, by reason of pro- bation or of deficiency in his studies, is debarred from playing on a University team, shall become eligible by transfer to another department of the University until after one academic year’s resi- dence in that department.” : THE BEST OF PEOPLE Go to the big games. That means thousands i OR ATS at Princeton and New Haven. FOR CARRIAGES For the Game Address : W. A. KIRK, Room 1, - 1002 CHAPEL STREET. Telephone 1328-3.
