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THE FOOTBALL SEASON.
The football season at Yale fairly
opened on the 20th of this month with
the arrival of the early candidates for
the positions on the team. The names
and the places which they will try for
are given lower in this column. It will
be seen that no candidates from the in-
coming Freshman class appeared for the
preliminary practice. These will not be
called out until College opens. It is
felt that this is keeping closer to the
PROF: JOHN C;. SCHWAB,
Faculty Chaplain.
plan which the colleges are trying to
make effective, of preventing vacation
work. There as been no Summer
practice this year.
No athletic season has opened at Yale
in which the alumni and his friends were
more deeply interested. The Yale ath-
letic records of the past year are too
familiar to need any reference. Yale
has been quite as conspicuous for her
failures for the past twelve months as
she used to be for her unbroken suc-
cesses. The record in England, where
Yale didn’t win anything, capped the
climax on the most disastrous season
that the University has seen during the
history of modern athletics.
Mr. McBride, the Captain of football
for the year, realized, even before the
disasters of last Summer overtook Yale,
how great the task of creating a football
team here would be. In conjunction
with Mr. Rockefeller, the manager, he
was in consultation all last year with
football men as to the best policy for the
next season. He has had his plans very
well in mind for a considerable time, but
has desired consultation with a few foot-
ball experts whom he has hitherto been
unable to reach, before he definitely
adopted and announced his program.
This has not meant that anything has
been omitted that might have been done
towards preparing for the season. On
the contrary, the ground has been well
covered and all assistance which could
be promised in advance is already
guaranteed for the next:two months of
hard work.
While the severe reverses of the last
two years have made Yale anything but
over-confident as to her own powers,
there is a great deal of satisfaction with
the way in which the season has opened.
Those who are familiar with the plans
which have been made by Mr. McBride
and Mr. Rockefeller see that they are
planning not only for this year, but for
years to come, and that they are trying
to put the right spirit into the work and
the right spirit into the men. If, for
instance, they lose some good players
by the application of the 2.25 rule, it is
only fair to say that whatever happens
in this direction has come about in spite
of the most careful system of warning
which a _ football management ever
adopted. Last Spring and Summer the
men were spoken to and written to over
and over again,-and urged to bring their
stands up to the highest possible point
to avoid any difficulties in this respect.
If any have failed to comply with this,
it is their own fault and not the fault
of the management. The management,
on the other hand, will not be disposed
to criticize the Faculty, if they are forced
to apply the rule.
It will not be the policy this year to
spend too much time on candidates who
have only a short time more to stay in
College, or to try to develop men whose
future career in College is doubtful,
owing to low stand or other irregularities.
The plan will be to get at all the material
of the right kind in the under classes
that possibly can be gathered, giving
everybody a chance. An attempt will be
made also to develop Yale football train-
eing again on lines where it can be taken
up next Fall at the point where it will
be left off at the end of this season.
A THIRD GRIDIRON.
One of the best moves of the Football
management this Fall is the determina-
tion to lay out a third gridiron on the
Field. Part of it will be in the right
field of the baseball section. The plan
is to have not only a University eleven
and a second eleven, but third and
fourth elevens playing each day. The
playing of all the men will be carefully
watched and good play on the third or
fourth will promptly advance a man to
second or University position. | These
four elevens and the two Freshman
teams will mean at least seventy men
’ playing every day.
THE BROWN GAME OMITTED.
Some comment has been caused by the
fact that Yale schedule for the year
omits a game with Brown. The Brown
game has been, for a number of seasons,
one of the liveliest of the home games.
On more than one occasion the contest
has been quite close enough for the in-
terests of a Yale audience. Although
last year the score was heavily against
Brown, on the whole it has been a hard
game, and one that has done Yale much
good. :
Of course there have been those who
have been quick to say that Yale felt
she had all she could do this year to
handle teams which she was obliged to
meet, and that she had taken the oppor-
tunity to unload any hard game which
she could avoid. This is hardly the way
in which Yale goes about to repair foot-
ball fortunes, and those who understand
the situation, have.no such suspicions as
to the motive of the management. It is
a matter on which it is unnecessary to go
into details, but it may be said that it
is purely a failure to agree on business
arrangements for the game. Some
change was desired which Yale did not
think she could properly allow, and as
the two managers could not adjust their
differences the matter was dropped. It
is unnecessary to say that there is no
unfavorable feeling towards Brown, but
simiply a general regret that it is not
possible to have the Brown game on
the list this year.
THE CANDIDATES.
Thirty-eight candidates were notified
to be ready for practice on Sept. 20.
The positions these men will try for, and
the names of the men are as follows:
Center—W. J. McConnell, L:S.: A.
R. Cunha, L.S.; J. A. Wade, P.G.; H.
Walton, Igoo S. Tackles—D. R. Fran-
PROF. WILLIAM LYON PHELPS;
Faculty Chaplain,
Cis, 1000; GPa -Cook, 1901:S.: G. S;
Stillman, 1901; A. S. Blagden, 1902; T.
Kelley, 1900 S.; R. A. McGee, 1900 S. :
T. A. Leary, 1900; H. Richards, 1900 S.
Ends—J. S$. Eells, 1901;, F. M. Van
Wicklen, 1901; G. Abbott, 1902; R. q3
Schweppe, tg00; C. E. Ordway, 1900;
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C. E. Brinley, 1900; L. M. Thomas,
1901; H. Richards, 1900S. Quarter-
backs—C. E. Sullivan, 1900; Keyes
Winter, 1900; W. M. -Fincke, 1901 S.
Backs—G. W. Noyes, 1902; C. Dupee,
1901;_P..S. Hall, 1901 S.; T. S. Adams,
rool So; -L.. M. «Tomas? Foor Jf. Hi.
Wear, 1901; H. Auchincloss, 1901; R,
T. Townsend, 1t9008.; J. C: Phillips,
19003 °G. Wo ShattueeekS.: Be
Whitney, 1901 S.; C. T. Dudley, t900
O.3 < Ae A Srarpe, MoS’ Guardeer
G. Brown, 1901; A. J. Young, 1901; W
Ri cRawlins, “LS iF
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Tomlinson,
FIRST PRACTICE.
The first day’s practice of the season,
on Wednesday, was of the lightest char-
acter, the heat of the day making long
or trying work out of the question.
None of the expected coaches arrived
and but twenty out of the thirty-eight
candidates had their suits on. Captain
McBride gave his entire attention to
training the new backs in handling punts,
and running and blocking in pairs.
Two pairs of ends were tried, alternately,
following punts down the field, but were
warned to do no tackling. Judged from
the standard of the first day, the work
was good. The men are not particularly
heavy with one or two exceptions, but
they appear to have plenty of dash in
their composition, and are’ eager to
learn. They will take a great. deal.of
coaching, however. The line men, with
the exception of the ends, were taken in
charge by Trainer James Robinson and
given dummy-tackling practice and pass-
ing the ball.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
additional candidates arrived and joined
the squad which.numbered at the close of
the week thirty-six men. As far as can
be judged at this time, the material
is about the average, possibly a little
below. There seems to be a lack of
good heavy line material, but the back
field looks encouraging.
Coacnes. W.. Bull. 68-S\ and. [.. 0),
Rodgers, ’98, were with Captain McBride
since Thursday and F. $. Butterworth,
95, and F. T. Murphy, ’97 are expected -
Sept. 25, to stay six or seven days.
The announcement of the head coach
will be made by the management when
College opens.
3 YALE: SCHEDULE.
The Yale schedule for the season
follows:
Saturday, Sept. 30.—Ambherst at New
Haven.
Wednesday, Oct. 4.—Trinity at New
Haven.
- Saturday, Oct. 7.—Bates College at
New Haven.
Wednesday, Oct.
New Haven.
Saturday, Oct. 14.—Dartmouth at Bos-
ton.
Saturday, Oct. 21.—University of Wis-
consin at New Haven.
Saturday, Oct. 28.—All-California at
New Haven.
Wednesday, Nov. 1.—Williams at New
Haven.
11.—Wesleyan at
‘Saturday, Nov. 4.—West Point at
West Point.
Saturday, Nov. 11.— Pennsylvania
State College at New Haven.
Saturday, Nov. 18.—Harvard at Cam-
bridge.
Saturday, Nov. 25.—Princeton at New
Haven.
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Princeton Schedule.
Princeton’s schedule has been an-
nounced as follows:
Oct. 6.—Maryland Athletic Club at
Baltimore.
Oct: 7.—United States Naval Acad-
emy at Baltimore.
Oct. 11.—Lafayette College at Prince-
ton.
Oct. 14..—Columbia: University at New
York.
Oct. 18.—Pennsylvania State College
at Princeton.
Oct. 21.—United States Military Acad-
emy at West Point.
Oct. 25.—Lehigh University at Prince-
ton. ;
Oct. 28.—Cornell University at Ithaca.
Nov. 4.—Brown University at Prince-
ton.
Nov. 8.—North Carolina University at
Princeton. ?
Noy. 11.—Carlisle Indians at New
York.
Noy. 18.—Washington and Jefferson
College at Princeton.
Nov. 25.—Yale University at New
Haven.
U. of P. Football Schedule.
Wednesday, Sept. 27.—Franklin and
Marshall at Franklin Field.
Saturday, Sept. 30.—Lehigh at Frank-
lin Field.
Wednesday, Oct.4, Bucknell at Frank-
lin Field.
Saturday, Oct. 7—Brown at Provi-
dence, R: I:
Wednesday, Oct.
Franklin Field.
Saturday, Oct. 14.—Indians at Frank-
lin Field.
Wednesday, Oct. 18.—Wesleyan at
Franklin Field. >
Saturday, Oct. 21.—Lafayette at Frank-
lin Field.
Saturday, Oct. 28—Chicago at Chi-
cago, Ill.
Saturday, Nov. 4.—Harvard at Frank-
lin Field.
Saturday, Nov.
Pranklin Field. (
easy, Novy 17.—otate. College at
Franklin Field.
Thursday, Nov. 30.—Cornell at Frank-
lin Field,
i1:—Virginia® at
ti. Michigan © at
Opening of the University.
The Academical Department begins its
work of the Fall term with Chapel ser-
vices Thursday morning, Sept. 28, but
in accordance with#he preeecient of three
years, the first recitations for the three
upper classes will not take place until
2 oclock in the afternoon. Freshmen
will register at Alumni Hall at 2 o’clock
and the Class will be organized at the
PROF. CHARLES SEARS BALDWIN,
Faculty Chaplain.
same place two hours later. Their first
recitation will be held Friday morning.
In the Sheffield Scientific School reci-
tations begin at noon Thursday, and in
the Law School at the same day and
hour. >.= :
Dean Wayland of the Law School is
still in Europe, where he has spent the
Summer, but is expected home Oct. 6.
The Medical School opens its doors for
recitations, Oct. 5, at noon. Work is
begun in the Divinity School Thursday
morning, Sept. 28.
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Berkeley’s New Loeation.
The Berkeley School opens for its
twentieth year, Monday, October 2, in
its new building on the old Columbia
College site, Madison avenue and Forty-
ninth street. The building is the south-
ern half of what was formerly known
as “Hamilton Hall,” entirely remodelled
for the purposes of the school, affording
the amplest room for two hundred boys,
_the number to which Berkeley School is
limited.
The Preparatory School for Berkeley
will be on the opposite corner, and, in
addition to the new laboratories, manual
training rooms, drawing and elocution
rooms, there is being built an armory
and gymnasium, measuring nearly 100
by 65 feet, with a swimming-pool in a
room 50 by 20 in the rear, making the
most complete equipment possible for a
city school. All the pupils have the use
of the Berkeley Oval as the school play-
ground as heretofore.
With the accession of Mr. Anson
Phelps Stokes, Jr., as Secretary of the
University, Berkeley School now has
two.representatives upon the Yale Fac-
ulty, Charlton M. Lewis, Professor of
English, is the other. Another Berkeley
Yale professor was Dr. Graham Lusk,
Professor of Biology, who resigned last
year to go to Bellevue.
