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14 [eit CN I OO WEERY laid Francis down twice and made the whole series of wrestling a draw. The line was again formed and re- turned through York and Crown streets to Osborn, where the upper classmen dispersed. There was some hazing of a very mild character and it was reported later in the night that some Sophomores in Pierson Hall had been mistaken for Freshmen and given | some of their own medicine. The popularity of Captain McBride and Admiral Dewey was attested by the frequent cheering for them on the line WILLIAM T. BULL, ’88S. Coach of the Backs, ot) -marcn: An unbiased observer thought that Captain McBride was the favorite by a small margin. SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL RUSH. The so-called “rush” of the Scientific School, which is very similar to the Academic wrestling, came off on Satur- day night, and had a large attendance. The parade formed on lower Hillhouse Avenue and led by a hack load of Seniors and the Old Guard Band, and lit up by red and blue and green fire, took its crooked way through Grove, Prospect, Trumbull and Orange streets to the vacant lot at the corner of Whitney Ave. and Cold: Spring St., where the wrestling was held. The costumes of this year baffle description. There were the well-known and standard tramps, clowns, policemen, soldiers, sailors and petty officers, ballet girls and coy maids in low necked dresses; Irishmen, Scotch- — men, Chinamen, Japs and Hottentots. There was in the line also a very clever impersonator of Admiral Dewey. prevent the “Admiral” from being lone- some at the rush, “Admiral Sampson,” “Admiral Schley,’ “Governor Roose- velt,” and other war heroes were pro- duced, so that in all but the marching the parade had a very military appear- ance. After the proving ground had been reached and the circle formed, the light-weight match was called. Farley, representing the Juniors, won _ over Ingraham of the Freshmen. Soosmith, 1902, the middle-weight, won his two bouts over Benner, the Junior, and Blagden brought victory to 1902 by win- ning handily over McWilliams, in th heavy-weight contest. : <i di Bin, te tis * Hiarvard Football. [Correspondence of YALE ALUMNI WHEEKLY.] CAMBRIDGE, Sept. 30—The Harvard football squad began training Septem- ber 20, with morning and afternoon practice, but the morning practice has — been discontinued with the opening of the regular college work. Sixty candi- dates of more than usual promise are trying for places on the Eleven. Four elevens are being organized. The line men are under the direction of W. H. Lewis, L.S. ’93, who coached in block- ing off and breaking through without the use of the backs, who meanwhile had practiced kicking, catching and following punts in charge of last year’s captain, Dibblee, now the head coach. The first line up was Wednesday, Sept. 27, and the general play was snappy for this time of year. Reid has received most attention in punting. al- though several of the other candidates have shown up well, and Harvard will not be wanting in good punters this season. Of the ends, Hallowell played on last year’s eleven, Campbell played ao. Silver; 1th end and captained the Freshman eleven last year and Ristoul was a University substitute. . The tackle positions will be filled by new men, though Swain played most of the games two years ago and last year until disabled early in the season. Eaton was first substitute tackle last year. , At guard are the veterans of last year, Burden (Capt.) and Boal. . Sargent and Burnett will have a pretty race for center of the team, with chances in favor of Sargent, who played center on his Freshman team last year. Burnett has a reputation as a drop kicker and has had experience in last year’s game with Yale when he took Jaffray’s place. Both candidates for center weigh about two hundred pounds. At quarter-back Daly will undoubtedly hold his position and wins admiration for his splendid handling of punts. _ The half-backs are Warren of last years team, and either Parker, Ken- dall or Ellis for the other place. Parker played a brilliant game two years ago on the University, but was kept from playing last year because of low stand. Reid will probably play at full-back again this year. : The team is thus almost entirely veteran. Five men on the line seem even now almost sure of their positions and back of the line are four veterans. The following schedule has been ar- ranged: Sept. 30—Williams at Cambridge. Oct. 4—Bowdoin at Cambridge. Oct. 7—Wesleyan at Cambridge. Oct. 11—Amherst at Cambridge. Oct. 14—West Point at West Point. Oct. 18—Bates at Cambridge. Oct. 21I—Brown at Cambridge. Oct. 28—Carlisle Indians at Cam- bridge. Nov. 4—University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia. Noy. 11—Darmouth at Cambridge. Noy. 18—Yale at Cambridge. wus Por Opening College Games, The opening game of the Harvard football season was played with Wil- liams at Cambridge on Saturday, Sep- tember 30. The result, 29 to o in favor of Harvard, is hardly a fair score by which to judge that team’s playing, as Williams, according to reports, was extremely weak. The Harvard Univer- sity Eleven lined up: Campbell, le; ewan, Lic Boao s CC Sarcent..<: Burden, .to.*) eaton +t. Fallows, t.0,;° Day. C7 ateer 27D nen dall; 7:h.b.; and: Reid, f.b.. Many sub- stitutes were played in the second half, The running of Gierasch, who made two 50 yard runs for touchdowns in the second half, was the feature of the game. Daly. ran the team with excellent gen- eralship. It is generally conceded that the tackles are Harvard’s weakest point. Pennsylvania played the Lehigh eleven in Philadelphia, Saturday, Sep- tember 30, and won by the score of 20 to o. The play of the Pennsylvania team lacked vigor. The Lehigh team on the other hand, although it has had only a few days practice, held Pennsyl- vania four times for downs and succeed- ing in getting a first down twice by line bucking. All the Pennsylvania team, except Hare and :McCracken, who played a consistent game throughout, fumbled badly. When the majority of the substitutes were put in the game in the second half Pennsylvania only scored once. The men who played the first half were: McMahon, l.e.; De Hare, l.g.; McCloskey, ¢:; McCracken, r.g.; Wallace, r.t.; Hodge, re; “Gardiner, q:bit: Kennedy, Hob. Outland, r.h.b.; Reuggenberg, f.b. _ Although Cornell won the game played with Hamilton College at Ithaca, September 30, the score,-12 to 0, was not as large as was expected. The Cornell team still showed its lack of proper coaching, for while the men worked well and hard and the individ- ual playing was excellent, the inter- ference and mass plays were ragged for even this time of the year. Hamilton showed the result of Sweetland’s coach- ing. Sweetland was Cornell’s tackle last year. Caldwell and Warner, the heavy Cornell guards, made good holes in the line and Captain Starbuck played well. He was forced to retire in the latter part of the game. There is fine material in the Cornell squad for a good team. Other games played on Saturday, September 30, were: | ‘ deciding factor at all times.” Middletown—Wesleyan 27, Ambherst -Aggies 0. Worcester, Mass.—Brown 17, Holy Cross 0. Lewiston, Me.—Bates College o0, Boston College o. Hanover, N. H.—Dartmouth 16, Exeter 5. ‘ thi > ~~ ww Lessons of Last Season, In closing up an article on the foot- ball season of 1898, in Outing for Sep- tember, Walter Camp says: ‘The con- clusions to be drawn from the season’s play are that at last there is more gen- eral appreciation of what all-round play means, and that a team of only one style can hardly expect to win. Kicking was demonstrated to be of the greatest value, and those who have advocated a more extensive use of that part of the play have had their views conclusively con- firmed. There was practically nothing new developed in the running game, ex- cept that Chicago showed greatest pos- sibilities in secondary passes and Penn- sylvania further carried out the delayed pass. The season was especially re- markable for the overturning of former victors, and this overturning was ac- complished, not by some new trick play or by a single unusual long run or a lucky kick, but by superior general play in all departments. That is the way Harvard defeated Pennsylvania and Yale, Berkeley defeated Stanford, and North Carolina defeated Virginia.” THE KICKING GAME. In an article in the same issue of Out- ang, George H. Brooke of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania writes on the de- partment of kicking. He goes into the history of the kicking and the kickers of the past and prophesies an increasing importance to this part of the game in the future. Indeed, he says, in answer to a criticism that the American game is not a kicking game, that a careful analysis of the “important contests for the last six years will show that pro-. ficiency in the kicking game has been the The arti- cle contains a technical description of the different methods of punting, with illustrations and comments of the work of one or two remarkable kickers, par- ticularly Herschberger of Chicago, whom he describes at standing without a peer in distance punting and placement kicking. He thinks Herschberger ought to go further in the science of the game and develop the whirling punt. For the encouragement of young kickers, he calls attention to the fact that Hudson, the Carlisle Indian kicker, attained his ex- traordinary skill only after the longest practice. In one Summer vacation, he used every day for practice. F. T. MURPHY, ’07. After studying such a-careful article as this, it makes Yale men the more pleased that the kicking department of the Yale game was taken hold of at the very beginning of the season by such a master as Mr. Bull, who is going to generously give to it a great deal of time in the next two months. aa» La» “—_~S Connecticut Academy Anniver: sary. ~The. Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, which organized in this city in 1799, will celebrate the comple- tion of its first century on next Wednes- day, October 11, by public exercises in North Sheffield Hall, and a reception of the delegates and invited guests, in Win- chester Hall. The program at North Sheffield Hall is as follows: | AFTERNOON SESSION, 3 P. M. 1. Reading of written communications from corresponding societies, by Alex- ander W. Evans, Ph.D., Secretary of the Academy. : 2. Address -of Welcome, by . His Honor, Lyman A. Mills, Lieutenant- Governor of Connecticut. | 3. Address; The Debt of This Cen- tury to Learned Societies, by Professor Wm. H. Brewer, Ph.D., President of the Academy. : 3. Address: The Debt of This Cen- Nineteenth Century, by Professor Wm. North Rice, LL.D., of Wesleyan Univer- sity. . At the close of the addresses, an op- portunity will be afforded for any oral communication from delegates of Cor- responding Societies. EVENING SESSION, 8 P. M. 5. Address; [he ..History of the Academy during its First Century, by Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, LL.D. Reception by the Academy of dele- gates from Corresponding Societies and invited guests in Winchester Hall from QO {6 -11° P.M. Guests are requested to present their cards of invitation for the reception at the door of Winchester Hall. ee i he Divinity School Alumni, Over 150 of the alumni of the Yale Divinity School, in attendance upon the recent International Congregational Council at Boston, held a banquet Sept. 26 in Tremont Temple. Rev. C. A. Dinsmore presided and addresses were made by Professors Porter and Curtis; Rev. 4. 1. Brown...of..Salt.. Lake City; Rev. W. L. Anderson of Exeter, N. H.; Rev. W. J. Mutch, Rev. E. Lyman teed ang... S.: Mactariagd. .. The meeting was a most enthusiastic one and messages of hearty allegiance wete sent to President Hadley and .ex-Presi- dent Dwight. A committee consisting hye fee vioulton of Yale: Rev. T.-T.. Munger, D.D. of New Haven; and Rev. Lucius Thayer of Portsmouth, N. H., was appointed to arrange for the organization of local alumni associa- tions. Definite steps were taken after the meeting for the formation of a Bos- ton association. — Un Athlete. {From l’Llustre Soleil du Dimanch, July, 1899.] Tous les Parisiens qui fréquentent le Bois de Boulogne connaissent le magni- fique terrain de courses a pied si par- faitement organisé par le Racing-Club de France qui en ouvre souvent les portes toutes grandes aux autres sociétés et a l’Union des Sociétés Francaises de Sports Athlétiques. —§ C’est la, entre le Grand Lac et le Pré-Catelan, que se disputérent lautre dimanche les cham- pionnats de France au milieu d’une foule nombreuse de sportsmen et de gens du monde. Il y avait la une série de photographies d’actualité que nous n’etimes garde de manquer. Glissons sur la vue du joli chalet du club et sur les coureurs du 100 métres prenant le départ, bien que les poses de ces athlétes soient fort -.. téressantes. Houdet gagna cette épreuve en 11” 4%. : Et venons-en bien vite a ce merveil- leux Sheldon, vainqueur du concours de saut a la perche. Agé de vingt-six ans, mestirant Im 96, ce merveilleux sauteur fut pendant sept ans champion de la célébre Université américaine de Yale. Il y franchit notamment 1m 86 en hau- teur et 3m 50 ala perche. Depuis deux ans il ne pratiquait plus les sports, quand il entra, il y un mois au Racing. Il y retrouva vite sa belle forme d’antan, démolissant l’ancien record de saut a la perche en sautant 3m 15. Si, le jour des championnats, il n’a pas dépassé 2m g5—notre gravure de premiére page montre parfaitement la beauté impres- sionnante de ce saut—il faut remarquer que Sheldon venait de s’adjuger trois records de France sautant sans tremplin 6m 34 en longueur, Im 75 en hauteuf et lancant le poids de 5 kilogrammes 4 11m 80. Quel magnifique athlete!
