ENCOURAGING SCRIMMAGE

There was more first-class football displayed in yesterday's scrimmage between the first and second teams than has been shown in any of the previous practices on Soldiers Field this fall. Although the University team contained several substitutes, Captain Parker, Macdonald, Pierce and Giblet not being in the lineup at all, it showed greater possibilities, both offensively and defensively, than heretofore. Forward passes were used frequently and there was a noticeably improvement in the way the men handled them. The tendency, which was so glaring in the Maine game, to hurl the ball wildly without regard for the man who was to recover it, seems to have been corrected, for the time being, at least, and there was very little armless parsing in yesterday's practice.

A number of new men were given a chance in the first team back field and several of them appear promising. Brennan, of the University baseball team, was put in at fullback, and proved a good ground gainer. He is strong, keeps his feet well and should develop into a firstrate back. Cutting substituted for Giblet at right halfback, where he played on the 1000 Freshman team. he was in every play and dicks a hole as well as any man on the squad. There seems to be plenty of men for the backfield positions but, with Wendell out of the game, the best combination at present is none too strong. Lockwood is probably the fastest man on the squad and when he can clued the opposing ends is a hard man to catch. Giblet plays a hard game and is a conscientious worker. At present his difficulty seems to be to hold the ball and to keep his feet. Apollonio, at present, is the most dependable back, barring Wendell, and is a strong player. He hits the line very well and is a powerful defensive player.

The changes in the line are gradually working out as the coaches expected. Burr is becoming accustomed to the tackle position and should prove as powerful a tackle as he was a guard and it will also be possible to use him more on the offence from his new position than formerly, which may be deemed advisable later on. Pierce is physically better suited for a guard than a tackle and should have little difficulty in acquiring the finer points of the new position. The same is true of Captain Parker who has been shifted from centare to left guard.

The problem seems to be narrowing down pretty much to a question of the development of a fast, scrappy centare, a reliable right tackle and the improvement of the ends. The candidates for end are better than for several years back, but they seem to be almost uniformly show at following the ball. That there will be all varieties of the new football played on Soldiers Field this fall is already apparent from the few games played and it is safe to assume than the possibilities of the eleven will be fully developed along these lines.

In the scrimmage yesterday, the seconds were given the ball on the University team's 20-yard line, but were held for

downs immediately. The University team rushed the ball back to the other end of the field and finally pushed Brennan over for a touchdown. The second team tried again to score from the 20-yard line, but were stopped two yards from the first team's goal and help for downs. Starr made the long run of the day, taking the ball from behind his own goal on a fake kick and running it out to the 38-yard line. In the early part of the scrimmage, the University team used three forward passes in five prays, making an average of 15 yards at each attempt. Wendell was the chief ground gainer for the seconds.

The teams lined up as follows:

First Eleven  Second Eleven.Houston, l.e.  r.e., BlumerFish, Burr, l.t.  r.t., JonesGilmore, l.g.  r.g., Ver WiebeNourse, Grant, c.  c., DoreForchhelmer, r.g.  l.g., F. H. ParkerInches, Hoar, r.t.  l.t., FisherKennard, r.e.  l.e., M. C. PeirceNewhall, Starr, q.b.  q.b., Cate GalattiGraydon, Lockwood, l.h.b.  r.h.b. BrowneCutting, Rand, r.h.b. l.h.b.  Wendell, PageBrennan, Mason, f.b.  f.b., Craf