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Show YALE ATHLETES Summer Practice Being HeldH Under Direction of Tad Jones; Prospects Good With the football ucason still many weeks in the future, Tad Jones, Yale 'jH coach', is not overlooking any opportu .H nllies to prepare the grid squad aCH New Haven for his coming next Sep jH tember, when he will warm up to the H task of giving the Sons of Eli another H winning football combination. , ,H At present, Jones is out in Seattle where he holds a place with a ship jH building concern, but through the me- H dium of Uncle Sam's postofflce depart- iH ment he is sending dope to Now Hav- jH en, sort of preparing to arouse the jH Yale spirit which has been consplcu- jH ous by its absence during the past few H "You can't do anything in football -H or anything else without some spirit," :H Jones said recently, "and before we- ilH really get started on football plans I want to have the proper spirit start- : ed." Jones has several able licuten- V ants on the job at Ynlo, and his in- ' structions are being carried out to tho- ' "Beat Harvard and Princeton," is 'lH Jones' battle cry this year, and in or- H der lo be fitted to do this, the EI1 jH are going to go through one of tho -jH most strenuous campaigns they have -t ever known. For the past two weeks. prospective gridders have been taking., some special outdoor work suggested H by Jones, and during the summer H thoso of them who usually Idle the, jH warm months away will have set tasks jH designed by Jones via the suggestion H route, lo keep their muscular systems and wind in proper shape to yield to the training in the fall. Several of the prospective Yale stars are going in for rough work this jH summer. They are the kind JnclineU to jH stoutness and they have been obliged to do manual labor to retain their jH symmetry and keep the muscles in H good condition. Jones does not care J particularly for a beefy team, his ma-1 chines in the past having always won ,!H and been entitled to special mention. because of their speed. ,fl Dr. A. Sharpe, although not in any jH way connected with the football sltua-' (ion at Yalo since Jones was em-ployed, em-ployed, has volunteered to assist In getting the candidates ready this ! spring, and ho has given them a nuni ber of valuable pointers, all of which ,were in- strict accord with Jones' sug- j gestlons. Jones says Yale will make a comeback next full. ' |