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•SaazMJve jfxjjksjsswV CApjsmr.
Rebuilding of the Teams That Are Famous
in Both the East and the
West.
1 YALE PRESENTS FORMIDABLE ARRAY
Fine Material in the Blue Squad, v^ith the Won
derfulCoy to Lead It onth^
Field.
PART II.
BT JOHN B. FOSTER.
So long as there la football In the United
States—and. Judging by the present tem
per of our young men and old, that
period will be as Indefinite as the possible
life of baseball—It Is assured that a great
portion of the general public Interest will
be attached to the contests among the
larger Eastern universities, for It Is among
them that the American game had its ear
lier development.
It Is only within the last decade that
football obtained Its strong hold on the
West. Twenty years ago It was practi
cally unknown, except as the Western men
returned from the Eastern universities
und tried to explain it to their companions
and friends.
In view of the surroundings In the East,
which add greatly to the popularity of the
sport, the large cities, with their hundreds
of alumni adjacent to the universities,
most of them men who are as enthusiastic
over the contests twenty years after grad
uation as they were when they attended
college, and the masses of population, who
ore ever eager to be attached to something
which exacts large publlo attention, it is
not surprising that the excitement which
rises out of a oontest between Yale and
Harvard, or between Yale and Princeton,
or between Pennsylvania and Harvard,
•when these universities meet on the grid
iron, should spread beyond the mountains.
More than that is the university senti
ment, which Is built up through he West,
and Middle West, and in the South by
graduates. It Is astonishing how many
partisans Yale, Princeton, Harvard and
Pennsylvania have among young men
who have never attended any one of these
universities, and never will.
{Widespread Interest In B1b Matches.
For all these reasons it might better be
expected than otherwise that from the
Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific on the day
on which a big football game is played in
the East, there is a tremendous amount
of Interest as to the outcome, Another
factor which assists in disseminating the
will beenml
0 certa
jootball microbe during the fall season influence dominated football at Cambridge
la the annual contest between Annapolis to its detriment. Whether there is anv
and West Point. Our national govern-}truth in this charge is better known by
ment schools are composed of students those who are most intimate with *he sur
from every State in the Union, and there! roundings at Cambridge, but it is certain
is not a State in the Union but has its
army post, or its naval station, wherein
there is somebody who keeps closely in
touch with football.
As the teams of the universities stand
before they take the field for 1909, Yale Is
perhaps the most fortunate of all. The
Ells lost some good players by gradua-
•was one of the handiest and most valu
able of all the men who played in the line
for any university.
On the other hand, Yale has retained
enough of the squad of 1908, with addi
tions of strength from the freshman class,
to make a most formidable showing when
the team is ready for the first real test of
the season.
Yale's ambition ln 1909 Is to wipe out
the stigma of defeat by Harvard In 190S.
It Is true that Harvard won by a small
margin, merely a goal from the field, the
only score which was made in the game,
but there has been an idea ever since that
memorable contest at New Haven that the
full strength and the highest power of
Yale's possibilities were not utilized to the
best advantage ln that contest
So the Elis are eager to do better this
year.
Coy, the Vounjr Ulaat, at Kail Bacft.
At full back they will have one of the
best men who have ever played in Yale
uniform and the youngest captain who has
led a Yale eleven against the other univer
sities. His name is Coy, a name which
carries with it power and resource and
courage and grit, and all of those are
qualities which are demanded when they
play on Yale Field.
He was tried at end last year. He did
not play so poorly, yet It was apparent
that full back Is his natural position. He
slips into the game behind the line with
much more readiness than he does when
playing on the line.
Both Philbln and Murphy, who were In
the back field for Yale last year, will come
out again for the eleven. Both men "are
capable and both are ln excellent condi
tion. Both made good records and both
are eager to shine on the football eleven
before they are retired by the stern three
year law.
Field will be back for the team, this
year, and It is not Impossible that he\ will
be seen in the back field ln one of the
more important games. He played well
for Yale last season and should do better
this year. Daly who got a chance in the
back field ln 1908, will try again,-and from
the freshman squad comes Messenger,
s?'"
to be just such a player as
the Elis desire behind the line of attack
Where Yale was weak in 1908-undoubt
edly weak—was at quarter back. Through
out all the season the team never had a
man behind the centre of whom it was
absolutely confident. It Is true that Corey
braced up the eleven amazingly ln one
game when it seemed about to lose its
grip on the contest, but Coray was not a
perfect quarter. He could drive the team,
something which Yale needed, but football
was rather hard work for a young man
who had trouble ln keeping his weight
flown.
New Candidate*.
There will be two new men In the field
for quarter this year, Merrltt and Howe
Both of these players are youngsters with
fine reputation preceding them. It is
.&t.>
f-
tha'
aa rnnd no tK second string, who are quite
to ?,?,
the
fir8V
but
terSnto lYZ
In 1M7 ^fe.thl?J'.e!M'-
nln«r n? tffi
In mriHitiin A?
^ey do not care
men playlnK a
tho so?
Position in al-
or ,n
alternate halves. In
Johr .m »n.? n.ntr.?vni
be
Corey, Hopkins.
?.n1 gingham.
correctnrUfiiii HrobabIy.
ba tho%.S^
not far from
ctl°,n
t0 say that
experience and
has been
careful to ke^p
i? """irner would indicate
AndnisV and6Coehof °f
the,Ells
Elis
Juneheant com^L^I,
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one of them
team Pb?}® r.. »t,regula,r 1uarter of (he
tha^'lK
wlu
Yale nnft SPs,sJb,e'
like to hn J.
alternate, but
because
it Is not
divld?
authority. The Elis
Cooney wtll
Ho had
vha season of 1908 he was
he had at the
"he fact th«ty v.V\,ani
HBVRBEK
K. BiAJSKV
the place
slow RM^,in Jle *'as deemed too
fought him out of it.
nl«vil„»
of
begln-
hla
this fall,
be theTua^dl, and™ "they we™' the'U?
fi? 1 suaiita who played Tn^908
Brown and Hobbs both to ^nTria
again for tackle fmVcome out
available freshman material Rut8oS0rne
and Hobbs are fair? The SaMer* &
tendency to be injured last
mI?
XVevb?tter
ad.
luck
the end problem all of Tast Mason
There were fast men on t?,.»
they were light, and In the
under the new rules it is tot*.?7?
fast, heavy men if they can £2
a
th's
year.
bl,t
KUpatrfcl^ The "blue "was $2r3B7to!?
of
ut
but
g?me-
have
Patrick looked Hire fdeal unf?."*
InJured at West Point
KiI"
he waa
after thnt. Logan whn nio« ^®r P,aved
year, will be with the ten^T
ePd
Iast
the coaches undoubtedly tSm St t,
and
•-"u.ji.cuiy win give him a
experience and
because of his
Sew Coach on (h« Field
coach
Vale this year
in conjunction with the. usual sauad or
volunteers who arrive at New Haven th!
moment that they find it i.
v,en
the
??al:e time and who d»S?-,SSib!?- *P
to shaping'the eieven'tn »e«?teJlarc5
UTM«mrd lde?1
for
wor't
the
Whlch
the KOod°showin^whk!h1io0f "Ta'." and
Syracuse Oleven fa^t vear ln^d*e
w,th
the
Js a valuable man h. n1lPates that he
football players Hl= wm? Sparge of
SO to Syracuse] ^d wheS6^
Tad" Wl."
played- between Ya le same is
it Is probable Ihit ft.
CSSC'
while
btt -X pchW'^tlnthI
°harEes
""£"T^en%taCmandldate
f°r
thanks t0
the
bans JOTaSSfTI"1 "m. thirty foot
„T^e,di?trlb."ted among the players,
go forth and prac
the' benefit"^'YaIe
m5n wl»
have
Better Pronpect. at Harvard.
Harvard football has been quite wholly
tffiHSanluie(3t!
the good work of
hv tha'ilji?? was supplemented last year
by the good coaching of Percy Haughton,
former Harvard full back.
hv tSJ n¥ir2!ic*ory had been gained
hnlatZZ TI J"1
ov,e,r.
Yale ln
years served
Mnrtiifiv 5ealt"nSs. who had harped
at Harvard on the poor show
Crlmaon players, and who had
criticism, with natural
peevishness, against football ln general
because of the non-success of the Harvard
eleven.
..._ It has been freely asserted that society
that when Haughton took charge of the
team, with the positive understanding that
he alone was to assume responsibility, he
succeeded in obtaining better results from
the football squad than his predecessors.
Some of the men who were foremost in
making football a success at Cambridge
last season will not be with the team this
them was fel'ddle-' ^Tio waa year. One of "them Is Burr, one of the
»n|l £no.ther,_ Brides, who finest players who ever wore Crimson on a
football field. Not ,only was he a good
Player, but a young man who is popular
with his acquaintances. He was one of
the best punters that Harvard ever had
and the team will miss his services in that
respect. He will assist ln the coaching
this year at Cambridge.
Cutler Is not to be with the team this
year. He acted as quarter bacH in his
senior term at college. His good general
ship and cool head were prominent factors
in pushing Harvard to the front fast sea
son, and Haughton will miss him, although
the Crimson is said to have good quarter
back material In the freshman squad und
In the squad of last season. Still, quarter
backs are born, not made, and it may be
one of the worries of the coming season at
Cambridge will bo to secure a man who
shall be able to direct the team on the
field as Cutler guided it in 190S.
Changes ln the Back frleld.
In the back field there will be changes.
Ver Wiebe and Kennard are out of the
team, and both of them were successful
last fall. It was Kennard who was spe
cially substituted to kick a Held goal and
whose accurate aim over the bar of bale's
goal scored the only point in that contest
and won from Harvard against its dearest
enemy.
Harvard as a rule has more men from
whom It can draw for positions than any
university In the United States. Now that
the team has been successful and has won
a victory against Yale, it is the belief of
the Crimson men that there will be greater
Interest ln football than there has been
on the part of the students ln the past,
and that It will not be such a difficult
matter to fill the squad with first class
material from the lower classes.
It is also a fact that there will be a
large freshman class entered this year
at Cambridge and from that there prom
ises to emanate much valuable football
material for 1910. All told, the outlook
for the future at Harvard Is verv bright.
Corbett. Sprague. Dunlap, Smith, Hoar
and McKay of the team of last fall it Is
reported, will be with the eleven this year,
and from this nucleus Haughton will build
for the season to come.
It must not be forgotten that Harvard
nas one of the great tackles of the grid
iron In Hamilton Fish, Jr., captain for
1909, and it Is certain that he will be a
better football player this fall than last.
His energy and spirit will do much to put
the Crimson on a successful footing, al
though naturally It Is a little difficult
to predict anything with accuracy for the
Crimson In view of the fact that it Is out
of the question to know Just what amount
of team work Haughton will be able to
Inculcate during the time that he has the
players In charge this fall.
The squad In general at Cambridge looks
very promising. The best youngsters seen
for the ends are F. deH. Houston, of the
varsity squad last fall: F. C. Paine, a
1ST
The Orange and Black has lost one of
the best quarters who ever played behind
the line. "Eddie" Dillon, a daring general,
a skilful runner-back of punts, one of
the best ln that respect who ever played
on Osborne Field, and an all around good
athlete, will not be behind the line this
year to guide the team.
Tibbott, the half back of 1903, who ex
celled all others ln any university by his
ability to gain ground through tackle, who
stumped Yale and every other college
team againsj. which he contended, is gone
by graduation, and Booth, a fair tackle,
and Dowd, a moderately good end, are
not to be with the team this year. It is
a huge hole that has been cut into Prince
ton's resources, the more so because it
hits hard behind the line, a department
in which Prlncton excels through Its sys
tem of play.
If the Tigers have been unfortunate
enough to lose by graduation some of
their best men, they are not without ma
terial ln abundance to take their place.
The only Issue, therefore, Is what "Jim"
McCormlck, ono of Princeton's greatest
full backs, who will act this year as head
ccach, will be able to do with the squad.
Welch, who played end last year, and
who Improved as the season waned, win
be a candidate for one end. For the other
"Phil" King, a nephew of the "Phir
King of Prin eton fame, and Meigs, who
was a substitute last season, will be can
didates. Sawyer, who is a quarter mile
runner with a great reputation, may try
for the end, and It is SF/1 that he is likely
to rtevplop Into a good footbal'. man.
Slegllng, the captain of Princeton, of
freshman end last rear, and H. A- Roger^ and forth, selecting their games with their
a special student, who was unable to play I desire to see certain teams ln action. On
Inst fall because of academic difficulties, the days whet) Yale and Princeton play,
but who Is a fast man. Of th? guards, G. I when Yale and Harvard play and when
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ball schedule so that Michigan
might play in Philadelphia witu
Pennsylvania ou muy.ixitisi'Uwu c-«.cciit Liiat
on which a ale-Princeton match tuae*
place, it is probable that the meeting be
tween the East and the West would bring
out a thoroughly typical football crowd
that is, a crowd composed of football ex
perts, enthusiasts and college men, wnu
follow the game as closely as lovers of the
thoroughbred follow racing.
It is the rule, not the exception, to meet
every Saturday, on the trains bound to
Princeton, New Haven. Philadelphia, West
Point and Boston, some of a large numbei
of football enthnslnsts, who travel back
1
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BftSE OI^aNrERJSItCS'
CfE. c^nrc'Ac^o.
S. West, who made his "H" in the Vale
game J, J. McGuire, of the varsity squad
R. I. Fisher, of the freshman team last
fall, and W. K. Blodgett, of the second
team are the men upon whom the coaches
will have to build most of their hopes.
For the tackle position. F. D. Hunting
ton, regular centre on the freshman team
last fall, seems to be the most promising
candidate, while there are several good
men out for quarter back, Galattl, of the
varsity squad last fall E. P. Pierce, who
played a half back on the freshman team,
and R. M. Page, a half back on the
second team last fall.
Mlnot, the husky full back on the second
team, was on probation last fall, but with
the speed and smashing power which he
displayed against the varsity last year ln
scrub games, he should be an able suc
cessor to Ver Wlebe.
Tlgera Lou Good Men.
Princeton has suffered by graduation.
More than that, the Tigers must do a lot
of building up to place their football
status as high as it was. Continued defeat
has had much the same effect on Prince
ton that it had on Harvard, although at
Princeton there is less disposition to be
come captious and carp at the sport.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1909.
STRENGTH OF THE VARSITY ELEVENS PR THE PRESENT YEAR
1
course, will be one ol tko tackles, and lie
piuyed such a good tackle' laat year that
ue should have no difficulty in making a
fine showing for his team the coming
season. Bamman, who was substitute
tackle in 1908, wtll have little difficulty In
making the 1909 team. McCrohan may be
played at tackle or he may be a guard.
It Is quite certain that he will not be put
ln the backfield this year. Some of the
experienced former Princeton players tsrho
watched the work of the eleven carefully
In 1908 were confident that one of the mis
takes of the season was in trying to make
a backfield man out of McCrohan, when
he should have been placed in tho line,
where all his great strength could ha,ve
been used to the best advantage. He Is
a wonder at attack, and undoubtedly pos
sessed of much physical endurance, for
when players on other elevens are ex
hausted McCrohan seems Just coming Into
his own.
Waller and Buckingham will both come
out for guards. They were fairly success
ful last fall. Buckingham seemed to
weaken toward the close of a game be
cause of the exertion which was entailed,
but while fresh little could be made
through him, and he was strong in assist
ing his centre.
The centre this year will very likely be
the huge McFadyen, who has been prac
tising all the summer in passing the ball
and whn promises to be a better player
for the Tigers than he was last season.
His awkwardness has been overcome to
some extent, and he Is quicker and more
mlmam
r"
or 77££ EAST AJVD
Pennsylvania supporters, and again tno
general football contingent in the East will
be deprived of the opportunity to see Mich
igan play.
The rival captains this year are Miller,
for Pennsylvania, and Allerdlce, or Michi
gan.
After the Pennsylvania eleven had been
handled poorly and the generalship mani
fested had been anything but masterly
lliller was cut on tne field to rua the
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HAMIJ^TON
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accurate. Another candidate for centre Is
Clark.
When It comes to the position of quar
ter back Princeton this year must face
the snme problem as Yale and Harvard.
Last fall It looked easy for Princeton with
Dillon assured as the general of the team.
This year a new man must be chosen.
Very likely that honor will fall upon
Dawson, unless there Is a player more
competent developed by the middle of
Octooer or the first of November. Dawson
has had experience on the varsity squad
and in varsity games, and he seems to
take to football with the natural keenness
which goes a long way toward bringing a
quarter back to the speed which is de
mand of him. Cunningham may be tried
as quarter, and there are also Bard and
Bergen, but Dawson seems to have the
preference If his game this season Is up to
that which he played against Yale last
fall.
In the back field Princeton has a great
deal of tinkering to do before McCormlck
will be satisfied. "Eddie" llart, one of
the most promising players of the 1908
freshman class, will surely be one of the
men behind the line If he satisfies tho fac
ulty with his examinations. Cunningham
will be out for a place and White, a fair
freshman last year, will try for a position.
Read, who In 190S at times played wtlh the'
speed of Tibbott. and at others fell off,
badly In his work, will try again for the
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W2?dr KZVAZa5-
WRB It possible to arrange the foot- West Point meets the Navy all ot them team. From ™on Pennsylvania. ^'nM Vs^ine°d
have a common destination
l-ttgret has been expressed frequently
that it never has been possible to arrange
the dates so that Michigan might obtain
a fruu aaluiuay in I'.c it lu very
prubab:j that lrankllu 1'ield will be lined
to Its capacity tills fail when lichigan
plays there, but the attendance will on
composed largely of Philadelpnlans ana
can
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Harvard Loses Many Men, but Has Great
Reserve Force from Which to.
Draw...
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TIGERS WILL BE STRONG IN THE LINE
Pennsylvania's Back Field Is Swept Away, but
Coaches Are Hopeful of a Clever
Combination.
without a good kicker and some time will:toward the close of 1908 and it is probable
be expended In trying to fortify that part)that he will be even better this year,
of tho game thhi year. Buckingham may, Hurlburt. Crosby and MoArthur will ha
be used to rlo the ...
As a whole the el
be strong, on the defensive, and fairly
good on the attack. It will have weight in
the line, and IC the coaches are able to do
anything with" the back field, Princeton
may go to New Haven ln November with
an eleven that will be much better than
the Tigers thought they would have when
they began to count up their losses for this
season at the end of 1308.
Butkiewicz, who ln years back played
with both Princeton and Pennsylvania,,
With all the material which is at hand
for Pennsylvania, the coaches have a task
before them which is anything but en
viable, as it Is apparent that the team
must practically be reconstructed from top
to bottom.
A new back field will have to be coached
and taught enn^ylvanla's system. A new
line will have to be built up, and by the
iiiii:* thai, tne ei* \e.i re uty to piay itJ
first hard gamo of the year unusual In
terest will be urouBeU to see what the
coaches have been able to do with their
material.
ln one respect they are fortunate. They,
have a m^n ,ui uarutr bat-K uno snould Ij
a success, judging by the manner ln wu.ch
he played last fall. This is toilier, capoim
of the team for mis season. There la llttie
reason to doubt I?is success beiilnd the hue,
as he showed last fall that he could nanilie
the team well and that his general Ideas as
to making the most of the ability of the
players controlled by him were good.
AlarkB ua lCullbiieU.
For the bacK neld it Is quite certain that
Marks, who played centre ln 1UUS, will be
wciweii out ul me muu viawcu at iuu
oack. lie has tue qualities wmeii gu lu
lu.fctvU' a wtliU tim VUIUcL
aULuonuetj tiro miivb ccvituu uiai
licivc iCtid uouuic LU lUiU
ill Cutlt WiUUli VYlU UC dVuiiuu.. wl' MU& 6Co«
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back field and without doubt w\ll be used| IctUll KJL Ijou—Villi UC &OACU CiJ COIUO On
in_some of the #anios._ mc uactt ueiu. al
l'viUl'itb IU iiv? ii jr ..Ml' UAc
By the loss of TTarlnn the Tigers are
He played, during hid brief service on of two ot tne besL players wno ha\e oeea
the field, as brilliant a game as had oeeuruKYciupeu iviiacu lu recent years.
seen all the season in the Kast. He ran lhe Big Ked leam has been snorn of
unaided, made two forward passes tell, niucn ot us aireiigm by graduation ana
showed his value as a defensive player cornel) ihubi go tnrougn me building up
and Induced general Inquiry as to the process like an of us rivals. There will
motive at Pennsylvania for using otheriuu an abundance of graduate coaches to
men as quarterbacks. assist ln the work of uuvelopment as soon
His rlvai as captain this season. In the
would have
been 11"0
chosen for the all-Western eleven by most
of the crlties wore It not Tor an unfor
tunate In.lury received In the game wltb
PannAvIvoiila- last v&mv
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punting. cnodldatos for the end positions Bell will
eleven looks as if It'will be out for guard and Leventry for tackle.
will assist In the coaching, his time being with Pennsylvania will be one of the
devoted to the men on the line, while Mn-
Cormick handles tho back Held. There will, l" expressed that Cornell does not
be other Princeton men to assist In coach-1'inn It possible to go East to play
ing, and the Tigeis mean to do everything *'rinceton In New York, for there
in their power this year to regain some of
lootball practice, bucn «i! eunsj. Ivamu
was wont to have ln the very early days
of tho fall, when tho piayers went to the
seashore, or to the mour^talns, and worked
hard for two weeks.
The men were taken as they reported at
the university and were put under the
care of Smith, who has been chosen to uot
as Held coach this season.
The Quakers certainly were hit hard
when the final game was played In l'JOS.
They lost every man on the back field.
Hollenbach, Manier, ICelnath and .Means
were swept away In a lump. Graduation
brought it about. To add to the troubles
of the Pennsylvania men, they lost botn
Gaston and Draper, two tackles who had
made a reputation for good work all the
ye#ir and In years preceding. Scarlett, the
best end of 1SI0S. became no longer eligible,
and even the guards were swept away by
the IV.ct that a team had been pluylng,
almost all of which were graduates In one
summer.
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the prestige which they have lost on the "Jl! enthusiasts,' most of whom And It out
football field. the question to go to Ithaca to
"Johnny" Poe has been assigned to the I
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Cornell stronger this year on the field than
the eleven has been in some time, more
',,a" will be 'disappointed. It Is pr«
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the season Is rlpo for hard practice,
snniial atrmrKlf between the F.ast nnd the From last year's eleven tnere remained
West, will be Allerdlce. of Michigan. Tydemann, who Is captain this year, and
The leader of the Ann Arbor eleven Is
one of the best punters ln the West, and
ln that qualification very likely excels the
Pennsylvania captain. More than that
i'ennsyivania captain. juore than tnat u'.ij., «,v,r. „r
Allerdlce
kick goals from the field and,}uL i.^ »h5ii !Lr. Li .iS
kirk them well.
will play halfback. Pope will be back
with the team and will probably play full
back. He is a strong punier, pernaps not
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a capable man. Wood will come out tor
quarterbacn. That Is one of the position*
which have been annoying Cornell as It has
other universities. Yet Wood did very well
team of some strength It will not be an
easy matter to ascertain whether they ar»
likely to be as successful on the gridiron
this year as they were last.
Glenn Warner, who coaches the redskins,
deplored tho fact last fall that he would
lose so many good youngsters by gradua- .xj
tlon, but there seemB to be no limit to th«
material upon which he can draw. Ther«
ore more and more active Indians- who.,
ore eager to go to Carlisle, and there Is
t'ejdoni found one. of them who will not
take a place on the football squad If hot
seems to have the strength and ability.
Every youngster „who attends the traln
ilng school where the original Americans,
are Instructed at the expense of Uncle
Sam takes to football as naturally as a...
duck to water, and away back before the:
continent was discovered It may be that,,
the Indians hnd some gamo like football2
which fascinated the young fellows ols
those days.
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Old Dartmouth Strong.
Dartmouth Is certain to make a fine.
shoving again this year. Although the/
lAcui, team uus iooi tuut guuu pi«iyers uy
graautuioii, it xius leiauiuu others, it hun
aooa material upon wnicli to draw auO
the success which the team has enjoyed
hi the past has llllea the men of tne col
lege with the right spirit and with an
lUett that Dartmouth Is uound to push 1U
way toward the top in the great fan sport.:
Dartmouth's capiuiu, ClarK Tobln, is one-,
of the finest guards seen on the lootball
llela in years, xie was well entitled to iue
uonor of oeing piaceu at the neau of tne '.-j
loam and is certain to sUinu uu the foul
ball gndir6n tuls year.
Tho seuBOh for tne Army and .Navy
elevens will be much tne tame as last ?M$
year. The Navy has uot taken un Su
much of a scnedule as it bad in lvUb. Tlie^x^:
piaye.is tie wuraed loo hafd last ueasuii.
in the linal game against West r"oini iney
suuv\ud it. ::Sif
iiw Aiiny has three hard games. Two
ut mem are with lale and xiarvard ami
me otner is with the Navy. The Navy
bcueduie is evert llguter. The Middle*'
will piay a game in the last of ociooer
wun Princeton and the reinalnuer of tne
cuiuests. are maue up wun teams which
will give ^uinapuiis auunuaut practice ana....
no,. iuu mucn severe work.
t^tsi 1'uiiit win gu on tne field this year
witu a great deal uf material whlcn won
last sea^uu and with Pullen as captain,
i.ne .Middles" have lost sumo ot their
ucoi players.
still it is difficult matter to get any
line un either of these' teams uiiill th®
vc-ry end uf tue preliminary season owing
tu ine fact that they seldom lack for
maturial and tnat their strength is re
served tor the final lest between tnem
setves.
iiuei'8ectlonal football will be more com
muu this year than It was last fall, and in
uuuitiun to lhe game between tue Uni
versities of Michigan and Pennsylvania,
there will be a game between Cornell and
crucagu, Michigan and Syracuse at Anu
-\ruur, and Illinois and ayraouae at the
situiiuin uf tno latter institution.
iiy the way, the Syracuse eleven Is not
to oe overlooked among those teams of
tne present season whlcn are presumed tu
be above tho average. They have a fine
lot of young men for the eleveh tnis year
and they will not lack for expert coach*
ing on methods which are of recent de
velopment.
put ln Ann Arbor, although losing some
of last year stars, Yost will have eight
men to heip build up a machine. Was
mund, the Detroit quarter back, will be
on hand to run the team. Brennan at
centre. Kanney and Linthlcum at ends.
Bonbrook, Primeau and Kilcy for guards,
will lurnlsu experienced line material!
while Allerdlce will probably continue at
rlgnt half.
This lall Yost will have a far different
outlook than last, with veterans, some
entirely new material, a strong schedule.
Including t«u really big games, Minne
sota and Pennsylvania: a training table
and, as the university does not open until
October G, plenty of time for preliminary
work. The action of the faculty has been
favorab|e instead of adverse to athletics,
which will help, while the student hoidy*
which has stood loyally by Yost through
out the successive defeats, will do Its
share toward retrieving the fallen records
of the past few years.
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the history qt the Institutions. Mucn
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Interest In the game among the foot-
see
the
on cornel! campus,
scrub team as coach, and that means on 'lie other hand, there Is not a little
plenty of work for the varsity, as Poe gratification among those, who compare
will keep the scrubs on their toes from
the time that he puts them on the field.
elevens to try. to estimate the general
ability of all of them, that Cornell will
p'ay Harvard this year. It is quite prob
able that this will be one game which
wtll draw football enthusiasts from all
over the New England section, contingent
ly, of course, -pon the early showing
I'ennxj-lvnnlii Hunl Hit.
Not only has the University of Pennsyl
vania been depleted in football talent by
graduation, but an entire new policy has which is mtia-, both teams. "The gama
been outlined by tho coaches for the sea- Is Played November 6.
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