Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-22
The Leading Kickers Will Gel Into
Harness To-Day to Prepare
For Their Big Contests.
ABOUT THE HOME ENTHUSIASTS.
Latest About the Proposed Cincinnati
Baseball Deal-Mr. Stern Wants
$4,000 for His Club.
LEXINGTON'S BIG TROTTlNG RACE.
Tolsys Boston Letter and Other Sporting News oi
General Interest

Tomorrow the football season opens at Bar-
ward. four days before the University. All the
principal men, or those who now are regarded
as principal men, will be back and work begin.
Ever since September men who expected to
try for the varsity football team have been
taking light exercise, such as running, wrest-
ling and sparring. so that when they return to
Cambridge they will be better able to stand the
rough-and-tumble practice on the field. A great
many good men have been hurt at the begin
ming of a season by going into the toughest
scrimmages without having had sufficient train
ing. Captain Cumnock is determined, how
ever, this year to have his men in good con-
dition to stand whatever work he may put
them at and for this reason he has had them
practice so long beforehand.
The above facts will have local interest be-
cause of the boom the sport is likely have here,
and in speaking of the coming season Captain
Cumnock says: 1T is wrong for players to have
too much confidence in any one man, for If that
man goes TO pieces then the whole team is sure
TO go TO pieces- For that reason 1t is best to
take on new material and make every man do
his full share. This has been the fault of Har-
ward in past years to a great extent. She has
relied on feN star players like Sears, Holden,
and Porter, and only within the past year has
il been the policy of the team to make every
man depend on another to the same extent.
The Harvards mean to leave no stone nn-
turned this season to come out victorious The
Yale game will come probably the Saturday be-
fore Thanksgiving and will be played in
Springfield. HaIe will have good team. She
always does. They might say that she was
weak in safe kicking on account of the loss of
her full back, Mcbride, and then have prac-
ticed all summer some other man for that po-
sition. They know more down there than they
tell. The Harvard boys feel sure that they are
going to have a team this year that can beat
team equally as good as last years Yale team.
The Princeton team will not be so strong this
year as last. Captain Cummock thinks it will
not be possible to get game between Harvard
and Princeton.
AT Princeton the real work began on Thurs
garding his ability to make a team that will
hold the football championship for lS9Q On
this years team there will be but four of last
years champions. These will he Captain Poe,
Jerry Black, Jesse Riggs and Warren. Ames
will not return to college, while Cowan has
completed his time as footballist Captain
Poe summoned all aspirants to football fame to
appear on the grounds Thursday Over 30 re-
sponded, and an hours hard practice was in
dulged in. Captain Poe will do his utmost to
make winning team out of the raw material
at his disposal. He was loudly cheered as he
appeared on the field. and the students will do
their utmost to support MIN in his efforts to
hold the championship honors.
The local clubs are rapidly getting into con-
dition to begin practice. Next week will proba-
bly, find many ''kickers" hard at work in some
of the local ball grounds The members of the
new Athletic Club are extremely enthusiastic
about the sport, and their efforts to make it a
'go'' here this season are being energetically
backed up by Manager Hanlnn and Secretary
Tener, of the local Players League ball club.
The Athletic Club has determined at its own
also make it thoroughly suitable for football
matches