Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-28
MORE STAR KICKERS,
The University of Pennsylvania
Team State That They Want
10 Play Here.
PRINCETON TEAM FOR SATURDAY.
DetrOit's Crack Aggregation Engaged for
November S and an Association
Match Fixed for the 22d.
TWO BIG PURSES FOR THE TROTTERS
The LOuisvss Defeat TIE BrOOkyns-Gsnsrsl Sporting
News of The Day

A letter was received in this city yester-
day from 4 member of the University of
PENNSYLVANIA football team stating that
that team desires to play''in this city against
a local team at any early date. This news
Will be OF exceeding Interest to the large
number of PittshUrgers now interested in
football, as the University aggregation are
popular ali over the State. They are good
nlavcis and their desire to play in Pitts
burg is one more proc that there is gener-
al inclination among leading teams to boom the
game IN Pittsburg The directors of the Allie
Cheny Athletic Association will discuss the re-
quest to-day and il is likely that date will be
arranged for .he very popCla- and prominent
eleven of the University of Pennsylvania.
Secretary Dansen yesterday afternoon wired
To the manager of the Princeton Preparatory
School team. stating that the latter can plaT
hare on Saturday next Saturday is one of tn,
daNs that the Princeton manager named as
suitable for his team, and it is expected by the
local club Secretary that the Princeton players
,ylli lie here on Saturday. They are expensive,
but ii The weather is fine Secretary Dansen
thinks that a large crowd will turn ont 10 see
them play. II the Princetons come here there
Till be strong and selected team to tackle
then.
4 date has been definitely fixed for the De-
troit team and the Michigan cracks will be
here 90 November g. There is considerable
rivalry between the local players and the De-
troiJ kickers. The latter a season or two ago
defeated team Of Pitrshurgers at Detroit, bat
1t Is considered that Pittsburg has much
stronger team now than then. Nothing de-
finite has been arranged regarding the Cleve
land team, but ii Is likely that the Forest City
lot VIII be offered the date of Novembe 10
The club directors. at a meeting yesterday.
decided to have match played at Exposition
Park on November =. under Association rules.
The contendiug teams will be the Eighteenth
ward eleven and an eleven of the Allegheny
Athletic Club. This match is sure to be anticl-
p1tcd with much interest, as it will afford eX-
c"llent opportunity to admirers of the sport to
compare the Rugby and Association rules.
The Eighteenth ward team is a good one, and
hlS defeated some very strong aggregations.
The eleven of the Athletic club will be made
up of PLAYERS who have played regularly under
Ihc Association rules.
While the match under Association rules is
gong on here on November g the regular
Rugby eleven of the Athletic club will be con-
testing agarnSs the team of The Washington
Jefferson College so that{if all goes well Pitts
burg VIII at least have three football teams
contestinC on that day. A gentleman interested
in the game SAID yesterday that he could easily
make up eight or nine football teams in this
city and he Suggested that the Athletic club
directors should try to arrange a match under
Association rules 10 begin on each Saturday
afternoon about o'clock. There are he SAYS,
about a dozen good teams at points close to
Plttsburg, and they ali would be willing to
tackle q city team. 1t would be an easy matter
TO have good Pittsburg team ready every
Saturday to meet any of the teams in Eastern
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania under Associ-
alton rules, and contests of this kind could be
followed by the regular Rugby matches