The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-13
COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
The Outlook for the Coming Season
Is Very Promising.

IL is pity that baseball has been given
prominence to such an extent at Brown
that 1t has proven detrimental TO foot
ball, boating and other games and sports.
At the intercollegiate meet in Springfield
Brown made good showing, but would
have made better one IL more interest
had been shown in field sports OIL the part
of the students. This does not mean that
1t would be better for other sports if
Brown did not have her crack ball nine.
The college is amply able to support the
nine aud football eleven too.
In r. w. Drawbridge last years team,
lege football He will call for Candidates
for the eleven at an early dat e, and set
them at work. Brown never did have
much OF team, and to say that the one
of next fall will be the best that the col
lege ever had would be a rather doubtful
prophetic compliment. Nevertheless foot
ball is on the ascent at Brown, and Capt.
Drawbridge means to put football in the
college on an equal footing with baseball.
IL IL is possible, and, no doubt, he thinks
il possible.
In the larger colleges great preparations
are being made for next falls football.
Harvard has already begun training. In
response to the call of Capt. Bernard
Trafford twenty-six men presented them
selves at the Hotel Wentwork, Newcastle.
y. H., ready to 20 into training. Among
them are Everett Lake, Harvard's half.
back OF last season Robert Acton of the
crew, Frank Hallowell, Left-end EN-
mons, Half back Corbett, Right Guard
Mackie; Jack Highlands, the big
pitcher; Slugger" Mason, Quarter
back Gage; Lewis, the colored centre rush
for Amherst last year; half-back Fair
child Of the. Hopkinson School eleven;
Brewster Of the same school, G.. A. Pierce
who played guard in the st. Paul School
eleven last year; &. Is. Pierce, w. Hoag,
George Gray, Dan Shea. Russell Beaks.
more. In these men Cap. Trsfford has a
great deal OF good material to pick from.
The men will undergo thorough training
and Harvard Will place strong team in
the field next fall.
While Harvard has most of her last
years team many Of Yale's men have
graduation of McClung, Hartwell, Heffel-
finger and Morrison will have to be filed.
IL ~ said that Heffelfnger's successor has
come TO light He is Bert Squires, who
has just graduated at Phillips Exeter
Academy. He is an excellent all-around
n,ass and gives promise Of grs;t @ Inn
in height and weighs 1s0 pounds. His
brother, Clayton ID. Squires, is another
fine athlete, and will enter Yale next
year. He is 81 years OF age, Oft. 2in. tall
and weighs $50 pounds. Yale men are
confident that they have secured two
mainstays. Capt. Mccormick will call
the team together Aug. 20.
The lawn In front Of the Bull cottage at
Newport has been placed at the disposal
of the team and there the men will under
go training Yale will have to have q
strong team to cope with Harvard. The
Crimsons will have an advantage over
Yale as they have a game scheduled with
Cornell which will be play ed at Spring
field, on the field where Harvard and Yale
will meet. However, judglps from the
present time, the game of '92 promises to
DC the best OF recent years.
Little has been heard from Princeton.
the Tigers" are evidently Icing low
and may DO q surprise when the time TO
play comes. There will probably be no
difficulty in arranging a game between
Harvard and Princeton this year.
The outlook among the colleges is very
promising for football for the coming sea-
son. w. a. S.