The morning times., 1896-11-30
FOOTBALL DAYS NOT OVER.
Several Local Games Are Yet to
Be Played.
ONE BOOKED FOR CHRISTMAS
Interest Centers just Now in the
High school ts--Georgetown
Games Promise to BE Full Of
Sport-COlumbian and the UNI
versity of Virginia.

Thanksg. wing Day has by general accept
ance come to be regarded as the virtual
close of the football season all over the
country, but more especially among the
colleges of the North Because of the late
appearance of frost and snow in the latitude
OF Washington and further South, the
playing Of the game can easily be kept up
until Christmas. As u matter OF fact the
best football weather Of the local season
usually comes in the month of December.
This fact seems to have been recognized
by The promoters of the sport III the
Washington High School and at George
town College. The most important games
OF the season for these teams Will be played
during the present week. on Wednesday
the Central and Eastern High School teams
Will meet in their first game for the inter-
high sch DOL charlpions hip. Because ur
the long standing rivalry between the two
schools, the coming contests are attracting
| q great deal ofntercst. Theteams are norc
evenly matched than for many seasons, and
it is predicted that Il most spirited struggle
| will result when the teams line up Tor
| Wednesdays game.
CENTRALAND EASTERN.
Central always has great advantage in
| the amount of material from which to select
Il team, while Eastern with its smaller
| attendance is usually handicapped in this
respect Howcyct, this year $ team, though
| lighter than that of Central, has made IN
even better showing and its supporters
| have high hopes TIN the championship Will
| be wrested from Central. Both captains
| are doing energetic work in preparing for
| the games and practice is gone through
| with every Afternoon. The entire student
body of both schools is nteESiy Interested
| in the struggle and doubtless there will be \
| big attendance ON hand to encourage their
| respective clcycnS. The games Will take
place at Columbia Field.
Interest in the Georgetown College inter
class games is increasing as the end of the
series approaches. TIE recent games
clearly Indicate that te struggle for
honors Will be between '97 and '9S
While the other teams have put up good
fight. the superior weight and experience
Of these two have carried them to the front
as was expected. a the present time it
would be the mercst conjecture To say
which team has the better chance OF Win
ming. The supporters Of each seem dead
sure of victory. The closing games OF
the series viii be sure TO arouse the keerest
interest.
\ Christmas Day game between the
Columbia Athletic team and one composed
| of well-known college players HON. for
! the holidays will almost certainly be ;.r-
| ranged. With such players as Phil King,
Frank Butterwor Sam Boyle, Ordway,
Brooke, and others this game would prove
Il star attraction to the admirers Df the
sport in this city. A game Of this kind
has frequently been a feature of the day
in bygone years, and IL always proved OF
popular interest.
Columbian College may also have a game
of considerable interest later on. Tie Uni
versity of Virginia has addressed prnpu-
| sition 10 the Columbian manager to play
| a game in this city, and in all probability
il viii be arranged. The game would c
| of considerable interest as the Virginia
| team has Won the Southern championship
| for this year. Admirers Of the sport may
| count on seeing severa, good games here
| before the winter sets In.
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
The teams of the northern colleges have
| broken training and disbanded for the
| season, although there is some talk of Yale
| and Princeton taking southern trips dur
| ing the next few weeks. But no further
games Of considerable interest win be
| played this yeai. The rumur that Prince
| ton and University OF Pems ylvania would
| meet early in December has been pro-
nonnced without foundation. There is
little chance of these teams meeting for
| some time to come, as the breach between
| the athletic associations is too wide to be
So quickly healed.
Yale occupies the very unIsualand humble
|
this season. This is doubtless CALLING to
| the supporters OF the blue aud next year
| will see II most desperate effort on her
| part to regain the supremacy on the Grid
| IRON Which she has so long enjoyed.
Princeton is mGeniably the strongest
| team Oh the american gridirOn today. Both
| individually and collectively the men have
proven themselves to he one fthc strongest
elcvcns ever developed in this country.
and the team undoubtedly deserved the
| championship.
| Harvard and PENNSYLVANIA were very
| evenly matched, but many experts Were
OF the opinion that rennSy would have
surely teen defeated had Harvard adopted
a different system i'll training her players
| The game appears 10 be- very much in
proved in that much OF the previous rough
ness has feen eliminated. However. there
| is still room for improvement i'll making
| the play more cron and oonscQuently moro
! interesting to spectators.