Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-17
Plans Of the Local Clubs for the Com
ing Season.
INCREASED INTEREST IN WHIST
Chess Players Watching the Buda
Pesth Games.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES


precisely define the duties Of the officials
and limit their power far as possible,
there is plenty Of room for Improvement
in the game. The fault lies mostly with
| the officials. poor choice in selecting ref
erees and umpires Is likely to be the cause
of trouble. Often the officials are biased
one way or the other. and their favoritism
Injuries the game. While it may appear to
be a bold assertion, the number of persons
in this city thoroughly acquainted with
foot ball is very limited when the number
OF players and enthusiasts is taken into
consideration.
This city has fortunately had little to
complain of in the big games, concerning
the Partially or the inetficiency of the Of
ficials. In the smaller games, however,
there Is considerable protesting. Though
good deal Of the objection may be un-
founded. there Is some for which there Is
sufficient cause. The fragrant abuses of tine
officials positions have given rise to the
suggestion that set of referees and UNI
pires who are qualified for their position by
being free from any bias be appointed to
act on all occasions.
College Teams.
AS Harvard. Yale and Cornell may play
in this city during the coming season, it Is
perhaps we'll to give review of the teams
| and composition and condition Of the men.
OF Fred Murphy, tackle: Louis Henkey,
end Lyman Bass. end Charlie Chadwick.
suard: James Rogers. tackle. and Clarence
Finckie. quarter. These are the men who
played on the team last year. and their
positions are assured. The remainder of
the team will be filled from among the
ranks Of the fifty odd men who are candi
dates for honors on the gridiron. In her
games so far Yale has not done any extra
brilliant work Bucking the center and
plays around the end are the only methods
seen so far in the practice. which Is daily
witnessed by many people. The revolving
wedge and the "criss-cross" have proved
| to be Of little use against such teams as
the leading colleges put In the field. Tie
biggest game on the schedule so far Is for
November p. with Princeton. at New York.
Harvard, while playing a fairly good
game. Is weak at the ends and tackle.
Lewis. one Of the new players. has made
an excellent showing. having great vitality
and admirable tackling. He follows the
ball surely and closely. Cochrane, the
quarter back, another new man, has shown
up we'll. though he Is disabled for several
weeks. The other men on the team are
showing up fairly well. Lewis and Gray
don will be given left and right ends.
Swain and Mills. as tackles, do not come
up to the sta dard. The positions Of guards.
the full backs and the half backs are well
filled.
Cornelrs team this year will make a good
showing. and the line will be heavier than
Usual. The most uncertain position at
present is the quarterback, though the
fault of the whole team is their fumblins
and slow playing Hard practice was be-
gun this week. with Sanford. Kelly and
Schoch doing the coaching. Other old play
Harvard game, and at present the pros
poets are good for a strong team playing
fast and aggressive ball.
Local Clubs.
The local foot ball world has been quiet
Ina s.ak nd or1ff 10
work was doEe. The Gallaudets and the
Eastern High School met for second time.
and the High School boys suffered their
second defeat of the season. after earning
a hard fought victory over the Maryland
Agricultural College eleven. So far this
season the Gslaudets lead the procession
in local foot ball. They have won three
games and lost none. The Eastern High
School has won one game and lost three.
The Central High School and the Maryland
Agricultural College have each lost one
game. These. however, are the early clubs
in the field and by the end Of the season
the showing made will be different.
The lineup of the Columbia Athletic
Club eleven has almost been made up.
Mike Underwood will undoubtedly play
center. Hickox will probably be left tackle
and c. A. Mcgowan left tackle. Walsh
will most likely hold up the left end. and
no man has yet been named for the right
end. Jack Shields will probably De full
back, Maupin right half back and Hooker
left half. Lewis is also a candidate for
right half. Carson, who has played on
the club for several seasons past. is
candidate for quarter back and Magee is
after the same honor. Fred Sims will
probably be put in to fill right end. taking
the place of Phil Wisner, who Is unable to
play this season.
The other candidates for the team are
Driscoll Lunsford. Sam Macgowen. Saun-
ders. Humphrey, Slocum and 8. and c. A.
vi aa no mi sfSiY1
afternoon at Columbia Field and will prob
ably be in trim for organization in short
while.
Columbian College will have team this
year. and they played practice game yes
terday afternoon at National Park with
the eleven Of the Business High School,
this being the first game Of the latter
team Columbian will miss the services of
Don Fugitt, who last year played full back
and captsined the team. Fugitt is at Lee
high and is candidate for half back en-
the team of that college. E. Kendall Cut
ter has been elected manager. and Car
team for the season will probably be:
Owens. right end; Green. right tackle;
Cummings. right guard; Harlan, center;
Loucks, left guard; Beard, left tackle;
Kelly, left end; Fugitt, right half back;
Falls, left half back; Beall. quarter hack.
and Weaver. full back. The .eam will
shortly hold a meeting and make an Or
ganization for the season.
Foot Ball Games Today.
At Cambridge, Mass.-Brown University
vs.. Harvard.
At Lewisburg, Pa.-Bucknell University
VS.. Johns Hopkins.
At Ithaca-Cornell VS.. Tufts College
At New Haven-Yale VS.. Dartmouth Col
lege.
At West Point-Princeton vs. Cadets
At New Brunswick-Rutgers vs., Hayer-
ford
At adelphia-University of Pennsyl
vania VS.. Lehigh.
At Middletown Conn.-Wesleyan VS.. Am
herst.
LOCAL INTEREST IN WHIST,
1t Promises to BE Much Increased
This Winter.
The whist committee of the Columbia
Athletic Club held meeting last Saturday
evening and again discussed plans for the
winter. 1t was decided to change the repu