Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-24
TODAY'S GAMES AT FOOT BALL
Program Contains Some Contests Of Real
Merit Among the Colleges
CORNELL MEETS HARVARD At ITHACA
Crimson Comes with n strong Team 20
Meet Fairly Representative
Eicvcn-ChicnEo's Annual
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Of the season played on the gridiron, and
while 1t is not difficult to guess the win
ming team in most OF the contests, II is
certain that nearly all OF them will prove
to be hard fought. The most important
game of the day will be the Harvard-C Cornell
contest at Ithaca, N Y. Somewhere be-
tween 5000 and 10000 alumni OF the two
universities will witness the contest, spe-
cial trains being run from Buffalo ana
Rochester, and extra coaches being added to
the trains from Boston, New York and
Philadelphia. The fact that the game Is
played on college grounds before col
legians, rather than in the metropolis be-
fore a mixed crowd, three or four times as
large, is a further Indication of the policy
of both universities to remove from the
great college games what have been in the
past its worst features.
At this distance. judging from letters re-
ceived from both Cambridge and Ithaca
1t would seem as though Har-
ward should win the game. Harvard
has always won in the past. though 1t has
had several narrow escapes; Inc scores sec e,s
alternate years, and this year 1t is Cor
neiIs turn ,d TO play the Crimson son. m el1se ss
did all It's scoring in the first half in '95
al ITS ba in tddsys @ ssore %
be smaller than any of the above. The
Harvard team Is IN splendid condition md hrisIT for
team was in good trim; Then Young, the
quarterback. was hurt II he is absent from
handicapped. Richie, the fullback, is sick
and his place will be taken by Tracey. Cor
nell has two excellent hslfbaeks but Hair
is stronger on the ends, and at the tackles
but Harvard Is vastly superior in the
of the crimson line promise to more than
hold their own against their ,opposites
the object Of game that was played at
Ithaca Tuesday between the varsity
and team com2osed of Cornell graduates
sulting in a victory for the coaches by n
score of 40.
LAFAYETTE MEETS PENNsY.
The Lafayette team that played Prince
ton I TO a lie before the Tigers were in
proper condition this season, will line up
against the Pennsylvania team at Philadel-
considerable free advertising by the ludi-
| crous demands of the Lafayette manager
! 1t was rumored that Brink Thorne,. Yale's
fayette, but he viii not. He. is now a
student at Lafayette. but will not play
with the team. Pennsylvania last year &c.
feated Lafayette; 30 TO O. in game OF
| ful whether the Quakers can run up such
| a score this year.
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make some money by playing the Carlisle
| Indians there II being hoped that the
novelty will attract n large crowd. The
| Indians scored on Princeton, but II is n
| good safe bet that they don't wander very
| far into the Yalensians' territory. Lehigh
| and Brown have go at each other Mt
Providence, and, barring accidents, the
Brown men will win very handily Penn
| sylvania State college will be represented
at Princeton today, and there will be an
other victory for the Tigers, though their
opponents did score on the strong men of
| Philadelphia last season. Dartmouth will
play Bowdoin at Hanover, and ought to
win and please the home crowd. Tufts
and Trinity will probably have close
game at Hartford
| be between the teams representing the
Chicago and the Northwestern unver-
sities and the contest will be for keeps.
| The betting in Chicago is to on Stages
team, but the students of the Baptist uni
versity are holding Off for even money.
Billy Gardner and Gordon Clarke of this
| city will be found in Chicagos backfield
on Monday there will be played the first
game In the Western intercollegiate foot
ball season. Nebraska against Missouri, at
Columbia, Mo.
In Omaha double bill is today offered
| to the foot ball patrons. The best played
game will doubtless be that at the grounds
of the Young Mems Christian association.
where the teams of the High schools OF
Omaha and Council Bluffs line up against
| each other. This game Will be called at
| 2:3o o'clock. An hour later n game between
| elevens from the University club and the
| Thurston Rifles will be started at Uni
versity park.