Kansas City journal., 1897-11-11
A GROUP OF EASTERN STARS.


termine which eleven will meet the CHI
cago A. A. team that was beaten 16 to 8.
by Yale last Saturday. Coach Edward
Robinson, of Brown university. who has
built up the Nebraska eleven, using such
material as "Bili' Melford. Shorty Tur-
ner. Hansen, Billy Hayward, Pearse. Wig
gins. Terrible" Stringer, Schwartz, Mont
poets 10 see a hard fought game with vic
tory nesting with the Nebraskans at the
end.
In Kansas and Kansas City 1t is almost
treason to hint at probable defeat OF the
mighty Jayhswkers. Even in many parts
of Nebraska the odds are on Kansas TO
the meeting of the Missouri Tigers and
Purdue, at Lafayette, Ind, as victory
for old gold and black would greatly add
to the interest in the meeting Of Kansas
and Missouri in this city on Thanksgiving
day.
Followers of the game will be puzzled
over the announcement that Kansas will
meet the U. NJ. c. eleven in this city on
November 20. less than one week prior to
the Kansas-Missour game. II Kansas an
ticipated n hard game with Missouri on
Thanksgiving day II would seem like folly
TO meet a strong team like the Medics so
close to the date set down for the game
Medics would not affect the standing Of
Kansas in the college games, II might
having the effect of arousing interest IN the
game TO be played with Missouri; the
game between Kansas and the Medics-if
II is to be won by the best team-should
be a fine drawing card, but suppose Kan
sas should be beaten? How many would
accept the result a true index OF the
comparative strength. of the two teams:
On the other hand, in case Kansas should
defeat the Medics. would II not detract
10, h.. han kGD DiV n
game? II Kansas expected a hard game
with Missouri, would 1t not have been bet
ter to have postponed the game with the
Medics until after the meeting with the
Tigers? Then, a game with the Medics
would attract even greater interest than
the one, now scheduled II is not to be
supposed that Kansas Will take any
chances OF iniuring her best players IN the
game with the Medics.
Next Saturday will be the biggest day
of the year for gridron sports. In the
East the big four universities practically
finished their practice games on Saturday
with the three contests in which Pennsyl-
yania defeated the Carlisle Indians 20 to X
and Yale the Chicago Athletic Club mer
lS to 6, while the Princetons walloped the
relics of last years glory at LaIaysI,e
by the blithesome' score OF % 10 y. .Ihe
championship season has come.
Harvard and Yale have played tneir las
games against smaller elevens, while Penn
sylvania and Princeton have but one NOR
toy football game apiece There were only
two championship games in the EASTER
schedule last year. Harvard playing only
Pennsylvania, and Yale only princeton
But this year there will be three games
Harvard playing with Yale. The only pail
of the big four which will not meet ar,
Pennsylvania and Princeton.
The first two of these four contestant!
for the college championship Of the East
which will carry with il this year th'
championship of the whole country. arr
Harvard and Yale, who meet next Satur
day afternoon on Soldiers field at Cam
bridge.
In the season of preliminary games tina
have been played. Princeton seems TO hav,
shown n trile the best work. Pennsylvani;
ranks n close second. while Harvard il
easily third and Yale a poor fourth. il
points. while II is the only college team
In the East which has gone through tn
season so far without being scored against
PENNSYLVANIA I'm twelve games has amass
ed 40 points. while its opponents hav
gathered together paltry IA. Harvard
like Princeton. has played ten games. bu
has succeeded in running up only 221 points
A total of five has been scored against tn
crimson. Fullback Young of the Corne
eleven having lifted a drop-kck over III
cross bars of the goal posts. J ale has th
unenyiable reputation of having piaye
fewer games. having scored the fewes
points and having been scored against III
most times. Nale's record for nine game
is but 16i points to IS.
The following tables show the games an
the score the champion universities haN
played this season: