The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-10
MISCELLANEOUS ;

The foot ball team of the University
of Pennsylvania is early in the field
with it's schedule of games. Its season
begins September 81 and Is games are
booked. Friends of Pennsylvania and
Princeton will regret that no game
could be arranged between these two.
Thousands of people outside of college
circles were anxious to see a game be-
tween them. Pennsylvania games, as
scheduled, are:
~ Wednesday, September 27-Frankln
and Marshall, at Franklin Field.
Saturday, September 30-Lehigh, at
Franklin Field.
Wednesday, October 4-Bucknell, at
Franklin Field.
Saturday, October Brown, at
Providence, r. l.
Wednesday, October 11-Virginia at
Franklin Field.
Saturday, October 14-Indiana, at
Franklin Field.
Wednesday. October 1S-Wesleyan, at
Franklin Field.
Saturday, October 21-Lafayette, at
Franklin Field
Saturday, October 2S-Chicago at
Chicago, Ill.
Saturday. November 4-Harvard, at
Franklin Field.
Saturday, November 11-Michigan, at
Franklin Field.
Friday, November 17-State college,
at Franklin Field.
Thursday, November 30-Cornell, at
Franklin Field.
Britishers in New York are offering
to wager $40 to 800 that the Shamrock
will win the cup.
]. Pierpont Morgan's prize collie that
fny dow
q puppies at Cragston kennels. is dead
In spite of every effort to keep the
puppies alive, they also succumbed.
Jimmy Morgan of Chelsea, Mass, is
the amateur champion of the United
States for 1899. Moran was not much
in evidence at Montreal, but when he
got the cracks on the Charles river
track he certainly showed them a few
points in sprinting.
Captain Edwards has issued a call
for football candidates to report at
Princeton, September IL, when cross
country runs will be taken to reduce
weight. A new coaching system will
be inaugurated the coming season. In
stead of a head coach having full
charge, a committee, already selected,
will direct she work.
1t is understood that the committee
known alumni: Carrie Cochran, 9S,
who was so successful as a coach last
fall; d. M. Ballet, who will have
charge of the center men: "Biff' Lea,
who will devote his attention to the
tackles; Fred Smith and A. Kelly, who
will look after the men behind the line
The candidates who will present
themselves for early practice are as
follows: Center, Booth, Barnard and
McCord guards, Edward Mills, Coe
and Reilly; tackles, Hillebrand, Pell,
Forte and Ripley; ends, Arthur Poe,
Palmer. H. Lathrope. MONTGOMERY and
Sheffield; quarters, Hutchinson, Wat
kins. Duncan and G. Poe: half-backs
G. Lathrope. Ayers, Beardsley, Ritter
Gilmore. Jones, knight and Roper;
full-backs. Kafer, Wheeler, Lindsay
and Bartlett.
graduates is the knowledge that the
Tigers and the sturdy Quakers will not
meet on the gridiron next fall, as was
at first expected.
While I prefer the good will more
than all the cups you could get up"
said Sir Thomas Upton in talking of
the coming international yacht race,
the truth is, l am here in a serious
and proper way, and am hard after it,
and if the cup can be lifted then I
am after it; and money counts for
nothing with me, not the least.
Rest assured we will do our best to
bring it back to the old sod -"
Asked as to what he thought of the
Shamrocks chances. he said: "I would
not be here If did not think we'll of it.
Just for a second understand me as not
wishing or desiring TO bolster our side
up, but since you have asked the ques-
ton. my frank answer to it is just
this: The Shamrock's chances are iust
as good as the Columbia's, end this is
as far as / will go" |