The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-17

This morning on the $3.50 train. the
Brown football team left for Chicago.
where. on Saturday next. they will play
against the the University OF Chicago. A
good number of the students accom-
panied the players 10 the station and gave
them a rousing send-ofs. They VIII go to
Worcester. thence to Buffalo, and from
the latter place by special train, direct
through TO Chicago.
The time I'm the Windy city before the
game will be spent in hard practice, IN
order 10 get the stiffness Of travel out of
their limbs. and accustom them 70 the
peculiarities OF Marshall field. The entire
second eleven went with the varsity
this morning. and. therefore, the hrst
team will have something To practice
against when they get TO Chicago.
In a comparison OF the two teams. and
tie changes that have occurred I'm both
during the past year. IL is evident that
Brown has a slight advantage. Last
year Chicago won by score of li-6
Since that game she has lost five OF her
best men, three of whom were tho ones
directly Responsible for Browns defeat.
Chcago's recent game with the Urlyer-
sity OF Minnesota, Will perhaps, show
better than anything else the slump tLat
her team has taken.
Last year she beat this team by n score
of 400 This year Minnesota played her
rival to standstll by score of o..
This fact alone would seem TO presage A
Brown victory.
Brown, on the other hand. has lost
practically but two men, Pratt and Rich
arGson. Her line H. stronger than IL las
ever before been in all her history and
IT Chicago could not score on Minnesota,
she certainly will find trouble in getting
l1.. he
Brown back field is not as strong as IT
was last year. but with the stronger line
I'm front OF it. IL will do just as much
execution as did last years strong set OF
backs, with weak line in front of them
Brown, too. has kept up fairly consis-
tent game and has no such glarng weak
nesses as Chicago showed in her last
game.
Taking into consideration. then, Chica-
Co's loss Of her stars and her recent
preparatory school exhibition against
Minnesot Il is clearly evident that she
Is much weaker than she was last year.
Brown, On the other hand, has lost her
strong back field of last season, but has
replaced a weak line with a strong one,
so IL is clear that her strength this year
IL about equal to that OF last.
Ii must be remembered. however. the
fact that Brown is playing on a field hun
dreds of miles from home. after the de-
pressing effect or long railroad jour
ney With all these facts given their
proper Importance the general opinion is
that the score will be fairly close. with
the odds in favor OF the Providence
team.
The practice yesterday consisted main
ly OF signal practice. with short scrlm-
mage between the first and second
elevens. The Varsity showed much inn
provement in both offensive and defen-
sve play, although they might have
worked together in more unison and with
n Nttle more snap. They gained ground
at will through tho second, while the lat
ter were unable TO make a yard through
the Varsity line. Coach Robinson sent
the men TO tae dressing room early, so
that all would be ready for the trip today.
The Varsity lined up yesterday as fol-
lows: