The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-11-14
nous players who have done much for
Princeton athletics.

nous players who have done much for
Princeton athletics.
The sailors OF the ibattieship Massachu-
setts have a football team, and they are
looking for scalps about Greater New
York.
Abbattichio. the old Philadelphia third
baseman. made the only points In the Du-
quesne-I.atrobe game. at Pittsburg Sat
urday, by kicking a goal from the field.
He was one OF Latrobe's backs.
IL would be a novelty surely. for Yale
to use one set OF backs against Princeton
and another against Harvard. IL may he
Dupee. Finckle and Chadwick in the
Princeton game and Hale. Sharpe and
Cook In the Harvard contest
Dave Tultz has been elected captain OF
the Homestead A. C. and was presented
with a gold watch and chain by his fell
low-players Saturday night.
Pratt, Richardson, Gammons and Fult;
the former Brown stars are creating n
end OF talk In the west by the phenoms
nal playing for Homestead and Duquesne
Athletic clubs.
Bose" Reiter will play with Princeton
In the Yale game. although he has played
four years with old Nassau. lie IL ex-
empt from the four-year rule, under the
agreement between the two universities,
because he has played against Yale only
two years, 1897 and 1899.
Joe Upton is I'm demand as an umpire
these days williams and Wesleyan ar
after him 10 umpire their championship y
game Saturday at Williamstown. and
Brown and Dartmouth want his services
at their annual game at Hanover the
same day.
Brown plays her big game of the sea.
son on Saturday at Hanover, with Dart
mouth. The latter team Is not very strong
this year. and ought TO be rather easy for
the boys from Providence. IL they do rot
get swelled heads because OF their work
against Pennsylvania and Hsryard.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Pennsylvania has secured Bert Waters
and Coach Lewis OF Harvard as officials
for the Penn-Indian game Saturday. Wa
ters Is member of the athletic commit
tee at Harvard, and while at Philadelphia
he probably will come In for q curtain
lecture regarding the eligibility OF Me-
Cracken to play In this years game at
Cambridge.
ft has Just occurred 70 rafe footbaff
men that there is hardly room between
the goal line and tho fence at either end
OF the field. and II a kick should be block
cd behind the goal line. there Is a chance
OF the ball going over the fence. This
would lead to interesting complications,
as IL Is no easy matter to scale the fence
and wire. There Is a chance of losing r.
touchdown or making a safety.
Bowdoin received an invitation from
Harvard this week to play at Cambridge
Nov. II. The management declined TO
accept. as that date is promised TO Tufts.
and IL would be a dishonorabie cancel
Quite a contrast with the way Tufts did
several years ago, when Tufts Cancelled
the game sne was scheduled to play at
Brunswick. In order 10 play Yale At New
Haven. II would serve Tufts right II
Bowdoin accepted Harvards offer, but
honor is considered more down here than
At Tufts.-(Bath, Me. Enterprise)
"The abuse Of the side line rule" says
tho New York Sun, which limits the
representatives OF each team 10 FIVE men
is calculated to cause further action or
the part OF the rues committee" The on
ly way 10 keep the coaches from getting
word from the side lines 20 the, men on
the field nowadays would be 10 bar the
coaches and trainers from the game.
make every man play the full game.
whether injured or not. have no inter-
mission. and combine the duties of the
umpire and referee with those OF physi-
clans and rubbers. Even then some In
genious coach probably would 40 UP In
balloon and "wigwag" signals to tn
players down below.