The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30
THE FOOTBALL OUTLOOK
Colleges Slow in Selecting Their
Varsity Squads.
Wealth of Material Makes the Weed
ing Out Process Slow - faie's
Strong Center Trio - HnrN"rds
Candidates Not Yet Tried Down
Princeton Now Working Hnrd'

iron during the next SIX weeks Win TAG
exception of Columbia all of the colleges
seem to have an unusually large number of
candidates upon which to draw for mate
rial, and in consequence the weeding-out
process has been eorrespondinGly long
drawn out.
Especially is this true of Yale, where an
unprecedented number of men reported in
answer to the call OF Captain Brown Har-
ward also has had formidable lot of can
didates to look over, and neither Princeton
nor Cornell has been at all short OF ma
terial Celumbia's coaches however, have
been sadly disappointed ard embarrassed
by the hardness OF their men in coming to
scratch, and the unanticipated resignation
of Captain Simmons was a blow that we'll
nigh discouraged everyone interested in
the 1900 prospects of the team. There was
a prompt rally. however, and with Column
bia men volunteering from nearly every
other athletic organization in the college.
material for creditable eleven will doubt
less be gotten into shape before Columbia
first real game of the season, that of oc
tober Is at Cambridge with Harvard.
Where Yale gave no clearly defined
promise of strength two weeks ago, she
now promises to be strongest. viz. in her
line formation. The recent acquisition of
Oicott and Sheldon should, with Brown,
give Yale one OF the most formidable
centre trios that will take the field this
year. and, in view of Yales characteristic
style of play. strength here is where it
will probably be most needed and called
upon.
Yale promises to put up a brilliant back
field game from the outset of tine season,
and with such material as Sharpe, Easton,
Chadwick, Fox, KeaDe, and Hyde to try
out, Yale will without doubt develop
team that should at all essential points do
her full credit during the present sea-
son.
Harvard's policy this season, as hereto
fore, viii be that Of keeping big squad
Of men in training and ready for emer-
gereies at all times. While possessed of
ample material, however, the team has
been slow in developing. Lawrence, Halo
we'll, and Campbell are thus far the best
of the line candidates tried out. and may,
barring accident, be looked upon as Ger
tainties. Lawrence and Eaton seem to
be the likely tackles and should prove
satisfactory in these positions. With Boal
among the uncertainties, it still being
questionable whether he will play this
year, Harvard is is some doubt as
to its centre trio. Sargent is perhaps the
only man Of a trio that can be counted
upon, and he did not prove fully up to
varsity standard last year. The team,
with DAILY, Fincke, Baldwin, and Alfred
Stillman. has some excellent back ma
terial and promises 10 be very strong
there so long as accident does not in
terfere with its formation.
Princeton is working unusually hard
this year to get a strong team together,
and under the experienced handling of
Poe, Barnard and Ballet is sure to sue
coed TO degree that viii make the Tigers
no less a factor in this years struggle
than in seasons past The absence of Ed
wards, Hildebrand and Poe from the line
renders practical reorganization neces-
sary here. High hopes are entertained Of
Davis. late of Andover. however, and with
Hale, De Witt, Brown, Little, Roper,
Black, and Captain Pell, may furnish ma
terial from which formidable line can
be gotten together. Duncan, McCiave,
Maths, and Levick are apparently play
ing the back positions TO Pell's satisfac-
ton.
PENNSYLVANIA is weak in the line. and
from the amount of trying-out that is
still going on Coach Woodruff is still far
from making up his mind as TO the re-
spectiye merits of his men. Thus far
Hare Horner, and Zimmerman seem TO be
his preferences for centre trio, with
Bennett and Hodge as tackles and Gardi- |
ner and Magee as ends. In back material
the Quakers are strong in their star, Joe
and Woodley. After their game today !
with Lehigh the material on hand will
doubtless be shaved down and q varsity |
squad selected.
Coach Houghton has not been having an
easy time in the wedding out process at /
Ithaca There have been candidates enough, |
but the men have been slow in getting /
down and have seemed to lack in cohesion
and team strength Among those thus far !
sent TO the training table are Alexander,
Warner Pierson, Taussig, Morriscn, Thorn !
as, Schoelkoff, Flnnucane, Whitney, and |
Lueder Captain Starbuck has practically 1
recovered from his injury Of Two weeks !
ago, but has yet done no active practice I
work. He has acknowledged that the team |
Will be lighter in weight this year than /
he likes, but expresses confidence that it
viii more than make up the deficiency in
speed and good work from back OF the line.
The official schedule so far as made up
follows:
September 29-Yale vs.. Trinity, at Men
Haven; Harvard vs.. Wesleyan, at Cam
bridge; Cornell VS.. Syracuse, at ithaca; |
Pennsylvania VS.. Lehigf, at Philadelphia.
October 3-Ysle rs. Amherst. at New
Haven: Harvard VS. Williams, at Cam
bridge, Princeton VS.. Stevens, at Prince
ton; Cornell vs.. Rochester. at ithaca; 4
Pennsylvania VS.. Franklin and Marshall, at
Philadelphia.
Harvard VS.. Bowdoin, at Cambridge |
Princeton VS.. Lehigh. at Princeton; Coz /
nell vs.. Bushnell. al Ithaca; Pennsylvania !
VS.. Haverford. at Philadelphia.
October Io-Yale VS.. Bates, at New /
Haven; Harvard rs Amherst, at Cam /
bridge Princeton vs.. State College, at I
Princeton; Pennsylvania ys. Dickinson, al /
Philadelphia.
October 12-Princeton VS.. Baltimore Med |
ical College, at Princeton.
October I3-Yaie rs. Dartmouth, at New I
ton, Mass; Harvard vs. Columbia, at Cam
bridge Princeton VS.. Annapolis, at An !
napolis; Cornell rs. Washington and JET |
ferson. al Ithaca; Pennsylvania ys. Brown. |
at Philadelphia
October 17-Yale VS.. Bowdoin, at New |
Haven; Harvard vs.. Bates, at Cambridge: |
Princeton KS. Syracuse. al Princeton; Penn |
syivania VS. State College. at Philadelphia. |
October 20-Yale vs. Wesleyan, at New |
Haven; Harvard VS.. West Point, at West |
Point; Princeton VS.. Lafayette. at Easton; |
cornes, VS.. Union College. at Ithaca; |
Pennsylvania VS.. Columbia, at Franklin |
October 27-Yale VS.. Columbia. at New |
York: Harvard VS. Carlisle Indians, at
Cambridge; Princeton VS.. Brown, at Proyi- |
dence; Pennsylvania vs.. Chicago, at Phila- |
delphia
November 3-Yale VS.. West Point, at |
West Point; Harvard VS.. Pennsylvania, al |
Cambridge; Princeton VS.. Cornell at |
Princeton.
November 6.-Prineeton VS.. Columbia, at
New York.
November 10-Yale VS. Carlisle Indians /
az New Haven: Harvard VS. Brown. at /
Cambridge; Princeton VS. Dartmouth, al |
Princeton; Cornell VS. OberlIn College. at |
Ithaca: Pennsylvania VS.. Lafayette, az