The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-05
GRIDIRON GOSSIP.

At the recent celebration by Dart
mouth students OF their victory over
Brown, Professor Justin Smith said:
Dartmouth this year has given those mon
down I'm the oyster beds something 20
think of. They will be I'm brown study
for IL months, and il II good thing
for them TO think. IL will keep them
from talking" Trainer Bowler declared
that the 10 men IN the Brown game had
actually gained 10l pounds in the il weeks
of training this season.
The Roosevelt Grammar school foot
ball team claim that I'm order 90 be the
champions of 1901. the Thayer Street
Grammar school football team must play
them the return game on Roosevelt
grounds and settle the dispute. The
Roosevelts would like to meet them Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock 10 play for
the championship. The lineup: Rein
hardt, r. T.; Smith, r. e.: Hall, c.: Drew.
/. g.; Captain Rothemitch, l. e.; Coyne. |.
o; Jordan, T. g.; Farrell, q. b.; Casey, {.
b.: Besne, I. h. b.: Siegel. T. h. b. Send
challenges to $. Eugene Hall. 100 Lowell
avenue Olneyville, r. /.
wit the close OF the football season
there is the usual speculation as to the
makeup OF the strongest eleven possible
from players OF the several teams Of the
past season. consensus of opinion
seems To be pretty well agreed on "a
team made up as follows, DAILY acting az
captain: Left. end, Davis Of Princeton:
left tackle, Blagden of Harvard: left
guard. Werner OF Cornell; centre. Bach
man of Lafayette: right guard. Barnard
OF Harvard: right tackle. Cults OF Har-
ward right end. Henry of Princeton:
quarter back. DAILY OF West Point; right
half back Weeks of Columbia: left half
back, Herman OF Harvard; full back.
Graydon OF Harvard.
A football smoker was given by the
Mask and Wig club of the University OF
Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, after
the West Point-Annapolis game The
members of the army and navy football
teams and of the Pennsylvania squad
were invited.
The report that Yale university athletic
officials are considering resuming athletic
relations with Pennsyivania IN pro-
nounced untrue by leading Yale men 1t
has been six years since Yale has had
anything to do In football with Pennsyl-
Vania It was said here today that Yale
might i'm another year. come To sUrIe
agreement with Pennsvlvania because
the latter had eligibility rules a. strin-
gent as any college in the country.
at West Point and Annapolis for suprem-
0cy on the gridiron has aroused Repre-
sentative Frank G. Wacheter OF Maryland
TO opposition. lie IL drafting a measure
go stop the annual game. lie says foot
ball is not sport in the real sense OF
the word and ia brutal and inhuman.
Mr.. Wacheter proposes 10 introduce a
Joint resolution. I'm which he will state
that such contests are contrary TO the
intent and purpose OF the government I'm
sending the future defenders OF the coun-
try TO school 60 be educated I'm the science
of warfare, and are not included I'm their
curriculum
Ralph Upton Davis Of Plttsburg has
been elected captain of the Princeton
football team for 1872 on the third ball
lot Davis prepared at the Andover
school, where hs played tackle and cap
tained the team. This year he has been
playing end all season sud his unioTm
" brilliant work has won Tor him the
reputation OF being one Of the best ends
on the cridiron. The new captain Is II
years old. weighs isS pounds and meas
ures feet inches. Al massmecting OF
the upper classes. ANtell j. Byles. Of
TitusviIlc. Pa. was elected manager for
1902 and James s. Lawson OF Williams
port, Pa, assistant manager