The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-31
FOOTBALL PROSPECTS BEGINNING
TO ASSUME DEFINITE SHAPE,
Plans of Teams in the East Have Been Outlined, Although Local
Gridiron Preparations Are Still in Commencement Com
ment on the Local EIevens-Work at PENNSYLVANIA
University - General Sporting Gossip.

their preparations for the coming football
season by commencing the erection of 80
more seats in the grand stand at the unive
slty held. These are especially designed TO
use in the game with Harvard, which is tn
most important of the contests schedule
at the Yale field this season. The seats ar
to be constructed by adding to the tiers o
the grand stand already erected.
Orders for the preliminary training to be
gin at the Yale field on Monday, Septembe
10: have been sent out by Captain Chad
WICK. Inc players will work at the rudi
, ments of the game for ten days before col
iege opens and the first game of the season
Is played With Trinity College in this city
! This early drill is to be in charge of Jot
Swan, who was right end last season. Swar
VIII be the field coach all this fall. Tn,
general coach will be Walter Camp. thu
head coach.
The Yale coachers have received bat
news in the announcement that Johnny de
Saulles. the star quarter back. and Clarence
Neymouth, the full back, will not return
the coming fall. Both have decided to &c
INTO business; The loss of both will he
Saulles
Captain Chadwick's roll call of the players
! likely to return shows that Hart, half
back; De Saulles. quarter back; Weymouth,
fulI back. Olcott. guard; Swan. right end,
and Captain Gould, left end, will not return.
EX-Captain Gould will not return to Yale to
assist in the coaching this fall. as he has
accepted the position of head coach at
amherst COllege.
The following veterans of last season are
now sure to return this fail: Captain Chad
wick and Wilhelm. half backs; Hogan and
Hamlin, tackles; Goss and Glass. guards;
Holt. center. Great things are expected of
Glass. who played in most of the games
last fall. but who was declared ineligible
because he had been in Syracuse University
Ior a preparatory course before coming to
Yale. and therefore needed a years resi-
dence to make him eligible.
or the leading substitutes last year the
following will he Formidable Can6idafPl this
fall, Coffin and Neal. ends: BisseII and
weeks, tackles; Johnson. guard: Metcalf
ard Rockwel !. quarter backs: Cross. Rogers,
and Owsley. half backs. and Ward Wander
peel and DAILY. full backs.
George Clark. who acted as trainer for
"a. 'S5 and 90, has been engaged to act in
that. capacity again the coming season.
Clark greatly strengthened the elevens by
management feels that the team this year
will be much benefited by having his serv-
ices. He will go to Lawrence Tuesday to
prepare. training quarters. Coach Curtis
will not arrive at the university until Sep
TENDER 10: and Clark viii have the squad
In charge in the meantime from the opening
of the school, September /.
The prospects for a strong eleven at X. L.
tbs season are very bright, as it is expected
that eight of the old men will return. and
some very promising material will show up.
For the first time in the history of the
Is. L. Athletic Association there was money
Itll III ilt treasury, anu lUlS VIII De turleu
over to the equipment and training Of the
team. Manager Foster is confident that the
Jayhawkers Will make a creditable record
this coming season.
The Yale. Harvard. Princeton and Column
hia footballists are all preparing to buckle
on their canvas suits. The Yale candidates
VIII be put through a course of training
this year that is likely to make them either
cripDles or heroes. Yale is determined to
win back the football championship from
~ - -. ri II ~ Rnn No Iona hT h. H1r To-
kind o. hard work.
The crimson Will have practically the
same team as last year. and this team.
in the opinion of the students at Cam
bridge. VIII again prove invincible.
II will be emembered that Harvard
had a plethora of good material last year.
and this makes her chances Of beating
Yale again particularly bright.
William Morley. the famous half back OF
Columbia: Will he the Columbia coach this
season. He predicts a great eleven for Co
lumbia this fall because several odd men
were kept off the team last year owing
available this fall. Columbia viii still have
the services of the fine hardiing half back.
Harold Weekes.
IS now in charge of the Chicago University
team. He saws he will have a team that
will beat anything in the West this year.
a series OF races has been arranged be-
tween three of the crack racing Scoops out
this season which will create quite an in
terest, in that the boats represent the
cities of New York, Boston and Newport.
These races are to be sailed off Newport.
beginning Tomorrow. and continuing to
Saturday The boats are Humma. Herman
Affair. Cord Meyer. With the exception of
Humma. the boats will be sailed by their
owners; while Ralph n. Ellis will sail Mr.. |
The first two of these races will be sailed |
the auspices of the Newport Yacht
Facing Association September l and 2. The
dSS0G14T1nl Will ~ how a DVD- @a.I H. I
The remainder Of the week the yachts will
sail sweepstakes. 1t is not likely that all
the courses will be out to sea: probably
OF them will be laid in Narragansett
Bay. As there seems little likelihood of
the three l0-footers all meeting again this
season. this series should prove very in
terestinc.
Several entries lave been received by the
Newport association for its races to-mor-
and Tuesday. and there is likely to be
I large number of starters. The races are
'pen to all recognized racing classes. small
nd large: and cups are offered each day
2 each c:ass in which there are three OF
more starters.
What should be by long odds the best and
test American automobiles have
ct been subjected to will take place in
-merica will hold its 5O0-miIe endurance or
e~iiability contest from New York TO Bos-
and return. on October 9 to Is. The
in charge Of the contest say that
he contest is arranged with a view of af-
riding an opportunity for the various types
[ motor vehicles to demonstrate their re-
ABILITY under circumstances as closely as
ossible resembling general touring condi-
ons in the United States.
committee lays especial stress on the
tct that speed in excess of the legal limit
III be absolutely prohibited under pain of
qualification. general reliability being
'e underlying feature of the contest. All
ahicles. whether electric, steam or gaso-
ne. VIII operate in the same class. the
being by weight. as follows:
ASS A. under 1000 pounds: class B. 1000
ECO pounds; class c. 3.609 pounds and
class D. motor cycles.
entrance fee of so for each automo-
lie and IS for each motor cycle Will he
and entries will close on Septem- (
II 10. Post entries will be received after | y