Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-28


one hundred ana thiyty-fve games are
already fixed by Northern colleges and
rfth probably as many more TO be
,Aayed by western and southern
teams. there will be great revival or
biEsa,;n contests In the United States this
taN For some time squads OF players
On the big teams have been az practice,
so,,,r through the hight work incidental
e breaking the men in. and enabling the
coaches 10 get line on new material
that is constantly coming IN to replen!sh
the gaps made by the men who nave
Finished their college course.
Harvard and Yale VIII play at New
Earer, November 2sd. The Carlisle In
ddans and the University OF Virginia Will
meet at Norfolk. Nay the same Gay.
Princeton and Ya:> will play on the
pr,neeto,7 field November 18th, and Har-
yard and the University Of Pennsylvania
rttl have It out at Cambridge November
eth end Carolina and Virginia VIII strus-
Gle for supremacy at the Broad-street
Park, "a this city, on November 9th
Thanksgiving
interest Of local football enthusiasts
VIII center, although the contests be-
tween the colleges Of this State will have
their following OF supporters and pat
cons.
This is Football.
il most cases the elevens have not been
made mp yet Candidates for the team
end tho men On former teams are out
connecting for the palm Of superiority,
Ehich VIII give them the privilege OF up
holding the glory OF alma mater in many
e.stitr scrimnage and Of receiving sundry
knocks and blows falls and sprains IN
The effort to advance small leather oval
against the Will Of eleven other sinewy
Fellows equally determined to prevent ITS
ADVANCE and. on the other hand, to push
1t in the opposite direction There are
tine.ups and swapping back, and then the
silent wall Of flesh suddenly begins mo-
ton fierce, concerted motion, with all
the momentum it can muster. Clad In
canvas suits tightly fitting. and with
shin guards, knee pads, head bands to
save the ears being torn off in the scrin-
images pads at elbows nose protectors,
and all the catalogue Of armor used in
the game, the men hurl themselves into
walls of bulk and sinewy flesh in a head
long endeavor to tear 'eln UP" make
hole in the line" "go through center,
circle an end" or smash through
tackle" That's football
Twenty-Five giant men lined Up In close
formation. before the riveted gaze of
thousands, a few numbers rapidly re-
peated and meaningless to the outsider,
a swift preliminary shifting OF men from
the line TO the rear, where a tandem for
nation is quickly made, then the ball is
sharply passed back and the inert mass
of humanity becomes life and motion.
few seconds and a confused mass OF legs
end arms and writhing, twisting bodies
Is wallowing on the muddy or frozen
xround, and a whistle sounds. Then the
men untangle themselves from the pile
take inventory Of injuries. and unless
mortally wounded or badly crippled. leap
up again and hurry to places shouloer
20 shoulder with their buEhy-haired TEL
low warriors. That's modern football.
All the teams are now in a fair state
of training and coaching, and are per-
fectng themselves IN signals. in pass
ing. falling on the ball. punting, lining
up and breaking away. All is done more
rapidly than it can be told.
Tale, Harvard, Princeton.
Yale begins the season with five posi-
lions to be filled-two ends. quarter back,
one half-back. and full back. The follow
ing men of last years team have re-
ported for duty: Hamlin. Hogan. Glass,
Goss, Holt, and Chadwick. The five va
canc!es will be filled with little difficulty,
with the possible exception Of the ends.
Harvard will be strong behind the line
this year. Her three star backs. who
made her touchdowns against Yale last
year, are back again. Captain Herman
will be at left half. Graydon will be at
is vacant but there is excellent material
10 supply 1t with. The rush line has but
two veterans Barnard at right guard and
Bowditch at right end. The applicants
for the line vacancies are all tried men.
Lewis, the star negro center of Harvard
few years ago, is coaching the rush
line.
Princeton has had her men at work In
fight practice and team work for some
lime, and promises TO put a cracking
cam on the gridiron this year. Tooker.
17O.pound freshman, is said TO be a
konder in the drop kicking and punting
line, and the team has about the same
proportion OF veterans on hand as her
I'D rival, Yale.
The Southern Gridiron.
This week there will be many games
among the e<auls Of the big colleges. but
mostly minor games. practice contests for
the great teams preparatory to the su-
preme struggles Of the year.
In the South, even. the games will begin
this week. Washington and Lee and the
University Of Virginia Will play Septsm-
Der Goth After that there will be many
games among the Virginia and North and
South Carolina colleges. On the 4th Of
October the University Of Virginia will
play the strong St Adams team at Char
lottesville, and on the following Satur-
lay, the 18th, the Varsity will play CO.
hr,bian University. OF Washington, at
Charlottesville.
The Virginia Military Institute will have
Its first game with Roanoke College on
the 9Th of October. and viii play ST. Al
bans two days later. The score of the
game with ST. Adams will afford.a COM
oaTison OF the strength of the University
and the Virginia Military Institute teams,
the University having played them a week
before Ono OF the most interesting
games on the Virginia Military Institute
schedule is that with Georgetown Uni
versity, OF Washington, which last year
defeated the University OF Virginia after
a laeart-brea King game. This year the
University will not play Georgetown. ath-
tetto relations between the two having
been severed, owing TO charges of pro-
feesIonaiIsrn against Geocgetewn by the
University OF Virginia.
we shtngton and Lees schedule opened
with a game with the Miller School We'd
f,esday. The game with the University
Sf Virginia Saturday vas the first i'm
nortant garre. October llth the Wash
ngton snd Lee boys Will play the Vir-
fi,lia Polytechnic Institute at Lynch
Burg. and the Goth the University OF North
carolina at Norfolk.
The two most interesting games OF the
kutsre. season n Virginia football are
The annual struggles between the Uni-
knnktY OF Virginia Ain the University