Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-03

Pennsylvania vs. Lehigh. at Philadelphia.
Columbia VS.. Union. at Polo Grounds
Cornell VS.. Rochester. at Ithaca.
West Point VS.. Tufts. at West Point.
New York University VS.. Colgate, at Ohio
Field.
Indians VS.. BucknelL at Williamsport.
Lafayette VS.. Gettysburg. at Easton.
Dartmouth vs.. Holy Cross. at Hanover
Amherst vs.. Colby, at Amherst.
Wesleyan VS.. Brown, at Providence.
F. and M. VS.. ST. Johns at Lancaster.
Syracuse VS. Clarkson Tech. at Syracuse.
Freshman foot ball material Of varsity
caliber is conspicuous this fall by its scare
ity At Harvard, Yale and Princeton hard
ly freshman has come out so far who is
likely to make the varsity team. Mike
Murphy, the Yale trainer, says scholarship
requirements are hurting the game. Any
way, Yale sees nothing among the new
corners of future aid to the present varsity
eleven. The contrast Is all the more no
ticeable, as four freshmen who were stars
of first ma gnitude-Shevlin. Rockwell. Kim
ney, Bowman-made the varsity team last
year 1t has been known to happen that
when a team was successful the year De-
fore. promising school material would be
diverted elsewhere under the impressio
that there would be more chance for 1t
where material was more needed. forget
full that there Is always a demand for ma
terial anywhere.
Cornell is said to have a good freshman
guard in Wilder Columbia has good man
in ]. Sharp. Princeton good freshman
tackle in Cooney and Harvard likely back
In Hanley but to date on leading teams
freshmen who are rated as probable varsity
timber can be counted on the fingers OF one
hand. Brill, last years crack Exeter tackle.
will not be eligible at Harvard 1t is report
ed, because he is to take special course
However over 100 candidates have reported
for Haryard's freshman team.
Many of the very best players have made
the immediate step from interscholast1c to
varsity teams. Frank Hinkey did so; 30
did Mccormick and Cadwallader. also Of
Yale: Dibblee and Cabot of Harvard; Da.
Wis Hillebrand Cochran and Trenchard OF
Princeton; Weekes OF Columbia and others
too numerous to mention
Haryard's chief concern Is to develop
line that will be able to give her back field
the proper support. former Harvard
player puts the situation as follows:
'"The back field at Cambridge Is very
good one, indeed, good enough to win, we
think. in itself considered This refers to
the Yale game, to which everything else
leads up at Harvard. But whether the line
will be strong enough to make the back
fields strength a winning factor is another
questionable question. Yales line Is as
big as all outdoors and composed OF sea
soned players, and unless our line Is good
enough to hold 1t off and give the backs
chance, the best back field we could find
would not overcome the ODDS ana win the
game"
The way in which candidates OF all
weights and sizes are rallying to the sup
port Of the team at Pennsylvania Is one in
d.cation of the spirit OF determination to
again rise to the ranks OF the pig four that
has sprung up at that institution. No less
than twenty-five new men responded to
call for candidates a couple Of days ago.
One OF them was a candidate for guard
named Mcclellan, whose weight IS given at
145 pounds A guard of this size has about
as much chance Of making big varsity
team as guard, as a camel has of passing
through the eye of needle; but 1t is a.
winning spirit that prompts such to re-
spond to the call for volunteers. Probably
the highest guard on a big team was Oh
colt, Of the Yale 1902 eleven, who played
center the yeag before. He was much I'M
der weight, being little, If any, over $50
pounds.