Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

For the next two months the din of foot
ball will fill the air. Within the last week
every member of the big six got down to
real football practice and officially an
nounced it as such. Cornell. Columbia and
Yale were the first to start operations.
Pennsylvania. Harvard and Princeton wait
ing until the end of the week to begin their
real work AS a reminder of what they pro-
pose to do this fall the Ithacans started
work on Monday. a few days ahead of all
their rivals. In order that his men might
he properly initiated Coach Glenn Warner
took them out on the gridiron during a
pouring rain and gave them a foretaste of
what they might expect during some of
their big games this fall.
Harvard. Yale and Penn also furnished
some surprises during the week, Harvard
and Yale by appreciatins the necessity of
getting early to work, and Penn by over
turning all precedent and being the last
member of the big SIX" to take to the
gridiron. Heretofore Yale and Harvard
have been so cocksure of their superiority
over all rivals not to mind the early
start of the others, while Pennsylvania re-
fused TO let any one beat her men on the
field.
Cornell men are unable to restrain their
enthusiasm over the prospects for 1905 as
indicated by the material which reported to
Coach Warner during the week. And while
this enthusiasm may have to be modified
as the season advances there is certainly
good reason for CornelFs hope that at last
she is TO have an eleven which will be ca
pable of placing Cornell TO the fore the
gridiron as her other teams did In their re-
spective branches last year. The Ithacans
putting forth strenuous efforts to make
good in football this season. and they think
that If they fail this year their case is hope
less.
With the exception of the two three
men of the 1904 squad whom Cornell has
lost through graduation or other causes.
Coach Warner now has at work nearly all
of Cornelis available strength. What has
impressed thu visitors most with the Itha-
cans material has been the size and ability
of the men. With the addition of several
of the new giants who are entering this
year Cornell promises to have an extra
ordinarily heavy team this fall Using
Thompson, the big Andover guard: Kirker-
ger. the Mercersburg Hercules; Cook. Oder
kirk Halliday and Wilder, Coach Warner
has line of veteran material which will
average well over 20 pounds from tackle
TO tackle. This Is heavier line than Cor
nell has ever been able to present, and II
Is only ms tural that the Ithacans should re-
1oice because OF IT.
II the Cornell line can live up to the ex-
ptClbtlons II created the DaCk NtIC,
made up of such veterans as Rice. Gibson.
Halliday Costello. If he plays back of the
Inc; Bird and Cox. will take care of itself
In fact. IL was Cornelis weak line which
failed to support really strong back field.
which caused all the trouble In 1901. With
this weakness corrected Cornell may be ex-
pected to be fully - per cent stronger than
last year and as result Penn, Princeton
and Columbia. who walked roughshod over
the lthacans last year. will have to put
their teams through special campaign to
meet the Red and White.
At Harvard Coach Reid took hold of
things with that interchangeable energy and
discipline which made him famous when he
coached the Crimson In 1901. Reds duties
officially began last spring. when he con-
Quoted a few weeks OF preliminary practice
for the benefit of the fat men who were not
candidates for any of the other athletic
teams. Last fall Harvard had half a dozen
young giants on her team ayerarinr from