Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27

The American intercollegiate foot ball
season is now less than two weeks distant
Except in a few rare instances, the sched-
uled games will not begin at this time, but
the preliminary practice, in which every
college engages more or less, will start up
then. At all of the western colleges, ana
some of the eastern universities as we'll
the coaching force Is already on tho ground
instructing some of the early arrivals or
laying plans for the fall campaign. FORMAL
preliminary practice has been abandoned
at all the leading eastern schools, thoush
II has been kept up at the minor colleges
and all the middle western universities.
throughout the east the greatest inter-
est will center this fall in the work OF the
big six-Yale, Pennsylvania, Harvard, Cor
nell. Princeton and Columbia. At this mo-
ment the outlook is for an exceptionally
brilliant season at each member OF TINS
sextette Yale, Columbia and Prlncetoli
have lost rather more heavily thah the
other three as far as veterans from lasl
year are concerned. but it is expected that
the recruits in the new freshman GLASSES
will make up for these losses. VI them on
Yale has undoubtedly suffered the heaviest
losses The Ellis heaviest losses were In the
line. Here they lost Hogan and Kinney,
their famous tackles; Kinney, stefiiis
guard: Poraback, the center; Neal an emu
Back Owsley and Half Back LeavenWorth.
AS a nucleus the Ellis will have Capt. Shev-
line at end, Trip at guard, Gates at eho'
Thompson at guard. Besides these men
there are several substitutes from last year
who are expected to develop into stars for
the blue. While this is perhaps the heaviest
loss that Yale ever experienced In one year
there is no doubt that Yale VIII be able 10
take care of herself as usual.
Harvard will start the season much bet
ter than Yale, in fact better than any OF
her rivals. Her greatest strength lies In
securing w. II. Reid head coach Reid
has made himself famous as a player as
well as coach, and with his original and
business-like methods ought to be able to
redeem the Crimson's lost fortunes on the
gridiron. Harvards losses have been eX-
ceptionally small. Hardly one of last year s
veterans will be missing this fall. In fact
the Crimson could take the men who are lett
over from last year and make two hrst-ciass
elevens out of them. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of all who saw the Crimson in ac-
ton last fall that it's defeats were due pri-
marily to the fact that the coaches did not
make the best of the material they had
This charge will not be made this year II
Reid lives up to the reputation he formed
for himself three years ago. In the back
field Harvard will have left over from last
year: Noyes and Starr, quarter backs:
Nichols. full back: Sperry, Wendell and
Hurley half backs. In the line there will be
Parker, center; Squires and White. guards;
Brill, tackle; Montgomery end
The Harvard eleven will once more be an
exceptionally heavy one. From this ma
terial Coach Reid can secure a team that
will average close to 200 pounds. but Reid
says that he will not depend entirely upon
beef. and during the spring practice he
paid primary attention to speed and GER
tainty in handling the ball as the requisites
for membership on the team. Another thing
which is sure to be q tremendous help to
Harvard Is Reds insstence that graduate
coaches especially the self-appointed ones.
keep their distance.
The University of Pennsylvania promises
to have a repetition of its brilliant season
last year when the eleven went through the
entire season without suffering a defeat or
a touchdown. Although the Quakers appear
to have lost rather heavily tAeir losses have
not been as severe as Thought. OF last
years team Penn. will be ytthout Full Back
Smith, Left End Drake Left Tackle But
kiewicz, Left Guard Piekarski All of these
were veterans, but with the exception of
Piekarski. their places can be filled very
satisfactorily. Foiwell can play full back
as we'll as Smith ever did, while Weede is a
better end than Drake. Where Penn. will
really suffer will be in the scarcity of heavy
men for the line. Zeigler and Lamson. who
weigh 100 pounds each. are the only heavy
line men Penn. has left and unless some
heavy material is found in the coming
freshman class this will be PENIS weakest
point. The other veterans left are Sinkler
at right end, Lamson at right tackle, Zeig-
enson at quarter back, Greene and Rey-
nolds at half backs.
Princeton is another heavy loser, but the
loss is occasioned not so much by the grad.
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