The Washington times., 1905-10-25
FOOTBALL.

FOOTBALL. Mn
Coach Barnard gave the George
Washington squad a taste of real work
at University Field yesterday. The
showing made in the Hopkins game was
entirely unsatisfactory to the coach. but
re expects to have his charges in con-
dition for the University OF Maryland
game on next Saturday
The Army-Navy Preparatory School
Western High game, which was sched-
uled for Friday. has been Cancelled at
the request of the latter team, as the
West Enders do not want to take any
chances with their players before the
championship High School game with
Central on Tuesday.
veeder, of Yale, sent away a 1o-y9rc
punt last Saturday
The only place a long-haired football
player exists nowadays is in cartoons
Princeton not only is developing a
strong offense, but one in whic,. a num-
Der OF different men carry the ball.
The Harvard Bulletin says that foot
ball games are becoming insuneraoiy
dull. That's what the Bulletin SAID
about Yale-Harvard rowing races year
i
in rowing Rowing at Yale ism insuI-
ferably dull; neither is football at Yale.
New Haven Register.
After being reported as about TO en-
ter a half dozen institutions and play
football. Capt. Tom Thorp, OF Coium-
bia. yesterday turned up at ithaca
where he Is making arrangements look-
ing toward his admission TO the Sloiey
School of Mechanical Engineering. he
visited Percy Field and watched the
work of the Cornell eleven interesteoiy.
He would say nothing as to whether he
intends to remain at Ithaca long enough
20 qualify under the Cornell eligibility
cvde for the team
GaIiaudet meets the Columbia Ath-
letic Club at Kendall Green this after
noon at $3.50 o'clock
Holyoke High School football team is
given as the reason why the team was
defeated 16 TO by the Springfield High
School team on Saturday. As result
Principal n NJ S. Moriarity has re-
quested the resignation Of James ]. Lee.
captain of the team. Lee has not le-
signed and a mass meeting Of the stu
dents is likely to be held tomorrow ana
a protest entered against Princi2al : mor-
iarty's action. The latter says: THE
cigarette habit prevails, j am sorry to
say, among many of the high school stu
dents including some who are supposed
TO be In training lot dlnletlC eNtHls L ne
school is responsible in great measure
for the work OF It's athletes and cigar cite
smoking must be eliminated II Holyoic
IS to stand we'll with the other schools.
The fact that many Of the players on
the football team have paid no atten-
tion to training rules undoubtedly caused
defeat by their rivals"
Army and navy circles are discussing
with no small amount of interest the
conceling of a game of football. which
IL was proposed should be played on
Governors Island. in New York harbor.
between teams representing those
branches of the service. 1t appears
there was talk of civilians being in
terested unfairly IN the proposed game.
Gen. Frederick d. Grants attention
was called to attempts In the Wall street
district OF New York TO obtain money
for the game from friends of his. Sus-
pecting that the Army and Navy would
receive only a small percentage OF the
receipts. he refused TO permit the troops
on the island to play. II is said that
August Belmont had promised to pay
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