The Washington times., 1905-10-21
FOOTBALL.

Farming, working in machine shops
and other schemes have been tried for
hardening football players in the sum-
ner vacation-and incidentally adver-
! tising the schools and coaches We now
rise TO suggest that some coach can
get his name in the papers by having
his charges spend next summer shovel
ling dirt on the Panama Canal.
When il comes to knowing where it
stands and what it hopes TO accomplish
the Georgetown football team is strong
ly suggestive of Hyattsville coroner's
jury.
The Tigers have discontinued their
custom of having a big ''Y'' painted on
the tackling dummy
between the Harvard and Columbia
games, November II and %.
Smith, Pennsy's big fullback. is as
sisting the coaches on Franklin field
and acts as timer at the games.
The Carlisle Indians Dickinson game
scheduled today at Carlisle has been
transferred TO Harrisburg.
All the Harvard coaches except Lewis
will go with the team to West Point.
Lewis will see the Quakers play Brown
at Philadelphia
Captain Torrey. of Pennsylvania. did
not get in the Ursinus gnme. Bankhart.
the old Exeter player. being at center
all the way through.
Penn's cripples are beginning to re-
cuperate Sinkler, the end, is recover
ing from his injury, and will be in the
a hAf ga me
Thompson, of Andover. was used for
the first time Wednesday at Cornell
against the freshmen He was used to
carry the ball. and was more effective
than any of the backs.
Coach Brayton. of Dorchester. who
has just assumed charge. gave all the
candidates three days rest before start
ing TO work with them yesterday. The
Dorchester youngsters are now en-
couraged-
Charley DAILY. of West Point. writes
that If there is anything solid on which
TO base the optimistic statements he has
heard regarding Harvard this fail; West
Point is likely TO be up against It to-
morrow.
Bullock. Apdover's star negro player
last year, y said 10 be too busy at
he does not get into the game, Dart
mouth will lose one of the best players
turned out by the prep schools last
year.
The stands that are being erected at
Soldiers field for the Yale game are
much larger than those put up two
years ago. There will be 1000 seats in
ali for the big game. and it is not like
ly that any of them will go begging. .
There will be two good chances to
compare Pennsylvania and Harvard be-
fore the two teams meet Today Penn
meets BrowD, which comes to Cam
bridge October Is. October 2S Pennsy
meets the Indians. who will be at Cam
bridge a week later.
Columbia now is also in line with Sc
cret practice. The Quakers usually are
the first to go behind the fence, but
this year injuries have kept the coaches
picking men. and there has been no
chance to develop plays for the big
games.
Although Zirnowski. the former Brown
PLAYER. now at New Haven, has been
declared ineligible to play on the Yale
varsity. ne Will continue TO work out
with the scrub This is what Forbes
did last year. and his work this fall IS
showing the benefit of his coaching by
old Yale men.
Penn's football training house is the
poorest I'm the country among the big
Colleges II will be replaced, but the
new building will not be finished in tim.
for use by this years team.
Foster Sanford. whom Columhia for
merly paid 5000 a year TO coach its
football team. is helping Coach Hart of
Amherst TO get his team ready to meet
the Morningside Heights eleven in New
York Saturday.
The next football conference called by
President Roosevelt is likely to include
the most prominent officials in the East
These are the men. who, IL they have
the backbone to enforce the rules can
make the big college games absolutely
clean and fair.
Now that Jack Gates has come out
down at Yale. the chances for q strong
end at the leftsof the Blues line are in
creased.
Yale's practice so far has shown a
tendency for playing a more open game
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