Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-08
Football Notes.

1uluDllng, Penn Will have an even chance
against Harvard.
Games between Amherst and Holy
Cross are likely TO be discontinued. Each
accuses the other of being too rough"
Amherst does not look AS formidable as
n few weeks ago. Holy Cross heating
her will make Dartmouth "A big favorite,
next Saturday.
4 lot Of good. He saw the Quakers play
at Philadelphia Now he is ready TO
guide the Harvard eleven down to the
Yale game.
,Che Pennsylvania football players will
20 into the country for three days prior
TO the Harvard game. There viii be no
scrimmage work after tomorrow on
Franklin field.
stance, Colgate beat Dartmouth II to 10.
Dartmouth WINS from Williams "A to .,
and Williams beats Colgate to 0; Dart
mouth beats Princeton to 0.
Wisconsin, in defeating the University
of Minnesota team Is to u, is now in linz:
for the western championship Phil
kings team now has to meet Chicago and
Stage and Michigan and Fost
Swarthmore proved to be tn" undoing
of The Cornell team 1t does not always
follow that easy games Will keep an
eleven i'll shape. y good hare game once
in a while would do a heap of good.
Boston Globe: The Philadelphia crowd
which cheered Stevenson when ne hit
Missed him when hc pax Dcitrick Of La
iaYcttc, ont of tho game, Saturday.
Mate" Stauffer. who refereed the Eiar
ward Carlisle game 50 acccptably. for
merly coached Ncwhail. fIarrard's sub
stitute quarterback, at Il school outside
Philadelphia. Stautfcr will ofIiciate at
the Corncll-Princeton game, Saturday.
Boston Globe: There is a possibility
that if Bates and Maine both win from
and u week from Saturday. they may
play off the tie between them on Nov
- either at Portland or Lewiston.
The playing of Jack Gates was one Of
the features of Yale's game against; CO.
lumbia. Gates showed in the fall train
ing that he is a splendid leader for the
Yale track team of which he is the 1906
captain. and he is making good on the
football field besides.
Three Of the Cornell Varsity men who
played in Saturdays game with Swarth-
more did not appear for practice, Mon
day afternoon. Among these was Capt
Costello, who will not be able to play in
the Princeton game, next Saturday, be-
cause of Il broken hand His loss will
be badly felt as it will be necessary 10
Sheldon and ORourke were tried at right
tackle, Monday. Rice, quarterback and
R0adhousc left end. were also absent.
Boston Globe: After n long time Al
Sharpe OF Yale. disqualified Stevenson of
Pcnnsy, he deserved, for rough play.
il took a man like George Brooke to turn
the Philadelphia public's sentiment
against unnecessarily. rough play. Bill
venson. Saturday. In England, under the
laws of the Seeker Association. when a
player is ruled off for smuggling he is like
ly to be suspended from play for a year.
Such provision in the American rules
would do lot toward cleaning out some
of the SlugCers. There aren't many of
them, though
Bob Dunbar in Boston journal: 1t is
something new in football to POSTPONE
or cancel games on account of "a muddy
field. First the Wellesley Hgh-Waltham
High game was declared forfeited to tn.
Watch City team, because The parents of
the boys from Wellesley refused to allo:,
their sons to play. and now word comes
frcm Waltham High, through its man
ager. that the game scheduled for this
afternoon with Somerville High has been
cancelled owing TO the poor condition of
the field. 1t looks now as il the same
rules governing baseball diamonds must
prevail before some of the school tea ms
Will play. suggestion that a muddy or
wet field was cause for postponing a foot
ball game would make the old-tima
Schoolboy laugh.
Jack OwsI"y, Yale's field coach, return
ed from New York to New Haven in |
time to look the team over during the |
morning. Owsley met the head coaches |
81 Harvard and Princeton in New York. |
Saturday evening. for a brief conference
IN reference to the agreement with Pres
idnnt Roosevelt for clean football. The
conference lasted only a few minutes All |
three coaches expressed themselves as |
satisfied that the teams are not PLAYING |
rough football this fall. and that everv- !
thing is being done that can be done 10 !
carry out the Roosevelt agreement The
question of officials for the Dig games was
10 be decided, but for some reason NOT
announced II was postponed. All three
teams are working for new officials. this
fall. '
Boston Globe: There is n good deal of |
Indignation at Amherst over the HOLY
Cross gam" at Worcester, Saturday ii |
is not improbable that athletic relations
may ne broken off on this account The
AilherSt players take exception to the
statement that there was undue rough
ness on the part of Cant. Hubbard who
Is considered one of the faireSt OF nIav-
erS. AmherSJS version of the matter is
that Hubbard accidentally laid out Hetb-
ernan with his knee and not IntentjonaI
~. CarrIGan then rushed for Hubbard.
put the players were prevented from com
ms; together. The Amherst team came
out OF the game in bad shane. Kill
bourne was laid up and unable to come l.
home with the team. The outlook for
next saturdays game is not reassurinr
after Dartmouth's defeating Princeton,
saturday. Hubbard, especially, is in bad
shape, and as he is the strongest PLAYER
on the eleven his injuries seriously han
dicap the team. ~