The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-10
THB FOOTBALL WORLD.
SCHEDULE or GAMES TO-DAY A
LIGHT ONE.
u WIN show what Pennsyivanla M Prince
ton Can Do Against Q Commen AdVer.
NJ -Onlciels Pay Heed 70 the Need 06
Doing Theif shaFe-NeWs q Practice.

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Doing Theik BhaFe-News q Practice.
A light schedule 10 on for to-day on the
gridlron and II looks 70 be easy picking for
the big teams that viii be N Ea &ed. How
ever, there u always the possibility Of Q
chance score by the lesser lights. They are
TO be expected more this year under the new
rules. with their wider range OF tactics. and
some OF the coachcs OF the big fellows have
told them not 70 be surprised II such a thing
happens. The schedule follows;
Harvard W.. Bates. AZ Cambridge.
Yale va. Springfield Training School. at New
Haven.
Princeton ". Lehish. ct Princeton.
Pennsylvania vs. Franklin and Marshall. AZ
Philadelphia.
Cornell vs.. NIAEars. a. Ithaca.
Brown VS.. Massachusetts AgEIes. az Providence.
Annapolis W. Maryland Agricultural College. a.
Annapolis.
Yale freshmen vs.. Pratt institute. at New Haven.
The first Of tho games to show what big
teams can do against Q common opponent
will be play ed to-day. This will be the Prince
toD-Lehigh game. The LehIgh eleven met
Pennsylvania ON September ~. the score
being 81 to Q In favor Of the Quskers. The
Lehigh lads crossed Pennsylvania goal line
and 1t goes without saying they would not
be srieved II hey could do the same against
the Tigers. The Tigers will try TO pfl vent
such an, occurrence and also the Tigers
would not be downcast II they could make
more points against Lehigh than the PENN
sylvanians did. Again they won't be down.
cast II they don't. II In the natural course
OF things a big team can do better against q
common adversary than some other big team.
all right; but the topnotchers do not 60 into
their game with that idea uppermost. How.
ever. as Princeton and Pennsylvania do
not meet, their work against common ad-
versaries 10 interesting II not significant.
Yale plays the Sprtn gheld Training School
to-day. which team Harvard tackles ten days
later, That Is the only team the Crimson
and the Blue meet In common except West
Point. and each is satisfied TO beat West
Point without worrying about how much
she beats the army.
One OF the results Of the long deliberations Of
the rules committee last winter and the agita-
ton that led TO those long deliberations was to
emphasize the need Of officials being watchful
and strict II the game was 70 be Improved.
ciating this season In the main has been more
careful, more thorough and stricter than pre-
vlopslK The result is a greater respect for
taken Of the matter Of onhoiais by the rules
s sDd dissfns sa' s ,% I 4 to 9 %SEf sSSsni sed
doubtless has served 70 make officials feel
that thare is more responsibility as well as
security In their work this even though the
majority Of men who o%ficiate AZ football
games are actuAted less by the remuneration
| IMAM ny n 0thlTc Z q lenO q ueIDinK mana In DTO-
noting the welfare Of the sport. The football
umpire or referee must be active, prompt,
fair and fearless. He has 70 be Johnny on the
the players. and on the referees Judgment in
blowing his whistle for a down depends 20 a
up on a player. An Instance Of eficiency in
Thompson in the ,Yals-wesleyan game. Mike
Is fat but fast. He was like the umpire in a
baseball game Is supposed to be. on top of
every play, He lost no time in giving de-
and had the linesmen on the hustle to see that
the measuring poles were in position.
One criticism Of the Cornell team is that
after the ball has been advanced well within
istics Of Cornell teams OF The last few Years,
and the continuance Of IL In the team this
The material for the team is good, but with
the faculty of seizing the opportunity for
scoring lacking the situation e serious, and
the outlook for a successful season is any
last season when they stacked up against the
Quakers, however extensive may have been
the absence OF il before that.
CAMBRIDGE. Oct. a.-Harvard held its
practice in the rain this afternoon, but the
/ Considerable attention was given to the pre-
llminary practice 10 brush the men. up on
the rudiments. The scrlmpaVe OF the var
together several times for long plays The
only touchdown was made on an eight yard
concerted play In which kersburg did yeo-
man service in pulling Lockwood along,
lockwood. and Foster made some long
| yards once on a new for ward pass formation.
Peter Bowditch, one ofthe best ends Harvard
ever turned out and who coached the ends
and worked with the ends. S. Morse iGj,
has Joined the candidates for halfback, 1t
graph that Apolionio, the regular fuflback,
had Clipped a bone n his leg and he will be
Sow eI ere s is not TOR q 'I serious Mses orc. 'p hpoiionEIc;
got II by having, a man fell. on his leg in the
Maine game Gilbert. Epe Of the tackle can
test required by the university and will be out
for a few days.
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 9.-The Yale squad was
put through a drill to-day with two purposes
IL vi, view sn.s one 70 was vas S 70 Es sHc the b varsity cdSYd G Ss e
a better system Of defence, The hrst object
the Gas bali aSO S6oSut half tie RRs length q the T held for
q ISSc sisSsn' A SH K. Z fr sR'E psffod ft fSs S Sy sss
ground on Just old fashioned straisht" foot
ball. In the second period the second eleven
strong and little was gained by the scrubs.
The bali which tbs, second had at the twenty
repeated ~plunEes and forward passes bad been
tried. In actual play the varsity would have
taken the Dau on down many times in
the same plays, Roome. who has q game
leg. will not play Tomorrow. Buck Stuart
taking his place at fullback. Congdon will
go in place OF Overall At left end, hut other
wise the Yale lineup will be as against SYRIA
cuse.
PHILApELPFIA. Oct. cit wss all open and
new football that Pennsylvania refrigerated
team play ed In its secret practice upon Frank
lin Field this afternoon In prep aration for the
game against Franklin and NJ arshall to-mor-
row afternoon. Then the loyals will be able
TO get a real line on the Pennsylvania varsity
team for the fall. a. IL will be the strongest
combination that the coaches will undoubtedly
be able 20 turn out, and q combination that
will play the pew game TO perfection, II such a
thing Is possible.
ITHACA. Oct. 9-The gates Of the football
grounds were thrown open TO the UNDER
graduates this afternoon and they enjoyed
q scrimmage between the scrubs and fresh
men, in which the yOun gsters were victorious
by q score OF q TO q. The varsity contented
itself with running through signals in prep
aratiOn for the game with Mia cara univer-
sity tomorrow afternoon. The coaches ex-
pect an easy game Tomorrow and have de-
cided to go light with Valdez, who Is far from
being in good condition. and O'Rourke. who
has a bad knee. with the hope that they can
be brought to the scratch for the Buckncll
game on Saturday.