The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-26
FOOTBALL NOTES

The first big football game or the
season will be played this afternoon be-
tween the Carlisle Indians and the villa
Nova eleven. The Indians are I'm fine
shape for the battle and expect TO have
little difficulty in defeating their oppo-
nents.
The schedule OF games is:
Carlisle Indians VS.. villa Nova at
Carlisle Penn.
Norwich university VS.. Montpelier
seminary at Northheld, VT.
Exeter academy VS.. Brewster acad-
emy at Exeter, N. II.
Rindge MANUAL VS.. Medford high al
Medford.
"By" Dickson is coaching Lehigh.
Tufts will open it's season Saturday at
West Point.
There are 40 promising football play
ers in the entering class at Annapolis.
Georgia Tech is relying on several
New England schoolboys, including I'M
of Exeter.
In the west this year the big uni
verslties are each allowed only i've
regularly scheduled games.
Charley Barnard. guard at Harvard
two years ago, will not coach again
this season i'm the south.
University of'Tennessee was coached
last year by DePree, one of Yosts pro-
teges at Michigan, and has retained him
this fall.
Draper. from Springfield training
school, who was barred at Pennsylvania
last year, will he n fixture at tackle
for the Quakers.
Four Princeton stars. Cooney. stan
nard. Connor and Mccormick, have re-
moved the conditions and can now give
their attention TO football.
Five Of the most prominent mem
bers Of the football rules committee are
coaching teams-Reid, Harvard; Camp.
Yale: Dashiel. Annapolis; Stagg. Chi
cago; Williams, Minnesota.
There never has been a year at Cam
bridge when coach has had SO many
good kickers at this fall IL a kicking
game is 10 he the thing this fall, Har-
ward certainly is well equipped
Down at Pennsylvania Mike Murphy
is looking after the second team, as he
did before he left Pennsy for Yale. Not
until Saturday did he allow any OF the
candidates 10 do any hard work.
The Quakers are planning their sea-
son entirely for the Michigan game, as
formerly they planned Il for the Har-
ward game. The contest with Cornell
Is not counted In the early compaign
plans.
Hurry Up" Yost. the Michigan coach,
saws that prospects for strong team
there are not so good as they have
been In any one or the years uuilnk
which he has coached the eleven at
Michigan.
Jack MacMasters, who Is at Annapo-
lis. saws he would he contented N he
only could have Shamrock Ryan, his
running mate at Harvard, with him.
lie wants Shamrock" TO join the mid
dies marine band.
Or. Nathan Etauffer. who ofiioiates
regularly I'm the games played az west
Point. will he one OF the advisory
coaches at Carlisle with Woodruff, Tom
Shevlin and Warner most Of whose
coaching will be done by mail.
only one penalty was imposed In the
university Of Maine-New Hampshire
state game last week, and this Tor
offside play. The neutral zone worked
almost 10 perfection in keeping all ac-
tions 81 the men apparent 10 the OH
clals until the ball was actually put In
play.
Charles !. OConnor, the new athletic
coach at Holy Cross. is one OF the best
all.round athletes ever turned out at
the Worcester college. lie coached the
Trinity track team last fall. j. Fred
Powers. whom O'Connor succeeds, has
taken "Pooch" Donovan's place at
~orcester academy.