Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-29
PREPARING FOR
GRIDIR0N PLAY
COMING SEASON ExCITES A
KEEN INTEREST
Football Enthusiasts Look Forward
to Game which VIII Be Contested
Under Drastic Change Of
the Rules

both in the collegiate eligibility code
and In the rules governing the game,
that the prospects Of the big games this
fall will be more interesting than
usual to its followers
So strong was the feeling against the
game in many Of the leading UNIVERSE
ties that II ended in wiping out the
game but not without the protest and
objection of the student bodies, for one
year at least, at Columbia, Union,
Northwestern, Leland Stanford and
California, and many of the smaller
colleges.
Harvard. through compact between
its president, Eliot and President
Butler of Columbia, was to join with
Columbia i'm aboishing the game, for
President Eliot Is a strong enemy Of 1t.
Butler was able to take the lead,
but was left high and dry by Harvard,
as Eliot did not have sufficient power;
the best he could do with his trustees
was to have them hold their deci ion
until the new rules were passed. The
new rules met with their august pleas
ures and Harvard saved football con-
ditlonally.
"All of the leading colleges and uni
versities east and west passed rule
prohibiting freshmen from playing on
| their teams, frank ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
| that inducements had been offered to
promising" material in the past to
enroll in these Institutions for football
and athletic work. but an unfortunate
way to remedy the evil
! II is most unfortunate for the few
! institutions that are clean and hard
blow for the freshman who plays for
sport. 1t appears as though football
is a course, distinct and recognized,
which is only open to students during
the last three years of college, not
as though 1t were recreation and
exercise for the student body.
Training Tables Barred
In the west wholesale onslaught
was conducted by the conference which
resulted in the abollshment of training
tables, professional coaches, wherever
possible. and of freshmen players.
Chicago, Michigan and Wisconsin were
barred from meeting each other, con-
dition of affairs which necessarily up
| set the attractions in the west, and the
games to be played in that section are
to be more of a social gathering than
otherwise, with gate receipts not to
exceed half dollar.
The situation there, combined with
the Pennsylvania Harvard rupture in
the east, brought about the alliance
between Pennsylvania and Michigan
for two intersectional contests one this
year i'm Philadelphia on November II
and the return game in CHICAGO In
1907 which will prove the most in
teresting games football has yet had,
for 1t will bring together the best teams
of the east and west and settle the
long-contended dispute as to which
section produces the best teams.
| AS both teams have practically been
the leaders in football strategy for
many years, splendid contest is sure
to result on Franklin field November
| II. Hurry Up" Yost will need more
than he has yet produced to win this
game from the doughty Quakers.
These two teams met in a series Of
games in Philadelphia in go all of
which Penn won, the last by the close
score of II to 10. That was before
Yost took charge at Michigan. Car
Isle and Minnesota, two splendid
teams, will meet at Minneapolis No
vember II in another intersecti1 1nal
game.
The usual contests between Yale and
Harvard, Princeton and Yale, Penn
sylvania and Cornell and West Point
and Annapolis will take place. The
latter has happily been scheduled for
franklin field.
Pennsylvania will enter uron what
looks like another successful sen son.
The gaps that will be hard to fill are
Captain Torrey's place at center, Otis
Lamson's tackle, Steve sons general
ship at quarter, and Howard Sheble's
punting.
williams as adviser. Captain Green
should have little trouble in filling
gaps in the line, with Ziegler, the
running mate of Piekarski two years
ago, who was kept out last fall by
sickness, and Draper. the oft-discussed
tackle and guard eligible.
Draper will fill in for Lamson without
noticeable break To develop
punter and a quarter back Shehle's
brother, Johnson. and several other
boys will be used There are too many
veterans on hand and too good a
coaching system at Penn for her to
slip up in football for many years.
Practice begins about September 10.
Yosts Material
At Michigan yost will have his
hands full of good material with eight
of last years veterans on hand and a
good chance of Schultz and Rheims
child. two more gof the men, coming
back. His only handicaps are that
preliminary practice will not be per-
mitted, freshmen and post graduates
are ineligible, and his schedule is weak,
containing but five games. Such a
seasoned squad will not need many
games, and Penn will meet a heavier
and stauncher opponent than if play
ing Harvard.
Yale has indulged in thorough
spring practice under the new rules,
and Coaches Rockwell and Hoyt and
Captain Morse will in addition have
nine veterans to start with on Sep
tember Is. Yale has gone about its
work in systematic manner and 1t
looks decidedly chilly for Princeton
and Harvard for their annual game
with the New Haven institution.
Princeton has eight veterans on hand.
with a dozen or more experienced hands
to fill the vacant places. Captain Dill
lon has selected Roper. Mum and Holt
as his regular coaching stan, with
Valentine Flood to look after the con-
dltion of the men In place of Jim
Robinson, deceased.