Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-20
Hard Trials for the Crack Grid
iron Teams Today.
PENNSY FEARS BROWN
Harvard Meets the Strong Springfield
Aggregation.
ONLY ONE HOME GAME TODAY
Only Two Favorites Won at Belmont
Park-Double Golf Honors for Yale
-Roseben's Trial Today.
ONLY ONE HOME GAME TODAY

Today's foot ball games mark the end of
the first period of the season. and harder
games all along the line begin next Satur-
day For that matter today is not without
Its chances for upsets. While there Is a
pronounced change In the stiffness of the
games between this Saturday and next. this
Saturday is conspicuous by reason of pro-
vding games which will show what big
elevens can do against a common. adver-
sary. For instance Harvard meets the
Springfield Training School, whom Yale al
ready has played: Princeton tackles Buck
nell, who brushed up against Cornell last
Saturday and Cornell takes on Bowdoin.
who has played Harvard. Yale plays Penn
sylvania State this afternoon. a team which
defeated the Indians. Reports from State
College are that the team is not in its best
condition. but if it is crippled the way
Swarthmore was crippled before it met
Pennsylvania Yale had better look out.
Form indications are that the sharpest
tussle of the day will take place in Phla-
delphia. where Brown meets the Quakers.
From what the players have done Browns
chances are as good as Penpsylvanias and
the Brown coaches are confident their team
will hold its own. The Quakers. however,
have braced up in the last two days. The
Inc BTOWnOnldnS lp1l ITONlOeUce yesterday
morning. the student body being on hand to
cheer them. Bearing in mind Swarthmore's
four points against Pennsylvania by means
of drop kick Coach Robinson of Brown
has had Quarterback Schwartz and Half
back Curtis practicing drop kicks The
Brown players to make the trip are: Haz-
ard. Ayler, Steere. Westervelt, kirley
Pryor. Campbell, Schwartz Mayhem. Cur
tbs. Macdonald. McPhee Pearsall. Tink-
ham. Grinnell Funk, Swain. Hollen, Cobb
and Dennie. All are fit except Westervelt
who has an injured ankle. and Dennie and
Hazard. who have lame shoulders
A crowd of Williams alumni will go to
West Point today to see their college eleven
grapple with the soldiers. In the west the
University of Chicago team will play its
first game. The schedule follows:
Today's Schedule.
Georgetown VS.. Mt. st. Mary, at George
town.
swarthmore VS.. George Washington. at
Swarthmore.
Harvard VS.. Springfield Training School.
at Cambridge.
Yale VS.. Pennsylvania State, at New
Haven.
Princeton VS.. Bucknell. at Princeton
Pennsylvania VS.. Brown. at Philadelphia.
West Point VS.. Williams. at West Point.
Annapolis VS. Lehigh. at Annapolis.
Dartmouth VS.. Massachusetts State, at
Hanover. .-,..... -
Amherst VS.. Vermont. at Amherst.
Cornell VS.. Bowdoin, at Ithica.
Colgate VS.. Syracuse, at Syracuse.
Carlisle vs.. Western University. at Pitts
burg
Wesleyan VS.. Tufts. at Tufts.
Rochester vs. st. Lawrence at Rochester
Massachusetts Aggies VS.. New Hampshire
at Amherst.
Lebanon VS.. Gettysburg. at Gettysburg.
Franklin VS.. st. Johns. at Annapolis
Virginia Poly vs.. University of West Vir-
ginia. at Blacksburg
Bates VS.. Colby, at WaterVille.
Johns Hopkins VS.. Stevens. at Baltimore.
Haverford vs. Rutgers. at Haverford
Rock Hill College VS.. Maryland, at ELI
colt City.
Chicago vs.. Perdue. at Chicago
Michigan Ohio State. at Columbus.
Nebraska VS.. Ames. at Lincoln.
Utah VS. Denver, at Denver.
Missouri VS.. Drury. at Columbia.
Wisconsin Alumni. at Madison
Mississippi VS.. Louisiana, at Baton Rouge.
Vanderbilt VS.. Alabama. at Nashville.
Oberlin VS.. o. W. T.. at Delaware.
Tigers Drop Heavy Play.
PRINCETON n. j., October 2O-The
gates were closed yesterday afternoon for
secret work. after only half an hour with
open doors. and a large crowd of students
who went down to the field fresh from a
mass meeting held for the purpose of prac-
ticing foot ball songs were turned away
The heavy line work that has been so much
In use this week was dropped and the squad
went back to the fastest kind of revised
game. The part of the work that was done
before the gates were closed consisted in
practice at blocking the ends going down
the field. There was also a lineup for fast
signal practice of the back field.
Whaley will play center today and Her
ring at guard in place of Captain Dillon,
who VIII not be in the game. 1enney will
play at quarter. \ sharp game is expect ed
BuCknell is said to have a good team
Another promising candidate for the varsity
came out yesterday Cass. 1902 who has
been playing fullback on the scrub" was
put in the varsity backfield at half and
considerable satisfaction was expressed over
his work. He has good speed and weighs
about 40. He Is a promising man and
whether he makes a place this year or not,
his prospects are OF the best. He Is an all
around man and is president of his class
If his work proves consistent he has an
excellent chance of springing into promi-
hence this season.
Larsen is rising fast His work Is good
and consistent. and yesterday he was given
a place at the varsity training table
Yale Keeps Game Open.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, October 2)-Yale
enthusiasm was encouraged by a mass
meeting last evening In which brief col
lege speeches were made urging the college
to better support of the team at daily prac-
tice Foot ball war songs" were rehearsed
also.
d
rived last night. They plan to have a brief
morning signal drill today to run off plays
which they think should score for them at
least one touchdown. They hope also to
hold Yale down. Ii is said that the forward
pass will be the main play of the visitors,
as II is likely to be Yale's strong feature
so the game Is regarded as giving promise
of much exciting play.
Relying largely on the short kick and the
forward pass yesterday afternoon the Yale
varsity made three touchdowns in a brief
practice. The scrubs made two touch
downs by similar plays. But most OF the
practice devoted to signal drill and
kicking specialties.
Forbes has got on his feet and will start
in the game today. But barring an eleventh
hour change of mind the coaches will put
Dimes In place of Jones at quarterback
ellis and Dunbar both expected to
play center.
Harvard's Best Team Out.
BOSTON. Mass. October 20-Harvard
meets the Springfield Training School team
In the stadium on Soldiers Field today, and
a big gathering of the experts is anticipated
Ii will be the first time this year that a
Conparison OF the strength of Harvard and