The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-16
Shedules So Arranged as to
Make Selection Of Cham
pions Almost Impossible.
HARVARD HAS FINALLY
BROKEN AWAY FROM PENN
Michigan Likewise Pays Pen.
atty Of Merit and Is Dropped
From Western Schedule.
Tribune Special sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept. 15-It will
be next to impossible to select foot
ball champion of either the East or the
West this fall except by the very un-
satisfactory method OF comparative
scores.
Harvard has finally succeeded-after
stralnIng herself to accomplish IL for
a good many years-in breaking away
from Pennsylvania-thus leaving the
Ouakers out In the cold as far as any
games with the big four are concerned
Thus Penn's only chance Of being
STYLED the Eastern football champion ia
for her TO beat Cornell In the annual
Thanksgiving day game, after Cornell
shall have beaten Princeton, who In
turn must beat Yale and have Yale sub
seouently lose TO Harvard. So Penn s
only hope may be summed UP as a mil
lion to-one shot,
Pays Penalty Of Merit.
AS for Michigan. she has no oppor-
tunity TO regain her title TO the West
ern championship, lost TO Chicago last
year. because all the Western teams have
omitted her from their schedules. Au-
other penalty Of merit.
Therefore, while the Penn Michigan
game at Philadelphia Is bound 10 be a
rattling contest between two crack
teams of the East and West, also Civ
ing us the first opportunity Of seeing
the great Yost machine In action here.
H. will, unfortunately, prove nothing, as
neither team can boast Of any especial
standing In It's respective section.
Yale Has Good Schedule
Meanwhile, Yale Is the only one OF the
big four TO have two "big games on.
the Ellis being booked for their usual
battles with Princeton aud Harvard. the
former on November II and the other
week later. But Harvard has only her
Yale game. and Princeton that and the
Cornell game, too,
Columbia has Joined the down and out
society and is not especially missed. Her
place may be taken by New York pro-
fessional football team, Such a project
is now smouldering among promoters In
this city who hope TO corral cluster
of college stars and play with the pro-
fessional teams of Pittsburg, Franklin,
Pa, Massilon, O., Syracuse. Watertown
and maybe a few college teams. II this
pro team foozles, the Princeton-Corpell
game will be the only one for New
York.
Beef Will Still Count,
Already the teams are practicing the
new rules ard many are the wild tricks
being dreamed up By coaches OF the NIL
nors whereby they hope 10 score on the
big teams In the early games But you'll
find the weight and larger squads of the
big teams will give them the same ad-
vantage they've always enjoyed. go that
in the preliminary games the big COL
lege teams will fatteu up their score
boards at the expense of the minors as
ever before,
Harvard will start the big games with
her annual sally at West Point on Oc
tober 27. While the Cambridge eleven
is playing at West Point, Princeton and
Cornell will meet, In all probability In
this city, II they do, New Workers will
see a good football battle. which Will
help drown their sorrow over the loss
of the Columbia games. Last year the
Tigers defeated the Red and White 16
TO S.
There Will be q number OF Interesting
contests on November 3. Princeton plays
Dartmouth. which proved her conqueror
last year; Harvard plays Brown. Penn
plays Nebraska. and the Navy plays
PENNSYLVANIA State. On the following
Saturday November 10. Princeton will
try a hand at West Point, and Brown
will face Yale. while the Indians will
attempt to scalp Harvard.
Games That Will Count.
But all these games will be as moth
ing 10 the contest that is reserved for
November II. when Yale and Princeton
again trot upon the football field to do
battle before thousands Of admiring fol-
lowers, The defeat last year of TO 23
still rankles in the Tigers heart. and
there will be fire In his eye as he
watches the big Blue athletes rush upon
the gridiron amid thunderous burst
OF applause and throw off their blankets
ready for the fray. Dividing part inter
est with the Yale Princeton game will
be the Harvard Dartmouth, the Penn
sylvania Michigan and the Chicago -Illi-
nois contests on the same day. week
later comes the closing big battle OF
the season, when Yale and Harvard try
conclusions this year at New Haven.
Coach Reid's fine showing with his men
last year, when the Crimson held Yale
down to points. has aroused much in
terest as 10 what the Harvard eleven
will be able TO do with two years of
Reid's coaching
Other important games after the Har
Vard-Yale game will be the Pennsylva-
MIA Cornell contest at Philadelphia on
Thanksgiving day. and the West Point
Annapolis contest at Franklin field Phil
adelphia. on December With that the
season closes again and the student ath-
letes Will have TO walt another long
period before they can don their foot
ball togs again.