The Washington herald., 1907-08-04

New York, Aug. 3-Although the col
leges have not yet begun to dust out their
halls Of learning in preparation for the
swarms OF young men who viii s00u be
heading their way, the talk OF football
prospects for the coming season is begin
ming to be heard at every summer resort
where two or more college men are gath
cred together. The season for the elevens.
while comparatively short this year.
promises to be one Of the best In recent
years. FOR the gridirops will be occupied
from September Z until November 80 with
games of minor and major college ea1iber.
A few of the games that have been con
sidered important ia past years have been
Cancelled. but as general thing most OF
the old standbys viii be played.
As was the case last fall New York viii
have but one football game OF any i'm
portance within her gates this year. That
win be held at the Polo Grounds on sat
urday. November 2 and on that day all
the football enthusiasts OF Greater New
York who are unable TO spare the time
TO go TO the games in the college towns
viii doubtless crowd the bieachegs. The
contestants viii be Princeton and the
Carlisle Indians, and the game will have
an added interest, as the teams Of these
two institutions have not met on the
football field for several years past L
seems to remain for the Tigers 70. give
New Workers their annual football game.
FOR they were Instrumental in getting
the battle with Cornell for this city lass
year and took the initiative IN the matter
again this season.
Opens September 81.
The opening day Of the season, Septen-
Der 2. viii be marked by four games, Of
which the most important is the clash Of
the Carlisle Indians and Albright at Car
Isle. The games come thick and fast af-
ter that, Wednesday and Saturday being
the favoriJe football days The early sea
son games are always more or less in the
nature OF practice sessions, for the col
leges Ike to work up heavyweight oppo-
nents through the ranks Of the little fell
lows and though these smaller college
teams some times put up an excellent
argument. the real interest IN the game
doesn't burst out until the home stretch
opens before the major teams Three
games which are to be played on October
T. however. will prove 20 be Of some little
interest without a doubt These viii be
the Pennsylvania-Swart game at
Philadelphia, the Indians-Syracuse meet
ing al Buffalo, and the Navy's game with
Vanderbilt AT Annapolis This last. par
ticularly. should be a fast. snaDpy game
for the two teams are practically un-
changed from last years lineup. and
their work was far above the average
The games of Importance increase in
number as the season draws on, and
each Saturdays schedule shows meetings
Of teams which viii create stirs, On
October l9 the Quakers and Brown have
an engagement at Philadelphia: West
Point and Annapolis have games with
Yale and Harvard, respectively, Cornell
meets Penn State az Ithaca. and in the
West Chicago viii play Illinois on the
latter's field. The last Saturday in Octo-
Der VIII bring together Princeton and
Cornell at Ithaca; the Navy and I.afay-
cite at Annapolis; Pennsylvania and the
Indians at Philadelphia; Wisconsin and
Illinois at Madison. and Michigan and
score cf other games besides on this
date. but the ones mentioned are the top
liners.
The Big Games.
November, the real football month.
opens auspiciously on its second day. The
? iaceton-Indian game here will be about
the best OF the day. but the other colleges
should be pounding into form by that time
with resultant good contests. Among the
games FOR November viii be those be-
tween Harvard and Brown at Cambridge:
Yale and Washington and jefferson at
New Haven; Army and Colgate at West
Point. Pennsylvania and Lafayette at
Philadelphia. and Chicago and Minnesota
at Minneapolis. The card for November
9 also includes several s0Od gridirOn ar
guments. Cornell tries conclusions with
the West Pointers, the Indians viii 60
on the war path against Harvard at Cam
bridge; Princeton viii meet Amherst at
Princeton, and Michigan ties up with Wa
bash at Ann Arbor
The first of the sO-called championship
games Of the season Is set for November
16 Then Princeton and Yale viii clash
at New Haven, and the contests Of the
A--s
Pennsylvania will be playing Michigan al
Ann Arb0r on the same day, and at Cam
bridge Harvard viii play Dartmouth.
with good sport assured. The Indians
have the date set with Minnesota at
Minneapolis. the Navy and Pennsylvania
State are to meet, and the smaller New
England colleges have one of their top
notch games in the Amherst Williams
contest AT WiIliamstOwn. In the South
the big game Of the season viii be the
Virginia contest for the
Southern title.
Seven days after this classy set Of
games Yale and Harvard will fight our
the annual question of superiority in the
Stadium at Harvard, and this Will mark
the beginning Of the end Of the college
season. Pennsylvania and Cornell will
furnish the wind-up for the collegians in
a game at Philadelphia on Thanksgiving
Day. November 2S, and two days later
the game between the Army and Navy
at Philadelphia will be taps" for the
gridiron game until another ten months
have swung around.