Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-24
ON THE CRIDIRON.
Football Season Begins In
Earnest This Week.
Many Of Last Years Stars TO
Figure In The 1908 Games.
Yale will Have Plenty Of Good
Coaches This Season.

With the opening Of III" big uniygr-
Slti'" TINS week tn" college football sc;I-
son will hc on in fun swing. Last week
while Il big bunch Of candidates report
d IT Harvard, Yale. PriuCctol. Grown
Dartmouth, Pennsylvania and the Other
| big colleges, most Of them Wrrc new
players the veterans staying away in
| most eases until the college term upcn-
cd
All the coaches are hoping for cooler
weather from now on. as little could bC
accomplished last week owing 10 the in
tense heat that made it necessary in
many cases for the men to ;,ppcar on
the field in running costumes instead o!
[ ii" regular heavy football outfit.
With the veterans back in the prac-
ticc this week the coaches will get
down 10 real hard work ana from nov
on nl;Ins will be made that Nil shape
tn" teams to some definite end.
1t is the veterans Of former cham
pinnShip contests that the big colleges
always count the most on and their APP
pcarancc on the field each years is Gag
crly awaited by the coaches.
Among the vets are Il few stars that
Wcr" very much in the eye Of the pub
lie Il var ago and what they do in the
carly practice from day To day will be
watched very closely ny tn" followers
Of til" game in all parts of the country.
Among the leading stars Of Il year
ago who Will play again this season are
th"@" two great field generals, Eddie
Dillon Of Princeton and Tad Jones of
Vale. both of them quartcrbacks on
their rcsrcrtiv" clovcns a year ago.
McCnrmicll, captain Of the Princeton.
and Wendell of Harvard. the dashinr
Harvard fullhacl1 who by his cwn bril-
liant play won both the West Point and
Indian games for the Crimson last
wear, Will he in the thick Of the frav
again. Princeton contributes another
I,a"kii"ld star in Harlan and the An
narnlis eleven still has the "old rcli-
able" Douglass to bolster her defence
and lead her offence.
F"Iwcll. captain Of the University Of
PENNSYLVANIA eleven. will have to play
some wonderful football this fail if h
is to live mp 10 his past reputation and
what the Quaker coaches expect of him
Johnnie MayhcW, all-Amcrican half
back last year, can he counted upon to
Gain Il few more yards for Old Brown
this season. and Cornell, though by no
nl"anS having Il brilliant veteran back
field. has one that is steady and reliable.
Yale ana the Army both have problems
to Solv" in making up their back fields.
OF cCntcrS there arc 4 few Of last
wears stars left. Singlnn Of the Navy
should j." better than h" ever was;
Captain Parker Of Harvard should also
show improved form if the duties az
til" position as leader do not hurt his
Individual play. ana Yale still has thu
giant iI0ckcnhcrccr.
The prominent guards left over from
last season Viii u" tn" mighty EUrr oi
Harvard I!i=cIow Isl Yale. Pull"n of the
Army. ZicElcr Of Penn. Thompson oi
Cornell. LIhn. Carlisle; Northcrott. An
nap"lis. and Draper of the Quakcrs.
Their Will hc many men. who Shnn'
as stars last season. that thu coach IS
will long for daring the next few