New-York tribune., 1907-09-08
GRIDIRON CALLS OUT.
SE4SON OPENS SOON
FootbaH Wariors Already Getting
IN Trim for Early Games.

-,., she opening games of the football season
-o1- a scant three weeks off the captains OF the
.,--crt elevens are sending out calls for candi-
.os and setting dates for the first week Of prac-
harvard OF all the big elevens, suffered few
,s f-on. graduation. and Captain Parker Will
sc practically al entire eleven OF seasoned men
:. h.rsn the season with
49, suffered heavily by graduation. No longer
re Vale gridron Will be seen that fast end.
Forbes: that brilliant and cashlng PACK Knox ana
csn-sin Sammy" Morse has also played hls last
re for the Blue. But Yale will draw good ma
.-sl from last years freshman eleven and can
be counted on 10 put d s'tohs He""'5 eieNe" "
Prospects are bright this year at Princeton. Cap
-.in Nc,- -ornick appears TO nave an opportunity
!, containing the football champions OF the sea-
-, There is one thing certain at any rate. and
.bs, Is that no Eastern team will have q stronger
ssckfeld than the Tigers With McCormicN,
pa-lsn Tibet and Dillon behind the line the Or
s-ga and Black backheld quartet Will be a danger
RS one. and II is safe TO say that the team that
- bnld them will be strong the defensive
The University OF Pennsylvania is pretty much
IF az unknown quantity again this year. and Cap
t.sn FoIwell will deserve great credit If he Sue
cnrds IN winning the Michigan game at Ann Arhor-
AS between the army ana the navy the lalttT
-oJd sppear 20 have the better chance Of victory.
srt West Point teams are noted for their deter
mined fighting qualities. which may, as they have
g. Years gone by give them the victory this year
The Carlisle Indians and Cornell Will put strong
teams OF grdiron this year. but II is probable
-hst Cornell viii develop the strength she showed
1ss- wear. Brown and SNarthmoTe should be su-
-srio- To Dartmouth. Wesleyan. Williams and La
ssvette hUt hardly stronger than PENNSYLVANIA
State College The Indians viii take the field with
Lubo al their head.
In the West. Michigan and Chicago on paper.
.houI5 he far ahead OF other Western teams. in-
cluding those representing Wisconsin and Mime
sota both II which have lost heavily by Gradua-
zion: have lost stars that have shone brilliantly
n the West for the last four years
In the South three teams viii fight for the South
ern championship from present indcauons-the
University Of Virginia, last years champion
f-eorretoEn University and Vanderbilt. Virginia
rN-ir T-7Srfr rfaTe NoTf1
Carolina and a. and II. Of North Carolina should
make good runners Up for the three leaders. Nir-
esnia meets Vanderbilt. Georgetown and North
Carolina, and thus the championship Of the South
for once should the end CT the season have been
clearly determined.
New Haven Conn. Sept. (SPecian.-Captain
Bislow Of the Yale varsity football team has is
sued a call candidates for the eleven. directing
,hem TO report for practice one week before the
opening Of college. Knox, who is head coach this
year, is worried lack OF good backheld men.
Yale losing more heavily this yes in that respect
by graduation than in EnesmeI-- II Is pFooaoie
that Captain Biglow himself viii be tried behind
the line He is very fast for a man of his weight
end size. Cooney. Of last years freshman team
IS expected TO make the varsity this gear
Cambridge. Mass, Sept (speciaD-Candidares
for the Harvard football eleven will report for
practice on September Is Captain Parker has is
sued his call for that date. Joshua Crane will re-
place Reid as head coach this year and will be IN
fun charge Of -he Harvard candidates from the
18th until the referees whistle announces the close
Of the Yale match
Harvard is determined 10 heat the Blue this year
rnd. although Captain Parker would not predict
victory over Yale. II was apparent that he had
confidence in the Crnson's ability 10 turn the TIDE
this year. Cuts, Hail and Leary are among the
men who viii assist Crano in his work this season
Our prospects seem TO be very bright said Cap
tain Parker to-day. We have lost only a few
men pv graduation and there Is good material
from last years freshmen eleven
Care May, X. J.. Sept. CSpectaI.-Dr. Carl
Williams. formerly captain Of the University q
Fenns-ivauia football team. and now chairman Of
the advisory board OF coaches. is entertaining the
hackfeld men Of the Red and Blue team here
CAPTAIN Folwel and four other Pennsylvania backs
are his guests. They do large amount OF outdoor
work and exercise that IS rapidly getting them into
good physical condition FOR the opening Of the
football season
Al tire candidates for the Red and Blue eleven
are expected 10 report Franklin Field for prac-
fice OF September Is. Neither Dr. Williams nor
Captain Folwell would make any predictions about
the outcome of the season Both seemed conn
dent however that the Quaker eleven would have
e more successful year than it had last
Princeton, y J.. Sept. : lSpeciaD.-The Princeton
football candidates viii report for practice next
week. Fully fifty expected 10 be on the
field by the 18th. Princeton expects to spring sur
prsses in the way OF long passes and open plays
this year Captain Mccormick, with the Tiger
coaches. has been working new plays for sons
tine and expects 10 use some of them effectively
Annapolis. Nd. Sept CspeciaD.-Coach Gates
end CAPTAIN Douglass, Of the Navy footbalF team.
have ordered the upper claSsmen- who are football
candidates report for practice o. September %.
This means loss of two weeks Of the one months
leave that IS granted the midshpmen All OF the
men have promised TO return on that date and
sacrifice their leave. Captain Douglass is conf
dent that he VII turn out d victorious eleven and
END the season with q victory over the Army.
The material in the plebe class Is not especially