New-York tribune., 1907-09-30

| ing the old ball game of Scotland with method
ical precision The problem they set to solve
was this: Here is ball game, and want to
find out the best means of playing IT. both sclen-
tifcally and quickly" 8"
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The football season began on Saturday, al
though only of the big teams had games
For the majority of the colleges this is an eX-
ceptonally late season. Anything worthy the
name Of football was impossible on nearly all
the gridirons Saturday because of the heavy
rains. Thus none Of the teams could show
what the coaches teaching this year An
open game, with plenty of forward passes and
trick plays seems to be the order this year, now
ever All the reports coming out from the
football camps tell of wonderful variations or the
old crisscross play and much attention by the
coaches TO the forward pass 1t should be
more interesting game than ever TO watch Up
at Harvard they already telling about Joshua
Cranes "5asketbail' team. Harvard's coach
may Yet fool the wisest of them. He certainly
doesn't want to make football grind" OF
the games on Saturday the most important was
the one in which Pennsylvania rolled up 81
points against the University of North Carolina
They playing a fast game at Philadelphia
this season, and the Quaker eleven should make
a better record than it did year ago. Cornell
and George Washington University played %
game Dartmouth had no trouble in scoring Il
abounding in long runs. Although Syracuse
beat Rochester by q big score, the latter team
managed TO make points, which would seem
to show that II will be almost impossible for any
team go through the season with clean
record. Trick plays are uncertain. The other I
successful teams included Brown. Wesleyan,
Williams. Carlisle. Lehigh. Lafayette. Bucknel
and Bowdoin.
AUTOMOBILING.
II is more than likely that at the coming au-
tOnlobile shows inventors and manufacturers
will prove that much attention has been given /
in the last year TO the problem of devising a
simple and reliable apparatus for enabling the /
engine 10 be started by the driver without leav-
ing his seat. It is hoped that the problem is (
nearer solution and that promise for success (
may be held out. Despite the facilities in start /
ing which dual ignition and multi-cynder !
motors afford. there is still a general desire on
the part of motorists to have the somewhat /
crude and oftentimes troublesome starting crank
dispensed with. r. P. Hearne has the following
10 say the subject in The London Field;
The task is exceedingly difficult one, as
witness the many failures and half successes /
which have appeared from time to time and
the best proof that no really successful device .
has Vet appeared is the fact that the vast ma J
iority Of cars are still unproyided with a self 3
starting device, though this would be one Of the .
first accessories a mOtorist would invest IN II
he were confident OF good results In some cases .
where satisfactory working obtained the
apparatrIs was SO expensive in its prime cost .
and in its working that it was out Of the ques- .
ton for the average motorist who no doubt .
feels himself taxed enough already in the pur-
chase Of absolutely necessary accessories II is not
necessary here to detail the various appliances F
already tried. and which through high initial
cost. expense Of working. complication OF parts, .
excessive size or weight uncertainty of ac- .
ton have failed to become popular Practically .
every form Of reserve power has been tried, .
such a springs. compressed air and gases, but .
they have failed, as they introduced new COM
plications requiring charging renewing and .
were costly Another class Of inventors en-
deavored TO get the starting impulse by me-
chanfcal means operated by the driver from his .
seat but these a. a rule, entailed so much labor .
that the driver found II preferable to dismount .
and grind the handle in the ordinary way. Mean
time many motorists had been able to start up .
their engines frequently from the seat by
little manipulation Of the throttle and ignition,
and in nlulti-cyiinder motor with dual igni-
tion the accurnulator system proved quite use
ful for such a purpose But there was not
enough certainty about this method to make ii
satisfying and the need Is still felt for a more
reliable form of starter Several recent inven-
+jone however, have taken this starting on the .
switch as the basis of operations, and the In
ventors have striven to render IT more certain
in action by a modification OF either the igTi-
ton or the valves. This seems the most ration
al method Of procedure. as there are practlcaAy /
no new parts added and the notifications or
the existing parts may eventually be very
slight The extra power plant, such as cyl
inder Of gas or compressed air or a coiled
snring will not be needed, and the driver Will
be saved the muscular eXertfon or working
handles or pedals, which often entailed more
IA bor than the ordinary starting handle one
cannot helm hut think that success. will eventu-
a11x he reached upon the lines of facilitating the
present method of starting upon the switch