Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-01
FOOTBALL.
B0Wdoin and j. Of NJ. PLAY
Harvard This Week.
Yale Will Meet Wesleyan and
Syracuse 10 Test Strength.
Princeton, Dartmouth and Others
Have Games Scheduled.

ton, in which the early season drudg-
cry OF rudimcntary practice pred"nl-
mates, about at an end. the big football
teams oi the East will start this week
tie strenuous campaign Of 1907.
The Saturday games, in which few
OF the Eastern colleges took part.
served to give an inkling of what the
game is to show this fail.
Forward passing WAS tried every
where. and not Il few teams made IL
special feature of the OnSidc kick. The
attempts were for the most part crude,
and made it more than ever apparent
that the new game needs far more
practice in its rudimcntS than the old
football ever did.
OF the teams that played Saturday
Dartmouth, by defeating Norwich l.
to 0, in 4 game i'll which she used Il
la"-c number of men, showed that she
il. Il convert to the new game and
started right in with the new plays. 1t
WIS the notable game in New England
for this reason.
The present week will see Harvard,
Yale and Princeton in action for the
first time ana many other colleges.
which are not in the first division of
college football. but which will have
excellent clcvcns, will also get Il sea-
sons start.
Harvard has two games with cleVenS
from the state of Maine, playing Bow
| dom on Wednesday and the University
! of Maine on Saturday.
| Neither game should prove much of
| q problem, but, in view of the fact
| the only defensive preparation must
| come to-day and tomorrow the Bowdoin
game Will be interesting in it's develop
ments. A large number of men will be
| used by Coach Crane, and it is doubtful
if Harvard will run up very large
score for this reason.
| On Individual players there IS little
| danger of a disaster, however, and the
! tenn will come out of the Bowdoin
| game with a more settled idea of what
| her future policy is to be. The Maine
game will see the Crimson little fur
Tier advanced. but will also be in the
MIXTURE of a practice contest and Il try
ing out of the different promising can
di1ateS.
Under the Crane method of coach
ing Harvard is coming right along, al
| though to the outsider her practice has
| not shifted from one feature to an
other with the rapidity of former sea
sors. Crane evidently believes in hav-
ing the team well grounded in first
principles and has not made any ef-
tort to hurry the essential training
giving il ample time to have the de-
sired effect.
| Yale has two games as opener.
which, under any circumstances. either
early in the season or late would prove
more serious problems than the two OF
I1arvard'S schedule for the week. On
| Wednesday he blue meets the Wesley.
an team, which, although it is minus
several veterans. is progressing rapidly
under Coach Rcitcr.
ON Saturday Yale will meet Svra-
Gus" and will have q struggle ON hen
hands. if the stories that come from In,
IatttrS camp ar" true. Tho G;trncS Will
however, 80" til" greater in:, i"rity %
ia" ale euiI"d in action. ana, ..iill the
%picnhih material ut hand. should lcav.
th' Ellis with Il SLATE clear uf score.
against them 1T the end of tn, week
| Prince ton viii have IN easy game a
Saturday III the contest with steven,
! Institute and will jl>c I bis; squad o
players i'll the first trynUt Of The yc"r
IN" princeton team is coming fast am
| bids fair to equal last seasons record
| " 18th the achievements of :hn Val,
eleven If 1905 constantly before IL,
football p1iblic. il is not often rcmcn,.
hcred that the Tigers wcr.. t;p to tn.
| very last cages Of last season, con.
sid"rci as strong. If not strong r, thn,
| I1lC. ana even tn" final game iii it's re.
suit did not :siNc the Yale team az IN.
disputed right To claim first l.nnorS
Princeton is this Nrar confident thai
her speed. if nothing else. will carrS
hcr through her hard schedule ,rcdib.v
and has already shown something @,
last seasons dash in the practice scrm.
| images.
of the teams which have aIrcad,
| opened tho season. EruWn has Tho Am.
II, rst Ageics on Wednesday To contend
with, ami on Saturday will meet Nor
Wch University.
Dartmouth has two games, one will