The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-16
TEAMS GET ON GRlDlRoN TODAY AND PROSPECTS WITH EACH BIG COLLEGE ARE DESCRIBED AS BRILLIANT.
BY MANHATTAN.

New York, September 15-(Special.)- Football dope is getting to be plenti- full as the time for the opening of the season begins.
 Captain Bartol Parker of the Harvard team has issued call to his men to re- port for practice on September Is. a week before the opening of the college term This date was decided upon by Captain Parker and Head Coach Joshua Crane few days ago. and not only the players but the full staff of coaches will be pres ent on that day.
 We are going to start in our football work early" said Captain Parker, and from the very opening we are going to get down to business. First however, the practice will be light and will probably be held only in the afternoon
 When the football squad of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania gets out on Franklin Field for its first concerted prac- tice of the year on September Is. the back field men ought to be in good condition, for most of the members of that depart ment are now at Cape May the guests of Dr. Carl Williams, former captain of the Pennsylvania team, and chairman of the advisory board of coaches. Among the men who will do light practice under the direction of Dr. Williams are Cap tain Bob Folwell. halfback; Hollenbdck, the All-American fullback: Began, who was start at quarter in last years freshman team Scarlett, end; Townsend, a crew man, and Macl1lin, Sommer, Faux ts and Miller. of the freshmen team of last fall which was considered one If the best youngster elevens among all the colleges.
 Those who are on the inside in regard to football affairs at the Naval academy at Annapolis are very optimistic over the outlook for the Middies eleven this fall, and there is good ground for such conf dence, for with nearly every man of last years team ready to get into his place, and with a bunch of good new material. coupled with happily arranged schedule leading up to the crucial test, the navy appears to have better prospects this year than 1t has enjoyed for several years past
 The navy's season will begin in earnest on October ?, with Western Maryland at Annapolis. Games with Maryland Agri- cultural and St. Johns college follow on the two succeeding Wednesdays and on October Dickinson will be met. The first important game is that with Van derbilt university, which is scheduled for October 12. This will be the first time that the Commodores have ever played at Annapolis, and as they habitually turn out the strongest team in the south. the Middles are likely to have their hands Hull. On October 19 Harvard will appear for the first time on the academy field. and will give tine Mddies the biggest game of their home season. After that game the others will be as follows: De- tober 26 Lafayette; November ?, West Virginia; November g. Swarthmore: No Yember 23. Virginia Polytechnic. Then the team will buckle down to preparations Tor the battle with the army, and on De- cember 1 it will be decided whether the Blue and Gold or the Black, Gold and Gray shall triumph.
 The Yale football squad will not lack star coaches this fall. When the prelirn- mary games have been completed and the team settles down for the two big games of the season. those with Prince- ten and Harvard. many of the former Eli gridiron stars will return and endeavor to find remedy for any weak points that may have escaped the keen eye of Coach Knox and his regular assistants. Among the men who have promised to turn and help the team are Tom Shelvi1, who will come on from the west early in November and stay with the team until the Harvard game has brought the sea- son to a close. Frank Hinkey will also be on hand several times during the sea- son and Carl Flanders will have a pcr- manent position as right hand man to Coach Knox.
 Princeton Is as full of fight as ever she was. We are going after Yale this year as we never have before" said Big Bill'' Edwards. star guard of for mer Princeton elevens. and now deputy street cleaning commissioner. Princeton is getting mighty tired of being beaten py Yale at football and her baseball vic-