The Washington times., 1908-09-06
Olympic Games and Base
ball Have Kept 1t in
Background.
UNIVERSITY SQUADS
BEGIN TO GET BUSY
Browns Candidates Report Next
Wednesday, and Harvard Satur-
day-MiddieS Afeld.
BY MANHATTAN.

By MANHATTAN.
NEW YORK. Sept 5-HaH to The
ggidiron giant with his NANCY locks, his
weIl-muddied armor. and his pluC1y de-
termination.
The season this year Will likely be
later, and there has been a good deal
20 detraCt from early interest in the
great outdoor game. The Olympic Sc
yies in England, the well-matched strug-
giles oii the diamond, and the growing
interest in boxing have all combined 10
make the football fans a little lax in
showing their oldtime attention.
Word from Ithaca states that training
at Cornell will be commenced late this
season. The present plans of the
coaches are that active work shall be
started about September p, one week
later than in former years. This change
is due to the fact, so 1t IS said, that
heretofore the warm weather of early
September has interfered with the pre-
liminary work, and has really retarded
the subsequent development OF the
team The outlook for a fast team al
Cornell is none too good, and the
coaches have decided to go ahead eau
tiously in order to get the best mate
rial
Browns Men Camp Out.
On Wednesday of this week forty can
didates for the Brown University foot
ball team at Providence, r. l., will re-
port AT the training camp Of Coach
''Dar'' GammOns in Bedford, TO com
mence training for the season. Follow
ing an old custom, the candidates will
live in tents, and otherwise rough It IN
order 10 get into hardy condition. The
daily program viii consist of a regular
schedule of hours with long runs TO
strengthen the wind. and practice in the
afternoon. Strict attention Will be paid
10 diet
r The general outlook this year is for
a fast light team. which should not
only keep up the old record, but break
into a higher position in the football
world. Gammons viii take charge of
the training camp for the first time.
He was appointed coach last fall by the
athletic committee. and was "a former
star player on the Brown team. Train
or Charles Higgins viii be with the
team, as usual. and he asserts that ne
has some new stunts for use on the
field
Middies Out Early.
Contrary 10 the tactics Of Cornell, the
United States Naval Academy football
squad Eegan training earlier than usual
al Annapolis this year. Twenty-six
husky young middies are already get
ting Ga trim for the season They COM
menced earlier on account of the hard
season before them, and notwithstand-
ing the adverse weather conditions
which have confronted them, they have
settled down into a steady stride of
hard work which they have allowed
nothing 10 hinder. The coaches are
putting the lads through a course of
sprouts harder than anything which
they Daye experienced heretofore The
team shows promise. but regret is eX-
pressed over the fact that Max s Der
mott is III of typhoid fever at Newport
K. l., and will hardly be able TO play.
Guards are scing to be scarce at Har-
ward and the Crimson fans are wonder
ing just what sort of team viii be put
forward this year TO protect the honors
Of the cerise flag. The candidates Will
be summoned for practice next Satur-
day, and viii get down to the steady
grind Of training without delay. OF
the men who faced Old Eli last Novem-
beT, nine of the regulars have gradu-
ated and two OF the subs are gone. OF
the H men eligible this year, there
are Capt. F. r. Burr, 90: H. Finn. jr,
10; Hoar, 90; G. G. Browne, 10, and
Kennard, O9.
HarYard's Outlook.
Burr Will likely be continued at tackle
unless there is a scarcity of good
guards, which Is very likely. Grants
place AT center VIII likely so 10 Nourse.
"a sub last season Cutting Will have a
call for the vacant place at quarter
w II. Brown. formerly of Exeter, will
be a formidable candidate for fullback.
Coach HaughtOn viii take personal
charge of the punters and it is assured
even now there are going TO be some
good kickers on the eleven.
And now comes the news out of the
West that Bob Forbes, the former Yale
football star. has been engaged as the
coach for the University OF oregon
team. He has already commenced ac-
tive work and hopes 10 pound his
charges into the most formidable eleven
on the Pacific slope. Forbes is with Tom
Shevlin, the former Yale football cap
tain in the lumber business in Port
land