The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-07
GIVING FOOTBALL
 EARLY GREETING Navy First to Enter FieId-Cor-
 nell Last NO GUARDS AT HARVARD Brown Practices Wednesday, and Sat. urday the Great Majority Get Busy. Bob Forbes Coaches Oregon.
 General Gossip.
NO GUARDS AT HARVARD
By MANHATTAN,

l. eridiron giant with his mangy looks, his well-muddied armor and his plucky de- termination. This month sees his en- trance into the world of sports, and ere the summer tints have departed, he will be we'll on his way to wonted condition in the training. The season this year will likely be late. and there has been a good deal to detract from early inter- est in the great outdoor game. The Olympic series in England. the we'll matched struggles on the diamond and 'he growing interest in boxing have all combined to make the football fans A little lax in showing their old-time att tention
 word from Ithaca states that train,n. at cornell will be commenced late +,,,. season The present plans of tba co.atss
 thsl active work shall be started
 september 2l, one week later than In former years This change i. que 10 the fact, so 1t is said, that bere- to1ore the warm weather of early san- 'enoer has interfered with the nra,,,,. mary work and has really retarded inc subsequent development of tha +ao, me outlook for a fast team at corna,, IS none too good, and the coaches bova oecided to go ahead cautiously in order 10 get the best material.
 On Wednesday of this wee,, .o
 oioates Tor the Brown university foot. oaii team at Providence, R. L. will re- port at the training camp of eoach
 Dan Gammons in Bedford to oon,- nlence training for the season. FoIlowing ah oio custom, the candidates will uva III tents and otherwise rough if in oroer to get into hardy condition The Uaiiy programme will consist of a ree,,ar 'e"eouie or hours with long runs to strengthen the wind and practice in inc aiternoon Strict attention will be na,a to oiet. The general outlook tbis yaa. is TOT a fast, light team, which sbo,,d hot only keep up the old record h,,. break into higher position in inc foo. ball world. Gammons will +o,,. .,
 e training camp for the first time ne was appointed coach last fall bv tbe a'iie.ic committee and was q former star player on the Brown team rraino. Charles Higgins will be with tba +a.,., "s usuai' ana he asserts that he has soma He" stunts for use on the field
 contrary to the tactics of Cornell Inc united States Naval academy foothou squad began training earlier tba, ,,a,,,,
 annapolis this year. Twenty-six husky young middies are already get 'ihs In trim for the season. They con,- mehced earlier on account of tbe bora season before them, and notwitbstand- ing the adverse weather conditions wbioh nave conrronted them, they have set 'ieu down into steady stride of hard work which they have allowed notb;no to hinder. The coaches are nntt,no .,,s iaos through course of sprouts barder 'nah anything which they have experi- enceo heretofore. The team shows nron,- lse' but regret is expressed over the fact that Max s. Dermott Is i'll of tvnbo,d lever at Newport, R. l., and will hardly be able to play.
 1uaros are going to be scarce at Har- Vard and the Crimson fans are wonder- Ing just what sort of team will be mi forward this year to protect tbe bonor. or the cerise flag. The candidates will ba
 loI practice next Saflir- day, and will get down to the steady grind of training without delay. Of the men who faced Old Eli last Novem- per, nine of the regulars have graduated ana two of the subs are gone. Of the
 Ii men eligible this year, there arc Capt. F. R. Burr, 'O9 H. Finn. IT. TO. Hoar, O9; G. G. Browne, 10, and Ken- nard, 0s Burr will likely be continued at tackle unless there is scarcity of good guards. which is very likely. Grants place at center will likely go 10 Nourse, sub last season. Cutting will have call for the vacant place at quarter. W. H. Brown, formerly of Ex- eter, will be a formidable candidate for fullback. Coach Haughton will 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 active work and hopes to pound his charges into the most formidable eleven on the Pacific slope. Forbes is with Tom Shevlin, the former Yale football captain, in the lum- Der business in Portland, Ore.