The Washington herald., 1909-08-22

With the fall young mans fancy turns
lightly to thoughts Of football. at least Il
no is in college. and although the pigskin
season Of 1909 is stil about a month OF.
already coaches and captains are sckem-
irg and planning over the plays they IN
tend using and in outlining plans OF cam
paign.
Besides her two championship games.
Yale has several important matches on
her schedule. On October IS the Blue
eleven wiz pay West Point its annual
visit. and II former games are any critic
rion that game should be worth going
niles to see. Last year the two teams
played each other 10 a standsttil Yale
barely winning. Two weeks later the
Bulldog viii tackle Amherst at New Ha-
ven, and on November win play the last
game on the preliminary schedule against
Brown at New Haven. This game was
tie last year. It win bs seen that the
Blue eleven has a strenuous three weeks
in store at the end Of the season.
Princeton has one Of the most disas-
trous seasons OF its football history 10 re-
deem this year. and the schedule has been
prepared with great care. The team VIII
be seen in action for the first time on Oc-
tober 2, when a game with Stevens Instl-
tute viii be played. Yillanova follows for
midweek game. and Fordham viii fur
nish an opponent for the Tiger on the sth
Or the 18th Princeton vii line up against
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, which team
last season held the Tigers down 10 a
l0-to-4 score. Three days later Sewanee.
a new team on the Tigers schedule, will
be played at Princeton
Tigers vs.. Middfea.
On October 50 Princeton win have her
first real test. for On that date the Tigers
travel down TO Annapolis to oiay the
sturdy midshipmen. In 1909 these two
e'evens met. The Navy came OF victorss
Gus in heartbreaking game by the score
OF 10 10 8. The following Saturday thu
Tigers have Dartmouth as their giiests az
Princeton. Last year the Green eleven
defeated Princeton at the Polo Grounds
by the score OF 10 10 6. Then follows the
final game with Yale at New Haven. Thus
II VIII be seen that Princeton's schedule
Tor the final three weeks seems to be
about as tough as Yale's.
Harvard opens the season with Bowdofn
on October 2. and meets Williams on the
following Saturday. Another easy game.
one with Maine, IS scheduled for October
ls. but on the sd the Crimson may have
its hands full with Brown The following
Saturday Harvard plays its only game
away from home. going 70 West Point.
On November the Crimson viii line IN
against Cornell al Cambridge. This Is ths
ilrst time for years that these eIeEens
nave met. and the game promises 20 be
one OF the most interesting OF the season.
Harvard and Dartmouth.
A week later is the annual Dartmouth
game. ard then comes the haaI game with
Yale 1t win be seen that Harvard. Yale
and Princeton have their hands fun dur
ing the closing weeks OF the season. and
their trainers and coaches face a big prob
lem In keeping their men in condition
uninjured. and up 10 playing at TOD speed
The University OF Pennsylvania, too. has
hard schedule, perhaps as hard as any
team IN the country In addition 70 tha
games with Michigan and Cornell. ths
Red and Blue plays Swarthnore on Octo-
Der 9, Brown q week later. Pennsylvania
State the following week. the Carlisle In
dams on October 81. and Lafayette on No
vcmber s
The Army has only three really hard
games on us schedule, those with Har-
ward, Yale. and the Navy The midship-
mems hardest games viii be against the
University Of Virginia. Princeton. and tho
Army The Indians meet Syracuse. the
University Of Pennsylvania, and Brown.
among others.