Evening journal., 1909-09-15
FOOTBALL SEASON
ONLYFEWDAYS OFF
Preliminary Practices Now
Under Way-fine Line
On Championship

viii begin a long season OF activity
after a rest up of some months from
the strenuous game. College gridrons
from one end of the country TO the
other will echo TO the smack of boot on
leather and the shouts Of squadrons Of
coaches and prospective varsity men.
Practically all Of the big universities
will have their men on the field for
preliminary work this week. Before
the end of the month the preliminary
training will be well underway and
the preliminary game season will have
started. From then until the Army
and Navy game az Philadelphia draws
tbs curtain on the intercollegiate sea-
son for the year the life Of the foot
bah candidate will be rigorous one
and il will take vigorous youngster
indeed to stand the strenuous course
Of training mapped out by the coaches
First practice at Yale is scheduled
for September 20. Last week. however
the string OF Yale's quarterbacks re-
ported at Greenpoint. L. j., to Dewitt
Cochran. The quarterback situation
was discussed and some light preimi-
nary work done. Corey, French and
johnson were among the members Of
the team to spend a few days with
Mr. Cochran. Some OF the Harvard
players will busy themselves with light
work this week on the Hudson with
Captain Fish. Work at both New
Haven and Cambridge will be well
underway before the end of the month
Carlisle will get an early start this
year The Indians will play practically
the opening game of the season with
the East Ends Of Steelton next Sat
urdav Pennsylvania plays Gettysburg
on the 2S. None Of the other big
teams play until September 20. Yale.
Harvard and Pennsylvania are sched-
ued 10 play on that day. Yale will be
opposed by Wesleyan Harvard by
Bates. and Penn by Ursinus.
Tigers First Game October 2
Cornell and Princeton usher IN their
seasons schedule on October 2. The
Tigers will clash with Stevens Insti-
tue and the lthacans will meet Rens-
salaer Poly. Yale and Syracuse VIII
meet at New Haven and II the Penn
syivanians have as good team as
last year an interesting game Is eX-
pected at New Haven by football eN-
perts. West Point will also play its
first game OF the season against Tufts.
and Harvard win lock horns with Bow
doin.
Yale. Princeton and Harvard may all
have difficulty on October Q. Yale
meets the Springfield Training School
ON that date. and the Orange and Black
--- n.Ql--tackic Fordham Harvard and
Williams are scheduled 10 meet. a
week later Is tho Yale and West Point
game The cadets have always been a
thorn in the side OF the New Haven
eleven. and a great struggle is looked
for on the blum overlooking the 11ud-
I..TI I4Iaa
an opportunity that day OF witnessing
a game in New York between Syracuse
and Carlisle.
Swarthmore and Fordham viii hold
the boards the following Saturday.
while further up the river West Point
and Lehigh will fight Il out. Yale will
meet Colgate at New Haven; Cornell
viii play Vermont Brown and Har-
ward win meet on Soldiers Field;
Princeton viii play Lafayette and
Pennsylvania state and the University
Of Pennsylvania win meet
Both the Army and Navy will op-
pose foes worthy Of their steel on Oc-
toher 3d. The former viii meet Har-
ward at West Pont and Princeton and
the Middies win settle their dispute at
Annapolis. The following Tuesday
Kew York University and Wesleyan
VIII play on Onln fNeius New nrk.
Cornell and tho Harvard play az Cam
hrideg on November 6 and Yale plays
Brown che same day Dartsmouth and
Princeton play and Pennsylvania and
lafayette. Syracuse will make IN,
trip West 10 play Michigan.
Princeton and Yale open the bis
game series on November IS at New
Haven. and the following saturda,
Harvard and Yale will meet Th
West will invade the East the SAM
day. when Chicago and Cornell pla,
af Ithaca. The University Of Michi
gan viii also play in the East. and
while the Chicagoans are playing n
ithaca. Hurry Up Rri~ Yosts mer
will be playing in Pennsylvania II
loualertown. Cornell and Penn plas
on November IS and Syracuse and
Fordham play in New York the same
day. Syracuse plays Illinois the pre-
ceding Saturday.
From the schedules arranged by tho
several big colleges this year there
seems TO be more likelihood OF select
ing the championship team than was
the case last season. Harvard and
Pennsylvania were thought by the
majority Of experts the best inter
coliegiate teams OF 1908. but as they
didn't play match game. and met
only common Zoe. II was hard 10 de-
termine on figures which was the bet.
ter. Both Harvard and the Quaker,
played the Indians in preliminar,
games.
Cornell and Harvard will piav thi
year, and give some basis for figure
in the event Of a situation similar 4
last wear arising. Yale. Dartmouth
and Cornell are on the Harvar
schedule this season and Princeto
and Harvard are on the Yale schedul,
Princeton meets Dartmouth and Penn
sylvania plays Cornell II is NOR
than likely that with such a schedul
of games one Of the teams viii haN
some claim to the championship tit
at the end Of the season.
Inersectiona1 football will take
boom this Fall. Chicago and Corne
will play their second annual game I
Ithaca, while Syracuse win play tu
games with Western colleges II
Syracuse win make the trip to An
Arbor to play Michigan, and Chicaf
will come East TO meet Syracuse. IT
University Of Pennsylvania and Mich
gan viii meet for the fourth time.
AtteIl Beat O'TooIe.
BOSTON. Sept 15-Abe Attel wa
given the decision over Tomm