Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-08
NEW FOOT BALL CODE
CAUSES SPECULATION
University Men Puzzled by
Complicated RuIes-Sched-
uIes of Big Universities.

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dergraduates. a coach and a few alumni
are due at several lake and hill resorts in
about six weeks Foot ball players have
received their urging letters from the
managers and practice is due to begin in
many places in the neighborhood Of Sep
TENDER Is.
The rules, that strange and mystic code
which is awaited as is the will of rich
and distant relative. should be announced
In few weeks And, as in. the case Of
that figurative testament, no one is quite
sure of the proceeds No sharp is willing
TO forecast what will be left to or left of
foot ball.
For that reason the beloved individual
known to the squad as veteran is los
ing some of his prestige as the season
approaches. He who has hitherto been
hailed when he dropped from the train
with suit case covered by varsity labels
has now fallen to the ranks of the semi
unknown.
No one knows what a famous line
plunger or hard tackling end will do I'M
der conditions which prohibit pushing and
pulling and make mention of one foot on
the ground when stopping opponents.
Coaches are chatting under uncertainty.
Even when the rules come forth 1t will
be late in the 1910 season before the
game can be viewed in it's true perspec-
tive. Strange predictions arose when the
forward pass entered the scene. There
was to be an opening of that game which
would eliminate the locked confusion of
mass plays and increase the joys of the
bleacherite. Furthermore, the small col
leges were to meet the big universities
even terms. 'Atwater was to defeat
Yale, Hiram triumph over Harvard. Sim
liar forecasts are in order now. But
some of those who knew the old emperor
foot ball are afraid the king is dead and
are not anxious to answer a bulletin with
Long live the king" for the heir ap-
parent is not known to his people
Fast, hard work will be in order at the
early training camps this fall, for the
schedules are opened the last Of next
month, and there is more than usual to
do. Some important schedules follow:
YALE
Sept. 28-Wesleyan at New Haven.
Oct. 1-Syracuse at New Haven.
Oct. s-Holy Cross at New Haven.
Oct. 15-West Point at West Point.
Oct Oct 2 % Vanderbilt at New Haven
Nov. Brown at New Haven.
Nov. 12-Princeton at Princeton.
Nov. 19-Harvard at New Haven.
HARVARD.
Oct. 1-Bates at Cambridge.
Oct. 5-Bowdoin at Cambridge.
Oct. 15-Amherst at Cambridge.
Oct Thrown at Cambridge.
oct Z3-WeSt Point at West Point.
Nov. 5-Cornei1 at Cambridge.
Nov. Y Dartmouth at Cambridge.
Nov. 10-Yale at New Haven.
PRINCETON
Oct. 1-Stevens at Princeton
Oct. +villanova at Princeton.
oct S.New York University at Princeton.
Oct. % Holy Cross at Princeton.
Oct. 2saDartmouth at New York.
Nov S-Fordham at Princeton.
Nov. 12-Yale at Princeton.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Sept. 24-Ursinus at Philadelphia
Sept. PSF; and NJ: At Philadelphia.
Oct. 16-Brown at Providence.
Oct % State STATE, College at Philadelphia.
Nov. Lafayette at Philadelphia.
Nov. y Michigan at Philadelphia
Nov. 19-Syracuse at Philadelphia.
Nov. 24-Cornell at Philadelphia.
DARTMOUTH.
Oct. IN. A. C. at Hanover.
Oct. s-Colby at Hanoyer.
Oct. 15-vermont at Hanover.
Oct. 22-Wilhams at Williamstown.
Oct 29-Princeton at New York.
Nov. 5-Amherst at Hanover.
Nov. 12-Harvard at Cambridge.
ARMY.
Oct. sT1fts at Vest y Mf Point. o'n''
oct. Is Yale It West Point;
Vow 5osPri h T 8; a. West Nest. Point
Nov. 19-Trinity at West Point.
Nov. 26-Navy at Philadelphia.
NAVY.
Oct 1-St. Johns at Annapolis
Oct 6-Viilanova at Annapolis.
Oct. 2@Virginia Annapolis.
Oct. 29-Western Reserves at Annapolis.
Nov. 5-Lehigh at Annapolis.
Nov. 12-Carlise at Annapolis
Nov. 19-New York at Annapolis.
Nov. 26-Army at Philadelphia.
CORNELL
Sept. 24-Hobart at Ithaca.
Oct. 1-Rensselaer Polytechnic at Ithaca
Oct. S-Oberlin at Ithaca.
Oct 15-Fordnam Ithaca.
Oct. 22-Vermont at Ithaca.
Oct. 29-Williams at Ithaca.
Nov. 5-Harvard at Cambridge.
Nov. 12-Chicago at Ithaca.
Nov. 24-Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
BROWN
Oct. Norwich at Providence
Oct. 5-Rhode Island at Providence
Oct S-Cogate at Providence.
Oct. 15-Pennsylvania at Providence.
Oct. 22-Harvard at Cambridge
Oct. 29-Tufts at Providence.
Nov. 5-Yale at New Haven.
Nov. 12-EermOnt at Providence.
Nov. in A. O. at Providence.
Nov. 24-Cariisle at Providence.
SYRACUSE.
Sept. -N-St. Bonaventure at Syracuse
Oct. 1-Ysle at New Haven.
Oct. s-Rochester at Syracuse.
Oct. 15-Cariise at Syracuse.
Oct. 22-Hobart at Syracuse.
Oct. 2e-Michigan at Syracuse.
Nov. 6-Vermont at Syracuse.
Nov. 12-Colgate at Syracuse.
Nov. 19-Ilhnois at Urbana.
Nov. 2-St. Louis at st. Louis.