The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
WILL Be GREAT
FOOTBALL YEAR
Preliminary Games Between
Colleges Will Begin
This Week.

Nc" York, September .4.-wi,h -.
'ud ion on the rules cleared I'm ara
sha s oieVens rapidly getting in
haIi .. ip' me seasons campaign, foot
,rh, - come INTO its own this week.
ne nrst games OF the season wero
piaEed yesterday. but the biz fe,Ioy..
VII not get into competitive action
uhtii next Saturday. There liz on.
Sep'ioh to this. however Cornell hn.
her hrst game scheduled for Wad,as.
nay, Then the Ithacans viii pIav Al
Iegheny. pay Al
Harvard, Yale. Princeton and Penn.
S,,, nia VIII make their FIRST start
Raj INC Crimson Will play
-, Yale VIII tackle Holy Cross.
me Tigers will try out stevens an,
enhsyiVania Will meet Gettysat,re
meii VIII play Colgate From, ,he,,
u , inc following Saturday the ma.
JoFi'g or the big fellows Will bay.
Isl, princeton and PcnnsyIyan,a
80 Wednesday games scheduled. 10
anu the Quakers and Tigers
III pay one more mid week game
Then they, too. will let the fn,, n,na,.
intervene between games.
Mldweek contests this year arc
te"er than last season The Wcdrs.
uas games have gradually lost favor
"Hh the faculties, coaches. nlavar.
ven students In the last few veara
.hey nave decreased by big slumnr 7,
thousht by many men well verscd
,,i,, 'hat Few years more will
witness the complete PASSING n, ~
mid-week games. '''e
Football enthusiasts are look;, e..
ward TINS year TO the greatest M an
teceht srldIron seasons. The game no
tween Harvard and Princeton wnIch
marks the renewal OF football, rnIa'
.'ons between the Crimson and Dram.
ana Black. is expected to be III
T,d attraction to the football card.
~ neh' 100. the Yale-Princeton and
ale harvard games are schedu,ed In
addition to the annual strurrIo ha 81
tween the Army and the Navy,
Ihese contests, football men s,y
VIII make II an easy matter TO deter.
nine the championship team of tho
year with Yale. Harvard and Prince
ton meeting, the victor of the series II
seems. can safely claim the ,ttlc ~
football king.
Corne!l apparently has lost consid :
cradle prestige In the football world.
me lthacans are more or less on the
outside now that they have lost their
aharal game with Harvard. In this
rcspec' they are m the same class
the two old rivals were rated peg
below the consideration of Yale Har-
ward and Princeton as far as football
is concerned. In any event II must no,
be forgotten that the Pennsylvania
Cornell game gives Its yearly promise
Of being one of the real big con tests
of the season.
Football coaches will put the final
touches on their teams for the early
season games this week. The squads
which earlier in the year were almost
unwieldly. have been cut down and
the men the last week out will have an
opportunity of making their letters
before the final whistle blows. After
the first few early games the work
will develop into routine training. lust
now there are many players with tired
muscles and weary limbs.
Open play promises to predominant
to an even greater degree than last
year. The forward pass was put on a
well defined basis at a meeting of the
football solons last week. All the
coaches have been working hard with
the play. Kicking. too. will play its
usual role In the decision of games
All told football promises to be bet
ter and more popular game than ever