The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24
GREAT FOOTBALL
SEASON EXPECTED
Fight for Nominal Champion
ship Will Again Centre
in the East.
PROSPECTS OF "Ble FOUR"
Army-Navy Game One OF Big
Cards of Ycar-1nterest in
Indians.
BY MONTY.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
New York. September 23.-To begin
with. ii can be said that the football
season of 1911 promises to be one OF
the greatest in the history OF the
game. This for multitude of reasons.
The general subject can be grouped
under four heads-Eastern, Western,
Southern and Intersectional.
AS usual, the fight for the Champion
shin. which is never more than a
nominal honor and is always disputable.
will centre in the East. Yale, Harvard.
Prince ton and Pennsylvania again VIII
provide the chief excitement. although
teams of the caiibre of Brown, Dart
mouth and Cornell must be conceded
a chance II the luck breaks for them.
The important games in the Eastern
championship series are as follows
November Harvard VS.. Princeton
at Princeton.
November ii-Dartmouth vs.. Prince
ton at Princeton. Brown VS.. Yale at
New Haven.
November 1s.-Yale vs. Princeton at
New Haven. Dartmouth vs. Harvard at
Camb ridge.
November 25.-Harvard VS.. Yale -
Cambridge.
November O.-Pennsylvania VS.. Cor
nell a Philadelphia.
VIII Decide to Supremacy.
Thus seven contests will practical
~ decide the supremacy of the East.
Each OF the big teams in these con-
flcts meets from three to half dozen
other aggregatlons. but the results OF
those other contests can have no bear
ing on the awarding of the Eastern
title.
Harvard, which was generally adj
mitted to have had the strongest team
in 1870 Is a puzzle this year. Percy
Houghton has lost Wilmington. Minot,
Mckay, Smith and Lewis. the backbone
OF one of the most remarkable lines
in recent years. and the backtield also
is broken up, The job that faces the
Crimson mentor Is developing an al
most entire new team.
Yale, although losing the great Kill
patrick and several lesser lights, has
bevy OF regulars back. Including
Scullv and Paul tackles; Captain How
and Merritt. Quarterbacks, and Philbin
Baker and Reilly. backs. With these
as a nucleus, head coach. Jack Field,
should have little trouble in sending
forth high-calib machine. Walter
Camp, Jr., who was kept out by In
iwne: last year, Is expected TO be a
St. this fall.
Princeton Will present n great array
of talent for Bill Roner to work with.
The great Pendieton. unanimous selec-
ton for halfback on the All-American
last year, Is performing wonderfully
in the early season scrapes with the
freshmen. and also is Captain Edward
Hart. Resides these there are dozen
other members of the first squad of last
year back at the Tiger institution.
Pennsylvania. under Andy Smith
should have n trlumphal season.
, Cozens, the .AllAmerlcan centre i:
gone, and SO is Halfback Tex Rams
dell. but Mercer. the All-American full.
i back. is in the fray again, along with
the ends and linemen who put up sucf
strong defense last season.
Cornell, with Dan Reed still at the
helm. expects formidable team, as
F'ullback Wilson is the only reliable
man gone. Dartmouth is an unknown
quantity. Coach Cavanaugh keeping
! secret THE state Of affairs there.
Conditions In West.
In the West the condition is practi-
cally the same as prevailed last year
so that 1T will be next to impossible
to get real liit~ on the champion
ship. Michigan will meet none of the
other contenders for the title. practi-
! cally all the Wolverines games beinl
with Eastern elevens Chicago, weak
I last year. should be stronger this sea-
son.
Wisconsin holds forth bright pros
poets, as also do Minnesota, Nebraska
Missouri, Washington and St. Louis
Kansas and Iowa seem to he out OF
| the running. judging from report,
that have emantated from the section
| In the South, Vanderbilt and Arkan-
sas stand supreme. The elevens tina
| took the field for these varsities las
year are practically intact. The two
teams did not meet last year. bu
each swept away with ease the other
! Southern teams. Vanderbilt upheld
the honor of the South against the
| East by tying Yale. The two leader
of the South will not get together unit
next year. II ever so this years title
! in that section will have 10 remain
Il matter of conjecture.
Probably the most interesting thing
in connection with the 1917 season is
the large number of battles between
teams Of different sections.
The army navy game on December /:
is always one OF the cards of the year
and will again be so this season. The
scene OF the conflict has not beer
selected even ct this late date. but 1
is probable that Philadelphia vii
again get the plum.
Tho career OF the Carlisle Indians
once more will he watched with in.
, terest, as comparisons OF scores ma do
against them by th6gbig college elevens
will furnish one way OF doping oft the
relative strength OF the teams.
Although scveraFchanges have beer
made In the rules, 1t does not seen
| likely that the game will be noticeably
different from that which proved such
a success in 1910 Open field play VIII
! probably win over straight football
| and II seems likely TO be football 10,
rho spectator throughout tho sea.