The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-21
BASEBALL IS NOW
THING OF PAST
Worlds Series Is Being Out.
Swallowed by Arrival of
Football Season

AS 1t becomes easier and easier to
pick the winner in the National league
and baseball talk has dwindled down
to the all-important topic Of the
worlds series, the p-l-u-n-k of the
pigskin Is being heard more and more.
though It may be hard for the base.
ball fan to believe that there are
some persons at least in the country
who do not care a continental about
the big league results, so engrossed
are they already in anticipation of the
big games in November. But a lot of
work lies ahead Of that big game,
and the men who are this week dom
ming football suits for the first time
since last fall are only now getting
the stiffness Of the first practice out
Of their muscles. !. ~. CO.,
Almost without exception the sea-
son has been started without the
blare of trumpets that used to mark
the beginning. Except for an c
stonal war-whoop of preliminary joy
from some jealous correspondent of
some newspaper, there are mighty
few predictions on what will happen
this season." The coaches have found
that preliminary boasts-if not made
good"-would hardly help them to-
wards silver loving cups from the
college body at the end of the sea-
son. 1t made interesting reading and
all that-but sometimes it came
back" like a bad penny.
So this year most Of the gentlemen
writing for the press have put their
whoops Of Joy in soto voice. declaring
that the prospects were about as en-
couragtng as an overcast sky and
k~nee-deep mud to a person in the
country with a mile to walk to the
train. OF course there are some COL
lege press agents vino try to brighten
the teams Of the rival colleges be-
fore the games are played, working
on the plan that a great lot Of con-
fidepce IL sure to spell disorder in the
opponents camp.
An early fall frost has provided the
sort Of weather conditions that foot
ball coaches seek for efficient prac-
ttce and reports from many training
camps say work is already advanced.
In another week the seasons sched-
ule OF games will have been launched
and the. work Of developing quick,
snappy e1evens from unwieldy squads
will have promised results.
Walter Camp says this year will
provide the most interesting and spec
tacular games in the history of foot
hall. The new rules, practically n
changed after a year of study and
trial, n now thoroughly digested
and approved, and the open style of
play which they were designed to pro-
duce will be e In a finished form
which was not possible last year when
50 much experimenting and study Was
necessary.
Tho Lesson Learned.
With the lesson learned, a more
consistent and finished style of play
will be seen, with particular shifts in
many variations probably predominant
ms.
The coaches are . unit this year in
declaring that IL there is any n de-
partment moro than another which il
likely to occupy the center of the
stage this fall It is the one having to
do with the line shift. It will be re-
membered that training In these line
shifts brought to Yale last season
from the University Of Minnesota,
changed and Indifferent Yale eleven
INTO an efficient team of average
championship caliDer. Incidentally it
is announced that Shevlin Is back In
New Haven this week after a 1000
mile journey, to teach the Eli's a play
which he has evolved after six months
study and which he thinks will prove
the find of the season.
More stress. will be put this year
on clean handling Of the bali because
Of minor changes in tho rules. There
should be more open field running and
mora individual NAV