The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-27
YEAR PROMISES
EXCELLENT GAMES
All Big Football Struggles
Will Be Close This
Season,

New York. Sept. 37-To begin with
1t can be said that the football "a
son Of 1911 promises to be one Of the
best tests in the history Of the game.
This for a multitude Of easons
The general subject can be grouped
under four heads-eastern. western
southern and International. .
As usual the fight for the cham
pionship. which is never more than q
nominal honor and 10 always disputa-
BILE. will center to, the east. Yale,
Harvard; Princeton and Pennsylvania
will again provide the chief excite
ment. although teams Of the caliber
must be conceded a chance IL the luck
breaks for them.
Important Games.
The important games In the eastern
championship series are as follows:
November. Harvard vs. Princeton
at Princeton.
November Thrown Vs.. Yale at
New Haven: Dartmouth "a. Princeton
at Princeton.
November 1s-Yale vs.. Princeton at
New Haven; Dartmouth VS.. Harvard
at Cambridge.
November 26-Harvard VI. Yale. at
Cambridge.
November .30-Penneylvania W.. Cor.
nell at Philadelphia.
Thus seven contests will practically
decide the supremacy of. the east.
Each Of the big teams In these con-
htcts. meets from three to half a doz-
en- other. aggregations but the results
Of those other" contests can have no
bearing on the awarding of the east
ern title.
Harvard, which was generally adj
mitted to have had the strongest team
in 1910 Is a puzzle this year. Percy
Houghtop has lost Wilmington, Minot,
Mckay, Smith and Lewis. the back
bone Of n of the most remarkable
lines In recent years, and the backfield
also Is broken up. The job that faces
the Crimson mentor is developing an
almost entire new team.
Yale. although losing the great Kill
patrick and several lesser lights, has
q bevy Of regulars back including Soul
~ and Paul. tackles; Capt. Howe and
Merritt, qu~arterbacks, and Philbtn,
Baker and Reilly. backs. With these
as a nucleus Head Coach Jack Field
should. have little trouble in sending
forth a high caliber machine. Walter
Camp, Jr., who was kept out by. in
star this fall.
Princeton will present a great ar
ray Of talent for Bill Roper to work
with. The great Pendleton, unani.
nous selection for halfback on the
Alt-American last year, Is performing
wonderfully in the early season
scrapes with the freshmen and also is
Capt. Ed Hart. Besides these there
r a dozen. other members Of tho
first squad Of last year back at the
Tiger institution.
Penn Looks Good
- Pennsylvania. under Andy Smith
should have a triumphal season. Coz,
ems. the All American center, is gone
and so is halfback Tex Ramsdell. but
Mercer. the All-American fullback II
in the fray again along with the ends
and linemen who put up such a strong
=. defense last season.
Cornell with Dan Reed still at the
helm. expects a formidable team a.
Fullback Wilson is the. only reliable
mar gone.
Dartmouth is an unknown quantity
Coach cavanaugh keeping secret the
state Of affairs there.
In the west the condition is prac.
tically the same az prevailed las
year, so that it will be next to i'm
possible to get a real line on the cham
p%ionship. Michigan will meet nom o.
the other contenders for the title
practically all of the Wolverines
games being with eastern elevens.
Chicago, weak last year. should b.