The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-30

| Cambridge, Mass.-In the foot
ball games of Saturday which
practically opened the season on the
gridirons, nearly all the eastern col
lege favorites came off the fields vic
torious, with the exception of Cornell
whose somewhat crippled team fell be-
fore the aggressive work OF colgate
Princeton, Pennsylvania and Dart
mouth had seemingly little diftlculty IN
rolling up substantial scores against
Stevens, Gettysburg and Bates respect
lively. Yale and Harvard were held &c
low scores by Holy Cross and Maine.
Large crowds attended nearly all the
games, though it is not expected thd'
football will assume a commanding 20
sition IN the sporting arena until attel
the close of the baseball season fort
night hence.
In commenting upon the various
matches, Harvard experts pointed CUT
that the latest modification OF the
rules had increased rushing and de-
creased the kicking department of the
game 1t was only in the Harvard
Maine contest that punting was proml-
nent, principally through the tootwork
of Captain Shepard of Maine. All the
other games were featured by plenty
of forward passing and line plunglng
with sturdy backs like Spaulding OF
Yale, Minds of Pennsylvania and Pen
dleton of Princeton, hurting them
selves into opposing forwards, usually
for substantial gains. The famous
Minnesota wing shift reappeared and
will be used extensively during the
season.
There will be four matches next Wed
nesday in which Princeton, PennsylVa-
mia. Dartmouth and Brown will par
ticipate, and regular contests on sat
urday for all colleges except the
navy
New Haven. Conn.-Upsetting all
Yale football traditions which have IN
sisted upon open practice at least
through the middle of the season, an
nouncement was made today that there
would be secret practice beginning this
week for one hour each day. rms
will be followed by an hour of open
scrimmage to which the general pub
lie will be admitted. The early be-
ginning of secret practice indicates that
the coaches attach great importance
to the development of trick plays AND
deceptive formations. for which the
new code offers much opportunity
Chica go-A new system governing
athletic tickets for the students of the
University of Chicago, was announced
at the Midway school today. Every
lnatriculated student is eligible for the
purchase of IS single admission
ticket which procures him a seat a
every athletic event scheduled during
this ticket will be charged regular ad-
missions.
Lafayette Ind.-Coach Horr, of the
Purdue university eleven, has made the
announcement that his team will be
given a week of strenuous practice III
the hope of running up a greater score
on Depauw next Saturday than did
Indiana university in it's first game OF
the season, "Keckie'' Mou, former star
of the University of Wisconsin, who Is
helping train the Purdue men Will
watch the game next Saturday be-
tween the University of Chicago men
and the Indiana university team. PuI-
due meets Chicago the following week
and the coaches are confident of be-
ing able to down Stages men. The
work of Halfback O'Brien of Purdue is
said to be looming up and has given
the team great encouragement. I he
coaches believe he will prove the great
est ground gamer who ever wore a
Purdue uniform.