The chronicle=news., 1913-08-02
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I, I, !. NEWS ri

tNo months away The shadow OF the
sridiron game is already .e9sisg into
the realms Of sport. The schedule
makers have complesed their tasks
snd the coaches are Issuing calls for
the gathering Of candidates. The
fifs, week Of September wili witness
Initial practice ., Pumber Of east.
ern and western colleges and before
October IS reached sames will have
lkeen won and lost on many = varsity
football field. Judged from present
Indications. the coming season should
produce football In both quality AID
quantity such as NO previous autumn
has witnessed. Few changes have
been made in the playipE rules aad
both coaches and players will require
hut little time In which to faniliari.c
themselves with the code alterations.
More than one thousand Sames are
scheduled amonG the college eleyens
and II the high school and prepar'-
tory academy contests are Included
the 1918 games will total In excess Of
three thousand.
The college play opens with few
|scai,eriax games Oh September 2"
asd the contests multiply rapidly on
|suee<eding Saturdays until the cii-
max Is reached on November -.
Thanksgiving Day games are still
popular In certain sections of the
cousiry. bu, with the exception Of
the Army-Navy game gridiron ae'iv-
ity will cease With the holiday con-
tests. 4 number Of interseeiional
games will add Interest to the short
football season for Nichi8sn. Syra-
c,ise. Cornell. Eosre Dame. Carlisle.
Vanderbilt, aud Pennsyiyania are all
scheduled for long trips and sames
In hos,il- varsity territory. One new
game Of imporsanee-the Harvard
Cornell msseh y, Csmbridse-!s
shown among the iead.aE contests of
tn. fall. bu, the usual clashes be-
tween IN. leading ~levens o! the
couatry have los, none Of their charm
and ;he:- 10 certain TO be capacity
attendance At . number o! the samea.
TIL. flrs; real test games viii come
early "a October for on Saturday. Oc-
,ot.r \. Pennsylvania meets t-Afay-
cite, which defeated the Quakess last
autumn. A week later the Carlisle
indians viii Try the mettle Of DR..
sharpes Cornell! team. while Penn
sytsAniA viii try TO wipe oa; the
msmo.y Of swar;hnore's victory Ia
isi:. Harvard me~'s Williams and
Vale face. lafayette on the same day.
following -!-veus lined up: Amherst
ss- Trinity. Colgate ~. Army. Dart
mouth. ". wili!ams. Lafayette ,s.
swa';hmos.. Syracuse ,s Princeton
and Pennsylvania 81. Brown. On o.
tobe. 3. Princeton plays Dartmouth.
Michigan meets Vanderbilt. Pennsyi-
van!a tackles Carlisle. and Minnesota
has Iowa ss opponents
The mouth of November brings the
teal clashes Of the eridiron year. On
the flrs, day OF the month Nosre
Dam. will play At we,; Poin;. Cor
neil =; Harvard. Syracuse At Miehi-
gan. Pennsylvania state ss Peaasyi-
sanla. virginia At Vanderbilt. Wis
ron.la a; Minnesota. and Colgate at
Vale. Saturday. November s. will
see the following big games: cosne!I
r.. M,ehisan. Dartmouth vs.. Pennsyl-
vauis. Harvard vs. Prineeson. Penn.
.ylvsnis State vs.. Ho,re Dame. Ten
aess.e va Vanderbilt. Yale Va Brow n
and Chicago vs.. Northwestern. A
week later Yale pisya Princeton.
Da,,moa,h fsees Carlisle. Cornell op-
poses Lafayette. Brown is At Harvard.
Penn.yiranis a, Michigan. Chies 20 ~
Miane.osa and Peansyl~ania state
will try out the Navy eleven.
The big game OF Saturday. Noven.
Der 20. 10 the Harvasd-fale match a
cambridse Other contests Of impor'
tsnce include Syracuse VS.. Carlisle
|Lehish ". Lafayette. Minnesota rs
Illinois. Wisconsin VI. Chicago. Ms
.ouri ,s. kansas. Wesleyan 70. Ttfa
li;y. Nebraska VI. Iowa. and Tulan'
W. Lou.1ana. .rhankssivias Da!
games include the annual Pennsyl
clash. with Carlisle -
SBrown. Vanderbilt vs.. southefn tn'
ve,Nty. Texas ". Nosre Dame. Wash
inE;on State vs. Washington and ORE
xon vs.. Mu,anom nab sffSeding foe'
ball thrills in other parts Of tn
coentry. On saturday. November .
. isll. L. 5. Naval sed Military Aess
emy teams will 0eet and with thi
lsame taps will SQUAD for the grid!ro
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