The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
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ward. Princeton West Point, PennsyI-
vanis Brown. Dartmouth. and Syracuse
take the field in the East and Indiana
Minnesota and South Dakota enter into
the first FRAY OF The season in the West
Yale starts her season next Wednesday.
when the Eli bOSs viii play Wesleyan at
New Haven. and on the same date Cor
nell meets UrsinUs at Ithaca. The Car
iSle Indian School in playing Albright to-
say was the first o. the big teams to
start the football SEASON OF 1913
While most Of the Eastern schools viii
get Into action on next Saturday. II viii
not be until the following week that the
big teams OF the more prominent Western
schools will make their first appearance
in regular games on October AIichi-
ran. Nebra ska. Chicago. Wisconsin.
Illinois. Notre Dame, and Ohio State VIII
throw their elevens into action. The fTst
same on the Annapolis schedule Is set for
October l. as is also the first game OF
Vanderbilt University.
Teams Are ScrimmnEinE.
Although the dates mentioned above are
those on which The teams play their first
scheduled games. the college Youths who
furnish amusement ana excitement for
thousands OF spectators during the fan
have been busy for several weeks IN an
tiCipaiion Of The coming season. The
sounds Of the boot thuddins against the
leather ball the sharp staccaJo calls IN
signal pracIIce. and the Tasp of moleskin-
CLAD bodies rubhius against each other
and the around have been floating over
the various college gTIdWons. The rre-
season practice and conditioning Of the
0lsNers has become one OF the most i'm
r0rtaht parts Of the game In the West
among rhe conference colleges there IS
q distinct rule against regular practice
h-s heen thu rule to start work al the
very earliest opportunity. o. late y,a ars
there has hetr much discussion about
this method OF early practice. and Yale
Was one of the Ioudest IN condemnation
Il IT,
Vale First 10 start.
Thu, year. however. the Eli boys were.
amorc the 70 81 20 start N At regular
rrarul- The ienonlnious defeat by
Harvard last ysal and the general slump
which the Bulldog has taken in the last
two or three years was probably the
raGsa for the issuance Of the early call
this wear. At Yale nothing is half 50
.weet as NIctorE especially over Har-
ward and again nothing Iankles more
m the nIue-ylad breas1 than the EE,
ness of defeat. The lighting 81" VI "a.
Bulldog Is aroused. and j. = Il SaLe "e
f
foe .u tie arnua} Id
than she did las1 ''rdI-
- a line on the relative |
- the valous cieveIS which I
,,.., he arown INTO the feld next sat |
-, The revolution al Vale which :
Ia the early pracu,e mas also
snEad the cpaChInE system. The /
eIadaate coaching >vstem. whereby the
rarta.n of one years Eleven WAS named /
as tho coach for. the succeeding year
has sven way 10 the professional coach (
Ho1-rn Jones VINO one time wore the
". with distinction. and more recently
tunnel out some excellent Eridiron ma
chimes a. Sv-arust Is in charge of the
III v7rr".ss /
Graduate Coach system.
Ia7ee coached Yale IN the tall of 1879,
hat after that the Blue returned to the {
r-zC.izrs-capraln coach system. with
Tl..i.r-ous results Jones has been CIV
t-- n.- men q stlff worknur for the last
-v.o 7.sahs ana Douglas E0melsler and {
can T. illsrer. the former stars. nave
taer ervIrg indIviduHl coaching 10 the
.rra mon while Jesse Spaldlns mas
raro.=r the haCEheld. The squad tA!S
yea. r~ uua ui great promise. and while
4, ru.-D-: II men from lat years team
q
assured uf his position. The lineup for
-a-- y a1n.sday.z game has not YET
been -.- en- ou. ketcham. the captain;
who starred A. center the past two sea
.nre aa. Hc.u vo.h'nG At end and as
rzr: hack and there IS strong pronaoll'El
r--r he Will start the season IN eltheF
one ~ these two no-I'i"ES.
'rimspn At Hard work.
r,- r.z--br,- e.s-.ed the Harvard
, 7ur-srers at strenuous work more than
2 u ee' ago Before tine boys left Cam
hrldz- lost s0rrrg Capt Bob Storer made
rnc statement that any man who had
lc0ed ro make the Crimson eleven TINS
fall would have to present himself IN
rerfe~t condition. This evidently had the
desired eftert. for the sq.-ad was in the
pink Of CondIuon the first day OF Prac-
frce charley BrfckIcy. the boy with the
"educatea toe has lost none Of his
for and will undoubtedly;
add to he many laurels he gained on the
sridIron last fail. Those who have seen
the C~.msou lads at practice say that the
Sh4aS looks ss good sS last aear. and
hat indications ro!nr TO another success
season for Harvard. Unless-weH. ac-
idents do happen. especially in football
Owe half Of last Years team. together
with some promising material from the
make the prospect At Princeton very
5righ, and promising for the coming sea-
son BY their defeat Of Yale last year .
the Princeton lads have become imbued
U.,D d. confide that spells trouble for
The z teams they will meet on the
striped field this year Princeton has one
u the h ,avIest schedules of any OF the {
big Eastern colleges.
Rattle Tigers Eleven.
he Princeton eleven will meet both {
Dartmouth and Syracuse before the big
games with Yale and Harvard Dart
noath and Syracuse have been formida-
llr loes 0u the Eastern fields. especially I
he former which has produced some
.eams Of lat years that sank with the
oest in the East +
The West Point Cadets. under the
utelage >rf Lieut.. Dalv. the former Har-
'ard and WeSI Point star. are looking
onward {" evening up their score with
he Navy The Cadets havs only one
yame on The schedule before the clash
Fit' the Ndshipmen which looks at all
orD'idahle. rha game with Notre Dame
~ November ...
Both West Point ana Annapolis are at
disadvantage 5n the football ield ow-
HE TO thriI limited time fer practice and
he sact that all games. except the an
iHai Ar77y -Nav2- game. must bz played !
4 n haHe grounds
Yale has drDpned the Cadets from the
hsduir his year. heCaEse the Army
sr-lir gave the Eli hoys' tough strus- 5
- and there wsts nothing N it for Yale !
rom 2 GnanOlsk standpoint. as the games n