Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-02
FOOT BALL SEASON
LOOMS ON HORIZON
More Games Scheduled Than
Ever Before in History
of the Sport.
ORIGINAL RACE TIPSTER
WAS HANGED IN ENGLAND
Reaped Rich Harvest Until Crooks
Inveigled Him Into Poison
ing of Horses.

NEW YORK, August 2.-Athough the
intercollegiate foot ball season Is still two
months away the shadow of the gridiron
game is already edging into the realms of
sport. The schedule makers have COM
pieted their tasks and the coaches are is
suing calls for the gathering of candi-
dates. The first week OF September VIII
witness initial practice at number OF
eastern and western colleges. and before
October is reached games will have been
won and lost on many varsity loot pan
field. Judged from present indications,
the coming season should produce foot
ball In both quality and quantity sucn as
no previous autumn has witnessed. Few
changes have been made in the playing
rules. and both coaches and players will
require but little time in which to famii-
iarize themselves with the code aitera-
lions. More than 1850 games are sched-
uled among the college elevens, and II
the high school and preparatory academy
contests are included the 1913 games will
total in excess of 1900
The college play opens with few scat
tering games September 20. and the con-
tests multiply rapidly succeeding Satur-
days until the climax Is reached NoVem-
Der % Thanksgiving day games are still
popular In certain sections OF the coun-
try, but with the exception OF the Army
Navy game gridiron activity Will cease
with tine holiday Contests. A NUMBER Oh
intersectiOnal games viii add interest 10
the short foot ball season, for Michigan
Syracuse, Cornell, Notre Dame. Carlisle
Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania are All
scheduled for long trips and games IN
hostile varsity territory. one new game
Of Importance the HarvarG-Corneil
match at Cambridge-is shown among
the leading contests of the fall, but the
usual clashes between the leading elevens
Of the country have lost none OF their
charm and there Is certain TO be capacity
attendance at a number OF the games
Seasons First Big Game.
The first real test games will come
early in October. for on Saturday. Octo-
Der L. Pennsylvania meets Lafayette,
which defeated the Quakers last autumn
A week later the Carlisle Indians will
Try the mettle OF DIR. Sharpe's Cornell
team while PENNSYLVANIA will try to wipe
out the memory of Swarthmore's victory
iii 1872. Harvard meets Williams and
Yale faces Lafayette on the same day
Saturday, October Is. Will find the follow
ing elevens lined up: Ami erst vs.. Trinity
Colgate VS.. Army. Dartmouth VS.. Will
liams, Lafayette VS.. Swarthmore, SYRIA
Cuse VS.. Princeton and Pennsylvania VS.
Brown. On October Ia Princeton plays
DITltHOuIn, NdItci Oht
Pennsylvania tackles Carlisle and Mime
sofa has Iowa as opponents.
The month OF November brings the rea
clashes of the gridiron year. On the
first day of the month Notre Dame viii
play at West Point. Cornell at Harvard
Syracuse at Michigan. Pennsylvania State
at Pennsylvania. Virginia at Vanderbilt
Wisconsin at Minnesota and Colgate al
Yale. Saturday. November :. will see the
following big games: Cornell VS.. Michi
gan, Dartmouth VS.. Pennsylvania. Har-
ward VS.. Princeton, Pennsylvania State
vs.. Notre Dame, Tennessee VS.. Wander.
bilt. Yale VS.. Brown and Chicago VS.
Northwestern. A week later Yale plays
Princeton, Dartmouth faces Carlisle
Cornell opposes Lafayette. Brown is a,
Harvard, Pennsylvania at Michigan
Chicago at Minnesota and Pennsylvania
State will try out the Navy eleven.
The big game of Saturday, November
.. IL the Harvard-Yale match at Cam.
bridge. Other contests of Importance in
clude Syracuse VS.. Carlisle Lehigh VS.
]. Lafayette. Minnesota VS.. Illinois, Wis
consin VS.. Chicago. Missouri VS. Kansas
Wesleyan vs.. Trinity. Nebraska VS.. Iowa
and Tulane VS.. Louisiana. Thanksgiving
day games include the annual Pennsyl-
vania-Corneu clash. with Carlisle VS.
Brown, Vanderbilt VS.. Southern Uniyer-
sity. Texas VS.. Notre Dame. Washington
State VS.. Washington and Oregon VS.
Multnomah affording foot ball thrills in
other parts Of the country. On Saturday
November 20. the United States Naval
and Military Academy teams will meet