Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-09-04


Boston. Sept. While the sports
|of summer are stlll taklur up columns
Of space tho first faint whispers are
arising Of that lord IF an iho fun OF
autumn the Same that 4lHWa a moro
truly enthusiastic crowd ~ fans than
any other. DO you happen 60 realize
that IN Rbout THREE weeks football
VIII be- covering the aridlron through
out the country With squads at husky
Young men ana that from thcn until
the cnd ut November thu game will
grow better and betterY And lrs a
safe prediction that ihis years style
Of play viii be Shower and AZ the
same time more interesting technical
Isl than ever before. That was plain
80 see along toward the close Of the
season 81 1912 and now. with the
changcH in the football rulcs--minov.
though they appcar-tho Eridiron
game Of 1912 win be worth while
watchinE.
The football season. az far as the
greater part OF the country u con-
ccrned, means that part Of the year
In which those ancient foes. Yals.
Harvard, Princeton. Pennsylvania ana
.CCinoll assume prominent roles Fur
be It from me 10 throw any shadow
81 sohdasoenaion on the wcrt The
ramc II played out there with an TIE
visor. vim and experiences that TIE
eastern colleges show. but Il u SIN
true that the season stands for the
days on which football holds the stage
aiupE the Atlantic scaboard. And
this year itE feast days viii all be
week parties Tar the big colleges
al least II has been found best 20
limit the days 81 plays 70 Saturdays
and therefore the mid-wcck gnme7
watch formerly were a regular part
of the schedule have been largely
eliminated. Yale has ono on lts pro-
gram. the curtnin raiser. In fact. n
meeting with wesleyan on septem-
her a. ON tho same day Cornell n
10 tackle urslnus. Then the big do
ines win begin.
on Saturday, September q. all tho
biggest teams viii be seen IN action.
Harvard opens lts season with che
University OF Maine as is opponent
In the great amphithcater az Cam
bridge and the Princeton eleven win
start the bali bounding on the home
field with Rutgers facing the Tigers
The Army viii meet Norwich "a West
Point. Cornell takes on Colgate and
Pennsylvania IL slated to try rs
strength againsl Gettysburg. That's
card chat is really worth while
Thereafter the Saturday games VIII
bring the teams into weekly strug-
giles and looking ahead 90 them the
coaches are bueily preparing TO put
the Erldiron squads through some 81
the hardest training that the game
has known.
Harvard. especially. desiring 10 hold
on to the prcmser honors gained by
the Crimson team last season. has
been careful to keep tabs on her play
'ers Captain storcr jumped his men
into strict training during the first
week In September. u was decided
al Cambridge last spring that the
men who hope 20 gain an "ff' from
football must work for 81. and that
no time should be wasted IN light,
casy preparation.
Coach Haughton has let Il be known
that any man who reports 20 him for
the squad without being ready phys,s
caily and mentally for the hardest
sort of work nccd entertain no hopes
~ making the team. and Indeed VIII
have to prove himself invaluable 20
gain steady Job on the varsity
squad
At New Haven n slightly different
procedure will be followed II was
n surprise 10 the football spuad there
when Howard Jones, tho new head