The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-26
'IDERS EXPECT HARD BATTLE WITH YELLOW
IMPORTANT FOOTBALL
CAME NEXT SATURDAY
Harvard and Michigan Coaches to
Match Wits on Cambridge Gridiron.
Advance Sale OF Seats Heavy.
ANTWERP FOR OLYMPIA EVENTS

E1AN w fJ1tI IoI6
Athletic Authorities Suggest Holding
ing 1910 Classic Mt Belgium-En-
tertaining Baseball Dope Shown In
Unofficial Records.
NEW YORK, October 25.--The mbst
important insectional football game OF
the present season will be played IN
the Harvard stadium on Saturday,
when tho Michigan and Harvard teams
meet for the first time In twenty-one
years. AS representatives of the East
ern and Western methods of attack and
defense. the TWO elevens hold high
rank in their respective territories.
Because of this fact and the excellent
records made by both teams in the early
games this fall. the result of the con-
test will be awaited with more than
usual interest by followers of football
through the country.
The personnel of the teams and
coaching stats add greatly to the in
terest in the contest. since both elevens
include players of national reputation,
and the battle of gridiron strategy be-
tween Coaches Haughton, of Harvard.
and Yost, of Michigan, should develop
some of the sensational plays for which
these football generals are noted. Har-
ward will be handicapped by the alb
sence of Captain Bricklcy. the famous
drop-kick scorer. but In other respects
the Crimson should be able to show an
initial lineup fully equal to that which
won the chief Eastern honors Of 1913
Michigan, with Full Back Splawn for
pnntng and drop kicking; Haughitt at
quarter, Maulbetch and Boehm at half
back, has q backfeld of exceptional
caiibre and one equal in ability to the
Crimson trio. Logan, Bradlce and
Mahan. The lines OF both teams arc
fast and heavy, and strong in both of
fensive and defensive play.
Presenting that the elevens enter the
game equally strong, the ultimate vic
tory may rest with the coaching STATS
and the system of attack which they
adopt. Both Haughton and Yost arc
masters of football strategy, and. be
cause of the Importance of the contest,
some exceptionally brilliant plays arc
likely to be uncovered Coach Yost
has stated that he considers the Har-
ward game one of the biggest insec-
tional matches of recent years. West
ern football experts predict that he will
spring several intricate plays that will
startle the Eastern followers of the
sport. Evidently, something of this
sort Is expected, for the advance sale F.
of seats for the game has been un-
usually heavy, and capacity crowd of |!
more than $4,000 is forccasted for the !
stadium on Saturday.
Michigan, which has probably met |
more Eastern colleges and universities |
OF the football field than any other
Western institution, first played Har- !
ward In 1881. In the fall of that year |
the Wolverines met Harvard. Yale and |
Princeton all within one week. Har-
ward won, to o: Yale II to O, and
Princeton 13 10 L. Two years later
Wesleyan, Harvard. Yale and stevens
were played within a week, Michiga
Stevens Since 1901 Michigan has
played nineteen games against Eastern
elevens, winning ten, losing seven and
tying two. The scores follow:
190l-Michigan. 12S; Buffalo, o; Mich |
isan, %: Carlisle, o. 19O6-Michigan, 0; !
PENNSYLVANIA. II. 19o7-Michigan. o;
Pennsylvania, :. 19OS--Michigan. 0; |
Pennsylvania. 20: Michigan. A SYRIA
cusc. 2S. 190?--Alichigan A; Syracuse
0; Michigan. IL; Pennsylvania, 6. 1910
Michigan. IL: Syracuse, 0: Michigan, o. |
Pennsylvania. .. 1a11-Michigan. g.
Michigan. II: Pennsylvania, Q. 1912
Michigan. 4; Syracuse, is; Michigan, 81;
Pennsylvania, 81; Michigan, 90: Cor !
nell, {. l9l3-Michigan, +3; Syracuse,
Z: Michigan, II; Cornell 0; Michigan,
10; Pennsylvania, O.
WAR HAS NOT CAUSED
OLYMPIC GAMES TO HE FORGOTTEN
In the midst of the great European
war the Olympic games have not been
forgotten. One of the leading Paris
newspapers recently printed the fol-
lowing editorial while the German
army was threatening the gates OF the |
city:
1T was an: ounced two weeks ago
that the International Olympic Commit
tee had decided that the next Olympiad,
due to take place in 1915 at Berlin,
would be transferred to the United
This m W I'm haar
Informed, is without foundation. The
International Olympic Committee has
not made this decision. The question
will not even be considered"
Whether transfer is or is not made,
the Olympic games will not be held in
Berlin in 1916. And for this there arc
many Irresistible reasons. Neither Rus
STA. France, Great Britain or Belgium
will accept participation. The certain
victory of the allies will not be n reason
for forgetting. No one of them Will
consent, II Is evident, TO. making Berlin
for one month the centre OF universal
athletic festivities.
The Olympic games at New York in
1916 would be quite welcome, but that
which would please would be q de-
cision OF the international committee
fixing them at Antwerp. Since the
Olympic Congress, held in Paris. the
latter part of June. tire has been dis |
tributcd to the members of the con-
gress communication edited by a
committee which. under the presidency
OF King Albert, the heroic Belgian SOW
ereign was formed with view to hnv-
ing his Olymp!ad following that at
Berlin takes place at Antwerp.
Accorded at Antwerp, the Olympiad
OF 19l6-impossihle at Berlin-will be !
u solution which tho entire athletic |
world--wit htwo exceptions perhaps
will accept with enthusiasm
INTERVIEWING BASEBALL.
INFORMATION In STATISTICS |
Some interesting baseball informa-
ton is found in the statistics compiled !
al the close of the season. covering the |
work of the sixteen clubs, composing |
the National and American Leagues. |