The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-17
BATTLES WILL
Be STAGED IN THE MUD
Close Formation Likely to Find
Favor Over Open and For
ward Passing Game.
MIDDIEs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
First Time in Many Years Navy Grid
iron Squad Has Left Annapolis,
Except in Contest With Army.
Elevens in Final Work Outs,

NEW YORK. October 16.-Eastcrn
football games will be PLAYED on water
soaked gridirons tomorrow 1t is
probable the close formation rushing
the open and forward passing game
Both Yale and Notre Dame, who figure
IN the the FIRST first of the inter sectional games
both the old and new style. p'' ~ ''AS
-. a As,n9 ha game OF unusual interest
the Navy meets the University of Penn
sylvanin. This is the first time in many
s ssars Fiat fna1 the MidGies have played
annual contest with-the Army. :. y. = l,
, The army also is scheduled for n
r morrsw hopr In or more a. West Point TO-
are called upon to face one of tho
strongest Of tho smaller college elevens
Princeton faces a hard test in Lafay-
cite. The leading games to be PLAYED
on Eastern gridirons tomorrow In
Notre Dame VS.. Yale.
Navy VS.. Pennsylvania.
Lafayette VS.. Princeton.
Tufts VS.. Harvard
Colgate vs. Army.
Carlisle VS.. Pittsburgh
Trinity VS.. Amherst.
Bucknell VS.. Cornell.
Franklin and Marshall VS.. Swarth-
more.
ITHACA, n. y. October ia close
and hard fought game is expected when
Bucknell meets Cornell on the local grid
Pennsyivanians In the forward pass is
expected 70 give Cornell more than a
little trouble; The work OF the team
vent at half back is expected to : aid
greatly In the defense.
Coach Van Orman announced to-day
that Captain o'Hearn will not piay.
tomorrow. Lautz. who starred in the
sht end SHear ns viii his be p0 saHea fer
the Brown game. With tho exception
OF Snyder, replacing Munsick at left
place in the back field, tho lineup viii
be the same as that of last week.
du co5ns elm may try the newly intro
ers Tor to-morrow's game.
-, NEW HAVEN. CONN. October 10
the Ellis tomorrow. arrived to-day in
time to get some indo9r signal ,nrac,-
Harper said he looked for a close game.
despite the fact. that the muddy field
would greatly handlcap his boys in
The Notre. Dame team, announced
tonight, will consist of Edward. left
f enG' Jones teHptan2. left TACKLE; Keefe.
tackle; Mills. right end Goffall Viii
BACK ths ed team 1fom narer and the
and Eichanlaub.
CAMBRIDGE. October 16-Fear of
further gripping the Harvard team by
accidents. led the coaches to exclude
every first string man from the lineup
and the final scrimmnge for to-mor-
rows game against Tufts was dispensed
Maham. Logan and Hardwick were
on the track to-day, and may be in the
Is ud.s fiams for short nSeriUd but It
has SHOWN ABILITY ev wl BE sue sivsn Wno
possible.
McKinlock will be starred at full back.
PRINCETON. ~. j.. October 16.-The
Tigers were put through n long signal
rain. There is no doubt that Prince
siinnnrp ed, by IT., the wet field and
fayette tomorrow. The coaches nave
foreseen the possibility OF unfavorable
weather, and several times In the past
soaked ball in tho scrimmnges.
Law was kept busy to-day punting
s snts heavy Thc wet nr6 9Fsn with good re-
quarter back was settled. temporarily,
at least. by the. announcement that
Soland Will start the game at that
position. This leaves Law at full. the
position for which he Is best fitted.
CAKidSl.E, PA, October 16.-In view
OF their altered lineup. the rcsigna-
tion Of Captain Busch and the number
or cripDles, the Indians do not expect
70 DO mhch tomorrow against the
University OF Pittsburgh. Pratt will
be used in the back field. notwithstand
ing his fnmblng tendencies. Ho has
not had much experience In CARRYING
me ball. The squad of twenty-nve
through signals and blackboard talk
on Rittsburgh's probable otrcnge given