The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-16
SCHEDULE ODDITIES
FOR ARMY AND NAVY
Big Football Games for Them to
Be Played Early in the
Season.
OTHER GRIDIRON GOSSIP

NOW tnat the hrny-Navy football game
has been abandoned the situation at
these two camps 10 rather an oddly. and
tho contests scheduled for these teams
for tomorrow take on more Importance.
The Army Is to meet Colgate and the
Navy will make its only trip away from
home and play Penn In Philadelphia To-
morrow thus becomes one OF the leading
days OF the fall for the midshipmen and
soldiers in the quality OF their respective
opponents.
After meeting Penn the Navy engages
Western Reserve. N. C. A. and NJ. Ford
ham. Colby and Ursinus In order and tho
Army meets Holy Cross. villanova, Notre
Dame. Maine and the Springfield Y. NJ
G. A. In the order named. II may be
possible therefore that the Army and
Navy will 10 into their hardest games
OF the year in the first half OF the foot
ball season.
play In November, and as Notre Dame is
rated high and bent on swatting two
Eastern elevens. Yale and the Army the
contest with the Westerners becomes the
Armys main objective af,er getting
through with Colgate Colgate, by the
way, had the Army trimmed last year
until the last fraction of n minute OF play
and tho West Pointers have an account
to even with Notre Dame, which team
smeared them last year. Unless some OF
the other teams to be met prove stronger
than expected the success, or otherwise,
OF the Army will depend largely on how
It gets by playing Colgate and No,re
Dame.
IL the Army Navy encounter IL TO stay
dropped resumption OF contests with
some OF the elevens OF the big colleges of
tho East will make the Army's schedule
much more interesting and give a better
line for rating the West Point teams
The Nays rank this year Will depend
good deal on what the midshipmen do to
the Quakers. Incidentally the Navy al
ready has been beaten by Pittsburg,
team which has risen to a prominent DO
sition In the last two years nd one which
would make an attractive feature II on
the schedule OF Harvard. Yale, Prince
ton, Dartmouth or Brown. Having beaten
Cornell and the Navy the Pittsburgers
doubtless could make II interesting for
other leading elevens besides the trend OF
football schedules these days Is toward
wider geographical range and variety
year to year In opponents.
There isn't soft SPOT on the Yale
schedule from now until the end OF the
season. Formidable opponents come thick
and fast. After Notre Dame the booking
gate. Brown, Princeton and Harvard.
stiff contract, that. and showing that
Frank Hnkey isn't looking for easy
marks
Scoville, candidate for the backheld al
New Haven. Is the second ex-Dartmouth
man in recent years to cast his fortunes
with the Els. Henie Hobbs was the
other one, and ne was a tackle OF ster-
ling worth for the Blue
Trumhull. Jus, made acting captain at
Harvard Is one Of several players the
Crimson has had of late to n svess
marked versatility. Trumbull HIS played
centre guard and tackle and played
hem all we'll. Storer. last years captain.
was a centre. tackle and end Huntington
VS. back and a centre at different
times and the accomplished Hardw!cS
docs SO well both as back and an end
and Is so shifty that by and by we may
look to see him playing both positions
at once.
There's n college eleven whose colors
are Black and Blue. but It has no