New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-16
Virginia Comes North
Again, Hoping to Beat
Harvard, as 1t Did Yale.
PLENTY OF GOOD
GAMES SCHEDULED
Test for Army and Navy Teams
This AfternOOn-UniOn 10 Play
New York Eleven Here.
BY HERBERT.

BY HERBERT.
Football rules the sporting world.
The calcium is turned on. From now
until the bleak days OF early Deem
Der few rival attractions will distract
attention from the various gridirons.
The experimental stage is barely over,
but wherever one turnsr to-day games
Will be seen OF more than ordinary i'm
portance and battles OF the best. Chief
interest. perhars, centres at the game
AZ Cambridge because Of the oppor-
tlnitics u will afford for an early
seasons comparison between Harvard
and Yale. ,
Two weeks ago ,hc University OF
Virginia came North. and thanks. part
lv. % the great kicking Of thurman
defeated Yale by a score Of 10 TO w..
The team comes North again to-i"y
20 take the field against Harvard. ana
while the Crimson will have the ad-
vantage OF more seasoning, there 10
the oF-chancce that an upset will be re-
corded. more particularly as Haughton
NAV not be able 10 put his full strength
in the field. Virginia. no doubt. prof.
tied by the experi ence against 1ale,
while the confidence gained also VIII
stand in her favor.
Yale and Princeton will face the
Springfield Training School and Lafay-
cite, respectively, and comparatlNely
easy games for both are indicated, AL
though in these days there is no teIlln-
what viii happen. There appears 20
have been general settling Of tho
Yale forces judging by practice tnls
week. following the somewhat panicky
condition after the defeat by Virginia
and the narrow escape with Lehlgn.
The game to-day is likely 20 be the
turning point 90 better things.
One wear ago Princeton defeated La
fayette By q score OF is 70 o. and the
men from Easton have shown nothing
so far TO indicate better fate this
afternoon. The Tigers have not been
scored on this year. BY such strong
teams as Georgetown, Rutgers and
Syracuse In two OF the three games
they were outplayed IN measure but
managed 10 win. each time largely
through the individual sklH OF I'D
bolt and the ability TO do Just enough
defensively 10 stall of impending Dan
ger. Further advance along a well de-
fined line may be seen to-day, and II
such is the case Princeton men Will
have reason TO be hopeful.
Down AZ Annapolis the midshipmen
OF the Naval Academy face another
hard test. They have been beaten by
Georgetown and Pittsburgh this year.
and have vet 20 win their first game.
II looks. however as if another defeat
is in store. as Pennsylvania appears 70
be much better equipped and furthef
advanced for this time or the year
Rarely have the midshipmen been so
backward and in q year, too, when 'he
early season games were rather am
bitious. Last year Pennsylvania peat
the Navy By a score OF Is 10 o.
The cadets Of West Point also will be
thoroughly tried out in game with the
strong Colgate eleven. Holy CroSs
played the army to tie IN the open
ing game Of the year, but improvement
was shown against Gettysburg, NoI-
gate defeated Susquehanna and kocneS-
ter by a score OF a. 10 o, and II is JUST
possible that the team may be as pow
erful as in 1918, when Yale was beaten.
Tho game will be we'll worth seeing
Little surprise can be expressed no
dartmouth beat Vermont at AZ 10 0
a wear ago. and while this one-sided
score NAV not be repeated, the game
should be little more than good ma
warming up for the meeting with
Princeton next Saturday The struggle
between Brown and Williams. however
AZ Providence promises 20 be much
closer. Beaten by Union and over
whelmed by Cornell, Williams has made
a poor start this year. but FRED Daly
has not spared his men this week ana
from all reports enough advance has
been made 10 insure better things.
Amherst furnished Brown stun
ming surprise last week IN winning by
score Of Z TO o, and the game to-day
carries additional interest, as II VIII
furnish a means OF comparison between
those traditional rivals. Amherst ana
Williams, for their game later IN the
eeason. Il would seem. Of hand, as III
Williams was doomed 90 another de-
feat. Brown is not likely 20 be caught
mapping second time within a week.
While most Of the games are rather
far aheld, followers Of the sport IN this
city will not lack for entertainment u
they make the journey 20 Ohio Field,
University Heights. where the Union
College eleven. unbesten in two years,
will take the field against New York
University. SO far as can be judged
the teams appear 20 be reasonably well
matched. Union won q year ago at
Schenectady by score Of 10 o. and
the New York players have been work
ing Up TO this game, determined, II pos
sible, 20 turn the tables.
Fordham, too, will play az home,
entertaining the Connecticut Agricul-
tural College at Fordham Field.