Evening journal., 1915-09-18
FOOTBALL season
Holds MUCH PROMISE
General Rules Committee
Schedules 5000 College
Games This Season
CARLISLE INDIANS
TO OPEN SEASON

Not since the early seventies when
American intercolegiate football was
born. has there been an autumn wnicn
held forth as much in the way Oh
football activity as that of 1915. Ac-
cording to the official schedule pre-
pared by the rules committee. close
70 5000 games will be played by the
leading colleges and school teams OF
the United states between September
IS and December A..
The honor of opening the season
falls to four Pennsylvania institutions.
for the Carlisle Indians play Albright
and Bucknell meets bloomsbury Nor
NAL School in the FIRST games OF the
autumn on Saturday September is.
One week later the activity Will be
spread 20 scores of line marked fields,
Tor more than 100 play the opening
games of their schedules.
Cornell viii not begin play until the
fnal days OF the month, but Satur-
dav. October 2. will see the leading
university and college teams of all
sections lining up in contests, some
OF which can hardly be classed as
preliminary games. Princeton VIII
play Rutgers, whose team has been
ADINiNk AOtNdiU NO luiN iAdiAn ANl az
most "a year The day viii also mark
tne debut of United States Military
and Naval academy elevens against
Holy Cross and Georgetown respec-
lively.
Michigan like Cornell, has selected
mid-week day for her opening
game. but viii join the Saturday bri-
eade on October 94when a number
Of promising contests are scheduled
While the baseball fans are anxiously
awaiting the outcome of the worlds
series, football followers will watch
with interest the results Of such
games as Cornell VS.. Williams, Har-
ward VS. Carlisle, Princeton VS.. Syra-
cuse. Navy VS.. Pittsburgh Penn State
VS. Pennsylvania, Minnesota vs.. Iowa,
Notre Dame VS.. Haskell and Yale VS.
Lehigh.
A week later the leading games OF
Saturday will bring together Colgate
and West Point, Pennsylvania ant
NAVY. Chicago and Indiana. Pitts.
burgh and Carlisle, Georgetown anC
North Carolina and Princeton ans
Lafayette. The leading games OF DC
tober % include Harvard VS.. Cornell
Princeton VS. Dartmouth, Army VS.
Georgetown. Navy vs., Virginia Poly
Michigan vs.. Michigan Aggies, Penn
sylvania VS.. Pittsburgh, and Yale vs.
Washington and Jefferson.
The final Saturday of October is
marked by several intersectional
games. Michigan plays Syracuse
Cornell faces Virginia Poly, and the
Michigan Aggies oppose the eleven of
the Oregon Agricultural College 9th
er contests in the various sections of
the country brings together Harvard
and Penn State. Chicago and Wiscon-
sin, Yale and Colgate. Princeton and
Williams and Dartmouth VS.. Amherst.
The opening Of November finds the
leading elcvens gyrating together,
with the result that on Saturday, No
vemher S. Pennsylvania and Dart
mouth play at Boston. Princeton and
Harvard clash al Princeton. Notre
Dame travels 70 West Point TO play
the Army. Cornell goes west to play
Michigan. and Yale has Brown as an
opponent.
Yale and Princeton viii be the head
liners in the East on November 13.
while Minnesota and Chicago viii
PLAY the leading roles in the Middle
West Other important contests on
the same day include Brown at
Harvard and Michigan az Pennsyi-
gania
The hnal game Of many college
eleyens viii be played on Saturday
November 90 The annual contes
between Harvard and Yale at Cam
bridge stands pre-eminent on tn
days card. but there are other game
Of importance scheduled. includinl
Colgate az GEORGETOWN. Dartmouth a
Syracuse and Illinois at Chicago
Thanksgiving Day will see Penr
sylvania and Cornell playing at Phn'
delphia, Carlisle Indians al Brow
Syracuse tackling the University
Montana at Missoula, Notre Dam
playing Texas az Austin and Pen
State az Pittsburgh
The season win close in the East q
Saturday. November o. with the al
nual Army-Navy game. played in Ne
York this year but viii continue 4
another week in the South and We: