The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-08-18
FIG FOOTBALL
SEASON WILL
Be long ONE
Intersectional Games VIII
Be the Big Fea-
ture.
some new FEATURES.
Carlisle Drops Out and Co
lumbia Reappears Among
Contenders.
ES0hE NEW FEATURES

CIV AssocIated Prcss.)


By Associated Prcss.)
NEW YORK, Aug. is. Intersec-
-tionai games stand out as the feature
Of the football season of 1916 which
Will be under way before another three
weeks have been checked from the
calendar. Almost every section OF the
country Will be represented in these
l'gridiron clashes and indications point
TO unusual interest and enthusiasm in
the great American college game this
fall. Close to three months play will
be witnessedl this season, as the open
ing game Is scheduled for September
16, and the closing contests will not be
staged until December 8.
Each year the number Of games in
creases and the coming season finds
more games scheduled than was the
case twelve months ago. According
to the list prepared In connection with
the revised rules of play, the teams
OF the leading colleges and universe,
I; ties Of the country will figure in more
than thirteen hundred contests, while
the preparatory and high school eley-
ens will compete In more than twice
that number, bringing the total close
TO the Ave thousand mark.
A comparison Of the schedules for
the coming season and those of the
past few years shows q number Of
changes. The Carlisle Indian school
eleven, which has made football his;
tory In the past does not appear
among the leading competitors for
gridiron honors and Columbia uni
versity Is again found listed. for games
with colleges which are close to the
frst night Of eastern football insti.
tntions.
There.is an unusual number Of con.
tests scheduled for Fridays although
the Saturday games are still! over
whelmingly In the majority. Although
the socalledi Championship games are
not scheduled until the CLOSING weeks
of November. the height sof the sea.
son. SO fur as the number Of games
October and the following two Sat.
71rdays when the principal college
Frontests each day alone pass the hun.
bred mark. The climax comes with
fthe playing Of the Harvard:Yale game
at New Haven and the Army Navy
game ut New York on the game day
November 25. ON the basis OF past
attendance and receipts these two
games should attract close to 10000
spectators while the gate receipts will
probably exceed 100000.
Among the more important intersec.
ftional' games are those between syria.
,cuse and Ohio; ArmySys. Washington
and Lee, Yale and Virginia; Harvard
VS.. North Carolina; Illinois and Col.
sgates Minnesota and North Dakota;
virginia Poly VS.. Ya1e;I Georgetown
land Dartmouth; Michigan meeting
with Syracuse: Pennsylvania and Cor:
nell; during the season: Harvard and
Virginia; Notre Dame VS.. Army; Miss.
fourt vs. Texas; Dartmouth VS.. West
Virginia. BuckneYf and washington
and Lee. Efforts are still being made
to bring Q Pacific Coast university
eleven east for one or two big games
and there will be the usual intersec.
tiona1 contests between the leading
school teams of the Middle west and
the east Immediately following the
close Of the regular interscholastic
;~schedules.
The University Of California will be
the first on the gridiron this fall, the
Berkeley team getting into action on
Saturday, September 16. Seven days
later Dartmouth. Harvard and George.
ttown VIII be among the larger colleges
to. Start active football competition. On.
the last Saturday Of September Cor
nell, Princeton, Syracuse, Army, Navy,
Pennsylvania, Yale. Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia andla few of the Middle West.
ern colleges will play their opening
games. Michigan starts her gridiron
campaign on the following Wednes.
day and on Saturday October a; Chi.
cago. Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri,
Wisconsin and other members of the
Conference follow sur.
Yale will depart from the n
fional on Friday, October 20, by play.
ing Virginia Poly at New Haven but
this ts an exceptional move mode nee!
essary 10 the fact that the Yale Bowl.
VIII be used on Saturday for the stag.
ing Of q special pageant. The last Sat.
urday Of October will witness the IN.
5tial meetings OF the elevens Of the
larger universities OF both the East
and West and the results Of these
games VIII have direct bearing on.
the final outcome OF the Championship
claims Of the contending teams. Cor.
nell VIII line up against Harvard:
Dartmouth will tackle Princeton:
Michigan WIZ have Syracuse as an on.
iponent; Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh
clash, North and South Dakota meet
in their annual game; Tennessee plays
the University OF Florida; Vanderbilt
and Virginia come together and Yale
Win seek to defeat Washington and
Jefferson.
The opening Saturday Of November
VIII Wttness the following important
lgamea- Harvard va. Virginia; Dart.
mouth vs.. Syracuse, Army va. Notre
Dame; Minnesota Va. nlinois: Nilsson.
"a ". Texass California va. Southern
california: Yale VS.. Colgate: Pennsyl.
vnnia VI. lafayette; Washington vs..
Oregon: Chicago VI. Purdue; and
GeorEetcvn Vi. Louisville. a weak
later Haryard and Princtont Cornerl