Evening star., 1916-09-17
FOOT BALL SEASON WILL OPEN
FOR MANY SCHOOLS THIS WEEK
No Games of Importance Are Scheduled for
Big Institutions w. u. to Have Stars
As Candidates for Its Eleven.

sylvania, Yale. Cornell, Harvard and
Princeton are not SO much better than
several other Institutions that they can
the glamor Of that old title stin re-
mains. Practically all the so-called
secondary institutions are desirous of
arranging games with them for that
reason. With the fne team the Hill
ably could make a splendid showing
against any aggregation they might
face. a game with either of the men,
toned Ave would please tho Blue and
Guilty Of attaining such desirable end
Is that these universities are wanting
fewer hard contests and dropping
strong teams instead of keeping the
ones they have on their schedules and
According to the foot ball of the last
two or three years there is not a great
deal Of difference in tho plays OF many
colleges :. In comparison With that Of the
suoh it might be well to create a new
alignment and say that Dartmouth,
Penn State, University Of Pittsburgh,
washington and Jefferson and Syracuse
Ss D,Sss but 4 s uo,n 4 es
Pr1noeton: Harvard. Of course. BY its
remarkable record 10 deserving Of more
consideration than any other.
field. every one Of whom 10 . star, set
themselves to the process of develop
ment as assiduously as they did when
| they entered tho university last fall
there 10 no doubt that they will form
one OF the greatest quartets behind any
line. There is state of mind. though.
often prevalent in cases where the
whole Of proved successful force is
marshaled at the beginning Of a sea-
son, which would preclude the posi-
bility of the showing that should be
| made. 1t is to be hoped that the men
behind the Blue and Gray forwards will
not begin with tho feeling that their
aim has been accomplished and 1t is not
very best efforts in every practice. If
this condition should exist Georgetown
would fail to do what Is expected of
it: However. If these players work
! endeavors in 1915 the Blue and Gray
need have little fear as to the outcome
Of tho majority Of its games.
At least thirty men are expected to
Maryland state College. The squad yes
terlay and Friday was rather small,
nineteen men reporting Friday and
seventeen yesterday. All the old men
have not returned to college. and many
Of the new students registered are not
in school. By the last of the coming
week 1t Is expected that the squad will
number between forty and fifty. Practi-
cally all of last years squad will be
than one of the four regular backs will
return. In fact the only players Of a
equad of forty, which was kept out all
| last season. to be lost, are the men who
played behind the line. It is not known.
with the exception of speer. whether they
will return.
Gallaudet and Catholic University are
to get their men out for practice the
latter part of this week. The Brook
but were compelled to call off the
| workout until the opening of the uni
versity for its regular fall session.
Gallaudet begins its year almost with
out knowledge of what the future holds
In store for 1t, as. with two or three
exceptions, its team will have to be
built from more or less green mate
rial.
The Navy plays more colleges this
| season from this section than has
usually been the case. It has been
the practice of the Sailors to draw
their opponents mostly from the north
ern section. but the schedule as 1T
low the Mason-Dixon line scheduled
to play at Annapolis Georgetown will
be the first to appear there, being list
| ed for combat October Z. The Mary
opponent, October II. and then. on con-
secutive Saturdays, October 28. Novem-
Der and November II. will appear,
respectively, the University Of Georgia,
Washington and Lee University and the
North Carolina Agricultural and Me-
chanical College. The arrangement Of
the schedule in this way probably is
| saving the Navy Athletic Association
a lot of money in not having to pay
such big guarantees and is giving it
Just the kind of opposition 1t wants
to enable 1t to build up its team grad
ually for the Army battle November
25. The Army, too, Is to play pretty
much the same kind of season.
Treasury gave a rather mediocre ex-
hfbition yesterday in it's game with the
Fidelity and Deposit team, champion
amateur club of Baltimore, In the in
were made off the Treasury pitcher.
four bases on balls were given and
eight errors made. which does not ne
cessitate anything further in explana-
tion of the way in which the contest
was lost. In the two previous games
Treasury defeated Richmond 10 to 2,
Richmond won from the Baltimoreans
by 1s to 4. and yesterday the last-men-
toned turned around and trimmed
Treasury 10 to 8 and Richmond 3 to 2.
Such is base ball
Norman Into. former lineman on the
Bristol High Schooi, Bristol. X. l., is
| the biggest man who has reported for
foot ball practice at the Maryland
State College in the last four years.
Into stands over six feet and weighs
2OS pounds. He Is a fellow of clean
build and carries nothing in the way of
superfiuous flesh. According to the
present outlook the state college squad
will have on it more big men than
usual. which should cause the develop
ment Of much stronger second team
than has ever before been turned out.
,, Bryan Morse, director of athletics at
Western High and coach Of the teams.
| wants all the candidates for the eleven
this fall to report to him tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock at the school.
Suits will be given out and the first
practice held. 1t is desired that all
men be prompt in coming out. in order
that there be no delay in making the
| necessary preparations.
DODGERS IN SEMI-FINALS,
Defeat Brands of New Orleans for
Cou<ho,s,, A-.k>~~ NAL