Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-06
PLAYING THE FIElB

New York Nov. THE football
wizard from the faraway Northwest
has opened the eyes OF the east, just
as 'aose Nho LnoN hlm hes, pre-
dicted he would
Gilmour Doble. famous as coach OF
the uniefeated Washington e,eyen
over a stretch OF nearly eight years.
came East TO take charge OF the
navy squad at Annapolis. and in a
surprisingly short space of time he
las rejuvenated football spirits and
'rctics al the Naval academy
)oble came East with a great rep
utation. and he Is uph0ldng II admir-
ably. When ne first invaded the
East he was engaged by Detroit Uni
versity. but football conditions at De
troit were discouraging, and when
the opening al Annapolis came Doble
was freed by Detroit and accepted the
position which should give him his
greatest opportunity TO win lasting
frame In the ranks OF great football
coaches.
The navy eleven this year is play
ing different brand OF football than
II has ever exhibited before. After
a comparatively poor start in its first
game OF the season. the middle aggre-
CATION suddenly bloomed out in full
strength and smothered the Carlisle
Indians under crushing score OF 81
TO o. This game has furnished he
biggest surprise of the football sea
son in the East to date, and the score
Indicates what kind OF results DOble
is getting
Colgate is one OF the best balanced
teams in the East this season. The
veteran backfield Of the 1915 Colgate
aggregation returned this year. 1t is
composed Of Hubbell. Spencer and
Clio, who form formidable ground.
gaining trio behind Quarterback Mo
Bride, who was the understudy TO
Anderson last year Colgate's decis'
i've victory over Cornell on Oct. 20 is
the outstanding feature of what prom
ses TO be a successful season.
Six army posts in the vicinity OF
New York have formed football
league under the direction of the New
York Athletic Club
Many great players from big uni,
versities all over the country are now
wearing khaki in the camps located
within a very few miles of the coun
try's big metropolis. and as football
Is considered one of the greatest
games for conditioning soldier,
army officials were quick to give their
consent
The camps represented are the Avi.
alton Camp, Mineola. L. l.; Fort
Schuyler. Fort Totten, Fort Wads
worth. Fort Jay and Fort Slocum All
arrangements for the playing SEIZED
ule and the conduct of the league were
left to the N. Y. A. c.. which has don
ated medals for the players on the
winning teams. Later in the season
an effort will be made to have the
best team in the league play picked
eleven from Camp Upton
Foxy Miller, OF the Pittsburgh Uni.
versity eleven, staged the first long
run Of the season in Pittsburgh's
game with Lehigh
Miller grabbed Lehigh's initial kick.
Off tucked the oval under his wing
and skidded through a broken field for
a touchdown. after running 92 yards.
all of which is going some.
Pittsburgh football sages, however.
tell us that Foxy wa merely staging
his annual stunt when he made that |
run Every year since he has been
at Pittsburgh. they say, Miller has
pulled off at least one sensational |
ramble for score. with the excep
ton Of one year when he received an
early injury which kept him out of
the game. This is Miller's last sea.
son with Pitt, and his 92.yard mara. |
thon may be his last. but he has