Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-01-07
HARVARD CHANGES
ITS GRIDIRON GARD
Drops Cornell in Order to Play
Brown at Date Earlier in
the Season.
MAY PLAY INDIANS AGAIN

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 6.-The
chief change on Harvard's foot ball
schedule for 1917 is the elimination OF
the game with Cornell. The Ithacans
have played at Cambridge several sea
sons running and won their game here
two years ago. Last fall Harvard
came back strong and won over the
lthacans with, comparative ease.
1t is possible that, had not Brown
beaten Harvard last year, Harvard's
late season list of games would be lit
tie, if any, changed. Browns q to 0
victory, however, was not at all rel
ished at Cambridge and since Novem-
Der IS it has been in Harvard's mind
to play Brown on some date on which
the regular varsity team could get the
benefit of the experience in the game.
Browns strength last year and the
probability that Robinson will have
an even better team in 1917 has caused
Harvard to shift the date of the an
nual match with the Providence team.
Next year Harvard and Brown will
meet in the stadium on October n,
a date corresponding to that on which
Harvard played Cornell last fall.
The game will be played two weeks
before Harvard meets Princeton down
at Princeton and, coming at the time
that Harvard usually has played Cor
nell, should find the Crimson we'll ad-
vanced through its middle of the sea-
son foot ball. Harvard surely will send
its first team against Brown next fall
and judging from Browns strength
last fall the match should be a good
one to help toward the development
of the Crimson eleven for its two big
games.
The transfer OF the Brown game,
however, leaves open the date between
Harvard's annual game with Prince
ton and Yale. The Crimson will be
at Princeton November 10 and will
entertain Yale l.. the Stadium Novem-
Der "a. The open date, November
u, has not yet been filled finally, but
the foot ball committee is considering
several teams, none of which, how
ever, is considered too strong.
Indians Want Game.
A few days ago it was announced
from Carlisle, Pa, that the Carlisle
Indians had approached the Harvard
management for foot ball game
next year. The Indians last played
at Cambridge in 1912, getting on the
schedule early in October. Harvard
had offered the date to Vanderbilt,
which declined, because it already
had 4 me scheduled. Then Carlisle
applied for the date and got it; but,
after tlv contract had been signed, it
developed that Carlisle had can
celled game with Vanderbilt that it
might come 20 Cambridge.
The Harvard Carlisle game that
year was played, but under protest
by Harvard. The Cambridge man.
agement requested Carlisle to cancel
the game, but this was not done, al
though Harvard's announcement was
that no more games would be played
with the Indians so long as its coach,
Glenn Warner, should remain in
charge.
Warner left Carlisle to 60 to Pitts
burgh, the Indians playing practically
no foot ball two years ago and only
few games last fall. In 1917, how
ever, there will be team, and there
are good prospects. 1t seems likely
that the Indians will get a chance to
come to Cambridge on November II,
1917, and, if they do; should prove
the usual good drawing card.
Two of the teams that will not be
on Harvard's list next season are
University of Virginia and Univer-
sity of North Carolina. Neither of
these teams offered very much in the
way of valuable experience to the
Harvard players last season. and
their places on the schedule will be
taken by others. Bowdoin already
has received an early October date,
and other changes in the schedule
will be announced soon.
Play Tufts Again.
Harvard will play Tufts again next
all, but two weeks later than last
year October was the date of the
tufts game at Cambridge in 1916,
,ut in 1917 the Medford team will go
% the stadium two weeks later, or
IN October 20, a week before Har-
'ard plays against Brown. There
ore, in both the Tufts and Brown
James this year Harvard will be
Matched against elevens that won
,ver the Crimson in the stadium dur
ng the campaign recently finished.
There was no special reason for
the game with Cornell
rom the Harvard schedule. 1t merely
vas a question of reducing the
trength of the schedule for this
ears team. Harvard, to be sure,
will have lot of veterans on top
Iext fall, but the coaches and the
DOT ball committee realize the neces-
ity for the team to retrieve last
ears defeats by Tufts and Brown,
nd in order to be sure to have their
ocular team against Brown have had
. change the date.
Bank Plans Biz
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