Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-31
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SCHEDULES IN BAD
LY MUDDLED STATE

New York. July 30.-For the first
time in many years intercollegiate
football schedules, in the East at least,
are in a badly muddled condition. In
Fast seasons the majority of the COL
lege and university arrangements COM
pleted their arrangements for the eight
TO eleven games composing the sched-
! ule, not later than March, The same
system was followed this spring but
the declaration of war caused some of
the institutions to cancel all football
games which action has complicated
the situation.
This is particularly true of Yale.
Harvard, Princeton, Navy and Army
all Of which scheduled contests with
clevens from many parts of the East
South and Middle West AS a result
Of this action close to forty colleges
lost one or more games and owing to
the uncertain conditions prevailing at
this time substitute contests are hard
TO arrange. Included in the list are
Dartmouth, Carlisle. Lafayette, Penn
sylvania, Brown. Colby. Bowdoin,
Tufts, Maryland, Susquehanna, Holy
Cross, Rutgers, Georgetown and 9TH
CrS.
According to the latest announce
mentS many of these colleges will be
represented on the gridiron this au-
tumn by elevens but the managers will
have to await until the opening Of fall
torn before they can be assured as to
lust what teams will fulfil their dates.
In some cases it may he necessary to
entirely re construct the playing sched-
ules with here and there an open date
to be filed in at the last moment This
phase Of the situation will be consid-
cred at the conference of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association to be
held in Washington, Thursday. August
,, and it is likely that there will be
considerable schedule patching at that
meeting.
In the Middle West conditions are in
letter shape for il is generally under
stood that the Conference colleges will
adhere closely to the playing dates ar
!an~ed earlier in the year. The
small institutions will also follow suit
and 50 far as local games are con-
cerned there will he less confusion
than in the East. What effect the war
will have upon the intersectionai con-
tests planned some months ago can
not be foretold at this time In some
cases they are likely TO be PLAYED.
Pennsylvania and Michigan will prob
ably meet but other similar events are
almost certain to he cancelled It
nay develop, however that new pair
rCs will he found advisable especially
if the games are played for the benefit
Of tho Red Cross funds.
The popularit yof Benny Leonard,
the new lightweight champion. is ex-
planned in part by the fact that he is
one Of the best and most consistent
ring performers in his class in some
Years. Not since the DAYS of Terry
ICGover1 has there been lightweiCht
who held ringside fans 80 enthralled as
Leonard. Those who pay to sec
bout in which ne is one OF the princi-
rails are always assured of WITNESSING
? real boxing match in the fullest sense
Ct the phrase.
Leonard has improved remarka bly
both in boxing science and hitting
power within the last year or SO vet
the ceneral opinion, among those best
qualified TO judge. is that he has not
reached the zenith of his ring career.
II this is the correct estimate of Leon
ards ability there appears to stretch
before the new champion a long period
Of titular tenure with unusual fnsn-
cial reward for Leonard fights as well
as he boxes and this is the strongest
appeal that can be made to the follow
er of pugllism.
The managers Of certain pueilists
recently tried to interest Tex Richard
ir the staging of proposed bout be-
tween we'll known glove artists but the
famous promoter of championship ring
contests quickly sidestepped with a re-
mark to the effect that he had no in
tention of endeavoring to compete with
the present world wide fight.
A voluntary petition filed by Lem