El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-23
SERVICE ELEVENS HIT BY FLU:
NOVEMBER To SEE BIC GAMES
Many of Strongest Teams viii Be Handicapped in Play
ing Formidable Rivals Because of Limit to Overnight
Jumps; Red Gross Benefits Help to Season Grid
Game; May Play After Thanksgiving Day.

NEW YORK. Oct. e3.-The 1913 foot
" ball season. Of necessity. will be
greatly curtailed. but there is reason
10 believe the month Of November may
see the customary allotment Of major
games. Il is to be regretted that
the army Will not be represented by
an eleven at West Point. as vague
hopes had been entertained that the
annual classic between the cadets and
midshipmen might be revived this
season
Football at the larger universities
and colleges where military training
for the students is in vogue will not
command even the attention of last
seasons informal schedules But the
spirit Of the game should not suffer
as consequence. Indeed. the fact
should contribute greatly to the ele-
ment Of chance which enhances the
interest OF all sports Toward the
end Of the season games between col
leges which require no more than a
nights jump will be permitted And
this fact viii insure enough Of the an
uual classics to stimulate interest
throughoutout the early season
Great activity was expected from
she service teams. But for the unfor-
tunate outbreak of the Spanish in
well have filled the void Of the Gus
tomary struggles among the historic
rivals Of the east and middle west.
Many OF the greatest college stars Of
the past five years are now associated
with service aggregatiOns-
Suspension of training at this
time viii affect the ultimate class
of the service eIevens. IL is true.
But n fhe plague Is conquered in
the immediate future there will
still he time to Whip unusually
strong combinations into shape
for n strenuous November cam
paisn-
Western conference football au-
thorities are debating the advisability
OF extending their season to include
the saturday after Thanksgiving day.
and Of playing some Of their most no
table gridiron classics on neutral
fields Only thus can they hope to re-
tain on their schedule the games
which ordinarily determine the corn
belt championship. and they are pre-
pared to make any sacrifices to in
sure this result.
May Disregard Rule.
There was a time when the confer
ence season terminated on Thanks
giving day. with the annual battle be-
tween Chicago and Minnesota to lend
tone 10 the occasion. In the winter Of
lsO5-O6. however. the faculty commit
tEe % tue DIX en- adopted a RUE pro-
Eibiting all gridiron hostilities after
the Saturday preceding the holiday.
The wisdom Of this regulation was Of
ten demonstrated in the years that
followed. but its enforcement now.
with football on a strictly war basis
and October q dead month so far as
interconference competition is con-
oerned. would prove irksome in the
extreme.
The conference group Is scattered
over so wide n stretch Of territory
that October games between its COM
ponent elevens are. generally speak
ing. wholly out OF the question. Z an
intcrcouference series is 10 ne played,
therefore. the games must be sched-
uled for November. And to make such
"a schedule at all inclusive il will be