The Washington times., 1918-10-03

tons of the season. will not get in
scheduled to appear at Annapolis {
all intercollegiate competition for 0
against overnight trips this month
Valley. Five games have now been
The Midies have been working hard
for the past week in preparation for
the Lebanon Valley contest, but the
prevalence of Spanish influenza at
| the Naval Academy, taking many OF
J the first string players from the prac-
| tice drills, has interfered somewhat
with Coach Dobie's plans. He will
hardly make much of a complaint
against the cancellation of this open
ing skirmish with Lebanon Valley.
A week from Saturday North Caro-
! lima is scheduled to face the Middies,
but with the War Department against
| overnight trips for football squads, 1t
| is possible that the Tar Heels will
also send information oftheir cancel
| lation.
Lehigh May Prosper.
Lehigh is likely to prosper in q
football way as a result of a ruling
that the vocational soldiers at Camp
Coppee. Bethlehem. Pa, will be eli
gible for the varsity eleven. Among
experience. and Coach Ready will
leave no stone unturned in his efforts
10 drag them all out for the eleven
: Lehigh is willing 70 play Pennsyl-
vsnia a week from Saturday. This
date was originally scheduled for
Carnegie Tech. at Pittsburgh. but the
/ ruling of the authorqities against
overnight trips during October Kills
all hope of that game. Negotia ions
1 hafaor "a
high team to go to Philadelphia Oc-
| tober II and battle the Quakers-
] West Point has asked Lehigh for a
date. The Army eleven's schedule
has been knocked galley west by the
| cancellation of various college cam
paigns, and the West Pointers are
scrambling around in a wild hunt for
opponents.
Has Heavy Eleven.
Coach Hutchinson has a heavy
eleven working out for Washington
and jefferson. quite the heaviest in
years. Military drills have cut down
the practice period daily to one hour,
| but W. and ]. supporters believe this
will be sufficient.
Tressel. end: Henry. tackle. and
Templeton, guard, are veterans in the
line from the 1917 squad. The new
candidates are proving of high-class
caliber. Young, a halfback, is punt
ing sixty and sixty-fve yards. The
line, from end to end, averages $50
pounds, and the backheld will hEing
this down but slightly.
To hlI October dates. Pittsburgh
will bring service teams to the Smoky
City, In November the Panthers will
play only college elevens.
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star; Pete and Charlie Carlow. Car
isle Indian forwards. and Tom
Dougherty, of Penn. are playing with
the Philadelphia Marines this season
AL Sharpe has been signed up again
as coach at Cornell. and it is believed
that the Ithacans will have some kind
of football team. The game with
Pennsylvania is still in the air, but
will be played, il possible.
wesleyan's fullback is named Boote.
He is expected to do much Of his teams
kicking.
Isenberg, fullback for Ursinus. played
wonderful game against the more
powerful Rutgers combination.
Browns decision to cut out football
was most untNpetltu anu SpOlAS INC
schedules of several elevens-
Charlie BrickIey continues the old
stun. winning a game for his own team
with a field goal. the lone score Of the4
contest.
Case School did we'll to hold Notre
Dame TO a 6-to6 score for the first half.
Then two veteran backs entered the
Notre Dame lineup and it was all over.
Glenn Warmers Pittsburgh Panthers.
1917 champions. are to meet the strong
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
should be a whopper.
Pennsylvania gets down to work Sat
urday against Franklin and Marshall.
The Quakers have a promising squad
and should win easily. The up-Staters
are an unknown quantity.
PIiska, former Notre Dame star.
shared with Norgren. Of Chicago Uni
versity, the honors OF the game against
West Point. Both these players played
high-class football for a weak team.
Hurry Cp' Yost's Michigan Wolver-
ines will open their campaign Saturday.
meeting Western Reserve. The Cleve-
land team will play a schedule calling
for only the shortest Of trips in accord /
ance with the governments wishes IN
this regard