South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-10
FOOTBALL GAMES
ARE SCHEDULED
Season Will Open Saturday,
Sept. Fl, and Close on
Thanksgiving Day.

NEW YORK. sept 1O.-More
than one thousand football games
are scheduled 10 be played by the
leading colleges and preparatory
schools Of the country during the
coming gridiron season notwith-
standing the unsettled conditions
incidental 10 the war. While these
figures are not UP 10 the normal CT
peace time standards. the records
show over two-thirds OF the num-
Der OF contests scheduled IN 1919
and 1915.
The list is less accurate than i'm
past years. however. owing TO the
late arrangements of dates and the
constant shifting OF games which
still continues on the eve Of the
initial play. Uncertainty regarding
the demand 10 be made upon stu
dents and institutions 10y the war
has further complicated the situa-
ton. In some cases certain colleges
have cancelled entire schedules
within the past few weeks while
others have Yet 10 decide whether
or not the game will be played this
autumn
This is particularly true of Har-
ward. Yale and Princeton in the
east for although there are indica
tions that football will be resumed
al these universities no attempt has
been made as yet TO schedule games
and the contests, If arranged. will
probably be confined 10 a round
robin series with few minor
matches in place Of the usual i'm
pressive schedules OF the big three.
Here and there the name OF
prominent team will De missing
from the list of elevens such as the
familiar elevens are to be found
in the long series OF games which
begin on Saturday, Sept. 4, and
close with the contests Of Thanks
giving day, late in November.
In the fast Cornell, Pennsylvania,
Dartmouth. Army. Navy, Brown,
Colgate. Syracuse, Williams. Pitts
burgh. Columbia, Amherst and
many other colleges viii be repre-
scented by teams. The middle west
will see the Conference colleges,
augmented 10y the addition OF the
University of Michigan, playing the
usual championship schedule while
many other elevens will also figure
in the football activity including
Nebraska. Missouri, Michigan Ag-
gies Notre Dame Colorado. Den
YER Utah. Missouri and other prom
irent colleges and universities Of the
section as far west as the Rocky
mountains
Among the prominent southern
teams which Will don sridiron uni
forms this fall are Florida, Ala
hama. Texas. Tulane, Rice. Ken
tucky. Vanderbilt West Virginia,
Virginia Poly and Virginia Military
ON the Pacific coast California, Oc-
o.dental Washington State and
/ Washington university. Oregon.
Southern California. and Oregon
Aggies are all prepared TO play. In
addition TO these and many more
college teams in the sections men
toned there Will be hundreds OF
cantonment and naval training sta
/ tion eIevens. With q few exception s
/ little Is known regarding the ability
. Of the service com binations but they
are expected TO be powerful teams
f The coaches VIII have unlimited
4 material 10 draw from, much OF
which is already experienced In
/ football play. as every station con
tains a number OF men who, only "a
few years ago. made names for
/ themselves on varsity fields in all
parts OF the nation.
Another effect OF the war times
/ is the scarcity OF intersection5l
I games. which have been the feature
/ Of the season i'm recent years While
a few are 90 be found upon the
/ schedules OF the various elevens in
all sections of the country they are
far from being as frequent as in
the past Among those 20 be play
ed are West Virginia Us. Army.
/ Nebraska vs. Notre Dame. Washing
ton and Jefferson Us. Notre Dame,
: Nebraska VS.. West Virginia, Army
. VS.. Notre Dame. Michigan Aggies
vs. West Virginia. Cornell Us. Mich
isan. and Syracuse vs.. Nebraska.
A few Of the more important
games by sections are the follow
ing. East-Corneu-Colg Pitts
/ burgh syracuse. Syracuse Dart
. mouth. Pennsylvania-Pit Pittsburgh.
/ Pennsylvania state Dart
neutrality-suspicious.. Syracuse-Col-
| gate. Brown Dartuout Pennsyl-
Van.a-Corneu and PiJsburgh-Penn-
sylvania State
Nest-North Dakota South Da-
kota. otre Dame-Great Lakes y.
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