The sun., 1919-09-27
By GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD.

Mingling with the rumble of the ap-
preaching worlds series the road OF
King footballs annual opening will re-
vertebrate through the world of sport
to-day. Harvard, Penn, Dartmouth.
Syracuse. Brown and the Army are
among the elevens which will fire the
opening salvo. with the remainder of
the Eastern colleges swinging into action
next week.
More than ordinary interest surrounds
the opening contests. Varsity football is
being resumed at most Of the colleges
after two years cessation. At many of
the institutions new coaching and train
ing regimes are in effect. Never in the
history of the game have the squads
been so large or veteran material so
plentiful. Old stars have fiocked back
to their alma matters in droves, keen to
complete courses interrupted by the call
TO the colors All these things have
sharpened interest and aroused enthusi-
asm. Coaches and critics unite in the
opinion that football is in for its greatest
year. The standard has been raised In
age and experience and the teams will
be heavier and more powerful. Strategy
will be more advanced The war opened
new fields for football and new methods
and systems of attack and defence re-
suited. The psychological effects of the
war also will be felt and the game will
be fiercer an more strenuous.
New Coaching Regimes.
OF the big colleges who have made
changes in their coaching systems Har
ward. Yale, Princeton. Dartmouth and
Cornell, two, Harvard and Dartmouth,
go into action to-day, and the play of
both elevens will be watched closely.
Bob Fisher. the new Harvard coach. Is
q Haughton product. and it is to he as
sumed that the Crimson will stick to
HaCghton football.
Harvard draws Bates as its opponent
in the opening game. while Springfield
goes to Hanover to pry of the lid with
Dartmouth. Penn plays Bucknell on
Franklin Field. and Syracuse will line
up against the Syracuse Stars, a team
composed of former college heroes. in the
Archbold Stadium. Urslnus comes to
New Brunswick to try out Foster San
ford's Rutgers team. Middlebury will be
the Army adversary. Amherst plays
Bowdoin and Brown tackles Penn State.
Among the other contests scheduled for
to-day are Williams VS. r. p. l., Lehigh
VS.. Villa Nova. New Hampshire State VS..
Connecticut Aggies. Vermont vs. Clark
son Tech. and Exeter VS.. Gushing Acad-
emy.
Golden Tornado Starts.
In the South Georgia Tech starts the
ball rolling with Furman and Wander
(, bilt tackles Tennessee Normal Among
the other contests scheduled below the
Mason and Dixon line are North Car
DINA A & NJ. VS.. Guilford, Virginia VS..
Randolph Macon, South Carolina VS..
Presbyterian. Virginia Military VS..
Bampton-Sidney and Texas VS.. Howard
Payne.
N.I& Il
opening contest in the West. The Big
Ten will not start their skirmishes until
next month.
Harvard expects little trouble from
) Bates. Harvard whipped Bates 26 to 0
: 20 the last varsity contest in 1915, and
like score Is expected but not assured
day.
Many to BE Tried.
Fisher is likely to put as many of his
men under fire as possible to-day. Un-
less Bates offers much stronger opposi-
ton than is expected there will be whole
sale substitutions. The Crimson eleven
tnat will start the game it is thought will
be Phinney. |. e. Hubbard. |. t.. Clark
]. g.; Philben, c.. Brown, T. g.: Kane
r. t.; Weatherhead. r. e.. Murray. O. b.
Nelson. J: h. Casey, r. h.. and r. Hor.
wten, (. b.
Pennsylvania, which has been put
through longer and sitter practice thar
most of the other colleges. is well ad
vanced, and Bucknell apparently is II
for some hard usage The team that Bot
Fclwell intends to open the fray with Ii
Topper. l. e. Titzel. !. I. Thomas. !. &.
L. Wray, c.. Neylon, r. g.. Little, r. I.
III. Miller. T. e.: Bell (captain), q. b.
Light, !. h.. Derr, r. h.. Bruner. I. b.
II will be green and unseasonet
Amy squad that will take the fielt
against Middlebury. Col Charlie DAILY
has been given little time and oppor
tanity 50 far to whip anything but fun
cementals into the West Point squad
He still Is experimenting, but to-day.
game Is likely to give him a better lin,
on his men. The Army probably wfl
open with the following skirmish line
Biaik and Timberlake. ends Herricl
and Polk. tackles; Crist and Breidster
guards; Kelly, centre; Jones. quarter
back; Bowen and Schabacker, haifbac ok.
and TORY, fullback.