New-York tribune., 1920-09-19


the matter is viewed. To US the
of the candidates by the coaches, the
tails of the game and of muscle har'
The assembling process will now
start. Many of the colleges will play
their first games this week, while prac-
tically all of them will at least start
scrimmaging, the whole with the idea
of picking the best eleven. For no
teamwork can be wroucht-that is, in
an efficient manner-until a tentative
aggregation is formed.
Of course, the ideal situation for a
coach would be to 60 through sea-
son with the same team as originally
picked, which quite obviously is i'm
possible. But all football mentors aim
to determine their linc-ups as soon as
possible SO that the rough spots can
be smootned out and unity acquired.
Hard Test for Harvard
Before Thursday Bob Fisher Will be
forced to line up some kind ol a team,
if he has not already done so. for on
Saturday Harvard will meet Holy Cross
which Fisher selects to start this game
is quite sure to be the one that will
play against Yale. excepting possibly
few changes.
Speaking of this contest, let nobody
make the mistake of thinking the
Crimson is to have simply an after
Moons workout. Remember the Yale
Boston College struggle last fall? To
our way of thinking it would be great
h
occur in the Stadium next Saturday.
Not that Holy Cross is so wonderful.
We have it that Cleo ODonnell, who is
handling the Worcester eleven, has a
lot of promising material. But Har-
ward thus year is by no means the Har-
ward of 1919. 1t has lost several stars
whose places will not be easily filled.
However. the Cambridge students
should win their fuss quite handily, and
probably will if they don't make the
mistake. as Yale did last season, of
undertaking an eSry season opponent.
Penn State is another of the head
liners which will get into action this
week. State will entertain Muhlenberg
in its opening game at State College
and should have a lcad-pipe cinch.
With lot OF excellent material on
which he has been working for nearly
n month now, Bezdek's only worry will
be that it will receive some opposition
We doubt if he gets it.
West Virginia will war upon West
Virginia Wesleyan, and should win.
Whether it will be tested we know not,
not knowing anything of the lineup of
the Wesleyan team. West Virginia,
with several veterans and with some
new stars. including Beck, Harrisburg
High School star, whom Penn State and
others wanted but did not get, looks as
though it might be rs strong as ever
this year, although Beck viii not fill
the shoes of Rodgers in this his first
year.
Penn to Play Delaware
Pennsylvania is going to see what
its prospects are in a game against
Delaware on Saturday. Heisman is
working like a Trojan with the Red
and Blue squad, in which the material
is mostly unknown. The Delaware
game should produce a fair idea Of
what Old Penn Will or may do this
year.
Syracuse. practically the same as last
year, is going to take up where it left
off last fall in a workout against Ho
bart on Saturday. This should be a
canter for the Orange if it doesn't de-
velop into a slaughter. From this game
City eleven than we already know
Brown begins its schedule on Satur-
day with Rhode Island State and may
meet the hard struggle the Rhode
islanders are always won't to give the
Providence lads. Washington and JEFF
fcrson will meet Bethany, Lchigh will
face Lebanon Valley and Rutgers will
take on Ursinus, and in each case the
irst named team should have an easy
time of it.
These comprise the games that will
be played in the East. Yale, Princeton,
Columbia, the Army, Navy and the
others will probably put in the day
scrimmaging and preparing for games
on the following week, when all Of the
teams will be off.
Most of the college squads have al
ready put in a lot of hard work and
are about ready to absorb few other
things besides fundamentals. The Navy
and Penn State it seems to US have
progressed the farthest, having been
at it longer. But the team which still
continues to attract most of our atten-
tion is Yale. The Eli machine, when
1T is finally rigged out. should be a
humdinger if we mistake not. To us
it looks very much like an all-Blue
year.
Columbians Hopeful
We are quite convinced also that fol-
lowers of Columbia are going to have
MUCH 10 De CneeTlul ABOUT ChlS season.
Buck O'Neill has already made vivid
impression on those who have seen him
handle his charges. And no matter
what else may be said Of the eleven
that will represent the Blue and White
this year, it is quite certain that nobody
will ever accuse it of lacking a fight
ing spirit.
New York University students are
looking forward to good season. They
have lot of faith in Frank Gargan and
are confident he is going to produce a
winning combination.
From Fordham comes the report that
Joe Dumoe, former Fordham and La
fayette star end, is going TO turn out
a team that will surprise football fol-
lowers. Dumoe is working long and
strenuously these days and is receiving
valuable aid from George Buckle" Nc
Donald. ex-captain of the Lehigh Uni
versity eleven. Mcdonald is instruct
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