Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
SHORTER VARSITY
SCHEDULE LIKELY
October lntramuraI Foot Ball
Is Considered by Old
Colleges.
By LAWRENCE PERRx.

n JEW YORK, December 90
nj For the games sake two
i Y reports now current may
be spiked as erroneous. The
first relates to the reported en-
gagement Of Frank Carideo, the
Notre Dame backfield ace and
field general, as one of the assist
ant coaches at Princeton next
year. The other is the story that
Yale and Notre Dame will play In
1882.
As TO Carideo, this brilliant boy, If
he goes In for coaching, viii undoubt-
edly have an opportunity TO be head
coach and not assistant. Secondly,
Princeton feels that when she cannot
find graduates to teach foot ball, it VIII
be about time to give up the game.
AL Wittmer's staff, in fact, viii be
made up Of Stan Keck and Ed Nc
MILAN for the line inside of ends, Jack
VIM for the ends and Jack Slagle as
assistant to Wfttmer, who will concen-
trate upon the backs. Ned Poe, Jack
German, Pop Foster, Jack Jeffries and
Shad Davis will work with the scrubs,
freshmen and class teams.
Tiger Prospects Brighten.
The Tigers viii start the season With
q definite offense Of which that DIS
played against Yale viii be the basis.
The material, what with several high
class players coming up from the
freshman eleven, will be excellent and
all in all Old Nassau should set sail In
1891 for an excellent season.
Yale's commitments viii preclude O
Notre Dame game in the next few years
and by that time all the chances are
that the Irish, as well as Yale and Har-
ward, will be meeting reduced number
Of opponents.
Spring practices at Yale, Harvard and
Princeton is merely talk. President
Angel Of Yale has collected statistics
showing that no more men have been
injured since the September Is rule
was applied than before 1t was ef-
fective, and he is against anything that
would have the appearance Of reaction.
Princeton authorities have no idea
apparently of considering change and
Harvard probably will do as Yale does,
although it appears she would Ike to
have her men report earlier. What
may happen after a year or two is the
moving back of the last game to the
Saturday beyond Thanksgiving day and
starting the season at later date In
October.
Apt to Adopt New Plan.
As to the later starting date. It is
by no means beyond the realm of pos
sibility that the month Of October will
be used at Yale and Harvard for intra-
mural foot ball and Princeton for class
foot ball within few years.
Both Harvard and Yale have re-
ceived gifts of dormitories in which tn
students will live as at Oxford ant
Cambridge. This is to say, that ever.
dormitory will be akin to dirisions
college, Just as the two great English
universities are composed OF smaller
colleges.
Some method of creating an esprit de
corps among these various dormitory
units, something that will give every
one of them consciousness of solidarity,
must be devised and the inauguration
of competitive sports, the establishment
of athletic rivalry, is believed to be the
first important step to be taken to this
end.
When, and If, this is done the dis
traction Of varsity contests will be per-
mitted and the intramural program
will be concluded before the varsity
plays any games at all. This will mean
a start for the varsity foot ball eleven
mean a reduction of opponents.
Princeton has been sounded and
probably Harvard on this plan. As to
Harvard'S reaction, the writer cannot
say. but it may be said that Princeton
would be ready to meet the Yale plan
by emphasizing foot ball competition
among the four classes.