Evening star., 1933-02-02
SCHEDULE MAKERS /.
| IGNORE REFORMERS.
IntersectionaI Tits Galore
Listed Campaign Will
Finish Late.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.
TOOT BALL, as well as base
r ball, now has it's season of
SDrinp Dractice and notII.

TOOT BALL, as we'll as base
r ball, now has its season of
L Spring practice and natu-
rally foot balls greatest
statistician and intelligence off,
Ger, Parke H. Davis, prefers to dis
cusS the pigskin rather than the
horsehide game. Mr.. Davis,
whose findings in such matters
as the length. of runs, kicks and
passes adorn every record book,
limits his conversation on the
topic Of his favorite sport strictly
to IL months a year.
When, therefore, Mr.. Davis calls at
tentlon to certain matters in the
Autumn schedules, even those of us who
are thinking more of Spring schedules
lend an interested ear. especially as
such schedules are filed with him far
in advance.
"The 1888 schedules" Mr.. Davis says,
"as whole reflect the effect of the de-
preston upon foot ball as a national
plant. Arrangements have ignored the
pleas OF reformers aimed at shortened
season. Nor have they moved to elimi-
nate games of spectacular character
which have no traditional justification,
or intersectional contests.
.sCUCH colleges and universities as
~ are not prevented by Conference
rules, dual agreements, or faculty
, prohibitions" Mr.. Davis asserts, have
scheduled games. and good strong
September, especially September 80.
And when it comes to intersectional
games" Mr.. Davis continues, "let me
mention few of them. Among those
| struggles which Should draw the best
| gates are such contests as Army-Notre
Dame, Notre Dame Southern California,
Minnesota Pittsburgh, Cornell-Mic
| gan, Nebraska Pittsburgh, Georgia-New
York University, Georgia-Southern Cali.
fornia, Georgia-Yale, Michigan State.
Syracuse, Army Virginia Military In.
stitute, Army-Illinois, Northwestern.
Stanford. Fordham- Alabama, Fordham-
st. Mary's. Fordham-O Oregon State,
Washington and Lee, Chi
Navy-Mercer, Villanova-South Carolina
| and Boston College Center"
Mr.. Davis certainly demonstrates
that there will be number of good
intersectional games. Most of us would
like to see them all. IL seems too bad
that there is not a foot ball commission,
| like the boxing commissions, to assign
dates and keep some of those games
from conflicting, although Mr.. Davis
probably would oppose that idea stoutly.
In spite of that. the betting is that
/ ha' 1ikp N them all himself
if he does not believe them best for
college foot bali
! A RMY and Navy, of course, purposely
n cover as much ground with their
| schedules as possible. They are
strictly national institutions, besides
which they usually make the other
fellow come to them, so that any in
reference with studies is not on their
side Other intersectional games re-
quire scarcely more than an over night
jump.
But Mr.. Davis also points out some
other interesting facts. The first Is
how late the 1888 schedule will run.
He says, for example:
Princeton, for the second time in
history, will play Yale in December.
The game is scheduled for December 2.
Princeton last played Yale N December
LII 1oIi i Ildl COilIeSt was WdSCu OiA
December 8 on the st. George Cricket
Grounds in Hoboken, N. j. This one
will be at New Haven.
And on the same late date" continues
Mr.. Davis, Boston College plays Holy
Cross at Boston. Army plays Notre
Dame in New York and Georgia and
Southern California will line up against
each other at Los Angeles"
It will not be until 10 days later,
December II. that Washington and
Southern California will meet. while
New Year day, 1884. will bring the
Rose Bowl and East-West games.
There are a lot of night games sched-
uled for this season. Drake, Butler,
George Washington University and
Denver are involved In many of them.
Duquesne plays some of its games at
night.
(Copyright. 1888. by North American News
| paper Alliance. Inc)