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Show FOOTBALL TAKES SPOTLIGHT OP . SPORTS All Conference Get Away in Annual Race for Grid Honors 8AM KRACIfHTO. Oct. 7. Kootba.1 and wnrM Mrtrg baseball clashed for poeses-ion poeses-ion of the centrr of the sport stage In (he vveat today with Mvan of the ljrhc i trifle Coast conference 'elevens playing i in early season contests. With the possible pos-sible exception of o tan ford all were expected ex-pected to win. Ktanford'e welg-hty but untried eleven waa playing lie ftrat 1923 game aeralnst the crack Olympic club team, which already al-ready had three vie tor tea te Its credit. Neither of the Ort-Kon conference members mem-bers was expected to have much trouble. The Vnlverelty of Oregon,- strengthend hy the return ot more lawyers. pia YYil. Tumette university at , Kugene. In a Northwest conference game. The Oregon Ore-gon Aggies, a heavy eleven with but few experienced men, opens Itraeaaon at Cor-vallis Cor-vallis a garnet I'sdfic university. Washington's rejuvenated team reported report-ed showing strength In the line, "lays Montana at Seattle. Two years ago Montana Mon-tana beat Washington, hut this year It no linger use Its "Minnesota shift," and la shy strong players at several positions. Another Northwest conference gam will be played by Idaho, which university also belongs to the coaat conference, againat W hitman at Walla Walla. California's champion team playa a marine ma-rine eleven. In the south, the University of Southern California plays l'omona. Intersectional Game, in East NEW TORKT, Oct, 7 Kaetem college, football eleven today generaly face the flrat serious opposition of ths season with several Interaeotional games scheduled. The outstanding game In point of popu-lar popu-lar interest Is the encounter St Weal I Point between the Army and Kanaaa university. uni-versity. It marks the first visit of the fiimous Jay Hawk team east of the MIftstsippl. . . Harvard tackles Holy Cross with proe-pecis proe-pecis for a hard tiff. I'rlnceton meets Virginia st frtm-eton. Yale, which will play without the services ser-vices of Captain Jordan and other first string; players, will play North Carolina. I nlverajty of Pennsylvania haa the University Uni-versity of the South as a foe. Cornell expected an easy game with Niagara. University of Pittsburg looks for a hard afternoon with the strong La fay-ette fay-ette team and Penn mate tackles Gettysburg1. Gettys-burg1. Rain Threatens ' Western Opening CHICAGO. Oct. 7 Rain today threatened threat-ened to take the pep out -of the opening of the football season here. The I'nlversity of Chicago and the heavy team from the University of Georgia Geor-gia were scheduled to open the seanon with what was expected to be one of the most bitterly fought Intersectional games of the year. A heavy downpour which started last night Indicated that the game would be more of a swimming match than a foot ball game. Both the Maroons and the Dixie ag-gre. gut i on. wore reported In fine shape. R. M C Boys Kcady for Fray DENVER. Oct. 7 The cowboys fronv the University of Wyoming, still suffering suffer-ing from the sting of a 2o-to-0 defeat administer ad-minister by Colorado college last Saturday, Satur-day, will clash here today with the un tested eleven of the Colorado Hchool of Mines in the chief content of the Rocky Mountain conference scheduled for today. Second In importance tp the Igval battle Is the game at Albuuuernue between Iw-n-ver university and the University of New Mexico. New Mexico Is a new addition to the conference, while Denver Is considered con-sidered one of the strongs! teams In thu action this season. Colorado college and the Colorado Agricultural Agri-cultural college will be adle today. The University of Colrado will engage Regis college of Denver at Boulder. The three Utah schools aligned with ihe conference will awing; Into action against distant foea today. The Utah Arties will play Brlgham Young university at Ixigan and t tub "university will clash with the College of Idaho. i I |