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Show COLUMBIA TEAM SHY . Eecent Developments Do Not Improve Prospects. NEW YORK. Sept, J 23. Tho Columbia university uni-versity football prospects havo not been Improved Im-proved by recent developments. Tho squad now numbers twenty-ono players. Including four ne-.v men. Tho worst setback Is tho announcement an-nouncement that William Duel will be unable to coach tho team this fall. Nothing has been heard ot Dick Smith during thu last two months. Ht has been In Alaska all summer, but up o tho present tlmo has not returned. On the other han. It Is understood that Chauncey Bishop, tho crack end of two years ago. will rotum to college and bo eligible to play on the team. He was forced to drop his work In 1903 because of the Illness of his father. fath-er. Somo of those Interested In football matters mat-ters feared that ho would not bo eligible. |