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Show CHICAGO IS GLOOMY OVER PROSPECTS FOR FOOTBALL CHICAGO, Sept. 20. Football In a new makeup entered the "Big .Eight" region In Its old-time form today. Official gridiron grid-iron excrclso and yelling practice will mark fh day through the middle west. The opening of another soason sees the conference colleges somewhat shuffled as to prospective strength, a condition that the rooters can diagnose through tho gloom of tho early reports Tho estlmato of tho first day's work Is expected to como to a question of the physical condition of tho sqoad in most schools. Tho players who report with a poor supply of "ginger" will find It hard to catch up. Thoso who report "as hard as nails" will be the heroes of the early training. The University of Chicago authorities remain somewhat downcast over the football foot-ball outlook. |