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Show FOOTBALL SITUATION UNSETTLED ON COAST Colleges Arranging Such Games as They Are Able to Pick Up. SAN" FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. The football foot-ball situation on the Pacific coast is, if anything, in a more unsettled condition than it Is in other sections of the country. coun-try. While the middle west and the cast have, to a certain extent, adopted definite defi-nite tentative schedules of games, the Pacific coast conference has nothing of I his kind. The schedule, as it was prepared pre-pared by conference officials last winter, has been aba ndoneri. and individual college col-lege are arranging such matches as they are able to pick up here and there. f'Yom present Indications, the majority ci pon testa will be played between service trains of the army and navy, of which i here are several. Intercollegiate contests con-tests are likely to be few and far between. be-tween. Prospects for Intersectlonal collegiate col-legiate games would seem to bo exceedingly exceed-ingly remote, For northwestern teams to compete with those from California means a long journey, which is contrary to the rulings of government authorities, .who oppose the use of so much time and money for traveling. With the colleges being utilized as schools of instruction by the war and li navy departments, each of these Institutions Institu-tions is likely to have one or more service ser-vice teams. In no sense will these represent their institutions. An effort Is being made In some places to organize college teams, i'Ut indications are that these are not meeting with much success, for the reason rea-son that virtually all of the good material has been absorbed by the service teams. The University of California thus far has a tentative schedule of five games. Of these, two are of the Intercollegiate variety, and three are against service teams. The Blue and Gold will meet the St. Mary's college eleven and that of the I'niverslty of Southern California. .The latter game will be played at bos "Angeles, "An-geles, so, to date, the local football public faces the prospect of seeing one mach in which accredited varsity teams will compete. com-pete. With the regular football season a short one at best, well advanced, many followers fol-lowers of the game express the opinion that unless teams are organized and schedules are made up at once it will be loo late for any regular participation this year. These already have accepted it as a foregone conclusion that the best they n ill see this year will be a few "pickup" matches. The marine team at Mare Island navy yard, near here, has thus far shown up a s the most formidable combination on t he Pacific coast. At present its members mem-bers are under quarantine on account of Spanish Influenza, and there is no telling tell-ing when they will he out again. 'Phis further aggravates the situation, for, i should this eleven remain out of the run- 1 nlng, the best of the tentative games i must be eliminated. 1 : |