Show I NEWS OF THE SPORTING WORLD ALL EYES NOW NOV TURN ON COLLEGE FOOTBALL New York urk Oct 1 la Thc hc The of opening ot of tile the football season of or l 1507 Oj the hc fact act that became bocaine apparent last year Hint t the new rules made the game gamo mUIA yer open opell and all Interesting to the thc spectator spectator- gives g cs belter play for COt quickness and brains and despite the thu fact that two deaths and two serious erious Injuries resulted result o ed from last lust Saturdays Saturday's a games gaines the sport Is la made less dangerous to lo the coil contestants t stants t I Tho The rules rule nee need un and nd in due time tune will wi receive some mo modifications as imper develop but on Oil the thc whole they arc are a n great Improvement on the thc ol old game and have come to stay tU The Tue feature of or last Saturdays Saturday's 8 games was ws the thc work of oC the smaller colleges Under the ol old playing rules it i was not 4 ut t all ul unu unusual for or tho tue major teams or of both bolh sections to enter into Illo tho the final contests of oC the year car with clear elcar slates slats but bul ut at the close of or the tho the lOG season there thereas was as scarcely a n college colee eleven of oC Importance Im Im- In nn any section of ot tho the countr Country that had Jl not been scored upon and some had hati gone down lown In defeat t before teams that a n few ew years before were wele unable to even score against the bi bl A aggregations While it I Is not nol that this will vIli wi happen happel again this Cal fill fall owing to the better belm conception o of th the the s possibilities un under cr tho the new rules COI ing InI against the big me the is apparently not hot th the feat cal that it would have hac been two or 01 three years cars u ago u. u II In Saturdays Saturday's s pia play both tho the Coile an and Pennsylvania anla teams saw w all al possibilities possibilities pos pos- of or a n scoreless record wiped out as ns far as ns thc they were verc concerned for tor Oberlin crossed the goal oal line lne for a u touchdown touch owl and a disastrous fumble forced the tue Quakers to make e a t against Bucknell As was Crech freely free free- ly h predicted Yale found Syracuse a ahard aard I hard ard proposition to defeat lefeat at this period of the 8 season The score o of 11 1 to 0 as small smal under nn any circumstances and I when It is considered that lirac- lirac I IU U- U UnaI naiL naI ot OL 11 II points came as a result of oC a craz crazy pass on 01 the part ar of the Syracuse SI o centers the closeness of t the tIe gamo game Is better beUel appreciated Princeton opened her hel sonson season with a snap an and dash lash which while er very pleas pleas- II lug ing to the undergraduates nn and alumni of or the tho New Jerse Jersey university mean little Il- Il lit tie tle when ed elc from Crol the tho viewpoint of f what Is to come Stevens Institute could offer little or no r resistance to tile the Tigers rIgel and practically everything that that the tho oran orange e and black bluck started went welt through without u L I It I WIH It more Inure than a signal drill rJ an and the thc scrubs Would have gien the Tigers better beuer practice Harvard HI found Maine In n about aboul tu the same Sanle category as ns Stevens and th th r I Johnnies seized the thc opportunity t tork t. t york work In a lot of ot double KI und and trip I passes interspersed t with side on-side kicks and nd lt cl novelties which J i iCo Co cl Crane lc und and Ms Jave e g rl on on the UJ blackboard t Tho- Tho army an and navy T In added victories I c c to 10 their records H on 01 Saturday an and while whit h lu w r K eC 10 WaS WUI 1 t A j 10 vc lech cutt be c a HH as t. t to the veal real or ot i I flie ann army t I trie 1 open plays dl did tic iia 11 navy y but buta a n Held J gO goal ll by br I La Lang ang I S. S from tram a Il cult I angle In the thc second halt half showed that thai I Ithe I the middles 1 know something about all ll scoring without falling bade on tho the oi I push methods In vogue ogue several season I ago ugo There Is of oC course cours a lack of data lata on which to size up the the relative e e merits lh of the teams en CI one or 01 two Jum games s with minor teams but a careful sizing up of iC the play ln of oC the tho big five the tile belief that there is going to be Ic a neck nu and neck Jeee race ruce between Princeton Yule Yu an and Harvard for place lilace and nd If It I were compelled to place lace the thc teams at this time I J would t say thc they will wl finish In Iii just about that order Of or course us the thu season develops the I prospect mu may chau change c. c but that's how hov It I strikes mo me now no The teams are so evenly balanced that a n little HUle football I luck would woul throw a L game to on one t team a 1 or the thc other but It looks as ns thuu though h the tho tit Tigers ha had a phu e on the sons COnS of oC Ell LII DI who In turn look 1001 a n trifle better than the men of oC John Harvard dr time will 11 show I About hult I Iti Hinting lu With the thc r recent col cold snap In Ill view lew I it I. would woul seem cem unreasonable to talk of oC colIc col col- Ic lege c rowing lowing but lut as al a a matter of or fact fac tho the men of ot the tho aquatic hope colleges to make the crow crewl next season already nl ate C at Ut work ot The splendid ld showing made b by Columbia lust last spring spring at nl has cr greatly In Increase Increased ill In- creased crease the thc rowing Interest In Colum Colum- hia bia hia and more than nr men have hao reported te te- ported to Coach James C. C nice sr uj ni oJ candidates for Cor the varsity and nl freshman crews Six Ix of or last years year's eight arc nrc I I back baele at cole college e and IUd will wi Tn row Boyle I who shu captained the 1 1007 Oi I crew is ible having rowe rowed fur for four Cour ears dl disappointment wn was cuse caused U by the r res res- I I ignation of or George G Miner ncr McKenzie I who had been elected captain for ful this year cal who vito was a n member of the class of or OS 03 the ordinary I far nary year four course In three thice years ears I receiving hii his A. A B. B degree last June Called Caled away uway b by business matters l. l le to I will wi be unable to come conic back for tor postgraduate postgraduate post- post i graduate work wod I The rite prospects for COl a L good oo crew crow are nrc bright however with wih six o of the old men bac back Including the s stroke e. rol CerussI who so creditably puce paced the eight la last June Ms Is eligible al and In lii line cun condition lUou Th The other othel members of the 1907 ell that are arc e now nor rowing include James Janies Leicester Spalding William lla Salza Starbuck Harry ne I and P. P von voi 01 The rue he material from rota last years year's Cre fresh h. h nazi nan crow cro- croIs Is exceptionally promising blunders who rowed No o. o 7 i is IH the most varsity cn candidate l atc Only on one of the four foul Is back Mitchell bac stroke has been d. d Vo o 2 2 left coll college g and ni G George g e XI Norris I L bow I has tale taken en the management of ot this years year's crew McLean Is therefore th only one rowing Harvard's s 's prospects In the tho lowll lowing line are very r bright this year cal Three eights also have been formed from Crom among the tho can candidates an and six of tho thomen thomen thomen men that 1111 ni the tho lust boat have Jn c won voit their II J E. E C. C Bacon a brother o or last years ears captain und and who ho stroked th the tho I freshmen crew clew at It New London last year car has lias placed place In lit II that position in III the varsity boat The Tue ha In Loat eights etI e t tI dally rowing practice on un the rivet river 1101 am amIt I It I Is expected that that the outdoor won WOI will wil bo be continued until tho tue Ice torn forms forns s. s Harvard m men n lu c u shown IO 1 great in interest In- In terest tent In Iii 11 the fall rowing and I last yea ea over oven 00 men took part In t the tio dormitory lor- lor dor dor- rowing alone hn about thre thie thle weeks of 0 practice tie tle te crew cra n Iii th tig OIS bumping bumping- r Jo c cf f n uru arii In J Jr tuLu r to respective to the rt I Ihu Mio hu lt winning crew receives tiie 1 vil up pt by Ly II B. A. A C G. G h lb In It the holder hohle ot of this thin cup cUll ln La 1 ng hg ngon won on last laut year r c lf utter after r u a i Moat struggle fut for bead of ur th the river with Yc After ner tl tie th e do dormitory 0 I rowing stops steps tb vic IC be best men a UI e picked from frol rout tl U 1 e dormitory crows crews and aul drafted on oti lo to the time graded crews crew of the Weld eJ and aud boat Gt Gradi-d Gradi crew held eldIn cub CIC races arc ure eld In iii November nn and tic members Is I's of ot the time rowing cre cres s are ure entitled to veur the club dub insignia Ip competitions f. f for ill lil varsity teams are now In full lul W sway ani I the thc trials which tlc tine candidates hav hava to pass ass are arc soon Hoon to to start The mel mer while trying for tor these thes po positions ar are vcr very closely 1 und and are arc selected more upon their executive a ability bl I shown hown In u H systematically systematically- c conducted n competition than us as 31 a u mark of or college popularity ula ii ty In the other othel colleges es fall tal rowing rowing row row- 10 ing is it in full ful sway with wih the promise o of some great crews crew n next season |