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Show FOOTBALL NOW IS IN THE LIMELIGHT Boston, OcL 19 Forced into tern porary obscuilty by tho world's scries, scr-ies, tho old fall game of football will today make Its appearance once more, this time to occupy the center of attention at-tention until Thanksgiving day, when the final big gridiron game will be played between Cornell and Pennsylvania. The bells have now rung the finish of all arguments and speculation over the respective merits of the Giants and Red Sox True, tho historic series ser-ies will linger long lu the memorj of baseball enthusiasts and the "ifs" and "ands" of the big scries will be subjects sub-jects of serious discussion all winter, but America's favorite cold -season pastime will have a clear field next week. All the big colleges hae passed through the preliminary siege, and are ready to tackle seasoned opponents oppo-nents The mode of play at every one of the big colleges has already been decided upon, and this style of play will be perfected until tho real tussles between the major colleges take place Today every member of the "hjg five" will be found In action against strong teams. aggregations that aro liable to give them much troublo in order to keep their goal lines inviolable. Yale will bump into its stiffest game to date when it faces the army eleven at West Point today. The soldiers have a couple of tiick plays they will try against the Elis. and it Is their desire not only to cross tho Bulldog line, but to win. Yalo Is prepared for anything the cadets propose to offer. Believing that a strong offense la tho best defense Coach Howe will send his .charges out to smear tho Army bunch all over the lot. Return of Camp. The return to tho game of Walter Camp, Jr, has added materially to the strength of the blue backfield. Camp's forte is at fullback, but It Is prol able that he will be shifted to one H the other back positions in favor fa-vor f '"Lefty" Fljnn, who has im-prert im-prert jd the Yalo coaches as tho best fullback since Ted Coy ripped up tho lines of teams that dared buck the Ells. Yalo coaches aro somewhat uneasjj over tho quarterback position. They are having difficulty in selecting a regular occupant of the job. Every practlco finds the threo candidates firing orders. Cornish. Cornell and Loftus are mentioned most prominently prominent-ly for tho post, but it has not been decided as to which shall be entrusted with the regular job. Harvard will see how big a score it, can roll up against Amherst at Cambridge Cam-bridge next. Saturday. Tho thought that Amherst may threaten to score does not even enter the minds of the gridiron coaches. They look upon the game as a preliminary te3t. Minus Best Lineman. Princeton will enter the Syracuse contest minus its best linemen. Bush Dunlap, one of tho heaviest forward men on the Tigers, wronohed his shoulder in practice the other day. It is probable that he will bo unable to resume his place in the illne for several sev-eral weeks Cornell will line up against Pcnn State nt Ithaca. Tho upstate boys will present their most formidable linoup and expect to mako amends for their poor showing so far this season. sea-son. Carllslo will pit Its strongest ana against the University of Pittsburg on tho latter's grounds, Jim Thorpe has rounded into his best football form and the Redskin expects to have a picnic making touchdowns and kick-inc; kick-inc; the subsequent goals. The Dartmouth aggregation, which has not shown much this season, will operate on Williams at Wllliamstpwn The Holy Cross eleven get a stiff workout against the Springfield Training school outfit |