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Show FOOTBALL TO 00 FIN AT nonQiF, Officials Believe Athletic En- rlpavnr .STinmlrl CI n rn Unhindered. CARLISLE, Pa, July 7. Although a number of stirs were lost through graduation and still others have proffered prof-fered their services to their country and are serving in tho army or navy, football will be continued at the Carlisle Car-lisle Indian School, according to an announcement mado by John Francis, Jr., superintendent of the institution, prior to the departure of the majority ma-jority of tho students to their homes for a vacation or to various parts of the country under the outing system. An cloven will be picked from the material available, whether tho number num-ber of candidates is largo or small, and this team will carry out the schedule as arranged prior to tho declaration of war with Germany. Tho schedulo has been completed and tho local authorities expect the majority of tho institutions listed to play their games even if they have to draw upon green men to replace tho stars who have gone to the colors. Superintendent Francis believes that athletic endeavor should go on unhindered so long as tho men are not actually needed or called into service, as ho holds that tho game is a big factor in developing the strength, stamina and all around usefulness of the Indian. The majority of the athletes at the Carlisle school are under tho draft ago. It is a peculiar fact that some of the most noted stars turned out here were men who had not yet reached their majority, so that tho call for thoso between 21 and 31 will havo little offect so far as athletic ath-letic material is concerned. It is expected that tho enrollment at the school in tho fall will be fully up to normal, many of those who have gone to their homes stating stat-ing that they expect friends and relatives rel-atives to apply for admission here. The coming season will bo ono of the most important for the local school, and many big colleges are listed. Athletic activity1 during the summer sum-mer will be mainly confined to baseball, base-ball, the students remaining in the vicinity or who are working nearby having organized a fast team which has an ambitious schedule with teams in this vicinity arranged. FIRST SACKERS TO ADVANCE. ATLANTA. July 7. Southern league experts say there aro two flrst-sack-ers who should go higher after this season. One is Golvin, of Mobile, and the other Is CovV.gton, of Little Rock. The only weakness of Covington was his Inability to hit, but this year ho seems to havo found a batting eye, and Is smashing tho ball hard. Golvin, who was in the Three-I League last year, also is pounding the balL ( |