Howard Payne at Texas

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  The sun, September 27, 1919, page 14 (results column)

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  By GEORGE b. UNDERWOOD. Mingling with the rumble of the appreaching worlds series the road OF King footballs annual opening will revertebrate through the world of sport to-day. Harvard, Penn, Dartmouth. Syracuse. Brown and the Army are among the elevens which will fire the opening salvo. with the remainder of the Eastern colleges swinging into action next week. More than ordinary interest surrounds the opening contests. Varsity football is being resumed at most Of the colleges after two years cessation. At many of the institutions new coaching and train ing regimes are in effect. Never in the history of the game have the squads been so large or veteran material so plentiful. Old stars have fiocked back to their alma matters in droves, keen to complete courses interrupted by the call TO the colors All these things have sharpened interest and aroused enthusiasm. Coaches and critics unite in the opinion that football is in for its greatest year. The standard has been raised In age and experience and the teams will be heavier and more powerful. Strategy will be more advanced The war opened new fields for football and new methods and systems of attack and defence resuited. The psychological effects of the war also will be felt and the game will be fiercer an more strenuous. New Coaching Regimes. OF the big colleges who have made changes in their coaching systems Har ward. Yale, Princeton. Dartmouth and Cornell, two, Harvard and Dartmouth, go into action to-day, and the play of both elevens will be watched closely. Bob Fisher. the new Harvard coach. Is q Haughton product. and it is to he as sumed that the Crimson will stick to HaCghton football. Harvard draws Bates as its opponent in the opening game. while Springfield goes to Hanover to pry of the lid with Dartmouth. Penn plays Bucknell on Franklin Field. and Syracuse will line up against the Syracuse Stars, a team composed of former college heroes. in the Archbold Stadium. Urslnus comes to New Brunswick to try out Foster San ford’s Rutgers team. Middlebury will be the Army adversary. Amherst plays Bowdoin and Brown tackles Penn State. Among the other contests scheduled for to-day are Williams VS. r. p. l., Lehigh VS.. Villa Nova. New Hampshire State VS.. Connecticut Aggies. Vermont vs. Clark son Tech. and Exeter VS.. Gushing Academy. Golden Tornado Starts. In the South Georgia Tech starts the ball rolling with Furman and Wander (, bilt tackles Tennessee Normal Among the other contests scheduled below the Mason and Dixon line are North Car DINA A & NJ. VS.. Guilford, Virginia VS.. Randolph Macon, South Carolina VS.. Presbyterian. Virginia Military VS.. Bampton-Sidney and Texas VS.. Howard Payne. N.I& Il opening contest in the West. The Big Ten will not start their skirmishes until next month. Harvard expects little trouble from ) Bates. Harvard whipped Bates 26 to 0 : 20 the last varsity contest in 1915, and like score Is expected but not assured day. Many to BE Tried. Fisher is likely to put as many of his men under fire as possible to-day. Unless Bates offers much stronger oppositon than is expected there will be whole sale substitutions. The Crimson eleven tnat will start the game it is thought will be Phinney. |. e. Hubbard. |. t.. Clark ]. g.; Philben, c.. Brown, T. g.: Kane r. t.; Weatherhead. r. e.. Murray. O. b. Nelson. J: h. Casey, r. h.. and r. Hor. wten, (. b. Pennsylvania, which has been put through longer and sitter practice thar most of the other colleges. is well ad vanced, and Bucknell apparently is II for some hard usage The team that Bot Fclwell intends to open the fray with Ii Topper. l. e. Titzel. !. I. Thomas. !. &. L. Wray, c.. Neylon, r. g.. Little, r. I. III. Miller. T. e.: Bell (captain), q. b. Light, !. h.. Derr, r. h.. Bruner. I. b. II will be green and unseasonet Amy squad that will take the fielt against Middlebury. Col Charlie DAILY has been given little time and oppor tanity 50 far to whip anything but fun cementals into the West Point squad He still Is experimenting, but to-day. game Is likely to give him a better lin, on his men. The Army probably wfl open with the following skirmish line Biaik and Timberlake. ends Herricl and Polk. tackles; Crist and Breidster guards; Kelly, centre; Jones. quarter back; Bowen and Schabacker, haifbac ok. and TORY, fullback.

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Texas leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.