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...athletics are now organized the situation seems unavoidable. Yet it could be considerably improved by a wide-spread adoption of the "double-header" scheme used by Harvard for its opening games. Under this system, the whole squad of the large college can get the necessary practice, while the small colleges have a fairer chance of scoring, by not having to face a succession of fresh players put into the game in numerous substitutions. The general employment of this scheme would be an important step toward the goal of introducing a sporting element into what tends to be a commercial enterprise...
...light workout will be the order of the day this afternoon, with a 20-minute session tomorrow in view of Saturday's double header. Tickets for the season opener have been sent to 6500 schoolboys, who will view the games from the steel stands. Invitation has also been extended to various legion posts to have their bands at the Stadium in view of the present convention in Boston, but it is not known at present just what bands, if any, will be at the game
...method of conducting this Saturday's football double header was announced yesterday at the H. A. A. as follows: Starting at 2.30 o'clock, the first half of the Vermont game will be staged; immediately following will be the first half of the Coast Guard encounter. In the same order the second halves of the two games will be played, the object being to have as much daylight as possible. Ten minute quarters have been agreed upon for the Vermont game, while the Coast Guard team will be played on an eight minute quarter basis...
...Brooklyn. They pointed their guns at me and made me drink raw liquor for two days. It was awful!" Recovered from his ordeal, Rhem held Philadelphia to a total of seven hits while his teammates scored seven runs in the seventh inning, won the first game of a double-header 9-3. St. Louis lost the second game, 4-3, but held a lead of three games over Brooklyn in the pennant race...
...Southerners will be afforded next Saturday when the Navy takes them on on its home field. Michigan, the team that probably will attract the most attention in these parts this fall and also furnish some of the toughest opposition, has followed the Big Ten custom of carding a double-header on the early Saturdays and will split up its squad and play games with both Ypsilanti and Dennison. The Ypsilanti game will be in the Yost Stadium and all the high schools in the state will be the guest of the university...