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RECREA TION. 



W. F. Carter, J. C. Greenway, captain of 

 the '98 team, and H. M. Keator, captain of 

 the '97 team. 



FOOTBALL. 



In order to develop kickers for the 

 Pennsylvania football teams of the future, 

 an annual kicking, punting and driving con- 

 test was arranged for, the first match to 

 take place during the coming spring at 

 Franklin field. As a prize for the winner a 

 $100 solid silver challenge cup is presented 

 by several Pennsylvania graduates, the best 

 known among whom is Dr. J. W. White. 

 Upon the faces of the cup are inscribed 

 elegantly chased pictures of football scenes. 

 The prize is marked as follows: 4< Presented 

 to the undergraduates of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, to be contested for in punt- 

 ing, place kicking and driving contests." 

 It is a perpetual challenge cup and belongs 

 each year to the Pennsylvania man who 

 can surpass all others in the general kick- 

 ing and landing of a football. 



Besides the challenge trophy, 3 other 

 cups, ranging in value from $10 to $50, are 

 offered by the same alumni. They are to be 

 awarded as prizes to the men making the 

 best scores, and are also to be considered 

 perpetual challenge cups. 



The rules for the kicking contests are 

 very elaborate, and extremely involved. 

 They were drawn up by Coach Woodruff, 

 and provide for contests in driving, punt- 

 ing, drop and place kicking. Candidates 

 for the 'Varsity football team who have 50 

 per cent, of the required practice are eligible 

 to compete for the challenge cup, which 

 may be held for one year by the winner. 

 The contests are to be held after May 1st 

 of each year. 



W. G. Edwards, 1900, has been elected 

 captain of the Princeton, '99, 'Varsity foot- 

 ball team. He received his preparation for 

 college at St. John's School, Manlius, N. 

 Y., and at Lawrenceville. He played guard 

 3 years before coming to Princeton, and 

 was substitute guard on the University 

 team in his Freshman year. In '97 he reg- 

 ularly filled the position of right guard, and 

 in '98 occupied that position in every game 

 which the University team played. 



The management of the Princeton Uni- 

 versity football team presented all the play- 

 ers who took part in the game against Yale 

 with a miniature gold football to be worn 

 as a watch charm. On the front side is the 

 name of the player, with his position, and 

 on the reverse side the words, " Champion, 

 '98." The men who received the souvenir 

 are: 



Palmer, left end; Geer, left tackle; 

 Crowdis, left guard; Booth, center; Ed- 

 wards, right guard; Hillebrand, right 

 tackle; Poe, right end; Duncan, quarter 

 back; Ayres, left half back; Kafer, right 



half back; Wheeler, full back; substitutes, 

 Mills, Hutchinson, Beardsley and Black. 



The " scrub " eleven were presented with 

 silver footballs, similarly inscribed. 



It is said that Captain Chamberlain of 

 the '98 Yale University football team has 

 been offered the position of coach of the 

 Leland Stanford University team, at Palo 

 Alto, Cal., next fall. Several good offers 

 have been made to Captain Chamberlain by 

 some of the minor colleges of the East to 

 coach their elevens, but it is hinted that he 

 may be made head coach at Yale next sea- 

 son. His friends say he was handicapped 

 in his work last year by adverse circum- 

 stances over which he had no control. 

 Their claim for him is that he is a strategic 

 player, and would make an ideal chief 

 coach. 



Harvard will meet Yale in football at 

 Cambridge on November 18th, and the 

 University of Pennsylvania, in Philadel- 

 phia, November 4th. Princeton will meet 

 Yale at New Haven on either November 

 nth or 25th. If November 25th is chosen, 

 it is said an effort will be made by Prince- 

 ton to arrange a game with Harvard for 

 November nth. If the Crimson authori- 

 ties deem the strain of 3 big games on suc- 

 cessive Saturdays too much, arrangements 

 will probably be made to play on Novem- 

 ber 30th. 



It is said that Columbia will try to secure 

 Butterworth, the old Yale player, to coach 

 her n next fall. Thomas Simons, 1900, has 

 been elected captain of the team, and W. E. 

 Mitchell, manager. A schedule is being ar- 

 ranged with a large number of colleges. 

 The feature of the year, it is hoped, will be 

 a game between the Carlisle Indians and 

 Columbia, to be played in New York on 

 Thanksgiving Day. 



It is said on the authority of Manager 

 Fisher that the University of Wisconsin 

 football team will come East next fall. No 

 definite schedule has been arranged as yet, 

 but it is most likely that a game will be 

 taken on with Harvard. The Western ath- 

 letes are looking forward eagerly to the 

 Eastern trip. 



The officials of the Yale Football Asso- 

 ciation for the coming year are: President, 

 Percy A. Rockefeller, 1900, of New York; 

 Vice-President, Charles T. Dudley, 1900 S, 

 Washington, D. C; Treasurer, Robert B. 

 Hixon, 1901, La Crosse, 111., and Secretary, 

 George B. Chittenden, 1901, New York. 



Right Tackle Sweetland has been elected 

 captain of the Cornell 'Varsity n for the 

 season of 1899. He was one of the best 

 tackles on the gridiron last fall, and is an 

 extremely aggressive player. 



