Outing . ir faith to Yale. Illinois has a good littleteam, always sure to play gamely to the last,which will be under the direction of Huff, aformer Illinois (and Dartmouth) guard, and agood coach. Among the second-class teamsBeloit, Lake Forest, and De Pauw are show-ing strongly, and the latter may be a surpriseto some of its opponents ere the Thanksgivingturkey of 96 has been properly disposed teams of Grinnell and Iowa AgriculturalCollege (Ames), as well as of Iowa State, Mis-souri and Oberlin also promise well. Thelatter is more or less of an unknown quantityoutside of Ohio, but wil
Outing . ir faith to Yale. Illinois has a good littleteam, always sure to play gamely to the last,which will be under the direction of Huff, aformer Illinois (and Dartmouth) guard, and agood coach. Among the second-class teamsBeloit, Lake Forest, and De Pauw are show-ing strongly, and the latter may be a surpriseto some of its opponents ere the Thanksgivingturkey of 96 has been properly disposed teams of Grinnell and Iowa AgriculturalCollege (Ames), as well as of Iowa State, Mis-souri and Oberlin also promise well. Thelatter is more or less of an unknown quantityoutside of Ohio, but will be better known later,as it meets some of the big Western elevensthis fall. All in all, there is every reason to believethat between now and November 26th will beplayed the most interesting series of gamesever participated in by the teams of the MiddleWest. No one of the big elevens will meet allthe others, but there will be games enough toafford a fair standard of comparison. Geo. F. Downes. KNICKERBOCKER ATHLETICCLUB. T gave ? ..vr HIS club, which is thesuccessor of the oldand the new Manhat-tan Athletic clubs,its first open amateuroutdoor games September19th, on the Columbia Oval,Williamsbridge, New York,which has been leased forthe use of the clubs mem-bers. Although horse-racing,bicycling, cricket games andathletic sports in manyneigh bo ring places werestopped by rain and wind, the Knickerbockermeeting escaped the storm and enjoyed pleasantweather. The attendance was entirely by invita-tion, the club in this point wisely following thelead of the New York Athletic Club, the resultbeing an assembly unusually large in number,and of a higher grade than is ordinarily seen atathletic meetings. The track is a quarter-mile incircuit, with one straight side prolonged at eitherend into a 220-yard straightaway. The fieldand path were in good condition,and alight windwas with the finishes of all races but the 50-yard run The cjmmitiee did well in makingtheir programme s
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