GENEVA TO OBSERVE ELIGIBILITY RULING

Johnson and Harris, erstwhile members of the Geneva football team, will not take the field against the Crimson when the Covenanters open the season in the Stadium on October 2, according to a statement issued yesterday by Professor Edgecombe, director of athletics at the Pennsylvania institution.

The eligibility of the two Geneva athletes who transferred from the University of Pittsburg this year, was questioned recently by the Cornell authorities. According to the terms of the contract Harvard was scheduled to play Geneva under the rules of the visitors and no protest was made by the University officials, Director of Athletics W. J. Bingham '16 wrote to Geneva merely to clear the question and yesterday received the answer in the form of a definite statement to the effect that neither of the two men will participate against the University eleven. Johnson has already left Geneva and has returned to Pittsburg.

May Be Scrimmage Today

After a week's work under the new coaching regime headed by Arnold Horween '20, the gridiron aspirants are rapidly hardening into shape and are scheduled to get their first test of scrimmage today or tomorrow. The customary morning work-out has been called off today ostensibly to give the players an opportunity to rest up for a more strenuous session this afternoon. All practice is being held behind the high board fences on Soldiers Field, which were erected for the first time last year.

Work yesterday afternoon was confined to individual work. Ralph Horween '18, brother of the head coach and backfield tutor, had his charges punting early in the afternoon, while the ends were sent down under the kicks. Following a brief rest the squad was put through a hard, breaking through drill and then sent to work on the tackling dummy.

Carney Develops Ends

Later in the afternoon the backs and ends were put through a forward passing drill. It is no secret that department will come in for a large measure of attention under the new coaching system. The ends are under the tutelage of C. R. Carney, one of the greatest ends ever turned out in the Big Ten Conference, who was an All-American choice while playing his last year at the University of Illinois in 1920. J. N. Barbee '28, one of the most accurate passers of last year's squad, has not yet reported for practice, Madison Sayles '27, regular end on last year's eleven, appears to have been permanently converted into a back.

Examinations Menace Two

The Crimson prospects will undergo a serious test Saturday when J. P. Crosby '28, star back of the 1925 team, and R. W. Turner '28, who held down the center position in the scoreless tie game with Yale last year, take language examinations which they must pass to remain off probation. The loss of either of these men through scholastic difficulties will be a serious blow to the University hopes. The outcome is expected to be known by next Wednesday.

A few of the new Crimson jerseys with rubberized strips taking the place of the leather on their facades appeared at yesterday's practice. The first cut in the Seconds will be made by Coach J. L. Knox '98 Saturday, the second string mentor announced yesterday.