ic to learn about football.

There is one good thing I notice in the methods of the Chicago
High-School teams. They play only fifteen-minute halves in their
football matches, and that is a very proper arrangement for the early
part of the season. Young players cannot stand the strain of full-time
play at first, and it is the height of folly to try to play two
thirty-five-minute halves at present. Even the big college teams do not
attempt such severe work, playing usually twenty or twenty-five minute
halves until the 1st of November, by which time the men have become
seasoned, and are able to stand the exertion of full-time play. School
teams should begin by playing short halves, gradually lengthening them
until the full time is reached two or three weeks before the important
game. At first it is even better to play three periods of ten minutes,
with a short rest between each, than two fifteen-minute halves with only
one rest. It all depends on the size and strength of the men who are
playing, and the Captain must be the judge in these matters. His idea
should be to get the greatest development with the smallest possible
strain on his men.

The Junior League schedule of the New England F.B.A. has been arranged,
and several matches have already been played. The dates are as follows:

Roxbury High--October 11th, Newton High at Newton; October 19th,
Chelsea at Franklin Park; November 2d, Roxbury Latin at South End
Grounds; November 9th, Dedham at Dedham; November 20th, Somerville
at Somerville; November 23d, Hyde Park at Franklin Park.

Chelsea High--October 19th, Roxbury High at Franklin Park; October
23d, Somerville at Somerville; October 26th, Roxbury Latin at
Brookline Common; November 1st, Newton at Chelsea; November 7th,
Hyde Park at Chelsea; November 16th, Dedham at Dedham.

Roxbury Latin--October 18th, Hyde Park at Hyde Park; October 26th,
Chelsea High at Brookline Common; October 30th, Somerville High at
Somerville; November 2d, Roxbury High at South End; November 8th,
Newton High at Newton; November 13th, Dedham High at Dedham.

Dedham High--October 14th, Somerville at Somerville; October 25th,
Newton at Newton; November 1st, Hyde Park at Dedham; November 9th,
Roxbury High at Dedham; November 13th, Roxbury Latin at Dedham;
November 16th, Chelsea at Dedham.

Somerville High--October 14th, Dedham at Somerville; October 23d,