CANVAS COVER OUSTS STRAW AS RAIN COAT FOR GRIDIRON

The Athletic Association has rented a canvas cover for the football field in the Stadium, which will keep the gridfron dry untill the Princeton game, November 6. If the cover proves a success it will in all probability be purchased before next season.

The Eay and straw with which the grounds have been covered in the past, have proven decidedly unsatisfactory, inasmuch as even a moderate wind would below the covering off the field. Although each of the four sections of the canvas weighs 1,600 pounds, benmen can spread and furl them in a fraction of the time formerly required to take the straw from the area between the goals.

The new covers are made of tenounce, waterproofed duck, and protect the entire field with the exception of the and zones: Heavy planks on the ends of each section prevent the wind disturbing them.