Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-22
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Getting Ready for the Big
Foot Ball Game Saturday.
BETTING FAVORS ARMY
YALE's GRIDIRoN RECEIPTS FOR
THE SEASON NEARLY SIS, 700.
Golf on Local Courses Thanksgiving
Day-Arion Sold for 90, 5OO-Many
Bowling Matches.

The present week will mark the ending
of the intercollegiate foot ball season of
1904 On Thursday Pennsylvania will play
one OF the most important games on her
schedule when she will meet Cornell in
the annual contest between these institu-
tons. The largest crowd of the season Is
always in attendance at this game and
there will be no exception to this rule on
Thursday, despite the fact that Pennsyl-
vaEia Is conceded the victor by a safe
margin. On the same day Lafayette and
Leh!gh will meet in their annual contest,
the date having been postponed from last
Saturday on account of the death of Presi-
dent Drown of Lehigh. This promises a
great contest. On Saturday the Army and
Navy will engage in battle on Franklin
Field. this being the final curtain of the
present season. All these teams are ac-
lively engaged in preparation for these
games, details of the practice being found
In other columns of this page.
Army Team Not Sure of Victory.
special from West Point says that all
drill work has been suspended that the
cadets may now get down to hard work
for their coming foot ball contest with
the Navy on Franklin Field Philadelphia)
Saturday.
Yesterday the entire battalion was fur
nished with megaphones painted and
decorated with ribbons of the army colors
black, gold and gray. Pamphlets of the
songs to be sung at the game were issued
and gathering on the side lines the cadets
headed by the selected cheer leader for
this years game, hurled volume of song
across the gridiron at imaginary middies.
The players were not given much hard
work. Several of the regular men had sig
nal training, and the ends practced get
ting down under punts. The scrinmage
was of only short period. Upton, Tor
nd Saa.r laF%
early in the practice.
The scrubs put up fierce defense, and it
tried out the first team to make the one
touchdown scored Watkins. for the
scrubs. made pretty end run of twenty
five yards around the varsity, and when
time was called the scrubs had worked the
ball to the varsity vineyard line and must
have scored.
There Is not the feeling of surety as to
the result this year has characterized
some former games, and even money is
the best that can be had, and little enough
at that.
Renewed Confidence in Middies,
A special from Annapolis says that the
.iiidshipmen began yesterday their last
week Of practice for the foot ball game
with West Point Coach Paul Dashiel has
returned to Annapolis after officiating as
umpire In the Harvard-Yale game on Sat
urday and assumed charge with a vim.
Inc navy team. encouraged by DashieIs
presence and It's three successive victories
over much heavier teams, went to work
with great vigor, and made their friends
more hopeful than ever before Of the game
next Saturday.
There was no attempt at keeping score
yesterday afternoon, for first the varsity
and then the scrub were given the ball
whenever the regulars desired to try either
offensive or defensive formations. How
ever the regulars were very certain OF
short gains through the line on their for
nations with every man pushing.
1t is upon these men In the back line and
formations that the navy is likely 20 rely
in the game with West Point.
1t became known that the average of the
navy team In it's final game will be about
165 pounds. The heaviest navy aggregation
on the field this season was 1873 pounds.
but 1t Is not quite that now, owing to
Chambers, the big guard, being out of the
game
There has been little or no betting on the
game Saturday, the middies being willing
to await the odds West Point may offer.
That the navy has friends who will back
the team to win Is certain.