Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
HARVARD WILL HIT STRONGEST
LINE IN WEST POINT GROUP.
Women's Golf Championship Goes to
New York-Many Bowling Bat
tles-Latest in Base Ball.


should have a very easy time of it with
Villa Nova if their Princeton game can be
taken as a criterion, while the other two
games should be closely contested.
Two, at least of the big college foot ball
eleyens will meet with large caliber OPP
position on the gridiron today. Harvard
not in the best condition by long odds, will
meet the always dangerous and plucky
cadet team at West Point. Undoubtedly
the crimson will find in the soldiers the
stiffest defense encountered so far THIS
season. As a rule the West Point game
has been the turning point in the careers
of Harvard and Yale teams, and conser-
vative Harvard men are inclined to be-
lieve that tOday'S contest will either make
or break the team. which is now in a most
unsatisfactory condition.
Harvard's Hard Game.
1t will furnish Cambridge graduates in
West Point their only opportunity of seeing
their team at work before the Yale game
and it is expected that large crowd will
make the trip to the plains" where many
a historic battle has been fought.
AS for the game itself, Harvard is not
anticipating defeat. Such Outcome.
however. would not cause very great sur
prise The soldiers are in superb physi-
cal condition. while the Cambridge team
is more or less crippled the result of
injuries to some of its best men. West
Points defense is very strong and the at
Jack fair. The tackling is far superior at
present to that of the crimson
Harvards strongest point is her tandem
attack on tackle. which is one of the surest
ground gamers seen at Cambridge in
years. At present it is not running smooth
ly, but veterans are in the play, all strong
and rugged, and it Is doubted if it can
be stopped by the soldiers. Victory by
small score is Harvard's expectation. Any
small favors in the way of extra points
will be thankfully received by the Ear-
ward rooterS.
Columbia AS 'Opes
Just what Amherst can do with Columbia
is problematical, indeed Many of last
years strong eleven playing again this
year. and although the Massachusetts team
has met serious opposition to date such
as to provoke Il display of strength, it may
be taken for granted that the team is well
up to the standard of recent years. CO.
lumbia hopes and expects to win, and on
form looks to have slight, very slight,
advantage
Browns Confident.
Pennsylvania begins the first of her
harder games this afternoon, when she
lines up against Brown on Franklin Field.
The Brown team reached Philadelphia last
evening quite confident of making the red
and blue play good foot ball to win. The
Brown eleven as it will probably line up will
be but little, if any, lighter than Penn.
The Providence team has been handicapped
by several men being ineligible in the earlier
part of the season. but now that they have
out about their full strength they hope to
make a good showing.
The Brown team considers itself strong on
the Offense. Lacking a strong punter. the
team relies largely upon plays through the
line to gain ground. They do not kick I'M
less they have to. Line plunging, varied
with more open plays, is their long suit.
Lately their defense has been given atten-
ton by Coach Robinson, an old Brown man,
and it has been built up considerably.
Brown would prefer Penn to have the kick
off today rather than have to play on the
defensive.
Tigers Tackle Middies.
The Tiger team left Princeton for An.
napolis last night, thirty strong. Previous
to departing the team had a long and
arduous signal practice, in which the var
sity did not show up to advantage The
players did not appear familiar with their
positions in the different plays. Another
fault that was quite obvious was the fumb-
ling, particularly by the backs King was
the chief offender in this respect.
Fearing that the middies line will be too
heavy for the plunging backs and tackles,
the coaches put Tooker behind the varsity
line and tried him kicking from the 35-yard
mark. The big end was fairly successful
in getting the pigskin over the goal and the
students generally are of the opinion that
most of Prnceton's points today will be
made on field goals
The coaches made no predictions as to the
score of todays game, but it is well known
that they will be relieved if they get away
from the Middies stronghold with clean
start. The lineup will be as follows: Left
end. Crawford; left tackle, Cooney; left
guard, Waller; center. butcher; right
guard, Short; right tackle, Stannard; right
end, Miller: quarter back, Burke left half
back, King; right half back, Foulke; full
back, Mccormick.
Yale Meets Syracuse.
Resting them for the game today at New
Haven, with Syracuse, Yales foot ball
coaches kept Capt. Hogan Bloomer, Kinney
and Shevlin out of all scrimmages yester-
day. The remainder of the team, with first
substitutes in the gaps of the line, played
whirlwind game with the second eleven.
Several Harvard men who were present
spectators. remarked favorably upon
what they saw. especially the work OF
Trip. Yale's right guard, who was used
frequently in carrying the ball. With near
ly zoo pounds of weight and fast on his feet,
Trip is expected later in the season to
share with Bloomer and Hogan In the heavy
Enc-bucking.
Today's Games.
Villa Nova VS.. Georgetown, at George
town.
George Washington VS.. Richmond College,
al Van Ness Park
Gallaudet VS.. University of Maryland at
Kendall Green.
Brown and Pennsylvania, at Franklin
Field.
Harvard and West Point. at West Point.
Princeton and Annapolis at Annapolis
Yale and Syracuse at New Haven.
Columbia and Amherst, at New York
Haverford and Lehigh, at Bethlehem
Holy Cross and Tufts, at Worcester
Cornell and Bucknell. at Ithaca
Lafayette and Bloomsbury at Easton.
Swarthmore and Delaware College, at
Wilmington