The Washington herald., 1906-11-10

exposing her hand. but with clear weather
conditions the Indians will make the
Johnnies cut out the pace from the start
if they are TO be declared the victors-
Last season, under rules that favored
the Crimson far more than they did the
Carlisle men. Harvard won by . 10 Il
To-day the conditions. so far as the play
ing code IS concerned. suit the Red Mans
style Of play 10 a DOT
Princeton Meets the Army
Princeton goes to West Point confident
OF winning. but expecting a hard battle
and a small score. The ability of the
Army to hold both Yale and Harvard has
given the Tigers 4 clear insight into what
their reception viii be when they turn
out to wage gridiron war with the future
generals. II is quite probable that the
Princeton attack and defense are better
to-day than those exhibited by the Els
and Harvard when al West Point. but Il
is equally true thar the soldiers strength
Is greater at this time than when they
met the other two members of the Big
Three. Unless Princeton suffers q bad
slump in the play. the Tigers should
win. but they Will be opposed by team
stronger than any they have faced this
season, with the possible exception Of Cor
nell.
In Brown the Blue viii find a worthy
opponent IN the last game before the con-
test with the Nassau eleven. Both Penn
sylvania and Harvard found the Provi-
dence lads husky combination, and II
Yale has not improved since the contest
q week ago against the Cadets. there Is
likely 10 be moments when the New
Haven coaching brigade viii have troubles
all their own.
Pennsylvania has a hard nut 10 crack
in Lafayette. for last season the best the
QuakerS could do was 10 play a tie game
at 10 with the EastCnians. and the
iatteTs team appears 10 be better than
the 1873 combination. while the same can
not be said of the Red and Blue. There
is. however. good material in the Frank
lin Field ranks. and IL may be that the
long delayed brace will put in an ap-
pearance TODAY to the JOY of the PhiIa-
deIphia undergraduate. IF It doesn't.
Michigan is Ekely 10 be a 3 10 / shot
week hence
Cornell faces Holy Cross. and should
win without any great difficulty. while i'm
Sw8rthmore the Navy viii meet as hard
an opponent as any that has visited An
napolis this fan. Dartmouth and Amherst
play at Hanover. wnile Williams and
Wesleyan viii have IL out at Williams
town in New York; Fordham will play
Delaware College. The other local uni
versity team. the New York University
eleven, VIII invade South Bethlehem for
a game with Lehigh. Other games in tie
East are Colgate vs.. Hamilton. at CIin-
ton; Springfield Training School rs. Wor-
cester Poly. at Springfield: Tufts VS.. Mas
sachusetts Tech. at Medford; Penn. State
vs. Westminster. at State College. and
Hobart rs. Alfred, at Geneva
Games in West.
In the West the one football game OF
Importance to-day Is that between Chi
cagO and Minnesota. which is to be held
In the Windy City. This game may be
looked upon as the championship contest
of the Middle West, inasmuch as the
Michigan team has no games with West
ern colleges, except with Illinois, which
went down before the Wolverines two
weeks ago. al things considered, Mime
sofa has an advantage over Chicago. for
the GOphers average twelve pounds heav-
ier on their line, and twenty-one and one
half pounds heavier in the back field, and
while the Chicagoans are somewhat weak
in the line. Minnesota Is exceptionally
strong and the back heId. while heftier.
is fully as fast as the Maroons' speedy
backs
But those who know Coach Stagg and
his methods say that Chicago viii not be
defeated merely by weight. for Stagg has
many plays up his sleeve, and those
which will be brought INTO action in to-
days game will present some neat prob
lens for Minnesota to solve Then. too,
the lightweights Of the Midway squad can
dance about the field until they have tired
their opponents, SO Chicago says and
then IN the second hair OF the game they
can go in and score despite the hinOcks
OF which the Gopher line is composed.
The game OF secondary importance TO
the West. but one which promises TO be
one OF the best Of the season. is that be-
tween Wisconsin and Illinois. at Urbane.
the home town of the latter college IL
lnois has been figuring on winning this
game. but the Badgers have not been
backward in their work this year. and
particularly since their victory over Iowa
last week the idea has grown that they
stand at least an even chance with ILL
nois
Second '. VI. l. Team Wins.