Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25
TWO MORE BIG
GAMES TO PLAY
Cornell and Pennsylvania and
Army and Navy Appear
Well Matched.
Why Eastern Colleges Defeat
the West in Foot Ball and
Other Sports.
By Edward r. Bushnell.

There now remain but two foot ball
games to be played before the season ends.
Both of these take place in Philadelphia.
Thanksgiving day Pennsylvania and Cor
nell line UP for their annual battle and on
the Saturday following the West Point and
Annapolis eievens will measure strength
on the same field. The interest in both
OF these contests is unprecedented and
Franklin Field will be filled to the limit
with nearly 10000 people on hand for each
game.
1t Is a toss-up to pick the winner of the
Penn Cornell game. On the seasons record
the ,ithacans ought to win. for to- date
they have lost but one game this being
the contest with Princeton, which the
Tigers won 14-5. The Pennsylvanians, on
the other hand. have been beaten twice,
the trick being turned by Swarthmore and
the Carlisle Indians. Reasoning from the
comparative scores of the SWarthmore
game, the only team both have PLAYED
the !thacans should prove much the strong
er, for they beat Swarthmore $50. while
Penn lost to Swarthmore 40. But in this
connection it should be borne in mind that
SWarthmore was at her best and Penn at
her worst when this defeat was recorded
against the Red and Blue the very re-
verse being the case when Cornell downed
the Swarthmore eleven.
Pennsylvania's stock has been soa ring
the Quakers won by the very decisive score
OF 40. All the critics had thought that
pennsylvania would either be very easily
beaten or that the game would be excep-
t1onally close. There is really no way of
telling whether Penn's victory should be
attributed to the great strength of her
team or the weakness of Michigan since
neither had met a common oDponent There
is no question that the Quakers have i'm
proved % per cent during the last month
by the SHIFT which placed Lawrence at
quarter back and Hollenback at full back
Cornell has had a very consistent attack
all year, and the supporters of the Itha-
cans are betting their last dollars on the
ability CT their team to win out.
Army and Navy Evenly Matched.
West Point and Annapolis have now play
ed their last preliminary games and are
waiting for the clash of their last great bat
tie Saturday: For the first time in many
years these two teams will take the field
with the chances for victory nearly equal.
AT the beginning of the season 1t looked as
though West Point would have an easv
victory, but the Middies have been coming
along with such great strides since their
defeat OF Swarthmore that they are now
regarded as fully the equals of the SOL
diers.
The two eevens have played but one COM
mon opponent. this being Princeton The
Tigers shut out both teams, the Middies 20
and the Soldiers so. Both of the games
were very hard fought Princeton Just beat
ing out Annapolis in the last few minutes
OF the second half. and defeating West |
Point only through two field goals by Har-
Ian These two games indicate that. the
Two accaoemy teams are unusually evenly !
matched and is sufficient reason WHY there
are no odds on the game
Dispute Of Yale and Harvard.
Few persons realize how nearly Harvard
came to canceling the annual foot ball
game with Yale which was played yester-
Jay. mere was quarrel between the rep
resentatiVes OF the two institutions more
bitter than anything which has occurred
since their break a decade ago. The whole
trouble. according to Yale men, came be-
cause Harvard persisted in naming all the
omcials for the game. Yale accepted Har
wards choice for referee. Hnesman and ono
umpire. Then the Ellis thought that thew
shot4d nave the right to pick at least one
OF the officials and told Harvard that thew
wanted Paul Dashed of Annapolis to act as
one OF the umpires. Harvard blamed Da-
shiel for losing the Yale game year ago
and refused to have anything to do with
him again. Finally the tension became so
strong that Harvard threatened to refuse
10 play the game unless Yale backed down.
And unlike Yale's previous custom she gave
In to Harvard and the Crimson practically
dictated the selection Of all the off1ciais.
Once more both Harvard and Yale are
oeLs severely criticised because they per-
sisted In selecting their own officials rather
than let the committee In charge of officials
make the appointments, they did in most
of the other championship games In the
east and west. 1t will be recalled that when
the agitation was started for reform In all
matters pertaining to intercollegiate sport
1t was suggested that non-parisan officials
appointed by subcommittee of the ru,es
committee could accomplish more than any
other single measure. This was agreed to
heartily enough by all the big colleges ex-
cept Yale and Harvard.
But now both Harvard and Yale have
adopted very inconsistent attitude by re-
fus.ng to abide by the very rules they per-
sisted In making at that time. All of the
western universities have permitted the
western subcommittee to appoint their Of
fica;s and in the east the same power was
delegated to the committee by Pennsylva-
MIA, Cornell and Princeton. Only Harvard
and Yale held aloof, and they have received
their share of criticism fer their attitude.
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