Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-18
GOSSIP AND NEWS
OF FOOT BALL WORLD
Two Championships to Be Set.
tied on the Gridir0n
Next Saturday.

Two championships will be settled by
next Saturdays games. the eastern ana
western. Harvard and Yale are the only
ones loft with claims 10 tho eastern cham-
rionship. but the cas- is not quite 50
clear in the wes; If Minnesota puts
Michigan away there will be no disputlhs
the t;ophers' claims. but if Michigan WINS
ther,, will be complication. Notre Dame
has beaten Michigan and has not peeh
beaten herself Chicago and Wisconsin
have been eliminated from the champion
ship class.
Michigan viii not nave the same hhe-
III against Minnesota as against Penn
svlvania Under the conference ru'eS
wasnund. the Michigan quarterpack'
will not be eligible to play against Mime
sofa. The conference rules, which MIL
resota viii insist be lived to. permit
of three wears of football only. Wasmund
playpd halfba * at Lafayette i'll EbJ. ana
This Is dis fourth year of piaylhs.
Changes are necessitated at Michigan
and IL is expected that Iost VIII sWltch
Miller his right end to qliarterback-
Michigan hardly will be as strong agalnst
Minnesota as against Pennsylvania, ana
should the Wolverines come In for a TRIM
ming Minnesota will be rated as Just tha'
much stronger than Pennsylvania. thus
IurthPr nciDifi2 IDt CduSt vi NC~tNih 100
ball as compared with the eastern brand.
The west has two victories and one Tie
TO its credit so far this fall. 1t IS up 10
Syracuse to get in one good ilck TOT the
east The Syracusans plG> Illinois next
Saturday. II they sho/d win. II would
ne some Solace for rocky season.
The confidence that this years Harvard
varsity team is going to make WONDER
fuI showing against Yale has been greatly
increased In the last few days. Inc nie
of confidence is blazing. boston Clone
yale confidence is high and the close
followers az the team expect to win by
from two 10 three touchdowns. New
Haven Register.
The Boston view does not name any
specific score, but openly hints at big
ore for Harvard. Other Harvard SYM
pathizers say it's all over but the shout
ing If each side is going - make a dig
score the chances are pretty good for
rio game. 1; Is hard to see how the re-
suit can help being l. 20 II or is TO 10.
Seriously. however. if either side gets
its scoring machine to running strongly
there is a likelihood for one-sided peat
ing for somebody. Both teams rave
shown marked scoring ability. and III
either side gets the other on the run IL 10
just as likely as not To cross the Soai
lire two or three times.
The Yale team will have to be gooo
deal better than last years Yale team 20
score on Harvard at all. for last year
Yale was up in the air week before the
Harvard game, partly because OF uhcer-
taiuty due to frequent Injuries, and the
full strength OF such material as there
was never was realised. On the other
hand, with the much smoother team play
that Harvard had, more evenly distr1D-
,ped strength and more opportunity 10
get together the score OF to D was
small one against a team which was as
unsettled as Yale was 50 late In the sea.
son. Had the conditions been reversed
the chances are there'd have been big
ger score. Harvard either will have to be
stronger than a year ago or make more
of her superiority to beat a team which
is stronger than last year. As matter
of fact, both teams look to De stronger
tl,an last wear. The game will be great
est of defensive strength.