Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-10
BY H. C. BYRD.


/ While a great deal is being said in re-
| gard to a game next fall between Nlr-
| ginia and PENNSYLVANIA to be played III
| this city there is one important feature
| on which the scheduling of such con-
| test would depend which seems to have
been almost entirely overlooked by those
who are advocating the idea, and that Is
where a suitable place to play could he
obtained. The difficulties which would
stand in the way OF securing grounds
on which to have the game played would
be a problem which would have to be
overcome before ii could be scheduled
! and it Is very questionable whether or
not that could be done.
There is only one place in Washing
| ton suitable for the playing Of such d
game if Georgetown Field is eliminated
! from consideration, which II might as
| well be. as the Blue and Gray authorl-
ties would hardly stand in their own
/ light. and that is American League Park.
The base ball grounds are not obtaintple
| for foot ball, and if the present inten-
/ tions of the owners of the club count Tor
anything, VIII not he. as it Is held that
| since 50 much money has been expended
| for improvements it would be the hciSnt
| of imDrudcnce to allow the field TO he
torn up by foot ball cleats for the sake
of the few dollars revenue which might
accrue from that source
Before a game with Pennsylvania can
be arranged Virginia will have to Owe
come the obstacle which would present
itself in the way mentioned and that
would not be an easy matter. Tor the
simple reason that of the two places mt
for such purposes one Is unobtaInable
for business reasons. and the other-Well,
II Is not probable that Georgetown, now
that it has the field to itself. will allow
any encroachment on its territory.
There is q probability. though that the
Penn Virginia game provided such "A con-
test is scheduled, could be played in
Richmond to just good financial ad-
vantage as would result If It were TO
come off III Washington. Richmond
would undoubtedly support such game,
the only question in regard to the play
ing of the game there being that the
great percentage of the alumni would
want it here and il it were played in the
Virginia capital the alumni would be
just as far away from their team as II
it were playing in its home city.
Several important games arc scheduled
for tomorrow. While none will have
much bearing on the championship, unless
il be the Indian Harvard contest. they
will have bearing in that they will fur
nish comparisons on two Of the teams
and will be the last games before the big
Yale Princeton contest. 1t will be the
last opportunity adherents of the two
institutions will have to see their elevens
in action, as practically all the work
that is to he done next week will take
place behind closed gates, with not even
the underg. aduate students given Il
chance to see the workouts.
Princeton is hooked to meet Dart
mouth. while Yale will try conclusions
with the Brown eleven. The Carlisle In
dams will stack up against Harvard,
Penn will play Lafayette. while the first
meeting between east and west will take
place between the Cornell and Michigan
elevens. Dartmouth seems confident OF
defeating the Tigers, although whether or
not st will accomplish that feat remains
to be seen. 1t is probable that the
up against a harder proposition than they
are expecting when they face the Orange
and Black Dartmouth has shown
whole lot Of reserve strength this year.
though. and it is probable that it will
give the Tiger its hands full to win, and
may possibly get away with victory
Between Lafayette and pennsylvania
| there seems TO be little difference. Penn.
/ although 1t has been defeated three times
| in succession, has probably improved
much more than one would suppose. and
| is likely to put up much better game
against the Eastonians than il did against
either Brown. Carlisle or Penn State. The
odds, although they seem slight, appar-
emily favor the Quakers TO win. Brown
will go to New Haven with the idea of
| that 22-to-O victory secured over the Dark
Blue last year uppermost in its mind, and
will strive to repeat the victory. If not
| the score. Considering the victory Sc
cured over Brown by Harvard and the
| fact that several teams have won from
Pennsylvania by good margins since
Brown defeated the Quakers three weeks
ago, Yale should get the winning end OF
| the score by small margin. 1t is
claimed, though, by the Brown supporters
that it did not show at its best against
| Harvard. and that against Yale it will
| be appreeiably stronger In such case
/ there would be little to choose between
| the two eievens.
| In the first meeting between the east
and west the west is mighty apt to come
out in the lead. There has been moth
| ing done by the Cornell eleven so far
this year that would seem to indicate that
| 1t is strong enough to win from Mich
| igan. The Wolverines. although tied by
| ing we'll within themselves, Yost aiming
| to just beat the New Workers. The
| Syracuse score came within the last cOu-
pie Of minutes play when Michigan was
resting within the security of its one
| touchdown. Compared with the showing
of the Michigan eleven. though. in what
was evidently its weakest game the
| Cornell team did not look any better
against Williams. Williams is probably
weaker than Syracuse and the Ithacans
| barely got away with the game by a
| score of 10 to IA.
/ Harvard and the Indians have prob
ably played harder schedules than either
! ~ tho his, and are right