Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-13
BY n. C. BYRD.

ponship Of the east likely 10 &c decided.
but contests arc scheduled which viii
have 2 decided bearing on the premier
ship of the entire foot ball world. Two
OF the big western elevcns Will meet two
big eastern schools, while the big eastern
institutions will play games among them
selves which will have much bearing on
their rating al the end Of the Year.
Michigan. although defeated by Cornell
Saturday by a d 70 o score. will attempt
to lower the colors of Pennsylvania in the
annual game between the two institu-
tions Chicago will come east to do battle
with the Ithacans. Yale meets Prince
ton. Harvard will attempt 10 defeat the
team which practically ncld Princeton to
q tie, while Male will meet the Tigers in
a game that will determine the champion
ship of the big four. Certain il is that
IL the Bul dog wins il VIII be given the
credit Tor being a little better tndn Har-
ward wnen the TWO eievens face SATURDAY
week. out in the west il is probable tnat
the leadership OF that section Will he set
tied when Minnesota and Wisconsin pay
Tor the western title.
Nhethcr or not Michigan will have
braccd sufficiently 10 yin from the
QuakerS VIII be- a question ihat Will not
b. answered. uHti after the contest IS
played. That the Cornel eleven managed
10 get aWa& win victory does not say
Mucn tor or asains; Michigan. Yost
would father Win from Minnesota than
al the other eleNcns on his schedule. and
IhaHksSh ing day. when those two elcv-
ems meet. is the time When the Michigan
team rounds into its best form of the
Year
The big game in the west between Min
nesota md Wisconsin will probably re-
suit in the formers favor. Wisconsin
has not shown form this year that
tI..y Cfy nf
play or in its powerful plunging.
Harvard vii not win easily from Dalt-
mouth. as the team which held Prince
ton saturday showed just about as much
foot ball as has any eleven In the coun-
try so far this year.
Whether or not Yale will win from
princeton Is a matter OF speculation. IL
Is ce- tain that the Bulldog will start the
contest better fortified to withstand the
attacks OF the Tigers than it was last
season and Will have much stronger of
Tense TO send against the Princeton for
wards.
and with the victory gained last year to
stimulate il the Cornell eleven vii prob
ably start its contest against Chicago
slightly the favorite.
With the championship in both the east
ern and western foot ball sections
probably hanging in the balance, and
with two of the western meeting two of
the eastern eievenS, followers of foot ball
which to vent their enthusiasm this week.
The one big local contest of the year
will be played Saturday. Georgetown and
Virginia will meet Saturday aferno9
in what is undoubtedly the gridirC
sic of the south. There is no other con-
test played south of the Mason and Dixon
line which arouSes the n crest in eve y
section of the country that does the same
between the Blue and Gray and he
Orange and Blue elevens. r ON the fact
that beth Georgetown and Virginia "a e
had Very successful seasons far thi
year IL is certain that the largest crowd
that ever attended local athletic con-
test of any kind will be on hand TO watch
the rival universities battle for gridiron
honors
After Georgetown held The Army to
90 score "A loud wall was heard le2ard-
ing the probable slaughter of the c. ar
lottesyille eleven. but after tie snow ng
made by Virginia against Johns Hopkins
Saturday there are few who I'D ca
TO wager the odds they were Offering on
Georgetown before that time. Balt
mOreans were thinking SO well of Hop
kins that they were Offering odds at
Virginia would not win by more than tie
points. III was no; figured that Nirg mia
could possibly score mCre than toucn-
down and a field goal on the Baltimore
team. but the st ength OF the team VI en-
II started to play surprised even those
who thought they had good idea
the least idea that Virginia / ad the h
Ing attack which IL evi fenced al Ho .e-
wood Field. nor that IL was oapab o
putting up the defense which il 81 wed
agains; the charges Of the heavy hop..ins
backs.
When the Hilltoppers and the ORANGE
and Blue meet each other one of the best
foot bah ames that has ever been PLAYED
on a local field j. art 10 be the result.
Both eleyenS are well schooIcd i'm the open
fl inc
backs 10, the majority Of their gains. Ii
appears that both teams q little the
superior Of what they last year and
10Th are booked 10 put up a better game
OF foot ball than they did last season.
Business and Technical will meet to-
morrow in the scholastic series. There
viii not hr much 10 the game far as
tie probable winner is concerned, as il
) not considered that business has one
chance in a million of winning. The
StrnosrapFers did not show anything
AGAINST Eastern 10 warrant prediction
mat they would even make fair show
lns when they face the Maroon and
Gray. IL viii be al Tech from every
standpoint.
The value Of a good goal kicker under
present conditions in foot ball cannot be
overest.mated. The man who can boot
the ball between the uprlghts with some
team. The absence II good scoring plays
once the Dali Is carried 10 the twenty
Nard gore makes such an addition 10 the
scoring ability Of an eleven one 10 be
sought by coaches. The method OF scor-
ing ny place or dIon kicks has been g
qnently used with telling efYec: this year
and y likely to IT, used " tn even more
in The big games OF the wear Princeton
was able 10 defeat Dartmouth only BY
he use of drop kick. fuky thoueb il
was. The Indians Won from Harvard
simply because they had a man in their
lineup who had the ability 10 place IN.
bal between the bars with such accuracy
that out OF four a..empts he scored twely.
points. IL Is very probable that when
Princeton and Yale meet Saturday rho
same play will De used with fruitful re-
suits.
OF course. while il is the ability OF the
dropkicker himself which really scores
the points. IL SHOULD not be orgott,n
that II there were not other men on
the team with the ,iity to carry
the ball down into their opp mems
territory the score would not have re-
suited. An .nztance of this i az be men
toned in what occurred in the game
between Yale and Harvard three wears
ago. when Harvard won by a Ito
score. kennard was sent into the game