Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-10-19
BIG FOOTBALL GAMES
BEING PLAYED TODAY
Middies Anticipated Real Snag in
Swarthmore Eleven.
WEST POINT TACKLES YALE.
And Several Other Institutions Of East
Had Tough Propositions to
Solve.

found big games on for several of
the leading teams today, most i'm
portant of which, from a general
standpoint, was that between Yale
and Army at West Point.
No less interest, however, centered
right here in Annapolis, for the mid
dies anticipated another real snag
when they faced the eleven of Swarth-
more College of Pennsylvania. which
last Saturday trailed the eolors of
the Penn. Varsity aggregation to the
tune Of 6 to 8. The Navy coaches
made 10 special preparations for to-
days game In fact, it will be ex-
tremely gratifying to them if the mid
dies succeed in winning.
The outlook in this direction how
ever, was not at all bright. because
the middies have been playing a
loose game ever since they settled
down TO practice nearly a month ago.
This weeks practice has brought
little, if any, improvement. The
football dopesters placed Navy in
line for another defeat today, right
on top of the singing one admins
tered by Lehigh last Saturday. At
any rate everything seemed against
the middies.
The uncertainty of their work prob
ably was the biggest factor against
them, but added to this, the team
from the little Pennsylvania institu-
tion, invaded Annapolis today full of
confidence and ginger, and on the
trail for another scalp, following
their defeat of the Red and Blue team.
In fact, Swarthmore has been going
along finely ever since the opening
of the season. The team, composed
mostly of veterans of last year,
works together excellently.
1t was out of the question for
Yale to hurry its team any for the
Army game ana the Blue has to
take the game as it comes. The
same thing applies to the Army for
that matter, but for a couple of years
past the soldiers have been better
prepared for Yale than Yale has been
FOR the Army, no matter how the
teams might compare when at the top
of their form. As a rule, if Yale,
whatever the ultimate ability of the
material, has any real poor football
to get out of her system she gets it
out in the clash with the Army.
Football times have changed. The
time is gone when it is any more Of
a surprise for Yale 90 lose to a few
other teams than Harvard and Prince
ton than it would be to win. Today
both Yale and the Army will get a
better idea of WAT their material is
capable of than they have had. In
itself defeat for either will not be
particularly appalling as an indica-
tion of what is to come.
Here is today's schedule among the
big fellows and others that will attract
local interest:
Harvard VS.. Amherst, Cambridge.
Army w. Yale, West Point.
Princeton VS.. Syracuse, Princeton. :
Pennsylvania VS.. Brown, Philadel-
phia.
Cornell VS.. Penn. State, Ithaca.
Pittsburg VS.. Carlisle, Pittsburg.
Dartmouth vs.. Williams, Williams
town. I
Lehigh vs. Haverford, South Beth
lehem.
Tufts VS.. Bowdoin, Medford.
Trinity VS.. Colgate, Hartford.
Johns Hopkins VS.. Franklin and
Marshall, Baltimore.
Lafayette VS.. Ursinus, Easton.
New York University VS.. Wesley
an, New York.
Rutgers VS.. Hobart, New Bruins
wick.
Warrington and jefferson VS.. Car
negie Tech, Washington, Pa.
Bucknell VS.. st. Bonaventure,
Lewiston.
Minnesota vs. Nebraska, Minneap.
oils.
Chicago VS.. Iowa, Chicago.
Michigan vs.. Ohio State, Columbus
Wisconsin vs.. Purdue, Madison.