Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02
College EIevens Are Beginning
to Appear in Their Most Cru
CiaI Contests of Season.
VIRGINIA MAY SHOW
WELL IN GAME TODAY
Should Do Better Than Is Ex-
pected Against Vanderbilt.
Georgetown Eleven
Weakened.
BY H. C. BYRD.


The big foot ball teams are getting on
edge for the final and most important
games OF the seoson. The contests which
Will determine the championships of the
various sections will begin today, and the
various schools are grooming their elev-
ems for the hardest tests of the season.
The first real championship contest OF
the year will be played today. Harvard
meets Princeton in the contest which Will
have a direct bearing on the title for the
entire country. After the decisive meet
ing between these two institutions there
will still remain two games before the
title is finally awarded Yale must meet
Princeton and Harvard must meet Yale
before the highest foot ball honors are I'M
questionably decided.
Down In Nashville another intersec-
tional contest is being staged this after
noon. The University of Virginia is pay
ing the Vanderbilt eleven. 1t is the only
contest which comes off between teams
representing the southwest and the
south Atlantic sections.
Every Saturday from now until the end
II December will find two teams fighting
Z out in games. the result of which Will
have a bearing on some sectional title.
Resides the big contests which are to
take place between the larger eleVens IN
the west south and north there are nu-
r7erous smaller Institutions which are
pointing themselves for the crucial con-
tests on their schedules.
The fact that the Georgetown eleven IS
in a crippled condition today as result
of the Indian game the result of the
contest with Carolina is not likely to be
affected other than that there is not like
ly to be large score run up by the
Blue and Gray as would otherwise be the
case.
Georgetown does not want to win by
big margin. All that it desires Is to finish
In front. and that it should certainly do
The hEemen are all IN fair condition
with the exception of T.heincilild and it Is
probable that he Will not he especially
needed. The backfeld will be weakened
by the loss of Jim Dunn. but it is not
probable that his presence will be neces-
Sary to secure victory
The Harvard and Princeton elevens,
which meet this afternoon. are both hea =
Ter than the ones which represented the
schools last fall. according to report Both
Lines average more than $50 pounds and
both baekfelds go well over 40. The diff
ference in weight between the two elev-
ems will not be sufficient to make any
material difference between the I. I'M
to fast play, although Harvard might
have slight advantage because of its
brillint plunging backs The game will
be a close one unless every bit Of evil
dence regarding tie strength Of the teams
Is untrue. The elevenS mdtc.led too
well Individually and collectively to allow
any runaway for either eleven. Then
again the contest will be carefully played
Both quarterbacks Will be instructed 1t
II lead is secured to play safe and hold
the margin.
Catholic University figures that 1t will
retrieve its fortunes for the year today
against Delaware College If it gets any
OF the breaks in luck. The Brooklanders
have yet TO win a game and they r We
not figured in contest in which the on
posing eleven has not had the margin on
them In tn eplay. 1t is thought by the
Goa cheS that today contest will - on
The two teams will undoubtedly be
very evenly matched. although the opinion
might lie advanced that he odds will lie
with the Delaware eleven. :; VIII bt
playing on lis Own fed. which gives il
slight advantage, and then a-ain II Is
probably n better coud.tion physically
than the local club
Fritz Craft, coach OF the Gallaudet
eleven. figures that his charges will have
hard time getting away with the lame
against Washington College today
Washington College. it is realized, has
an exceptionally fast team for its class
and the Kendall Green eleven is antici-
Craft said that if all his men were In
good condition and could be used he
would have little fear that he could win,
but that under the present condition he
did rot see anything other than that 1t
would be close with odds in favor of
neither eleven.
IL Tech got Prosise and Gibson eligible
for it's eleven 4 did not suffer AS much as
IS generally thought by reason of the adj
vsory marks. Hardy and coleman are
both capable men. but their work has
been Of such character that II viii not
he impossible 10 replace them BY any
means No man the backfeld was
los;. and that was the real place where
the Manual Trainers had 10 be on the
lookout for losses which would hurt.
Prosise has been out with the team
practically all the year and Gibson has
had previous experience. probably almost
much has coleman and Hardy.
This lad Pros!se Is powerful youngster
and is sure TO get one OF the regular jobs
the team.
Tech can put an extra man on one side
or the line and then its other side will
not be weak. Whit can play half line
in high school foot ball and then not be
pushed to any great extent.
Last winter. while running in an Indoor
track meet at Business. youngster on
one of the Western relay teams received
an injury much worse than has been had
by any high school foot ball player and
yet there was hardly word said about
It, Had cut of the character of that
received by Tilton in that relay race
been received by man on foot ball
field 1t Is probable that somebody would
want 10 abolish the game
There is a possibility that the Univer-
sity Of Virginia eleven will make much
better showing against Vanderbilt today
than is generally expected. The Orange
and Blue combination is going against a
crippled eleven for thing, and then
II Is possible that il will rally and play
shown previously this season.
On the showing made so far by the
two elevens, il would appear that Vir-
ginia would be defeated by at least thirty
points. The chances are though, that
Vanderbilt will try to win and let that
settle it. 1t has TO play Harvard. and it
Will want to have all It's men In their